Sitemap - 2019 - The Splintered Mind

Argument Contest Deadline: Dec 31

This Test for Machine Consciousness Has an Audience Problem

The Philosophy Major Is Back on the Rise in the U.S., with Increasing Gender and Ethnic Diversity

Argument Contest Deadline Coming December 31st!

Two Kinds of Ethical Thinking?

Self-Knowledge by Looking at Others

We Might Soon Build AI Who Deserve Rights

Who Cares about Happiness?

A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures

How Mengzi Came up with Something Better Than the Golden Rule

Applying to PhD Programs in Philosophy, Part IV: Writing Sample

Philosophy Contest: Write a Philosophical Argument That Convinces Research Participants to Donate to Charity

I'm Morally Good Enough Already, Thanks!

New Kickstarter Project: Vital: The Future of Healthcare

So 2018?

What Makes for a Good Philosophical Argument, and The Common Ground Problem for Animal Consciousness

Age Effects on SEP Citation, Plus the Baby Boom Philosophy Bust and The Winnowing of Greats

In Praise of UC Riverside Undergraduates

Some Demographic Features of the Most-Cited Contemporary Authors in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

The 295 Most-Cited Contemporary Authors in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Why I Write Weird Stuff, Like "Kant Meets Cyberpunk"

Bleg: Syllabi for Courses on Philosophy and Science Fiction

Industrial-Grade Realism about Beliefs That P

Disadvantages of a Lingua Franca in Philosophy

Lower-Ranked PhD-Programs in Philosophy Admit Students from a Wide Range of U.S. Undergraduate Institutions

Ethics Classes Can Influence Student Behavior: Students Purchase Less Meat after Discussing Arguments for Vegetarianism

Elite Philosophy PhD Programs Mostly Admit Students from Other Elite Schools (or Sorry, Cal State Undergrads, No Berkeley Grad School for You!)

Will Philosophy Ever Come to an End?

Why Academic Philosophy Ought to Be One of the Most Demographically Diverse Disciplines, Instead of One of the Least

The Dualist's Quadrilemma -- and All of Ours?

Science Fiction as Philosophy

Intuition, Disagreement, and a Rope Around the Earth

The Ethics of Drones at the University of California

Early Onset Summer Illusion

Flavors of Group Consciousness: Vanilla, Strawberry, and Chunky Monkey with Extra Nuts

Animal Rights for Animal-Like AIs?

Contest Idea: Can You Write an Philosophical Argument That Convinces Research Participants to Give Some of Their Bonus Money to Charity?

Ethics in Publishing Philosophy

Forthcoming: A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures

Gaze of Robot, Gaze of Bird

Journey 2 Psychology

Against the Mind-Package View of Minds

New Podcast Interview: How Little Thou Can Know Thyself

Most U.S. and German Ethicists Condemn Meat-Eating (or German Philosophers Think Meat Is the Wurst)

Should You Defer to Ethical Experts?

Thoughts, Judgments, and Beliefs -- What's the Difference?

In Philosophy, Departments with More Women Faculty Award More PhDs to Women (Plus Some Other Interesting Facts)

Seven Principles of Humane PhD Advising

Studying Ethics Should Influence Your Behavior (But It Doesn't Seem to)

Is a Blind Person's Consciousness Partly Contained in Her Cane?

Do You Have Whole Herds of Swiftly Forgotten Microbeliefs?

How to Turn Five Discrete Streams of Consciousness into a Murky Commingling Bog

I Asked 400 Undergrads to Perform 90 Minutes of Kindness for No Reward. Here's What Happened

Zhuangzi Might Prefer the Passive Knife to the Skillful Cook

Writings of 2018