Joshua Jarvis-Campbell
Joshua Jarvis-Campbell
Some philosophers argue that animals shouldn't be given less moral consideration simply on the basis of their species membership. These "anti-speciesists" argue that many common practices involving animals are morally objectionable, animal ...
Hannah Altehenger,Leonhard Menges,Peter Schulte
Hannah Altehenger
AI systems, like self-driving cars, healthcare robots, or Autonomous Weapon Systems, already play an increasingly important role in our lives and will do so to an even greater extent in the near future. This raises a fundamental philosophic...
Rational Optimism [0.03%]
理性乐观派
Matthew F Wilson,Tyler J VanderWeele
Matthew F Wilson
Optimistic beliefs have been criticized by philosophers as being irrational or epistemically deficient. This paper argues for the possibility of a rational optimism. We propose a novel four-fold taxonomy of optimistic beliefs and argue that...
What Is Unfair about Unequal Brute Luck? An Intergenerational Puzzle [0.03%]
不平等的单纯运气何以是不公平的？一个跨世代难题
S J Beard
S J Beard
According to Luck egalitarians, fairness requires us to bring it about that nobody is worse off than others where this results from brute bad luck, but not where they choose or deserve to be so. In this paper, I consider one type of brute b...
The Value of Knowledge and Other Epistemic Standings: A Case for Epistemic Pluralism [0.03%]
知识的价值及其他认识立场：一种认识论多元主义的进路
Guido Melchior
Guido Melchior
In epistemology, the concept of knowledge is of distinctive interest. This fact is also reflected in the discussion of epistemic value, which focuses to a large extend on the value problem of knowledge. This discussion suggests that knowled...
The Conditional Analysis of the Agentive Modals: a Reply to Mandelkern et al [0.03%]
论情态动词的使役用法：回应曼德尔科尔等人的观点
Simon Kittle
Simon Kittle
A proper understanding of agentive modals promises to clarify issues to do with free will, know how, and other philosophically interesting topics. In this paper I identify one constraint on, and one structural feature of, trying-based versi...
Jordan Wessling,P Roger Turner
Jordan Wessling
A number of philosophers and theologians have recently challenged the common assumption that it would be impossible for God to cause humans actions which are free in the libertarian or incompatibilist sense. Perhaps the most sophisticated v...
The Bare Past [0.03%]
裸露的过去
Vincent Grandjean
Vincent Grandjean
In this paper, I first introduce one of the most prominent objections against the Growing Block Theory of time (GBT), the so-called 'epistemic objection', according to which GBT provides no way of knowing that our time is the objective pres...
Unifying 'the' Precautionary Principle? Justification and Reflective Equilibrium [0.03%]
统一“审慎原则”？论证与反思均衡
Tanja Rechnitzer
Tanja Rechnitzer
The precautionary principle (PP) is an influential principle for making decisions when facing uncertain, but potentially severe, harm. However, there is a persistent disagreement about what the principle entails, exactly. It exists in a mul...
Junk Science, Junk Journals, and Junk Publishing Management: Risk to Science's Credibility [0.03%]
伪科学，伪期刊和伪出版管理：对科学信誉的风险
Jaime A Teixeira da Silva
Jaime A Teixeira da Silva