Rapid Fire

Basically a blog where I try to do philosophy outside.

Nov 22

I’ve been doing way Too Much

Whoops, I finally missed a post last week. I’ve been saying Yes a bit too often in my first few months at Hopkins. Several folks warned...

Oct 18

Pleasantly Simple Myths

“When pleasantly simple myths are discarded, the result is a mess. Endless problems need to be addressed.” —Ian Hacking, The Social...

Oct 4

Quick Hitter: How do you understand Confusion?

There are lots of buzzwords in the AI space—fairness, transparency, safety, bias, privacy, trustworthiness, I could go on and on. And...

Apr 26

Debate Mode

philosophy is not just about questions, concepts, and arguments, but is also about idioms —Raymond Geuss I’ve been meaning to write some...

Mar 15

Let a thousand flowers bloom

Last week, we saw Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry square off head-to-head. (I’ll try not to get too technical, but I wanna lay out...

Dec 22, 2023

Arguments are Powerful Tools

Arguments are powerful tools for seeing how commitments hang together. Take the classic reductio ad absurdum, where I try to show that my...

Dec 15, 2023

3 things I learned Writing the Rules

Next month, I’m giving a talk at the University of Kentucky Esports Lounge (yes, really) about rethinking the place of rules in the...

Dec 1, 2023

3 mistakes in Intro Philosophy

As finals approach, I’ve been hired as a grader for my advisor’s Intro Philosophy class. I love these classes, where we’re trying to give...

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