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Ability predicates, or there and back again
Predicates like knowable , believable or evincible each are associated with Fitch-like paradoxes. Given some plausible assumptions, the prima facie ...
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Opaque Options
Moral options are permissions to do less than best, impartially speaking. In this paper, we investigate the challenge of reconciling moral options...
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Exploring the socio-ecology of science: the case of coral reefs
In this paper I use data from interviews conducted with coral scientists to examine the socio-ecological dimensions of science, i.e. how science...
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Anthropomorphizing Machines: Reality or Popular Myth?
According to a widespread view, people often anthropomorphize machines such as certain robots and computer and AI systems by erroneously attributing...
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Relational quantum mechanics, causal composition, and molecular structure
Franklin and Seifert (2021) argue that solving the measurement problem of quantum mechanics (QM) also answers a question central to the philosophy of...
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Umwelt Theory, Biosemiotics and Damage Limitation
Phenomenology, particularly as developed by Merleau-Ponty, primarily concerns how human beings perceive and act towards the world they encounter,...
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On the Growing Universe of Causal Set Theory—An Order-Type Approach
We investigate a model of becoming—classical sequential growth (CSG)—that has been proposed within the framework of causal sets (causets), with the...
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Has the Problem of the Motion of a Heavy Symmetric Top been Solved in Quadratures?
We have revised the problem of the motion of a heavy symmetric top. When formulating equations of the Lagrange top with the diagonal inertia tensor,...
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The inferential constraint and if \(\varvec{\phi }\) ought \(\varvec{\phi }\) problem
The standard semantics for modality, together with the influential restrictor analysis of conditionals (Kratzer, 1986, 2012) renders conditional ought ...
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Whence Correctness?
We know that lots of things are correct. (Hel** people in need is correct. Moving the bishop diagonally when playing chess is correct. Adding 7 to...
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Actions, reasons, and becauses
How are sentences that express reason explanations related to sentences that express rationalizing psychological explanations? How are sentences like...
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The shutdown problem: an AI engineering puzzle for decision theorists
I explain and motivate the shutdown problem: the problem of designing artificial agents that (1) shut down when a shutdown button is pressed, (2)...
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Powers, persistence, and the problem of temporary intrinsics
David Lewis uses the problem of temporary intrinsics to motivate a perdurantist account of persistence in which four-dimensional individuals consist...
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Local ontology: reconciling processualism and new mechanism
What should we do when two conflicting ontologies are both fruitful, though their fruitfulness varies by context or location? To achieve...
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The Ontology of Causation: A Carnapian-Pragmatist Approach
Metaphysicians of causation have long debated the existence of primitive causal modalities (e.g., powers), with reductionists and realists taking...
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“The Human Must Remain the Central Focus”: Subjective Fairness Perceptions in Automated Decision-Making
The increasing use of algorithms in allocating resources and services in both private industry and public administration has sparked discussions...
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Owning Decisions: AI Decision-Support and the Attributability-Gap
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been recognised as a challenge to responsibility. Much of this discourse has been framed around robots, such as...
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A Teleological Approach to Information Systems Design
In recent years, the design and production of information systems have seen significant growth. However, these information artefacts often exhibit...
