Brian
@brianjones005.bsky.social
I love cats, philosophy, and failing to do things (apparently).
I'm against genocide. I'm also against war crimes of any kind. I'm old enough to remember a time when all that went without saying (but I'm remembering with rose colored glasses).
I'm against genocide. I'm also against war crimes of any kind. I'm old enough to remember a time when all that went without saying (but I'm remembering with rose colored glasses).
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Brian
@brianjones005.bsky.social
· Jan 27
An argument is an articulated chain of reasoning that leads from—a typically agreed upon, but in some way supported—set of premises—truth-apt statements—to a conclusion.
An argument can go wrong if a premise is false, or ‘structurally’, if the argument fails to link the premises to the conclusion.
An argument can go wrong if a premise is false, or ‘structurally’, if the argument fails to link the premises to the conclusion.
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This was the centerpiece of my dissertation and has been forthcoming for a while - I'm excited to finally see this paper in print! Link here again: www.pdcnet.org/jphil/conten...
Resistant Beliefs, Responsive Believers - Volume 122, Issue 4, April 2025
Beliefs can be resistant to evidence. Nonetheless, the orthodox view in epistemology analyzes beliefs as evidence-responsive attitudes. I address this tension by deploying analytical tools on capaciti...
www.pdcnet.org
July 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This was the centerpiece of my dissertation and has been forthcoming for a while - I'm excited to finally see this paper in print! Link here again: www.pdcnet.org/jphil/conten...
"If you scowl at children, it means that you are a baby yourself in need of a hug."
May 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"If you scowl at children, it means that you are a baby yourself in need of a hug."
A topic worth discussing
March 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A topic worth discussing
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Sickening how so-called happiness scientists try to cash in on inane life advice books. I wrote about this pseudo-science and its dangers. See chapter 7 of my article "Philosophy of Happiness: A Critical Introduction": philpapers.org/rec/JANPOH-3 Please help me spread the word.
March 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Sickening how so-called happiness scientists try to cash in on inane life advice books. I wrote about this pseudo-science and its dangers. See chapter 7 of my article "Philosophy of Happiness: A Critical Introduction": philpapers.org/rec/JANPOH-3 Please help me spread the word.
Ok. I've got to read this one
and now, after 8 years of polishing and sending it off to journals, the properly philosophical half has been accepted for publication, at analytic philosophy! you can read a draft here: philpapers.org/rec/HARSRV
Stephen Harrop, Sufficient Reason Vindicated - PhilPapers
I give an argument for a version of the principle of sufficient reason from several plausible principles about negative facts and sufficient conditions. I then give an argument for a slightly ...
philpapers.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Ok. I've got to read this one
Provocative title. Love it
It Is Impossible to Be Morally Responsible for Irrationality by
Chandra Sripada | Interesting paper | philpapers.org/rec/SRIIII-2
Chandra Sripada | Interesting paper | philpapers.org/rec/SRIIII-2
Chandra Sripada, It Is Impossible to Be Morally Responsible for Irrationality - PhilPapers
It is widely thought that people sometimes act as their own worst enemy in that they engage in irrational actions that hinder achievement of their own (sincerely held) aims. It is ...
philpapers.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Provocative title. Love it
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Check out this paper that I completely agree with: @marcartiga.bsky.social, @peterschulte.bsky.social & Nir Fresco argue against @harrif.bsky.social and Justin Garson's thesis that proper functions must be proximal functions.
philpapers.org/rec/ARTSPF
philpapers.org/rec/ARTSPF
Marc Artiga, Peter Schulte & Nir Fresco, Some Proper Functions are Distal - PhilPapers
philpapers.org
February 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Check out this paper that I completely agree with: @marcartiga.bsky.social, @peterschulte.bsky.social & Nir Fresco argue against @harrif.bsky.social and Justin Garson's thesis that proper functions must be proximal functions.
philpapers.org/rec/ARTSPF
philpapers.org/rec/ARTSPF
Just from the abstract, I already love it
This paper is a real treat to read. I have always thought that writing philosophy is very, very hard. It feels reassuring when people who are very good at it find it hard too.
Julia Staffel, Mind over Manuscript. Eight Strategies for Writing Philosophy - PhilPapers
Writing philosophy well is an essential skill in our discipline. Philosophical writing must aim for clarity, precision, and rigor, but in doing so, it can often wind up dry, long-winded and ...
philpapers.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Just from the abstract, I already love it
Iiiinteresting
New paper! Identity-protective reasoning—defending beliefs tied to cherished social identities—is often seen as a cognitive vice driving polarization and democratic dysfunction. But what if it’s not all bad? 🧵
Carolina Flores, Identity-protective reasoning: An epistemic and political defense - PhilPapers
Identity-protective reasoning---motivated reasoning driven by defending a social identity---is often dismissed as a paradigm of epistemic vice and a key driver of democratic dysfunction. Against this ...
philpapers.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Iiiinteresting
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A paper I'm really proud of has found a home. In “Brazen Dogwhistles,” I give a name to those dogwhistles that are not quite meant to be secret, placing them alongside standard accounts and illuminating the role each of us can play in furthering or hindering their use. philpapers.org/rec/WEIBDV
Kelly Weirich, Brazen Dogwhistles - PhilPapers
A dogwhistle, in its most centrally-discussed sense, seeks to obscure part of its meaning from part of its audience. Yet, as many have noted, dogwhistles that are flaunted at an opposing ...
philpapers.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A paper I'm really proud of has found a home. In “Brazen Dogwhistles,” I give a name to those dogwhistles that are not quite meant to be secret, placing them alongside standard accounts and illuminating the role each of us can play in furthering or hindering their use. philpapers.org/rec/WEIBDV
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*New Teaching Article*
This one is for those who want to introduce their students (or themselves!) to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics but need some support for them to make the most of primary texts.
philpapers.org/rec/SISTGL
This one is for those who want to introduce their students (or themselves!) to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics but need some support for them to make the most of primary texts.
philpapers.org/rec/SISTGL
February 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
*New Teaching Article*
This one is for those who want to introduce their students (or themselves!) to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics but need some support for them to make the most of primary texts.
philpapers.org/rec/SISTGL
This one is for those who want to introduce their students (or themselves!) to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics but need some support for them to make the most of primary texts.
philpapers.org/rec/SISTGL
Looks very interesting. Saving to read tomorrow
Wrote a short article for the Institute of Art and Ideas website about the idea of a composite self, both as a literal hypothesis about our nature and as a way of thinking about how we should relate to our own minds.
iai.tv/articles/you...
You are both one self and many selves | Luke Roelofs
Is there one self or many competing selves within us? Some argue we contain multiple selves, warring for attention and even control of the organism. But philosopher Luke Roelofs argues that we can hav...
iai.tv
February 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Looks very interesting. Saving to read tomorrow
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St. #Augustine of Hippo was one of history’s dirty dogs 🐕 until he discovered #happiness through suffering and became the early church's greatest scholar ✝️
Read on to find out more about the patron saint of brewers 🧵
Read on to find out more about the patron saint of brewers 🧵
February 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
St. #Augustine of Hippo was one of history’s dirty dogs 🐕 until he discovered #happiness through suffering and became the early church's greatest scholar ✝️
Read on to find out more about the patron saint of brewers 🧵
Read on to find out more about the patron saint of brewers 🧵
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Just based on the abstract I like this, reading it now and adding it to my noheroes list (sootyempiric.blogspot.com/p/no-heroes-...).
philpapers.org/rec/SVOWTG?r...
philpapers.org/rec/SVOWTG?r...
February 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Just based on the abstract I like this, reading it now and adding it to my noheroes list (sootyempiric.blogspot.com/p/no-heroes-...).
philpapers.org/rec/SVOWTG?r...
philpapers.org/rec/SVOWTG?r...
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📢 New Publication!
Over 5 days of learning about ingroup and outgroup members, we found that contact eliminated racial bias in recall of person-knowledge
Open access link below
#SocialPsyc #Psychology #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧪
Over 5 days of learning about ingroup and outgroup members, we found that contact eliminated racial bias in recall of person-knowledge
Open access link below
#SocialPsyc #Psychology #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧪
Over a five-day training, racial bias in recall of person-knowledge was eliminated among higher contact perceivers while a cross-race deficit in face recognition persisted. Contact may have a greater impact on racial bias in recall than recognition.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Interracial contact shapes racial bias in the learning of person-knowledge - Communications Psychology
Over a 5-day training, racial bias in recall of person-knowledge was eliminated among higher contact perceivers while a cross-race deficit in face recognition persisted. Contact may have a greater imp...
www.nature.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
📢 New Publication!
Over 5 days of learning about ingroup and outgroup members, we found that contact eliminated racial bias in recall of person-knowledge
Open access link below
#SocialPsyc #Psychology #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧪
Over 5 days of learning about ingroup and outgroup members, we found that contact eliminated racial bias in recall of person-knowledge
Open access link below
#SocialPsyc #Psychology #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky 🧪
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“A recent study published in the journal Cognition and Emotion has found that individuals in Israel may exhibit an unconscious aversion to left-wing political concepts.” #behavior #geography www.psypost.org/study-people...
Study: People show verbal hesitation towards left-wing political terms
Researchers found that Israeli participants were slower to respond to left-wing political terms in spatial tasks—a delay that increased after political priming. Follow-up tests ruled out sound or spat...
www.psypost.org
February 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
“A recent study published in the journal Cognition and Emotion has found that individuals in Israel may exhibit an unconscious aversion to left-wing political concepts.” #behavior #geography www.psypost.org/study-people...
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If you are interested in social identity, social identity loss, adoption, trauma, and/or mother and baby homes, you should 1. Read our paper, out today, open access! And 2. Follow @dearbhlamo.bsky.social! #socialpsyc
Well done Dearbhla on a fabulous first PhD paper.
Well done Dearbhla on a fabulous first PhD paper.
Sharing my that the first paper from my PhD has been published seems like a nice way to introduce myself to @bsky.app 🎉
This paper points to the crucial role of social identity loss for individuals adopted through Ireland’s #motherandbabyhomes
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This paper points to the crucial role of social identity loss for individuals adopted through Ireland’s #motherandbabyhomes
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
A central issue in adoption research is understanding why some individuals adapt to their adoption experience while others face considerable difficulties. The social identity approach (SIA) offers a ...
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you are interested in social identity, social identity loss, adoption, trauma, and/or mother and baby homes, you should 1. Read our paper, out today, open access! And 2. Follow @dearbhlamo.bsky.social! #socialpsyc
Well done Dearbhla on a fabulous first PhD paper.
Well done Dearbhla on a fabulous first PhD paper.
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Have you ever wondered what 'Nightcrawler' has to do with 'Civil War' then read this essay I wrote.
#journalism #war #civil_war #movies #philosophy #politics
medium.com/theuglymonst...
#journalism #war #civil_war #movies #philosophy #politics
medium.com/theuglymonst...
‘Civil War’ and Spectacle Journalism
‘Civil War’ is disinterested in the truth. It only cares about spectacle.
medium.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Have you ever wondered what 'Nightcrawler' has to do with 'Civil War' then read this essay I wrote.
#journalism #war #civil_war #movies #philosophy #politics
medium.com/theuglymonst...
#journalism #war #civil_war #movies #philosophy #politics
medium.com/theuglymonst...
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I KNEW someone did this meme before. It's the first thing that ever came to my mind when I learned about Kant in my undergrad.
#kant #clueless #philosophysky
#kant #clueless #philosophysky
February 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I KNEW someone did this meme before. It's the first thing that ever came to my mind when I learned about Kant in my undergrad.
#kant #clueless #philosophysky
#kant #clueless #philosophysky
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Good example of application of first principles to scientific inference:
“5 problems of causality that are relevant for our discussion:
[1]inference (does a hippocampal lesion cause psychosis?),…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Good example of application of first principles to scientific inference:
“5 problems of causality that are relevant for our discussion:
[1]inference (does a hippocampal lesion cause psychosis?),…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Searching the Brain for the Cause of Psychosis
Mapping human behavior to brain circuits has long been a goal for behavioral neurologists and neuropsychologists. Many discoveries were based on detailed psychological and anatomical studies of a sing...
jamanetwork.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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February 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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An ethicist explains how the Good Samaritan parable isn't just about helping others - it reveals a radical vision of #love that challenges how we think about ethics and human connection. 😍 https://buff.ly/3CJoQ3I By Meghan Sullivan @notredame.bsky.social #philosophy #ethics
Gut-wrenching love: What a fresh look at the ‘Good Samaritan’ story says for ethics today
Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.
buff.ly
February 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
An ethicist explains how the Good Samaritan parable isn't just about helping others - it reveals a radical vision of #love that challenges how we think about ethics and human connection. 😍 https://buff.ly/3CJoQ3I By Meghan Sullivan @notredame.bsky.social #philosophy #ethics
Provocative title. Going to have to watch later
February 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Provocative title. Going to have to watch later
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Christian Michel reviews "Abstract concepts and the embodied mind: Rethinking grounded cognition" (Oxford University Press 2022) by Guy Dove doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky
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February 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Christian Michel reviews "Abstract concepts and the embodied mind: Rethinking grounded cognition" (Oxford University Press 2022) by Guy Dove doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky
3/4
3/4
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One of the wrongest things I've ever read about philosophy, it has been the most important and useful practical skill in my life.
February 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
One of the wrongest things I've ever read about philosophy, it has been the most important and useful practical skill in my life.