Clayton Littlejohn
@cmlittlejohn.bsky.social
Melbourne based philosopher. Dianoia RIP. Senior Research Associate, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg. Epistemology and ethics. #philsky #melbourne #democrats It ain't easy being blue
Ah, it might be for the citations, but for the references, the Chicago author date 16th has too many periods, too few commas.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Ah, it might be for the citations, but for the references, the Chicago author date 16th has too many periods, too few commas.
Is it? Amazing. I'll give it a go. I asked Claude and it said it was a unique house style. (Not that I believe it, but I was surprised it didn't identify one.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Is it? Amazing. I'll give it a go. I asked Claude and it said it was a unique house style. (Not that I believe it, but I was surprised it didn't identify one.)
My love for Lil Jon >> my love for reasons as facts. Quite quite annoyed I missed his show in Melbourne last week
October 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
My love for Lil Jon >> my love for reasons as facts. Quite quite annoyed I missed his show in Melbourne last week
I guess I was surprised he hasn't left (esp because it seems so many American academics have), but then, surprised by my surprise.
October 26, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I guess I was surprised he hasn't left (esp because it seems so many American academics have), but then, surprised by my surprise.
Of course Robert George is on twitter.
October 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Of course Robert George is on twitter.
Well worth a read for Hugh Chandler's grumpy comment
October 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Well worth a read for Hugh Chandler's grumpy comment
Anyway, my copy of this book went missing because you can't actually mail things to Australia with any reliability and I'm sad about that. It's a pretty book and the paper I wrote with Julien was the most fun I've had writing a bit of philosophy in ages.
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Anyway, my copy of this book went missing because you can't actually mail things to Australia with any reliability and I'm sad about that. It's a pretty book and the paper I wrote with Julien was the most fun I've had writing a bit of philosophy in ages.
And while punishing all the kids, remember that reasons alone (or known reasons) aren't very useful tools. Decision-theory was invented for a reason. But decision-theoretic tools alone don't get to tell us what matters to rightness. Reason-mongering happens for a reason.
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
And while punishing all the kids, remember that reasons alone (or known reasons) aren't very useful tools. Decision-theory was invented for a reason. But decision-theoretic tools alone don't get to tell us what matters to rightness. Reason-mongering happens for a reason.