Ivan Gonzalez-Cabrera
@igc-philosophy.bsky.social
Research Fellow @NUS_Philosophy | Moral Psychology & Metaethics | Evolution of Cooperation | APDA Board | https://philpeople.org/profiles/ivan-gonzalez-cabrera
Next in our series: Mark Alfano (Macquarie University), “Hermeneutic Calvinball versus modest digital humanities in philosophical interpretation.”
Jan 22, 2026 (online).
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Jan 22, 2026 (online).
More information: priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy – Priorilab
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November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Next in our series: Mark Alfano (Macquarie University), “Hermeneutic Calvinball versus modest digital humanities in philosophical interpretation.”
Jan 22, 2026 (online).
More information: priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
Jan 22, 2026 (online).
More information: priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
Li also experiments with AMR-based comparisons to detect similarities in argument structure and metaphor—moving beyond surface phrasing to structural analysis of ideas.
Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2402.01661
Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2402.01661
arxiv.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Li also experiments with AMR-based comparisons to detect similarities in argument structure and metaphor—moving beyond surface phrasing to structural analysis of ideas.
Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2402.01661
Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2402.01661
This supports graded detection of influence:
• >0.95 = likely direct reuse
• >0.90 = paraphrase or indirect influence
• >0.85 = speculative similarity (shared ideas or metaphors)
A more fine-grained approach than topic models or text-reuse detection.
• >0.95 = likely direct reuse
• >0.90 = paraphrase or indirect influence
• >0.85 = speculative similarity (shared ideas or metaphors)
A more fine-grained approach than topic models or text-reuse detection.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This supports graded detection of influence:
• >0.95 = likely direct reuse
• >0.90 = paraphrase or indirect influence
• >0.85 = speculative similarity (shared ideas or metaphors)
A more fine-grained approach than topic models or text-reuse detection.
• >0.95 = likely direct reuse
• >0.90 = paraphrase or indirect influence
• >0.85 = speculative similarity (shared ideas or metaphors)
A more fine-grained approach than topic models or text-reuse detection.
Li represents each sentence as a vector encoding its meaning.
He uses GTE for semantic embeddings and FAISS for fast similarity search across a large 19th-century corpus, making influence detection computationally feasible at scale.
He uses GTE for semantic embeddings and FAISS for fast similarity search across a large 19th-century corpus, making influence detection computationally feasible at scale.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Li represents each sentence as a vector encoding its meaning.
He uses GTE for semantic embeddings and FAISS for fast similarity search across a large 19th-century corpus, making influence detection computationally feasible at scale.
He uses GTE for semantic embeddings and FAISS for fast similarity search across a large 19th-century corpus, making influence detection computationally feasible at scale.
To join, email with subject “Participation in Seminar Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy” to Hugo.Viciana[at]gmail.com or Hviciana[at]us.es.
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Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy – Priorilab
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November 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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How can we detect intellectual influence in messy historical text? Li presents a sentence-embedding index to surface semantically similar ideas across large corpora—robust to paraphrase and OCR noise. #ComputationalHumanities #TextMining #KnowledgeMapping
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
How can we detect intellectual influence in messy historical text? Li presents a sentence-embedding index to surface semantically similar ideas across large corpora—robust to paraphrase and OCR noise. #ComputationalHumanities #TextMining #KnowledgeMapping
The point isn’t that moral realism must be true,
but that moral realism—as a framework—must include objectivity to function.
Without it, it cannot tell realism and antirealism apart.
but that moral realism—as a framework—must include objectivity to function.
Without it, it cannot tell realism and antirealism apart.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The point isn’t that moral realism must be true,
but that moral realism—as a framework—must include objectivity to function.
Without it, it cannot tell realism and antirealism apart.
but that moral realism—as a framework—must include objectivity to function.
Without it, it cannot tell realism and antirealism apart.
If people see moral truth as stable across contexts, minimal realism’s approach may still hold.
But if they interpret truth as shifting with different standards of assessment, the case for requiring objectivity becomes stronger.
But if they interpret truth as shifting with different standards of assessment, the case for requiring objectivity becomes stronger.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If people see moral truth as stable across contexts, minimal realism’s approach may still hold.
But if they interpret truth as shifting with different standards of assessment, the case for requiring objectivity becomes stronger.
But if they interpret truth as shifting with different standards of assessment, the case for requiring objectivity becomes stronger.
The debate also invites empirical input.
Future work in folk metaethics may help determine whether people regard moral truth as fixed or context-dependent, clarifying whether minimal realism’s assumptions align with ordinary intuitions.
Future work in folk metaethics may help determine whether people regard moral truth as fixed or context-dependent, clarifying whether minimal realism’s assumptions align with ordinary intuitions.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The debate also invites empirical input.
Future work in folk metaethics may help determine whether people regard moral truth as fixed or context-dependent, clarifying whether minimal realism’s assumptions align with ordinary intuitions.
Future work in folk metaethics may help determine whether people regard moral truth as fixed or context-dependent, clarifying whether minimal realism’s assumptions align with ordinary intuitions.
This isn’t a verbal or terminological issue.
The notion of straightforward truth—central to minimal realism—assumes that once a statement’s content is fixed, its truth is stable.
Assessment-sensitive relativism directly challenges that assumption.
The notion of straightforward truth—central to minimal realism—assumes that once a statement’s content is fixed, its truth is stable.
Assessment-sensitive relativism directly challenges that assumption.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This isn’t a verbal or terminological issue.
The notion of straightforward truth—central to minimal realism—assumes that once a statement’s content is fixed, its truth is stable.
Assessment-sensitive relativism directly challenges that assumption.
The notion of straightforward truth—central to minimal realism—assumes that once a statement’s content is fixed, its truth is stable.
Assessment-sensitive relativism directly challenges that assumption.
Minimal realism then faces a dilemma:
Either it reintroduces objectivity to preserve its ability to demarcate realism from antirealism, or it collapses into a framework unable to classify views that most philosophers regard as antirealist.
Either it reintroduces objectivity to preserve its ability to demarcate realism from antirealism, or it collapses into a framework unable to classify views that most philosophers regard as antirealist.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Minimal realism then faces a dilemma:
Either it reintroduces objectivity to preserve its ability to demarcate realism from antirealism, or it collapses into a framework unable to classify views that most philosophers regard as antirealist.
Either it reintroduces objectivity to preserve its ability to demarcate realism from antirealism, or it collapses into a framework unable to classify views that most philosophers regard as antirealist.
A key example is assessment-sensitive relativism (MacFarlane 2005, 2014).
It meets cognitivism and success theory yet allows a claim’s truth to vary with the standard of assessment—even once its content is fixed in context.
The same proposition—different truth across standards.
It meets cognitivism and success theory yet allows a claim’s truth to vary with the standard of assessment—even once its content is fixed in context.
The same proposition—different truth across standards.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A key example is assessment-sensitive relativism (MacFarlane 2005, 2014).
It meets cognitivism and success theory yet allows a claim’s truth to vary with the standard of assessment—even once its content is fixed in context.
The same proposition—different truth across standards.
It meets cognitivism and success theory yet allows a claim’s truth to vary with the standard of assessment—even once its content is fixed in context.
The same proposition—different truth across standards.
Some relativist positions accept both cognitivism and success theory.
They treat moral statements as true or false but only relative to certain evaluative contexts.
If such views count as realist, the distinction between realism and antirealism begins to dissolve.
They treat moral statements as true or false but only relative to certain evaluative contexts.
If such views count as realist, the distinction between realism and antirealism begins to dissolve.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Some relativist positions accept both cognitivism and success theory.
They treat moral statements as true or false but only relative to certain evaluative contexts.
If such views count as realist, the distinction between realism and antirealism begins to dissolve.
They treat moral statements as true or false but only relative to certain evaluative contexts.
If such views count as realist, the distinction between realism and antirealism begins to dissolve.
This approach aims to classify moral views as realist or antirealist by appealing to ordinary linguistic intuitions rather than heavy metaphysical assumptions.
The simplicity is appealing, but it raises a structural problem.
The simplicity is appealing, but it raises a structural problem.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This approach aims to classify moral views as realist or antirealist by appealing to ordinary linguistic intuitions rather than heavy metaphysical assumptions.
The simplicity is appealing, but it raises a structural problem.
The simplicity is appealing, but it raises a structural problem.
Minimal moral realism (Sayre-McCord 1986, 1991, 2008) defines realism without assuming that moral truths are objective.
On this view, moral claims are “straightforwardly true” if they meet those two conditions—even if moral truth is mind-dependent.
On this view, moral claims are “straightforwardly true” if they meet those two conditions—even if moral truth is mind-dependent.
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Minimal moral realism (Sayre-McCord 1986, 1991, 2008) defines realism without assuming that moral truths are objective.
On this view, moral claims are “straightforwardly true” if they meet those two conditions—even if moral truth is mind-dependent.
On this view, moral claims are “straightforwardly true” if they meet those two conditions—even if moral truth is mind-dependent.
(4/4) Next in our series: Lucian Li (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign) — “Tracing the Genealogies of Ideas with Sentence Embeddings”
🗓️ Nov 18 · Online
How can embeddings help detect intellectual influence in historical corpora?
More info 👉 priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
🗓️ Nov 18 · Online
How can embeddings help detect intellectual influence in historical corpora?
More info 👉 priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy – Priorilab
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October 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
(4/4) Next in our series: Lucian Li (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign) — “Tracing the Genealogies of Ideas with Sentence Embeddings”
🗓️ Nov 18 · Online
How can embeddings help detect intellectual influence in historical corpora?
More info 👉 priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
🗓️ Nov 18 · Online
How can embeddings help detect intellectual influence in historical corpora?
More info 👉 priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
(3/4) Zhong is now replicating this work using LLMs to scale and refine the analysis—a promising bridge between computational humanities and historical psychology. Exciting to see how these tools reshape the study of cultural change.
#DigitalHumanities #Philosophy
#DigitalHumanities #Philosophy
October 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
(3/4) Zhong is now replicating this work using LLMs to scale and refine the analysis—a promising bridge between computational humanities and historical psychology. Exciting to see how these tools reshape the study of cultural change.
#DigitalHumanities #Philosophy
#DigitalHumanities #Philosophy
(2/4) Analyzing >3,000 Chinese fictional works from the Tang dynasty to today, Zhong et al. show that themes of love, friendship & self-development rose with economic growth centuries before Western contact—evidence of early modernization independent of the West.
#CulturalAnalytics
#CulturalAnalytics
October 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
(2/4) Analyzing >3,000 Chinese fictional works from the Tang dynasty to today, Zhong et al. show that themes of love, friendship & self-development rose with economic growth centuries before Western contact—evidence of early modernization independent of the West.
#CulturalAnalytics
#CulturalAnalytics
To join, email with subject “Participation in Seminar Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy” to Hugo.Viciana[at]gmail.com or hviciana[at]us.es.
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Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy – Priorilab
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October 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
To join, email with subject “Participation in Seminar Cultural Analytics and Digital Approaches in Philosophy” to Hugo.Viciana[at]gmail.com or hviciana[at]us.es.
Series info 👉 priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
Series info 👉 priorilab.eu/cultural-ana...
Computational analysis of Chinese literary fiction uncovers modernization signals that predate Western influence, revising standard narratives of cultural change. #ComputationalTextAnalysis #IntellectualHistory
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Computational analysis of Chinese literary fiction uncovers modernization signals that predate Western influence, revising standard narratives of cultural change. #ComputationalTextAnalysis #IntellectualHistory