Jake Spinella
@jakespinella.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD candidate at UIC working on the perception-cognition border. Phil Mind, Computing, Epistemology, et alia. Personal website: www.jakespinella.com
Does anyone know of any work on fictional or nonexistent generics? That is, work on sentences like:
(1) Unicorns have horns.
(2) Bandersnatches are dangerous.
Any leads and/or thoughts are appreciated!
(1) Unicorns have horns.
(2) Bandersnatches are dangerous.
Any leads and/or thoughts are appreciated!
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Does anyone know of any work on fictional or nonexistent generics? That is, work on sentences like:
(1) Unicorns have horns.
(2) Bandersnatches are dangerous.
Any leads and/or thoughts are appreciated!
(1) Unicorns have horns.
(2) Bandersnatches are dangerous.
Any leads and/or thoughts are appreciated!
5.5%?! Guess I’m taking the inverse Pascal’s Wager
Jesus Christ did not return to Earth in 2025 — returning a tidy annualized profit for some bettors on Polymarket and even beating US Treasury bills before fees.
Wagers are now open for 2026, with a potential 5,700% gain in the event of a Second Coming: bloom.bg/3LgMhW8
📷️: Egberto Ras/AFP via Getty
Wagers are now open for 2026, with a potential 5,700% gain in the event of a Second Coming: bloom.bg/3LgMhW8
📷️: Egberto Ras/AFP via Getty
January 3, 2026 at 4:23 AM
5.5%?! Guess I’m taking the inverse Pascal’s Wager
Amazing discourse happening in the groupchat today
December 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Amazing discourse happening in the groupchat today
Ordered a copy of Chisolm’s Perceiving and received Lynne Rudder Baker’s copy!
December 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Ordered a copy of Chisolm’s Perceiving and received Lynne Rudder Baker’s copy!
Learn statistics and you too can be just like Mark
December 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Learn statistics and you too can be just like Mark
People say that the paradoxes of confirmation don’t matter for practical purposes, but those people have obviously never met a gruejay
December 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
People say that the paradoxes of confirmation don’t matter for practical purposes, but those people have obviously never met a gruejay
My brother just committed the ultimate logical faux pas of calling two objects “identicalish.” How do I break the news about identity to him?
December 19, 2024 at 10:12 PM
My brother just committed the ultimate logical faux pas of calling two objects “identicalish.” How do I break the news about identity to him?
The algorithm is learning
December 17, 2024 at 7:08 PM
The algorithm is learning
Told an undergraduate pickup basketball buddy that I’m getting a PhD in philosophy and he asked if I liked BioShock
December 14, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Told an undergraduate pickup basketball buddy that I’m getting a PhD in philosophy and he asked if I liked BioShock
You may not like it, but this is what peak metaphysical performance looks like
December 11, 2024 at 3:37 AM
You may not like it, but this is what peak metaphysical performance looks like