Justin Khoo
@justinkhoo.com
I teach philosophy at MIT; philosophy of language, metaphysics, meta-ethics, aesthetics, film.
Web: justinkhoo.com
Movie podcast: @cowspod.com
Movie reviews: http://letterboxd.com/blobcat/
Photography: https://instagram.com/juskhoo
Web: justinkhoo.com
Movie podcast: @cowspod.com
Movie reviews: http://letterboxd.com/blobcat/
Photography: https://instagram.com/juskhoo
I think seeing is factive, but what you see is something fictional. I think it’s the common sense view honestly, just one that philosophers get worried about because of their prior ontological scruples
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I think seeing is factive, but what you see is something fictional. I think it’s the common sense view honestly, just one that philosophers get worried about because of their prior ontological scruples
I agree with this: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seeing the Fictional
When we see a movie or a play, do we see the fictional entities and events depicted? On the one hand, it seems incredibly natural to think we do. For instance, it seems obvious that one thing that di...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I agree with this: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Here’s the same headline from a year ago: www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/20/m...
‘Millionaires tax’ has already generated $1.8 billion this year for Massachusetts, blowing past projections - The Boston Globe
The estimated haul is already $800 million more than what Governor Maura Healey and state lawmakers planned to spend from its revenue in fiscal year 2024.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Here’s the same headline from a year ago: www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/20/m...
we live in a twilight world
August 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
we live in a twilight world
Reposted by Justin Khoo
39. This is a nice essay by @justinkhoo.com on where Tenet fits into Nolan's occupation with characters struggling against the constraints that bind us all, particularly time. It doesn't mention le Guin's wonderful essay about the purpose of sci-fi, but it locates Nolan's sci-fi in that tradition:
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Christopher Nolan's $200 Million-Dollar Sudoku Puzzles - Reactor
A common complaint about Christopher Nolan’s films (often heard in critical circles) is that they are unemotional puzzle boxes—despite dazzling the senses and bewildering the mind, there is no deeper ...
reactormag.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
39. This is a nice essay by @justinkhoo.com on where Tenet fits into Nolan's occupation with characters struggling against the constraints that bind us all, particularly time. It doesn't mention le Guin's wonderful essay about the purpose of sci-fi, but it locates Nolan's sci-fi in that tradition:
Wait you saw 2001 with Noam Chomsky? What'd he think of it?
July 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Wait you saw 2001 with Noam Chomsky? What'd he think of it?
Voting lessons from Peter Weir
July 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Voting lessons from Peter Weir
Prescient chomsky.info/an-eight-poi...
July 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Prescient chomsky.info/an-eight-poi...