On Dreyfus and Everyday Intelligibility
Dreyfus on skill, mastery, and world transformation, and where his Heidegger falls short.
Essays
11 essays
On Heidegger’s They-Self
Heidegger on the they-self, idle talk, and what owning oneself would take.
The Ethics of Google’s Use of User Data During COVID-19
A 2020 ethics essay applying Kantian and utilitarian analysis to Google’s COVID-19 Community Mobility Report.
On Dretske and Closure
Dretske against closure, Nagel on two minds, and the case for experimental epistemology.
On Knowing That and Knowing How
A naive exploration on knowing that, knowing how, and counterfactuals.
Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?
Gettier cases and a fourth clause: knowledge as belief tested against the world.
On Kant and Enlightenment
Against Kant's public and private reason, for an Enlightenment of reason alone.
On Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
The Divided Line, the Forms, and philosophical education through the Cave.
Can ‘Know Thyself’ Define Philosophy?
Why ‘know thyself’ and ‘care for oneself’ are weak definitions of philosophy, but useful descriptions of philosophical motivation.
What Is Philosophy?
Thinking about thinking across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.
On Evaluating Human-Like AI
Turing and Searle on why judging AI is a matter of perspective, not definition.