Andrew J. McDonaldhttps://andrewjmcdonald.com/Essays on philosophy.Sat, 10 Oct 2020 06:39:34 GMTOn Dreyfus and Everyday Intelligibilityhttps://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/dreyfus-review/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/dreyfus-review/Dreyfus on skill, mastery, and world transformation, and where his Heidegger falls short.Sat, 10 Oct 2020 06:39:34 GMT On Heidegger’s They-Selfhttps://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/heidegger-theyself/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/heidegger-theyself/Heidegger on the they-self, idle talk, and what owning oneself would take.Sat, 19 Sep 2020 05:51:27 GMT The Ethics of Google’s Use of User Data During COVID-19https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/ethics-google/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/ethics-google/A 2020 ethics essay applying Kantian and utilitarian analysis to Google’s COVID-19 Community Mobility Report.Wed, 12 Aug 2020 03:18:23 GMT On Dretske and Closurehttps://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/dretske-closure/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/dretske-closure/Dretske against closure, Nagel on two minds, and the case for experimental epistemology.Sun, 08 Mar 2020 16:54:16 GMT On Knowing That and Knowing Howhttps://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/knowledge-thatandhow/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/knowledge-thatandhow/A naive exploration on knowing that, knowing how, and counterfactuals.Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/jtb-knowledge/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/jtb-knowledge/Gettier cases and a fourth clause: knowledge as belief tested against the world.Wed, 03 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT On Kant and Enlightenmenthttps://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/kant-enlightenment/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/kant-enlightenment/Against Kant's public and private reason, for an Enlightenment of reason alone.Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT On Plato’s Allegory of the Cavehttps://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/plato-allegory/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/plato-allegory/The Divided Line, the Forms, and philosophical education through the Cave.Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT Can ‘Know Thyself’ Define Philosophy?https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/descript-philosophy/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/descript-philosophy/Why ‘know thyself’ and ‘care for oneself’ are weak definitions of philosophy, but useful descriptions of philosophical motivation.Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT What Is Philosophy?https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/whatis-philosophy/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/whatis-philosophy/Thinking about thinking across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT On Evaluating Human-Like AIhttps://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/inferential-knowledge/https://andrewjmcdonald.com/essays/inferential-knowledge/Turing and Searle on why judging AI is a matter of perspective, not definition.Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT