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A philosopher. Thinking about inquiry and inquiring about thinking. Author of a book on reasons at CUP Assistant Prof. ULaval. 🤷♂️
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Review by John Brunero. Logins, Artūrs. Normative Reasons: Between Reasoning and Explanation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022, Pp. 251. $32.99 (paper). | Ethics: Vol 134, No 3
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Me: I am a researcher in philosophy.
A scientist working in CERN: what? What kind of research can there be in philosophy?
Me: well, what is knowledge?
Scientist: [walks away]
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Received an invitation to review a manuscript I rejected for another journal where I gave tons of in-depth comments. The authors have taken exactly 0 of my remarks into account. Should I reject and send the same remarks? Decline to review (because of higher-order reasons)? Other?
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I’ve received the author's copies of my book on normative reasons, so now I can reread it and make a short 🧵on what’s in the book. 1/
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9 yrs old: we learned about Plato, the philosopher at school today
Me: oh, really, so what did you learn about him?
9 yrs: that he invented Atlantis
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Reti rakstu šeit latviski (Latvijas valsts valodā). Bet paldies, Viesturam! Jau skolas laikā neesmu varējis saprast, kas var patikt citu izsmiešanā un mobingā. Vai tiešam ir tādi, kas dienas beigās sev saka "bij laba diena, labi paņirgājos"? Vai tiešām ir cilvēki, 1/3
Kad gāju skolā, nereti kļuvu par mobinga upuri. Man ļoti palīdzēja klasesbiedrs Artūrs, kurš nebaidījās nostāties līdzās apsmietajiem. Ceru, ka viņš šobrīd spēj palīdzēt arī savai māsai, kas daudziem šķiet pieņemams mobinga mērķis tikai tāpēc, ka kļuvusi par kultūras ministri.
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@AnneliJefferson
As an author when I read a comment that says there's a fundamental flaw in my argument, I will revise the article if only to make clear that the reviewers of the next round will not have the same interpretation as the reviewer who thought there's a flaw. 🤷
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So, it happened. Just signed a book contract with Cambridge University Press. So thrilled that my book, A Theory of Normative Reasons: Between Reasoning and Explanation, will appear in the venerable series of Cambridge Studies in Philosophy!
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I guess I have some reasons to be excited about this! Indeed, very excited. [I promise a short 🧵soon about the book and why it might be useful for you even if you don't work on reasons - in short, the book will allow you to skip tons of readings I present an overview of debates]
Congratulations to Arturs Logins on his new book — now in stock and shortly to be available as Open Access on Cambridge Core — which analyses contemporary critiques of
#normativereasons
with special reference to
#epistemology
,
#metaethics
and
#ethics
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Protams, ne vienmēr ir viegli darīt to, kas ir pareizi. Īpaši grūti tas ir tad, ja izvēloties nepiekrist mobingam, ir jādodas pret straumi. Es zinu. Bet ir vērts pamēģināt! Varbūt tieši šodien ir tā diena, kad tu nepublicēsi to dzēlīgo komentāru. Tic man, tu jutīsies labāk! 3/3
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Went to Oxford for two and half days had seven (long) philosophical discussions. That place is insane!
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It is already possible to pre-order the book. Tere should also be an open access version available online soon...
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There's a consensus, I think, that studying moral philosophy doesn't make you a (much) better person. But how about epistemology? Does studying epistemology improve yout overall epistemic state/reasoning/true-false belief ratio/something? How about formal epistemology?
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kas grib, lai viņus tieši tā atceras? Vai tas ir tas, kas ir nozīmigi? Iegūt lētus "uzvaras punktus" socialojos medijos? Un, ja cilvekam ir bērni, kas pārnāk mājās raudošām acīm, jo skolā viņus izsmej, vai šie cilvēki būs lepni, ka paši ir pavadījuši dienu izsmejot citus ? 2/3
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Cambridge University Press tells me that people are still buying this book! And this is great! And I hope people also know that it is still available for downloading in the open access format. Like, available forever ( )
I’ve received the author's copies of my book on normative reasons, so now I can reread it and make a short 🧵on what’s in the book. 1/
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Got a paper accepted on Monday morning. My work is done for the week right?
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It's official—I've just signed a contract for my second book: 'A Critical Introduction to Knowledge-First Epistemology' at Bloomsbury! Super excited to be part of this cool series and to publish with the Harry Potter publishing house.
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One thing that annoys me a bit in debates over analytic philosophy being this or being that, is that these debates are almost entirely focused on analytic philosophy in Anglo-Saxon countries. Where I come from in terms of undergrad education, doing analytic philosophy was 1/
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1st Latvian Analytic Philosophy Forum was a blast! Norms of inquiry, Mereology of social objects, revisiting Frege-Geach problem, ontology of artistic objects, Frege-Hilbert controversy, and analytic readings of Parmenides was on the program. And discussions extended well beyond!
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Happy to announce that I and Jacques Vollet have signed an editor's agreement with Oxford University Press. We are editing a volume on new perspectives for knowledge-first epistemology, that will explore in particular new directions for knowledge-centered views beyond traditional
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Having a great masterclass with
@Philosophy_Mark
on reasons first in Zurich. Discussing competition in normative domain, fittingness, attitudes, suspension, non evidential epistemic reasons.
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What's so special about rationality? I mean it's pleasant to tap yourself on the shoulder with a 'you're doing fine'. But isn't truth and knowledge the real stuff?
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A non-propositional Gettier case.
When you make two sign errors in your math homework but they perfectly cancel each other out
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I am looking to compile a list of analytic philosophers, especially philosophers working in epistemology, philosophy of action, language, mind, metaphysics, who can give a talk in French. I have, of course, some ideas. Still. Special interest: people outside FR-speaking places.
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I co-authored a paper on degrees of justification (with a good friend, Davide Fassio). Surprisingly, it turns out probability might not be our best tool to think about justification if we are guided by how gradable adjective 'justified' behaves.
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Is there yet a ranking of new philosophy book covers? Like 10 best philosophy book covers in 2021. What are the best recent covers you've noticed?
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Just saw what looked like a pickpocketing attempt in a tram. And my automatic reaction was to lift a finger, look straight in his eye, and utter a calm 'Careful!' Embarrassed he disapeared immediately. I hope he will see my finger and hear a kantian voice in his nightmares now.
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Support Epistemic Degrowth today! We need to stabilize epistemology! You can contribute today to epistemic degrowth by deleting every occurrence of 'epistemic' in the manuscript you're writing right now!
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In your intro to logic classes, do you put much emphasis on translations to/from natural language ?
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Discussing reliabilism about moral beliefs and norms of inquiry with
@neilsinhababu
at Marina Bay in Singapore.
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Diemžēl nevaru atbildēt katram komentāram. Bet tiem labas gribas cilvēkiem, kuri godīgi jautā "bet kā? Vai tad demokrātija neparedz tiesības kritizēt (īpaši, politiķus)?", es vēlos atbildēt: "jā! Bet ir nozīmīgs nošķīrums starp kritiku un piekasīšanos. Viens ir par saturu .. 1/2
Reti rakstu šeit latviski (Latvijas valsts valodā). Bet paldies, Viesturam! Jau skolas laikā neesmu varējis saprast, kas var patikt citu izsmiešanā un mobingā. Vai tiešam ir tādi, kas dienas beigās sev saka "bij laba diena, labi paņirgājos"? Vai tiešām ir cilvēki, 1/3
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Ženēvā, visur, kur ej, redzi - Elīna Garanča. Viņi tiešām gaida to koncertu. Skaisti.
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Would you go for a job interview with a small bottle of water? How about sparkling water? How about coke? How about Fanta? A milkshake? Where do you draw a line?
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The final chapter shows how our new Erotetic view can be applied to solve the venerable debate between pragmatists and evidentialists about reasons to believe! /THE END. The whole book is accessible here in open access or can be purchased as a hardback: .
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Actual footage of a philosopher reinventing an argument.
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And to close the year. Here is a list of cool papers that challenged some of my most basic assumptions in 2022. Cool stuff.
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The slide that sums up the talk.
This talk put me in a good mood🙃
Arturs Logins
@ALogins
, at this month's meeting of the MAL (Montréal Affective Lab) 🙌
@FacDePhiloUL
@universitelaval
@centre_ethique
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..revolutionary and liberating. The general context of public philosophy was really bad if not utter BS (btw, I am in no way against public philosophy in general), and focusing on arguments and details in a rigorous (often technical/boring) way was and still is refreshing. 2/
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When I left my parents' place at 18 to study in France, my mom gave me a one-hundred-dollar bill. I still have it in my wallet. Somehow it feels worth more than it is.
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Informal reading groups are the unsung heroes of academic research.
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Out of curiosity, what do you think would be cool topics to start a PhD thesis on in epistemology today?
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OMG, I managed to log into Editorial Manager with ORCID! This fact alone should secure me a publication!
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Was a bit wary about reviews. Today, this fear is over. This is a great, very thoughtful, and super constructive review. It picks up some of the points I thought might need further research. Super excited to think more about these. Thanks
@DruckerDaniel
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The book is available as Open Access here:
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One thing I regret is that for years I was reading philosophy texts without taking quick notes. What I didn't know as a PhD student, is that even a shitty note can be helpful in retrieving info about the text later on. But maybe I am just bad at remembering. Do you take notes?
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So, it is tempting to think that reasons are one of these fundamental things that we cannot explain further but can use to explain other things, like oughts, values, rationality... Check the recent book from
@Philosophy_Mark
for a cool defense of reasons-first epistemology. 5/
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I would venture to say that the experience of analytic philosophers outside the US/UK and others could be insightful in a way when thinking about its prospects.
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Here is one tweet. And here is a retweet. External world exists!
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@rinireg
Indeed, the fact that it might be perceived as arrogant or paternalistic is one reason I see to decline. On the other hand, maybe the third party, editors would find it useful to have an opinion on why there seems to be a serious flaw in the main argument.
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An immigration official asked me today if my name was 'Latvija'.
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The question that this book sets out to answer is: what are reasons to do something, to believe something, or really to have an attitude? It feels that reasons are ubiquitous, and we rely on them all the time. 2/
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A honest question: can you be bored, or even totally not interested in a question Q, and yet produce good or at least acceptable research on Q? Any examples?
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The paperback is out!! And there's a discount too: enter PHIL2523 on
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@LizardVentham
Yes, indeed. On the other hand, when, as an author, I hear that my argument has a fundamental flaw, I tend to add at least a note so that the next readers don't have that same interpretation. I mean, I want to avoid all misunderstandings in next rounds 🤷
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Today is the first day of the rest of my life! Decided not to reopen the 267 tabs spread over six Google Chrome windows after restarting the laptop. I am born again! No looking back!
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Will tell students Propositional Logic is the Minecraft of formal languages. Robust, no fancy graphics, yet it's impressive what you can build with it using mere simple blocks and some rudimentary rules.
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Sending your manuscript to colleagues for comments/suggestions AFTER submitting it to a journal? Bad etiquette? Immoral? Good practice? Other?
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Normative Reasons: Between Reasoning and Explanation
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Would you agree that intentional action is a mental phenomenon?
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Super excited that there will be an author-meets-critics symposium on my book Normative Reasons in Philosophia next year! There will be four 'critics': one from Europe, one from Asia, one from Australia, and one from North America... Preparing myself for *global* criticism.
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2022 stats: 8 papers reviewed for journals; 4 papers submitted (multiple rejections); 1 R&R; 3 accepted; 1 published; 1st book published; multiple job applications; 1 tenure track job obtained; 2 workshops organized; 1 volume contract; one finger and a pair of glasses broken. 🎉
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When do you give up on a manuscript? After three rejections from peer reviewed journals? After five? Ten? Never?
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If you don't reply to your emails straight away, they tend to turn into monsters that consume quietly your mental energy and double in size every day. But if you do reply, you spend the whole day fighting them off with no time left for other things.
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Do you think understanding comes in degrees? (Like qualitative degrees; not just in terms of the number of things understood).
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Copyeditors asking me to provide English translation of Modus Ponens. Best I can find is the Rule of Implication Elimination. But still a bit funny right?
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Just learned that the Swiss National Science Foundation
@fns_ch
accepted to fund the OPEN ACCESS option of my forthcoming book 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴: 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 at
@CambUP_PHILNYUK
!
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@BaptisteLeBihan
🤣 actually i did ask about the new one. More precisely, I asked 'now that you have already found Higgs boson, why do you still need it?' They responded something like. 'There might be some other things to find, maybe..'
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Me: Oh, this paper is pretty ready, should send it out.
Me after a Q&A session: bury it, never ever mention it again!
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Jautājums ir, cik tieši zīmes ir jāuzraksta, lai varētu būt rakstnieks, kam nepieciešams redaktors (un korektors)? Manuprāt, ir absurdi nosaukt kādu precīzu skaitli. Visiem noder redaktori!
Ja jums nepieciešams redaktors, lai uzrakstītu vienu 280 zīmju garuma vēstījumu, tad dažas profesijas var nebūt jums labi piemērotas - teiksim, skolotāja, rakstnieka vai kultūras ministra.
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How angry do you get when you find more than 5 typos in a book published by a prestigious press?
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I know there is a delicate balance to be found between pure research and application/public utility (and philosophy is not alone in this struggle), but I doubt that turning entirely to the pragmatic usefulness of philosophy will help. 3/
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Here is a possible norm for academic writing: on average, for every paper you write you have to read 20 other papers (not counting your own). What's wrong with that?
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@olgatokariuk
Here are some drawings of peace and joy and superheroes kids in Switzerland drew to cheer them up. Tell them we are with you.
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@sillynous
Great question! As it happens a book came out on the topic recently. Might or might not be useful. It's open access and this thread sums it up, apparently:
I’ve received the author's copies of my book on normative reasons, so now I can reread it and make a short 🧵on what’s in the book. 1/
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Cunk on Earth bit on philosophy is great. But if you were told that a philosopher actually wrote "dance like nobody's watching" and now you had to guess who was it, who would you pick?
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Two years ago, on this day, my father passed away unexpectedly and painfully. Time does bring peace. The world is different, though.
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Was a Reviewer 2 today. And accepted with minor revisions. Merry Christmas, I guess.
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I don't know if people are aware of this, but analytic philosophy is in the middle of a major shift. We are slowly but clearly moving from 'iffs' to 'just in case's
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Has anyone tried to define philosophy as the discipline that studies paradoxes? Where study may contain attempts at solving paradoxes, but not necessarily. I guess on such a view it would be difficult to distinguish philosophy from mere sophistry.
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In the past 6 months I had the opportunity to review and finally (conditionally) accept three outstanding papers for 3 top journals. I predict the papers will have a serious impact. I am feeling so lucky and happy about having opened the gates for some exciting debates to come!
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How is knowing that such and such is the case connected to action? How about being angry or being happy that such and such happened? In this forthcoming paper, I argue that these connections are robust. Indeed, I take up here the task to show that ... 1/
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Had tears of happiness yesterday, when kids asked what is a lottery and I explained to them the lottery paradox and they said you should not believe lottery propositions 'because you are not sure'. One is not born a Bayesian! There is hope!
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If X explains why p (for S), then X explains why S should believe that p. Seems reasonable, right?
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Dear editors,
I have now revised my manuscript in the light of the reviewer's comments. It is now entitled "A Small Contentious Point that Doesn't Show Anything of Interest".
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