David Thorstad
@DavidThorstad
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Philosopher (Vanderbilt). I like bounded rationality, inquiry, and dogs. Seriously, DM me your dogs.
Oxford, UK
Joined October 2018
Today's the day! Inquiry under bounds is out (open access) from OUP:
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The second is at Syndicate Philosophy with Alexandra Pelaez, Jeremy Shipley, and Z Quanbeck.
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The first is at Phil Studies with Sara Aronowitz, Jose Bermudez, Julia Staffel and InJoon Seo.
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Stay tuned for two forthcoming book symposia on Inquiry under bounds
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Abstract. Herbert Simon held that the fundamental turn in the study of bounded rationality is the turn from substantive to procedural rationality. Theories
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If you don't have institutional access, please feel free to use this link (limited uses):
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Abstract. I present evidence for a systematic complexity–coherence trade-off in cognition. I show how feasible strategies for increasing cognitive complexi
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This paper just came out with Mind. Open access link in next tweet.
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Abstract. I present evidence for a systematic complexity–coherence trade-off in cognition. I show how feasible strategies for increasing cognitive complexi
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I made a short summary of my paper "The complexity-coherence tradeoff in cognition" for New Work in Philosophy:
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RT @OUPPhilosophy: Discover @DavidThorstad's theory of rational inquiry in "Inquiry Under Bounds." This book connects recent research in ep….
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Thanks to commentators Sara Aronowitz, Jose Luis Bermudez, and Julia Staffel, and organizer Arianna Falbo. Book is open access (don't buy it) can get it online from OUP.
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Running a symposium on my book, Inquiry under bounds, at the Central APA in a few hours. Would be great to see anyone interested!.
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RT @leah_pierson: New @biounethical is out!. @DavidThorstad: Evidence, uncertainty, and existential risk. We discuss longtermism, how we sh….
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RT @xphilosopher: Many philosophy departments are replacing their logic requirements with broader requirements in ‘formal methods’ (logic,….
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How to exploit friends and influence people.
New on BJPS Short Reads: Can you exploit someone by giving them relevant information?. David Thorstad (@DavidThorstad) on exploitative informing. #philsci.
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The Inquiry Network is organizing a sub-conference at this year's MidSouth Philosophy Conference:
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I've been using LLMs to help me with statistical analysis and visualization for a paper. They're surprisingly not bad. Color me impressed.
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