Department Publications
- Shadi Heidarifar, “From Gender Segregation to Epistemic Segregation: A Case Study of the School System in Iran.” Journal of Philosophy of Education. October 23, 2023
Shadi Heidarifar argues that there is a bidirectional relationship between gender-based social norms and gender-segregated education policies that excludes girls from knowledge production within the Iranian school system.
- Chris Dorst, “Does the Best System Need the Past Hypothesis?” Philosophy of Science. October 23, 2023
Chris Dorst argues that Pragmatic Humeanism undercuts the motivation for treating a low-entropy initial boundary condition of the universe (the "Past Hypothesis") as a law of nature.
- Arina Pismenny, “Pansexuality: A Closer Look at Sexual Orientation.” Philosophies. July 18, 2023
Arina Pismenny uses the example of pansexuality to argue that our sexual orientation categories ought to be revised for both epistemic and normative reasons.
- James Simpson, “Why Dreaming Worlds aren’t Nearby Possible Worlds.” Philosophical Quarterly. April 10, 2023
James Simpson argues that dreaming worlds are not nearby possible worlds, suggesting that such possibilities cannot be used as legitimate grounds for skepticism.
- Chris Dorst and Kevin Dorst, “Splitting the (In)Difference: Why Fine-Tuning Supports Design.” Thought. October 23, 2022
Chris Dorst and Kevin Dorst argue that the fine-tuning of fundamental constants provides subtle reasons to support the hypothesis that the universe was designed, at least for agents like us who are not ideally rational.
- John Biro, “Two notes on Composition.” Metaphysica. October 17, 2022
John Biro argues that we should include composite objects in our ontology on the basis of their necessity in certain causal explanations. He goes on to argue that composition is not identity.
- Amber Ross, “AI and the expert; a blueprint for the ethical use of opaque AI.” AI and Society. September 19, 2022
Amber Ross argues that the epistemic relation between layperson and expert can serve as a blueprint for evaluating under what conditions it would be ethical to accept opacity in AI decision making.