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The Big List of Existing Things

12 September, 20174 April, 2018 ~ John Nerst ~ 11 Comments

We feel there should be a clear answer to the question of whether some thing exists or not. I argue that often there isn't, because follwing our self-contradictory intuitions leads us to weird places. Instead we should interpret talk about what exists as talk about how we best represent the world.
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Erisology of Self and Will, Part 3: A Natural Offering

14 July, 20174 April, 2018 ~ John Nerst ~ 8 Comments

Part 3 of a series adapted from my 2009 Bachelor's Thesis in philosophy. A sketch of a naturalist view of the self, assembled from background assumptions in the physical sciences. Read more (17 min, 4300 words)

The Underdetection of Fiction Logic

25 January, 20167 July, 2017 ~ John Nerst ~ 3 Comments

Fiction works differently from reality and I think I sometimes forget that when watching movies and reading books. Other people, I suspect, often make the opposite mistake.
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