Alison Marie Air
@alisonair.bsky.social
she/her
Philosophy MA student at Simon Fraser University
Epistemology/Metaphysics/Ethics
"The wicked do not know what love and trust, for example, can do for people, and couldn't set about using the knowledge if they had it." - Rosalind Hursthouse
Philosophy MA student at Simon Fraser University
Epistemology/Metaphysics/Ethics
"The wicked do not know what love and trust, for example, can do for people, and couldn't set about using the knowledge if they had it." - Rosalind Hursthouse
Lots of people have proposed ways out of the Munchhausen trilemma - the two most popular theories of justification, foundationalism and coherentism, argue that dogmatic and circular proofs (respectively) are justified.
April 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Lots of people have proposed ways out of the Munchhausen trilemma - the two most popular theories of justification, foundationalism and coherentism, argue that dogmatic and circular proofs (respectively) are justified.
I think it depends whether calling someone a "skank" or "ho" actually claims that they're sleeping around, or if it's just a generic insult. There's precedent for the latter - when we call someone a bastard we don't literally mean they're illegitimate. If that's the case, it can't be true or false.
April 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I think it depends whether calling someone a "skank" or "ho" actually claims that they're sleeping around, or if it's just a generic insult. There's precedent for the latter - when we call someone a bastard we don't literally mean they're illegitimate. If that's the case, it can't be true or false.
And in this case, the analogy would be that you're standing there with your arms folded watching the wolf swallow a dozen villagers whole and you're like "wow. That boy really made some bad moves." Like even if he did, you need to realign your priorities!!
March 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
And in this case, the analogy would be that you're standing there with your arms folded watching the wolf swallow a dozen villagers whole and you're like "wow. That boy really made some bad moves." Like even if he did, you need to realign your priorities!!
I showed this post to my mom, who's Brazillian. She suggested "Miserável".
March 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I showed this post to my mom, who's Brazillian. She suggested "Miserável".
I agree with this. We need to diversify citation practices. One thing I'm worried about is papers that rely on fine-grained distinctions with precise semantic definitions, which might not get across well in translation. But maybe that speaks to the need for better translation of non-English papers.
March 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I agree with this. We need to diversify citation practices. One thing I'm worried about is papers that rely on fine-grained distinctions with precise semantic definitions, which might not get across well in translation. But maybe that speaks to the need for better translation of non-English papers.
This is a really cool and surprising study. I expected that most people would think the way you act online reveals your true self, because there are less consequences and more anonymity online. If someone acts nice in person and throws slurs around online, I'm going to think they're "really" mean!
March 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is a really cool and surprising study. I expected that most people would think the way you act online reveals your true self, because there are less consequences and more anonymity online. If someone acts nice in person and throws slurs around online, I'm going to think they're "really" mean!
Amazon is the most evil for me.
March 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Amazon is the most evil for me.
It actually makes sense because watches were his special interest and he was great at working with them. His dad throws all his watches out the window and orders him to study physics instead.
March 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It actually makes sense because watches were his special interest and he was great at working with them. His dad throws all his watches out the window and orders him to study physics instead.
I've always thought it would be extremely funny if George Miller and Byron Kennedy released a map of the Max Max world that showed everything being completely normal *except* for Australia.
March 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I've always thought it would be extremely funny if George Miller and Byron Kennedy released a map of the Max Max world that showed everything being completely normal *except* for Australia.
I've kind of lost faith in the whole "this isn't good messaging, you need to have a convincing narrative" stuff. Republicans won after talking about illegal alien transgender operations and injecting ivermectin. If that's what good messaging is let my posts be bad.
March 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I've kind of lost faith in the whole "this isn't good messaging, you need to have a convincing narrative" stuff. Republicans won after talking about illegal alien transgender operations and injecting ivermectin. If that's what good messaging is let my posts be bad.
Even from a totally heartless consequentialist POV, it's bad politics. It lets extremely bad faith actors hold you hostage year after year by threatening to rescind their votes unless you concede X issue to them (where X can be literally anything). You have to stand for something.
March 7, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Even from a totally heartless consequentialist POV, it's bad politics. It lets extremely bad faith actors hold you hostage year after year by threatening to rescind their votes unless you concede X issue to them (where X can be literally anything). You have to stand for something.
One easy way to see this difference: nobody in a position of serious political power has ever browsed Tumblr on a regular basis. The same can't be said for 4chan, which I suspect gets browsed on a daily basis by powerful people (especially in DOGE).
March 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
One easy way to see this difference: nobody in a position of serious political power has ever browsed Tumblr on a regular basis. The same can't be said for 4chan, which I suspect gets browsed on a daily basis by powerful people (especially in DOGE).
The design is so old fashioned, it reminds me of when I used to ride bikes up and down hills as a kid. Super nostalgic! Do you plan to spraypaint/decorate it?
March 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The design is so old fashioned, it reminds me of when I used to ride bikes up and down hills as a kid. Super nostalgic! Do you plan to spraypaint/decorate it?
Young person who uses a cane here! I would still use one even if I wasn't disabled. I like the look.
March 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Young person who uses a cane here! I would still use one even if I wasn't disabled. I like the look.
Man, I feel a lot less embarassed about mixing up Austria and Australia that one time.
March 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Man, I feel a lot less embarassed about mixing up Austria and Australia that one time.
Getting replaced by an AI that can do your work for cheaper is one thing. Getting replaced by an AI 10x more expensive than you is another level of baffling absurdity.
March 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Getting replaced by an AI that can do your work for cheaper is one thing. Getting replaced by an AI 10x more expensive than you is another level of baffling absurdity.
100% agree with this. In particular, I think children, folks with schizophrenia, and folks with DID are disproportionately likely to be victims of epistemic injustice because they're perceived to hold delusional beliefs. One of the things I'm working on is drawing more attention to that.
March 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
100% agree with this. In particular, I think children, folks with schizophrenia, and folks with DID are disproportionately likely to be victims of epistemic injustice because they're perceived to hold delusional beliefs. One of the things I'm working on is drawing more attention to that.
This post is right. If we want someone to blame for an event like Trump's election, I think we should start by blaming Trump himself, and then his campaign staff and donors, and then his voters. This means that the first name on the list who isn't a conservative is 77 million places down.
March 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This post is right. If we want someone to blame for an event like Trump's election, I think we should start by blaming Trump himself, and then his campaign staff and donors, and then his voters. This means that the first name on the list who isn't a conservative is 77 million places down.
I have a bugbear against the widely held intuition that speech and action are distinct. "Sticks and stones", "he's just saying things", and certain libertarian slants on free speech. It makes people way too reluctant to realize that their words can cause material harm.
March 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I have a bugbear against the widely held intuition that speech and action are distinct. "Sticks and stones", "he's just saying things", and certain libertarian slants on free speech. It makes people way too reluctant to realize that their words can cause material harm.
I have to imagine he's heard every possible joke and is sick of them all and is studiously pretending to ignore the Manbat joke.
March 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I have to imagine he's heard every possible joke and is sick of them all and is studiously pretending to ignore the Manbat joke.
I've always been on James' side, but in recent days I've found myself becoming more of an evidentialist. Stuff like this is why.
February 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I've always been on James' side, but in recent days I've found myself becoming more of an evidentialist. Stuff like this is why.
"We've infiltrated the United States government at the *highest* levels..."
February 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"We've infiltrated the United States government at the *highest* levels..."