Eric Schwitzgebel
@eschwitz.bsky.social
Philosopher, UC Riverside. Father. Human.
Congratulations!
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Congratulations!
Of course that's a serious worry!
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Of course that's a serious worry!
one of my favorite books ever, I'm extremely disappointed by this, but not entirely surprised. Sometimes the portraits are a little too good, a little too inspiring. 2/2
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
www.newyorker.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
one of my favorite books ever, I'm extremely disappointed by this, but not entirely surprised. Sometimes the portraits are a little too good, a little too inspiring. 2/2
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Perhaps in tune with a larger harmony?
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Perhaps in tune with a larger harmony?
That would be to harmonize with disharmony -- better to create a new harmony.
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
That would be to harmonize with disharmony -- better to create a new harmony.
3. Fitting responses (e.g., being pleased by the good, responding skillfully to circumstances)
4. Creating new resonances (e.g., play, daydreaming, art)
Full post:
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/11/four...
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4. Creating new resonances (e.g., play, daydreaming, art)
Full post:
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/11/four...
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Four Aspects of Harmony
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
3. Fitting responses (e.g., being pleased by the good, responding skillfully to circumstances)
4. Creating new resonances (e.g., play, daydreaming, art)
Full post:
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/11/four...
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4. Creating new resonances (e.g., play, daydreaming, art)
Full post:
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/11/four...
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It’s a useless posit of a fake difference, a pseudo-distinction required when the representationalists’ simplistic theory crashes against our unsimple world. [3/3]
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/11/repr...
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/11/repr...
Representational Realism and the Problem of Tacit Belief
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November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s a useless posit of a fake difference, a pseudo-distinction required when the representationalists’ simplistic theory crashes against our unsimple world. [3/3]
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/11/repr...
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/11/repr...
representational contents (e.g., there are 4 beers in the fridge) and "tacit" beliefs swiftly derivable from the core (e.g., there are fewer than 17 beers in the fridge). But trying to develop the distinction literally and seriously generates troubles and puzzles. [2/3]
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
representational contents (e.g., there are 4 beers in the fridge) and "tacit" beliefs swiftly derivable from the core (e.g., there are fewer than 17 beers in the fridge). But trying to develop the distinction literally and seriously generates troubles and puzzles. [2/3]
Not sure if will be recorded but I can send my written draft
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Not sure if will be recorded but I can send my written draft