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Brett Karlan
@oldjerryfodor.bsky.social
Philosopher of cognitive science @ Purdue. Gamer in academia (brave).
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NDPR, let's talk
January 27, 2026 at 6:33 PM
As Shamik Dasgupta once said to me, "All we're fighting about is which property gets the party hat"
January 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
As a student of Lewisians who think basically anything you can coherently describe is probably a real property somewhere, I fail to see the problem
January 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
And the IBE stuff is wild. Pre-theoretically, "people use words in slippery ways without commitments" is SUCH a better way to explain our judgments than "our intuitions reveal the metaphysical structure of all possible worlds." That's not the field I want to be fighting pragmatists on, personally
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Like, I'm a realist about basically everything, so I'm not TW's enemy here at all. But the review makes it seem like the main way the metaphysical realist is going to win is by foot-stomping, screaming "science!!", and calling competing programs regenerating. That ain't it, chief
January 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Philosophy Is Perfect
January 27, 2026 at 6:20 PM
You gotta name and shame the journal this is insane
January 27, 2026 at 5:37 PM
wtf how does that even happen
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
(Also I owe you an email, writing now!)
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
lololol long time no see on here
January 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Love 2 be a man of the people
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 AM
One of my first dates with my now-wife was a Steetlight show in Des Moines, Iowa in 2013. Utterly electric band live
January 24, 2026 at 1:50 AM