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Typicality First

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Instances of the law of large numbers are used to model many different physical systems. In this paper, I argue for a particular interpretation, of those instances of that law, which appeals to typicality. As I argue, the content of that law, when used to

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THE SPECTER OF REVEALED PREFERENCE THEORY

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My aim in this paper is to argue that the recent philosophical defenses of revealed preference theory do not withstand scrutiny. Towards this aim, I will first outline revealed preference theory. I will then briefly present the two most common arguments t

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Everettian quantum mechanics and the ghost of fission

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Arguments from fission cases, most notably made by Parfit, have historically been utilized in discussions of Everettian quantum mechanics (EQM) in an attempt to illuminate details of familiar accounts in which an agent 'splits'. Whilst such imagery is o

Theoretical Linguistics and the philosophy of linguistics
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Theoretical Linguistics and the philosophy of linguistics

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In this article, I briefly explore how theoretical linguistics and philosophy are interconnected. I focus on three possibilities, and argue that the fields are most harmonious when utilised in critical reflection of a particular target, a format officiall

The World in Indian and European Philosophy
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The World in Indian and European Philosophy

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The world is a comprehensive concept of the area of external experience in which all objects appear as external to our consciousness. It is also the area of becoming, transience and disappearance, resp. of birth, life and death (physiology, philosophical

Teaching World Philosophies: An Essay
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Teaching World Philosophies: An Essay

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To step up the activity level of academic philosophizing, Teaching World Philosophies will propose that one first engage in a thorough housecleaning before teaching world-philosophical traditions today. In the path that will be sketched as an example in t