Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Ok. I’m reluctantly signing off this account now. Follow me at @justincaouette.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Justin CaouetteExperimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Our new paper on why people love sad art The key question: You probably wouldn’t enjoy it if someone started telling you about how she is addicted to drugs and her life is failing apart. So why do you love it when she creates a work of art about that very same thing? osf.io/preprints/ps... 610123
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette, Ph.D. @justincaouette.bsky.social · 12/01/2025My interview with Cliff over at ‘What is it like to be a Philosopher?’ (2022)whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.comWhat Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? features in-depth autobiographical interviews with philosophers 0308
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette, Ph.D. @justincaouette.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Wise words from Tiny Dragon 052
Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Just got a new phone and also recently got locked out of my BSU email address (which was the address I used to get on Bluesky). So, once I send back my old phone I will no longer have access to this account. I’ll be setting up a new one to replace this. A bit annoying. Might wait a while. ✌🏼 261
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 10/01/202520. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops. 21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb. The end. 121
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 10/01/202517. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited. 18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east." 19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out. 111
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 10/01/2025 11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing. 12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever. 13. I run like the winded. 121
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 10/01/2025 5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late. 6. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago. 7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects. 8. I had my patience tested. I'm negative. 111
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 10/01/2025These made me laugh. I copied from a friend! 1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison. 2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it. 3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight. 4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles 141
Reposted by Justin CaouetteEric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025regardless of theory. Full post: schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-ro...schwitzsplinters.blogspot.comA Robot Lover's Sociological Argument for Robot Consciousness 3112
Reposted by Justin CaouetteEric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025intractable qualities, abandoning its main practical, social usefulness (or worse, using its obscurity to justify what seems like bigotry), or allowing that if an entity can interact with us in (what we experience as) a sufficiently socially significant ways, it has consciousness enough 2/3 272
Reposted by Justin CaouetteEric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025In today's blog post, I offer a sociological argument for regarding robots as conscious, in a hypothetical future in which AI companions are common. If AI companionship technology flourishes, we might face the choice between connecting "consciousness" definitionally to scientifically 1/3 2134
Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 10/01/2025When AI takes your job: The answer to why a job exists may displacement threats by AIjimmyalfonsolicon.substack.comWhen AI takes your jobThe answer to why a job exists may displacement threats by AI 030
Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 10/01/2025These made me laugh. I copied from a friend! 1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison. 2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it. 3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight. 4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles 141
Reposted by Justin CaouettePPE Network in Europe @ppenetworkeurope.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Call for applications for the summer school hosted by @univie.ac.at has just gone live! The topic will be the history and epistemology of econometrics. More info on the course, and info about the guest lecturers can be found here: summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.atsummerschool-ivc.univie.ac.atSummer School Institute Vienna CircleSummer School Institute Vienna Circle 043
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across Speciesacademic.oup.comWeighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across SpeciesAbstract. When, if ever, is it better to spend money to improve pig welfare over chicken welfare? Which species of fish is worst off in commercial aquacult 071
Reposted by Justin CaouetteLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Debunking MAGA’s hateful lies about the LA fires: The reservoirs were full, the fire budget was increased, the 12 firefighters fired for refusing to get Covid shots were replaced long ago, the donations to Ukraine were nominal, and on, and on.jabberwocking.comElon Musk is the new emperor of misinformation - Kevin DrumHere's the latest from Elon Musk about the LA wildfires: Every single thing on this list is either badly misleading or flat-out wrong: Reservoirs and emergency water tanks were all full before the fir... 14882382
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 08/01/2025AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinkingmdpi.comAI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical ThinkingThe proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations... 073
Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across Speciesacademic.oup.comWeighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across SpeciesAbstract. When, if ever, is it better to spend money to improve pig welfare over chicken welfare? Which species of fish is worst off in commercial aquacult 071
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?thelancet.comPredatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?A growing number of entities misrepresent themselves as scholarly journals for financial gain despite not meeting scholarly publishing standards.1,2 As editors and members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), we receive queries about these “predatory” or “pseudo” entities and are subject to their deception when they target our authors and reviewers. The number of predatory journals is difficult to accurately determine but was estimated at more than 15 000 in 2021.3 While the ICMJE Recommendations include warnings about predatory publishing,4 the Committee believes that the large number of increasingly bold predatory entities warrants shining a bright light on them and considering actions stakeholders can take to counter their deceptive efforts. 031
Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 08/01/2025AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinkingmdpi.comAI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical ThinkingThe proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations... 073
Reposted by Justin CaouetteAdam Toon @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Out now! Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023) t.co/eBlYtDd5lY 06411
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Chatbottery: Why the writing is on the wall for essay writingthe-tls.co.ukWhy the writing is on the wall for essay writingWill 2025 be the year we give up the teaching of writing? I don’t mean the basics, of course; elementary pupils still need to learn their letters. (How 242
Reposted by Justin CaouetteHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/01/2025“More than 800 ‘potential vulnerabilities and biases’ were uncovered by a Pentagon effort to spot problems with using large language models in military medical services, officials said Thursday.”defenseone.com800-plus 'potential vulnerabilities and biases' may afflict AI-infused medical servicesA DOD red team looked at the proposed use of large language models to summarize clinical notes and drive an advisory chatbot. 54319
Reposted by Justin CaouetteChris @multiplicityct.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Mental states are not simple, but a “choir” performing a “symphony” composed of simpler states. I love this part of Bergson’s Time and Free Will. 2324
Reposted by Justin CaouetteZsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Synthese special issue CFP gatekeeping in science. Editors: Katherine Dormandy & Eric Winsberg @ewinsberg.bsky.social Deadline 25 April 25 #philsci #philsky link.springer.com/collections/...link.springer.comGatekeeping in ScienceScience, which we may understand broadly as the natural, social and human sciences, depends on gatekeeping to maintain its epistemic credentials. It must keep ... 14416
Reposted by Justin CaouetteAnna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Great framing for a special issue #metascience #philsci #histsci #sts 22310
Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?thelancet.comPredatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?A growing number of entities misrepresent themselves as scholarly journals for financial gain despite not meeting scholarly publishing standards.1,2 As editors and members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), we receive queries about these “predatory” or “pseudo” entities and are subject to their deception when they target our authors and reviewers. The number of predatory journals is difficult to accurately determine but was estimated at more than 15 000 in 2021.3 While the ICMJE Recommendations include warnings about predatory publishing,4 the Committee believes that the large number of increasingly bold predatory entities warrants shining a bright light on them and considering actions stakeholders can take to counter their deceptive efforts. 031
Reposted by Justin CaouetteDaniel S. Goldberg @profgoldberg.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Dr. Lanphier, FWIW, fantastic Medicaid legal scholar Nicole Huberfeld has a paper on work requirements in our @jlme-journal.bsky.social theme issue on “Malingering & Health Policy” contextualizing the effort to pass them in terms of fears about “deception” etc. It’s gross but is explanatory IMO …cambridge.orgMedicaid Waivers, Administrative Authority, and the Shadow of Malingering | Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics | Cambridge CoreMedicaid Waivers, Administrative Authority, and the Shadow of Malingering - Volume 49 Issue 3 132
Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Chatbottery: Why the writing is on the wall for essay writingthe-tls.co.ukWhy the writing is on the wall for essay writingWill 2025 be the year we give up the teaching of writing? I don’t mean the basics, of course; elementary pupils still need to learn their letters. (How 242
Reposted by Justin CaouetteDe Gruyter Brill Philosophy @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Hello #PhilSky! Follow us to hear from events, CFPs, and news in #Philosophy. See what’s new in our philosophy portfolio including #PhilSci, #PhilHist, #PhilMind, #AIEthics, #germanidealism, #feministphilosophy, #criticaltheory and much more. We can't wait to connect with you all! 0143
Reposted by Justin CaouetteThe Cat in the Hat @myndworkz.bsky.social · 07/01/2025...love this thought. I would say also that like folklore it is an oral tradition, to be spoken, not palely reflected in papers. 121
Reposted by Justin CaouettePhilosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Sofia Jeppsson with ‘Allegedly impossible experiences’ doi.org/10.1080/0951... 🧵3/3doi.orgAllegedly impossible experiencesIn this paper, I will argue for two interrelated theses. First, if we take phenomenological psychopathology seriously, and want to understand what it is like to undergo various psychopathological e... 011
Reposted by Justin CaouettePhilosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Our January 2024 in open access: Markus Ilkka Eronen with ‘Causal complexity and psychological measurement’ doi.org/10.1080/0951... Richard Gipps & Simon Clarke on ‘Religious delusion or religious belief?’ doi.org/10.1080/0951... 🧵1/3 142
Reposted by Justin CaouetteSean T. Murphy @seantmurphyy.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Please let students know about the upcoming Undergrad Phil Conf at SUU! Deadline: Jan 9. philevents.org/event/show/1...philevents.org2025 Southern Utah University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference2025 Southern Utah University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference March 22, 2025 Keynote Speaker: Dr. A.K. Flowerree Associate Professor, Texas Tech University We are pleased to announce the 11th annu... 066
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Political Theory of the Digital Age (review) “Any political philosophy that speaks to the political problems of this century must also be a philosophy of technology” (27)ndpr.nd.eduPolitical Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take UsPolitical philosophy has a way of making the timeless timely. Although Mathias Risse’s Political Theory of the Digital Age addresses its subt... 053
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Preliminaries to artificial consciousnessarxiv.orgPreliminaries to artificial consciousness: a multidimensional heuristic approachThe pursuit of artificial consciousness requires conceptual clarity to navigate its theoretical and empirical challenges. This paper introduces a composite, multilevel, and multidimensional model of c... 041
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Why aren’t we talking about the real reason make college enrollment is dropping?celestemdavis.substack.comWhy aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?We would rather talk about literally everything else. 031
Reposted by Justin CaouetteFarbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · 06/01/2025A final reminder of this opportunity to join us in the Dept. of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Please share with anyone interested – AOS and AOC Open; deadline: 14th January! 02214
Reposted by Justin CaouetteThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 03/01/2025Richard Brody on why DVD owners shouldn’t throw out their collections just yet.newyorker.comWhat We Lose When Streaming Companies Choose What We WatchMaybe don’t throw away all your DVDs just yet. 31948451006
Reposted by Justin CaouetteLara Buchak @larabuchak.net · 15/05/2024My paper "Faith and rational deference to authority" is now out in Philosophy & Phenomenological Research. I argue that it can be rational to defer to an authority even when the authority's pronouncement goes against your own reasoning. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comFaith and rational deference to authorityMany accounts of faith hold that faith is deference to an authority about what to believe or what to do. I show that this kind of faith fits into a more general account of faith, the risky-commitment.... 0317
Reposted by Justin CaouetteAnita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 05/01/2025“It seems to me that I have wanted to write for the whole of my life. The intensity of this insistence, despite its implausibility, suggests an emotional, rather than literal, accuracy. I think my life didn’t seem my life until I started to write.” ~ Louise Glück www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...newyorker.comWriting as TransformationWords and phrases came from nowhere; I rarely had any sense of what they meant or to what context they belonged. 0121
Reposted by Justin CaouetteJustin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Folklore is Philosophy “Academics zero in on narrower and narrower topics in order to establish unique niches and, in the process, what was once a discipline that sought answers to humanity’s most fundamental questions becomes a jargon-riddled puzzle for a narrow group of insiders.”aeon.coFolktales like philosophy startle us into rethinking our values | Aeon EssaysBoth folktales and formal philosophy unsettle us into thinking anew about our cherished values and views of the world 1238
Reposted by Justin CaouetteSPAN @socphilneuro.bsky.social · 05/01/2025😎 SPAN2025 Keynotes, invited symposia speakers, and sponsored symposia just dropped! Take a look at who will be at SPAN2025 and then submit your abstract so you can be there too! More invited speakers will be announced soon. Visit our website for all the details: philandneuro.com 03323
Reposted by Justin CaouetteHarriet Fagerberg @harrif.bsky.social · 05/01/2025The Philosophy and Medicine Project at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social welcomes abstracts for the 2025 Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable - deadline 1st of February! ✍️ 🎓 www.philosophyandmedicine.org/cfa-philosop...philosophyandmedicine.orgCfA Philosophy of Medicine Roundtable — Philosophy & Medicine 15234
Justin Caouette @drjustincaouette.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Why aren’t we talking about the real reason make college enrollment is dropping?celestemdavis.substack.comWhy aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping?We would rather talk about literally everything else. 031