After trying 1000 different starting points, I found a five topic model for papers published in Philosophical Studies 1980-2019 where the topics track (my) intuitive classifications of the articles. The substack post describes how I built it, and the model is: brian.weatherson.org/quarto/posts...
I've gone back to building topic models, this time using citation data to evaluate the various models. The results seem somewhat promising: kcav.substack.com/p/mixing-top...
A better way to find high-level topics
WaPo printing a Trump answer about inflation verbatim is what we’ve been asking journalists to do all along, but the footnotes here are a real bonus. I mean I bailed nearly immediately because this is upsettingly incomprehensible but it is quite something to see written out. #uspoliwapo.st/4eK0Zym
During Donald Trump’s town hall in Pennsylvania, an attendee asked about grocery bills and inflation. Here is Trump’s response in its entirety.
I've seen a lot of complaints about the press coverage of Trump being weird yesterday. And while some of it definitely soft-pedaled what happened, I thought the Post did a pretty good job saying what was going on. wapo.st/4dK01kt
Vice President Kamala Harris has called Trump, 78, unstable and questioned his mental acuity.
It’s really funny to complain about “Standard Analytic Epistemology”, without naming any names, then defend reliabilism, the most standard, most analytic, theory there is.
"Standard analytic epistemology... is based on a variety of descriptive theories of how our minds work. Those descriptive theories are crafted by philosophers, and those theories are substantially false. This should not be surprising." #philsky
Standard Analytic Epistemology (SAE) is the name Michael Bishop (Florida State) and J.D. Trout (Illinois Institute of Technology) give to “the dominant approach to the theory of knowledge in the Engli...
"In the streets and stores, strangers have hurled insults at Haitians. The tires on their cars have been slashed overnight. Some shoppers have meowed at Haitians in supermarket aisles, according to Haitians, community leaders and immigrant advocates."
A young family came to love the city where they rebuilt their lives and bought a home. Since a false rumor spread, they have scrapped outings, even to the park.
I don’t know anything on the category in general. But Renee Jorgensen’s recent paper on “ Believe Women” might be an interesting start. philpapers.org/archive/BOLB...
I just mailed my ballot today! If you're an American living abroad I encourage you to do so as soon as you can.
Did not expect to wake up to news that someone from my old high school had scored for Australia in a World Cup qualifier. www.theguardian.com/football/liv...
Minute-by-minute: The Socceroos seek to get their qualification campaign back on track under new coach Tony Popovic. Join Joey Lynch for updates
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