Inferential Magnetism

Descartes in Two Dimensions

Descartes' cogito argument is perhaps the most well‐known philosophical argument, the conclusion of which is supposed to be a form of rationalism that allows for contingent a priori knowledge of the world. In this short note, I argue that, in fact, the all important statement, ‘I am, I exist’, should be analyse...

Aristotle on the Rationality of Recollection: Reasoning, Inquiry, and Telic Sensitivity

In On Memory and Recollection , Aristotle makes the curious remark that recollection is ‘a sort of reasoning’ ( sullogismos tis ) (453a10). The remark is especially puzzling in light of the automatic and associative character of what he takes to be typical recollective processes, since these features can create...

O paradoxo do insensato acrático

In this paper, we translate and interpret the passage from Nicomachean Ethics 7.1146a21-32, in which Aristotle presents a sophistical paradox when discussing the difficulties surrounding the theme of akrasia. We base our analysis on the description of paradoxes in On Sophistical Refutations and on the explanation of th...

Superintelligent Zombies

It is suggested that if the view is right, a certain type of moral risk can be averted since researchers are unlikely to stumble into accidentally creating AI models that are conscious, and a new form of AI risk that arises from the view.

Negation, material incompatibilities and inferential thickness: a Brandomian take on Middle Wittgenstein

Machine Demons

This essay argues that enthusiasm for ML as a turning point rests on a category confusion between two distinct scientific imaginaries: Laplace’s deterministic universe and Comte’s social physics, which sought descriptive regularities rather than causal mechanisms.