changing views

Accounting for Objective Rational Permissibility without Act-Sequences

Robert — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:19:26 +0000

This is an undergraduate paper I wrote in response to an early draft (Nov 2009) of (primarily) chapter 6 of Douglas W. Portmore’s book Commonsense Consequentialism. It was written for an independent study with Portmore on practical rationality. I spent a few weeks revising it and then used it as my writing sample for graduate school applications.

Accounting for Objective Rational Permissibility without Act-Sequences

Peer Disagreement

Robert — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:17:34 +0000

This is a paper I wrote as an undergraduate for a seminar titled Epistemology in the spring of 2009. The seminar focused on peer disagreement and was taught by Stewart Cohen. This paper was a response to Thomas Kelly’s recent papers on the topic.

Peer Disagreement and the Rational Course of Action

Active Externalism

Robert — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:07:20 +0000

This is an optional term paper I wrote as an undergraduate for a special topics class at ASU in the Fall of 2008. The topic was Philosophy of Cognitive Science taught by Bernard Kobes. The paper is a response to a recently published book by Andy Clark: Supersizing the Mind.

A Narrow, Extended Mind

In Defense of Satisficing Consequentialism

Robert — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:55:10 +0000

This is my first full length philosophy paper. It was written for a seminar I took in the spring of 2008 as an undergraduate at ASU. The seminar was Consequentialism, taught by Douglas Portmore. I submitted it for publication in the Rutgers Undergraduate Philosophy Journal and it was among the final papers for consideration, but ultimately not published. It was the only journal I submitted it to.

Is Satisficing Necessary or Just ‘Good Enough’?