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Back from the NIH

June 26, 2015 Brian Robinson

I just returned from SciTS 2015 at the National Institutes of Health, where I represented the Toolbox Project (along with…

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Posted in: Interdisciplinarity, Presentation, Research, Toolbox Dialogue Initiative

The Myth of Unified Philosophy

June 25, 2015 Brian Robinson

Of late, there has been an interest in our online community on the status of philosophy. Harry Frankfurt and Brian…

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Posted in: Metaphilosophy

Self-Promotion in the Age of the Unread

April 14, 2015 Brian Robinson

Two interesting posts appeared on Daily Nous this week. First, there was the depressing-but-not-surprising news that for most humanities articles…

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Posted in: Metaphilosophy, Unpublished Thoughts

Philosophy in the Doldrums? Hardly

March 10, 2015 Brian Robinson 1 Comment

Brian Leiter recently shared this excerpt from Harry Frankfurt’s contribution to Portraits of American Philosophy: I believe that there is,…

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Posted in: Metaphilosophy, News, Unpublished Thoughts

West Michigan Climate Resiliency Conference

October 24, 2014 Brian Robinson

Yesterday I attended the West Michigan Climate Resiliency Conference in Grand Rapids, MI, put on by the West Michigan Sustainable…

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Posted in: Toolbox Dialogue Initiative, Value of Philosophy

Moving to Michigan State

June 7, 2014 Brian Robinson

I am happy to announce that this fall I will be joining the faculty at Michigan State University as a…

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Posted in: News

Logic Joke

April 1, 2014 Brian Robinson

I wanted to start my logic class this semester with a good logic joke. Logic can sometimes feel dull and…

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Posted in: Humor, Teaching

Reversing the Side-Effect Effect

December 8, 2013 Brian Robinson

Some of you are already familiar with the Side-Effect Effect by now. In a new article forthcoming in Philosophical Studies,…

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Posted in: Ethics, Experimental Philosophy, Moral Pscyhology, News, Publication, Research

Groucho Marxism

November 7, 2013 Brian Robinson

I like the idea of Groucho Marxism as a theory of political philosophy. Though humorous, it isn’t a silly idea.…

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Posted in: Humor

Unpublished Thoughts: Ethics of Cooperation

August 10, 2013 Brian Robinson

Last week something interesting happened in Japan. A woman fell into the gap between a train and the platform. Unlike…

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Posted in: cooperation, Ethics, Unpublished Thoughts

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