Philosopher at the University of Southampton. OUP book on desire-as-belief: https://xitter.cf/t.co/nNOG1T1ypI. Next project on rationality of happiness.
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Another lovely review of my book! journals.uchicago.edu/doi/fu…
I esp liked this line:
"...one of the book’s greatest virtues [is] Gregory’s admirable ability to explain how something that initially seems odd and counterintuitive could be perfectly plausible once properly understood"
At last I have a shareable draft of my book on Fitting Happiness! Drop me a line if you'd like to see.
alexgregory.name/#HAPbook
Adding an entry on philpapers for my book draft counts as progress on the book, right?
philpapers.org/rec/GREFHO
New paper coming out in Philosopher's Imprint: "Take In Your Hen: Fittingness and Hedonic Adaptation".
philpapers.org/rec/GRETIY
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My review of Alex Gregory’s terrific book ‘Desire as Belief’ is now available in The Journal of Moral Philosophy. brill.com/view/journals/jmp/…
All finished in Berlin! Fantastic to be away with such great people, in such a great place (human-abilities.de/). But I'm equally excited to be home, even if there are fewer pretzels.
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Perhaps ideal book chapters are 8,000 words long. But if you have a chapter that is 12,000, is it better to cut it in half?
44%12,000 is better
56%2*6,000 is better
16 votes • Final resultsA clear winner! I'm not sure if people are being moved by scholarly considerations of quality here or instead pragmatic considerations about achieving publication.
Perhaps ideal book chapters are 8,000 words long. But if you have a chapter that is 12,000, is it better to cut it in half?
44%12,000 is better
56%2*6,000 is better
16 votes • Final results Alex Gregory retweeted
If you are writing a paper that discusses someone's work at length, do you send it to them for comments before you submit it to a journal for publication? (One obvious related thought: They are likely to be one of the referees.)
29%Yes, discuss pre-pub
71%No, just submit
31 votes • Final resultsIf you are writing a paper that discusses someone's work at length, do you send it to them for comments before you submit it to a journal for publication? (One obvious related thought: They are likely to be one of the referees.)
29%Yes, discuss pre-pub
71%No, just submit
31 votes • Final results
Skimming /The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness/ (1860). Some classics: "Never gesticulate in every day conversation, unless you wish to be mistaken for a fifth rate comedian." (1/n)
"Never allow a lady to get a chair for herself, ring a bell, pick up a handkerchief or glove she may have dropped, or, in short, perform any service for herself which you can perform for her, when you are in the room."
"Do not stop to join a crowd who are collected round a street show, or street merchant, unless you wish to pass for a countryman taking a holiday in the city." (END, but there's more, of course: gutenberg.org/files/39293/39…)
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I’m writing a book about goodness, pleasure, desire and moral worth. An author-meets-critics session is happening next month in Erlangen Germany. If you’d like to see the introduction, just let me know.
Preparing some comments on @DavidHunterTO's new (excellent) book manuscript for a workshop in Erlangen. It's ok if my comments are longer than the book, right?