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What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism? (2025)
Journal Article
LaCroix, T., Amero, A., & Sidloski, B. (2025). What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism?. Synthese, 206(2), Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05116-1

Several anecdotal claims about the relationship between philosophical discourse and the subject of autism have been forwarded in recent years. This paper seeks to verify or debunk these descriptive claims by carefully examining the philosophical lite... Read More about What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism?.

‘Water’ and ‘Water’: On Twin-Earth and the Metaphysics of Words (2025)
Journal Article
Miller, J. (online). ‘Water’ and ‘Water’: On Twin-Earth and the Metaphysics of Words. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2025.10005

Putnam’s Twin-Earth thought experiment has been hugely influential as an argument in favor of semantic externalism. In this article, I argue that the Twin-Earth thought experiment relies on some previously unnoticed metaphysical assumptions about how... Read More about ‘Water’ and ‘Water’: On Twin-Earth and the Metaphysics of Words.

Not taking oneself too seriously: The value of humour in intimate relationships (2025)
Journal Article
Saunders, J. (online). Not taking oneself too seriously: The value of humour in intimate relationships. Philosophical Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqaf057

This paper lays out one positive role that humour can play in intimate relationships, focusing on the value of not taking oneself too seriously. It begins by looking at the positive value of humour in general (Section I), before applying this to inti... Read More about Not taking oneself too seriously: The value of humour in intimate relationships.

A New Case for Moral Skepticism: The Argument from Paradox 1 (2025)
Journal Article
Cowie, C. (in press). A New Case for Moral Skepticism: The Argument from Paradox 1. Journal of Philosophy,

It is nearly half a century since moral philosophers first began to grapple with a series of troubling axiological paradoxes. It now looks as though they may resist satisfactory resolution. Concern is growing that this supports skepticism. I provide... Read More about A New Case for Moral Skepticism: The Argument from Paradox 1.

Information and Meaning in the Evolution of Compositional Signals (2025)
Journal Article
LaCroix, T. (online). Information and Meaning in the Evolution of Compositional Signals. Journal of Logic, Language and Information, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10849-025-09433-z

This paper provides a formal treatment of the argument that syntax alone cannot give rise to compositionality in a signalling game context. This conclusion follows from the standard information-theoretic machinery used in the signalling game literatu... Read More about Information and Meaning in the Evolution of Compositional Signals.

Words Without Intentions (2025)
Journal Article
Miller, J. (in press). Words Without Intentions. Croatian Journal of Philosophy,

A commonly held position in the literature on the metaphysics of words holds that intentions are either jointly or independently necessary or sufficient for the tokening of a word. In this paper, using a modified version of an example case created by... Read More about Words Without Intentions.

Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem: A Philosophical Introduction (2025)
Book
LaCroix, T. (2025). Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem: A Philosophical Introduction. Broadview Press

Written for an interdisciplinary audience, this book provides strikingly clear explanations of the many difficult technical and moral concepts central to discussions of ethics and AI. In particular, it serves as an introduction to the value alignment... Read More about Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem: A Philosophical Introduction.