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Joe Roussos

Institute for Futures Studies
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  • Institute for Futures Studies
    Post-doctoral Fellow
London School of Economics
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
PhD, 2020
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Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
0000-0002-7663-8057
Areas of Specialization
Social Epistemology
Decision Theory
General Philosophy of Science
Scientific Models
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Social Science
General Philosophy of Science
Epistemology

My Survey Responses

Survey Prompt Response
A priori knowledge Lean towards: yes
Abortion Accept: permissible
Aesthetic value Accept: subjective
Aim of philosophy Accept a combination of answers:
  • Lean towards truth/knowledge
  • Lean towards wisdom
  • Lean towards happiness
  • Lean towards understanding
  • Accept goodness/justice
Eating animals and animal products Lean towards: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Epistemic justification Accept: internalism
Experience machine Accept: no
Footbridge Accept: don't push
Free will Accept: compatibilism
Gender Lean towards: social
God Accept: atheism
Knowledge claims Lean towards: contextualism
Newcomb's problem Accept: one box
Normative ethics Accept an alternative view: Anti theory
Philosophical methods Accept a combination of answers:
  • Lean against intuition-based philosophy
  • Neutral towards linguistic philosophy
  • Lean against empirical philosophy
  • Accept formal philosophy
  • Neutral towards experimental philosophy
  • Lean towards conceptual engineering
  • Lean towards conceptual analysis
Philosophical progress Lean towards: a lot
Political philosophy Lean towards: communitarianism
Race Accept: social
Rational disagreement Accept: permissivism
Science Accept: scientific anti-realism
Zombies Lean towards: conceivable but not metaphysically possible