On Studying Philosophy
Dear Lena,
I know a lot of time has passed since you asked me how you might get started with studying philosophy. I imagine by now you assume I’ve either forgotten or given my word on something I never intended to follow through with. I’m writing you today, finally, so that you may lay those assumptions aside. In truth, your question has preoccupied me for quite some time, and it may sound dubious, but I’ve needed this past year to reflect on how best to respond to you. . . .
The Level-Based Category Mistake
I’ve had several residual thoughts about Christian List’s philosophy since finishing my thesis on his theory of free will—too many to name, honestly—but I thought I might take a moment to sketch at least one of them out. It has to do with List’s use of levels and how that use takes advantage of an unidentified species of category mistake. . . .