Yi-Cheng Lin🌲

my first journal paper is out now! Time and Time Again co-authored with Sam Baron. academic.oup.com/pq/article-abs…

Next up in the Elements in Metaphysics series is "Social Ontology" by Brian Epstein. #openaccess and check out the video abstract too! cambridge.org/core/elements/…

New Cambridge Element Teleology by Matthew Tugby is now free to read for 2 weeks! cup.org/3TnnbFT #cambridgeelements #philosophy

The most rejections you’ve received on a paper? philosopherscocoon.typepad.com/blog/2024/08/t…

My new analysis of the most-cited philosophers in the Stanford Encyclopedia (as a measure of influence in what I call "mainstream Anglophone philosophy"). I'll follow up later with various demographic analyses. As usual, David Lewis tops the list: schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-37…

What does it mean when philosophers of mind claim their works are informed by empirical evidence? Karen Yan and Chuan-Ya Liao investigate in this post for Imperfect Cognitions! imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-co-c…

Am giving #IAPT keynote today, on #philosophyoftime and sexism. At hotel breakfast this morning… -Friendly Woman: “Are you here for the conference?” -Me: “Yes” -Friendly Woman: “Is your husband giving a talk?”

@maximalworm I’m sorry to hear this. Their behavior is intolerable!

@YiChengLin15 For some reason the ex-Dianoia HDR offices (except one) had the names taken off, though i still have my key and all my belongings they also left the door unlocked for some reason

lmao they took my name off of my office

WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University. I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet. This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. @ATLNewsFirst

New Cambridge Element Propositional Quantifiers by Peter Fritz is now free to read for 2 weeks! cup.org/3UureRQ #cambridgeelements #philosophy

Keynotes are Ted Sider and Samuel Scheffler. Welcome all grad students to submit your papers!

University of Toronto Philosophy Graduate Conference 2024 philevents.org/event/show/121…

New Post: APA Member Interview: Yi-Cheng Lin buff.ly/42qHlSS

Sadly, @UniKent has announced plans to axe a number of smaller departments, including philosophy. We perform well on all measures, including student recruitment. But smaller subjects have less clout and are easiest to cut. Help us shout out our value to the uni! They need to hear

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This made me laugh pretty hard

How do we decide who to trust? SRI Grad Fellow Alice Huang's (@uoftphilosophy) new paper in @TheBJPS looks how we use "track records" to make decisions about trust. Alice uses computational techniques to ask whether track records help us identify experts. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

@BaptisteLeBihan become famous

I haven't noticed a big difference, perhaps an average of six months for the first verdict? As a reviewer: I've been asked to review more this year, but it might be because I gained visibility. I've written 18 reviews in 2023 and turned down roughly as many invitations.

@liaoshenyi omg your door is amazing

My entry on "Belief" for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, updated today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/belief/ Believe it or not!