Ryan Simonelli

My paper, "In Defense of Immodesty," in which I defend inferentialism from John McDowell's criticisms is now out in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… If you don't have access, you can read the preprint here: ryansimonelli.com/uploads/1/3/3/…

If anyone working on Sellars is interested in coming to China this summer, there will be a conference on Sellars's philosophy at Zhejiang University in June! Submit an abstract if you're interested: philevents.org/event/show/145…

My paper "There is a Logical Negation: 'Yes,' 'No,' Both, and Neither," in which I respond to Jc Beall's claim that, on the FDE picture of logic, there is no logical negation, is now out in the Australasian Journal of Logic. Check it out! ojs.victoria.ac.nz/ajl/article/vi…

Alas, the paper is behind a paywall, but if you don't have access, you can read it for free here rdcu.be/eXPGd

My paper, "'Yes,' 'No,' Neither, and Both", in which I present a bilateral approach to semantic paradoxes and show that it provides a new perspective on the "non-transitive" approach developed by Ripley, has just come out in Synthese! Check it out: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

On Thursday, I gave a talk at Wuhan University arguing that LLMs can plausibly be regarded as making assertions (at least in some sense of the term). You can see it here (sorry about the technical difficulties between 2:08-7:18): youtu.be/fXjKBzi57OQ

It was great to present (albeit virtually) at the "Reasons, Rationality, and Rationalism" conference in Zurich. I gave my talk arguing, from an inferentialist perspective, that LLMs can in principle possess conceptual understanding. You can see it here: youtube.com/watch?v=_kaOeC…

The 2023 Logica Yearbook is now out! In it, you can find my paper, "Generalized Bilateral Harmony" in which I consider different types of bilateral natural deduction systems and propose a new criterion of harmony for such systems. philpapers.org/rec/SIMGBH collegepublications.co.uk/logica/?00037

Last week I gave a talk at China University of Political Science and Law, discussing how an inferentialist approach to properties might enable us to resolve the traditional metaphysical and epistemological problems with such things. You can watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=3N4vQF…

My paper, "Bringing Bilateralisms Together: A Unified Framework for Inferentialists," is finally officially forthcoming in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy! It'll be a while until it's actually published, but you can read the preprint here: ryansimonelli.com/uploads/1/3/3/…

Ulf Hlobil and I are editing a special issue of Topoi about logical expressivism. In addition to a number of great invited contributors, there is currently an open call for papers. Please pass it along to anyone who might be interested! link.springer.com/collections/cf…

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Thanks to @RashedAlawadi for hosting an amazing logic conference in Kuwait this week (kuwaitlogic.com)! You can watch a recording of my talk--"Yes," "No," Neither, and Both--here (starts at 9:54): youtu.be/40YHngUSI6U?t=…

It was great to be back at the Florida Philosophical Association this past weekend, where I have great memories from undergrad! My talk was a response to Jc Beall, where I argue (as a bilateralist) that there is a logical negation. Here's the recording: youtube.com/watch?v=WDV1lo…

My response to @Nils_Kurbis's paper, "Supposition: A Problem for Bilateralism," entitled "Supposition: No Problem for Bilateralism," is now out in the Bulletin of the Section of Logic! czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/bulletin/artic…

Reading Kant with Sellars, with a bunch of great papers on Sellars' reading of Kant and his distinctive brand of Kantianism (including my paper "Sellars' Two Worlds"), is now out from Routledge! It's a bit pricey, but tell your library to buy it! routledge.com/Reading-Kant-w…

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My review of Eric Marcus's book, Belief, Inference, and the Self-Conscious Mind is now out in the Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews: ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/belief…

My paper, "An Act-Based Approach to Assertibles and Instantiables," one of the more ambitious papers I've ever written, is now forthcoming in Ergo. You can read a preprint here: ryansimonelli.com/uploads/1/3/3/…