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David Dennen

Introduction to the “Reading Dewey’s Logic” Video Series

To my mind, John Dewey is the greatest philosopher the United States has produced. He is simply unmatched in terms of the range of…

2 min readJan 27, 2024

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Introduction to the “Reading Dewey’s Logic” Video Series

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David Dennen

Some Logico-Empirical Aspects of the Phrase “Could Have Acted Otherwise”

Free will (and thus moral responsibility) has often been defined by the criterion that “one could have acted/done otherwise.”

4 min readDec 14, 2023

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Some Logico-Empirical Aspects of the Phrase “Could Have Acted Otherwise”

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David Dennen

Asserting vs. Reading: Or, Why Academic Presentations Suck

I teach a conference-speaking class every year. I attend a number of academic conferences every year. I often listen to or watch recordings…

4 min readDec 11, 2023

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Asserting vs. Reading: Or, Why Academic Presentations Suck

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David Dennen

Is Frank Jackson’s Knowledge Argument about Knowledge?

Frank Jackson’s “Knowledge Argument” against physicalism, also known as the “Mary’s Room Argument,” has been much discussed. Jackson first…

12 min readOct 27, 2023

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Is Frank Jackson’s Knowledge Argument about Knowledge?

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David Dennen

What “Self” and “Consciousness” Mean to an Old-School Pragmatist-Behaviorist

The goal of this short essay is to lay out some basic pragmatist concepts for making sense of “self” and “consciousness.”

9 min readApr 10, 2023

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What “Self” and “Consciousness” Mean to an Old-School Pragmatist-Behaviorist

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David Dennen

Are (LLM) Chatbots Conscious?

Is it possible for an artificial intelligence to become really conscious? Are some AIs already conscious, as at least a few people think…

15 min readMar 7, 2023

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Are (LLM) Chatbots Conscious?

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David Dennen

Derrida’s Two Kinds of Reading

Deconstruction as a two-stage approach to literary interpretation.

14 min readFeb 26, 2023

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Derrida’s Two Kinds of Reading

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David Dennen

The Ethics of Critical Engagement: Vitality, Justice, Understanding, Overstanding

Does criticism have an ethics? Should it? Back in 1979, the literary critic Wayne Booth published a book called Critical Understanding…

15 min readSep 27, 2022

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The Ethics of Critical Engagement: Vitality, Justice, Understanding, Overstanding

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David Dennen

Two Tales of Bullying: James Feibleman and Audre Lorde

There are two tales of bullying from the philosophical literature which have stuck with me over the years.

7 min readSep 12, 2022

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Two Tales of Bullying: James Feibleman and Audre Lorde

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David Dennen

Behaviorism’s Resolution of Psychology’s Incoherence

On the incoherences in traditional psychology and how behaviorism tried to resolve them.

7 min readSep 2, 2022

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Behaviorism’s Resolution of Psychology’s Incoherence

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David Dennen

David Dennen

assistant professor of applied English at Chihlee University of Technology / researcher and writer on mind, language, literature, and morality

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