Alex Gregory

Philosopher at the University of Southampton. OUP book on desire-as-belief: Next project on rationality of happiness.

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

Another lovely review of my book! https://t.co/MZNAjFIL1k

I esp liked this line:
"...one of the book’s greatest virtues [is] Gregory’s admirable ability to explain how something that initially seems odd and counterintuitive could be perfectly plausible once properly understood"

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

At last I have a shareable draft of my book on Fitting Happiness! Drop me a line if you'd like to see.

https://t.co/I1VXprDrGa

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

Adding an entry on philpapers for my book draft counts as progress on the book, right?

https://t.co/5xBpniUmFr

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

@mhwalschots @CambUP_PHILNYUK Congrats! Sounds fantastic.

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

@FODonovan Congratulations Fionn!

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

New paper coming out in Philosopher's Imprint: "Take In Your Hen: Fittingness and Hedonic Adaptation".

https://t.co/b8kprkG02U

[David (No Space for Hate) Hunter @DavidHunterTO]

My review of Alex Gregory’s terrific book ‘Desire as Belief’ is now available in The Journal of Moral Philosophy. https://t.co/bDgQoyGfG3

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

@timswheelbarrow I'll pass it on! Good times!

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

@itaisher But there are so many better things you could think about!

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

All finished in Berlin! Fantastic to be away with such great people, in such a great place (https://t.co/k6GMch2MM5). But I'm equally excited to be home, even if there are fewer pretzels.

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

Perhaps ideal book chapters are 8,000 words long. But if you have a chapter that is 12,000, is it better to cut it in half?

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

A clear winner! I'm not sure if people are being moved by scholarly considerations of quality here or instead pragmatic considerations about achieving publication.

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

If you are writing a paper that discusses someone's work at length, do you send it to them for comments before you submit it to a journal for publication? (One obvious related thought: They are likely to be one of the referees.)

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

Perhaps ideal book chapters are 8,000 words long. But if you have a chapter that is 12,000, is it better to cut it in half?

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

If you are writing a paper that discusses someone's work at length, do you send it to them for comments before you submit it to a journal for publication? (One obvious related thought: They are likely to be one of the referees.)

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

If you are writing a paper that discusses someone's work at length, do you send it to them for comments before you submit it to a journal for publication? (One obvious related thought: They are likely to be one of the referees.)

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

In Bayreuth!

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

The cost to be a decent person is $0

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

@DavidThorstad I would ask the organisers as it presumably varies from conference to conference.

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

"Do not stop to join a crowd who are collected round a street show, or street merchant, unless you wish to pass for a countryman taking a holiday in the city." (END, but there's more, of course: https://t.co/n7PDOWL0Nc)

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

Skimming /The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness/ (1860). Some classics: "Never gesticulate in every day conversation, unless you wish to be mistaken for a fifth rate comedian." (1/n)

[Alex Gregory @alsnotepad]

"Never allow a lady to get a chair for herself, ring a bell, pick up a handkerchief or glove she may have dropped, or, in short, perform any service for herself which you can perform for her, when you are in the room."