Thom Atkinson

Philosophy PhD. Now work in construction and data. Still read logic and philosophy of reason papers for fun.

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

"Questions about whether something is possible...are not to be answered by telling stories" PVI (Philosophical review 88)

[Jared Oliphint, PhD @JaredOliphint]

Sort of explains why in the past 10 years I've been dumbfounded for how some ultra-confident shouters have managed to dupe so many people, especially in political matters.
From "When less confident forecasts signal more expertise".

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

@danny_robins

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@Philip_Goff Idealist too?

[Experimental Philosophy @xphilosopher]

Yale Philosophy offers a course on “Formal Philosophical Methods” — a broad introduction to probability, logic, formal semantics, etc.

Instructor Calum McNamara has now made all materials for the course (78 pages) freely available

https://t.co/3ayerQBpHz

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

@sama .@Philip_Goff

[Noble Francis @NobleFrancis]

Chancellor repeats the 1.5 million new homes in 5 years target with additional affordable housing funding but note that would require house building to more than double in less than 5 years to 370,000 per year & also...
#budget #budget24 #budget2024 #autumnbudget #ukhousing

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

@voitechnology @UKLabour Really great clogging up the pavements so partially sighted and blind struggle even more than usually

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@imogenasinclair Well done Imi!

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@africaoye you’ve got to get control of this. Can barely get out my drive. Can’t get past with my kids. If you bring a festival of this size you have to take responsibility for infrastructure.

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

https://t.co/UKDAmdgPp7

[Noble Francis @NobleFrancis]

UK construction materials prices in May 2023 were 1.5% higher than a year ago according to the ONS, which is lower than the 4.7% annual price inflation in April & 8.7% materials price inflation in March as... (1/n)
#ukconstruction #construction #materials #inflation

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

@keithfrankish Martin Lewis…that is all

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@SecularOutpost 🥱

[Liam Bright @lastpositivist]

On the whole ChatGPT4 does seem better to me than 3, but it still struggles a bit with logic. I find that now if you phrase the problem in symbols it gets it but if you ask it a more prose version of the same problem it has trouble. See e.g.

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

@VirtualWaring 🤣🤣🤣 even AI is trying to send QS’ back in time to SMM7 🤦‍♂️

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

@RoyalMail Closed due to system failure @ time of last tweet.

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

@RoyalMail please can you tell me when the Liverpool south delivery is open again. Went out of my way to collect package to find it closed.

[Thom Atkinson @thom_atk]

@StravaSupport my last three rides didn't record properly 😭 and keeps auto pausing. Any help?

[Philip Goff @Philip_Goff]

3 years later my massive update of Stanford #panpsychism entry finally out. Brings in lots of contemporary lit. https://t.co/lrVNzr3kWX

[Philip Goff @Philip_Goff]

I hear Blackwell Companion to #consciousness (hot off press!) is amazing...especially the article on #panpsychism.
https://t.co/0jrZaSiy5H