John Protzko

Odd problem with non self-comparative accounts of harm

Non-comparative accounts of harm (a la Shiffrin) work like this: You’re not comparing the person to a different version of themselves to determine whether they are harmed. So it’s not a counterfactual comparison or comparing them to where they were before you, say, punched them in the face. They are non [self] comparative. Instead, whether […]

Thinking about thinking fast and slow

Lets say there are two people, Fast and Slow. You give Slow and Fast the same set of problems. They answer the entire set of problems the exact same way. Except, Fast does it quickly and Slow does it slowly.   What does this tell us about the mental processes of Fast and Slow?   In […]

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