Gabrielly Merlo
Biographic Data
| ID | 900712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gabrielly Merlo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gabrielly |
| FAMILY NAME | Merlo |
| SIGNATURE | MERLO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Geneva |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1816-1844 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On feeling relieved that something is over
On one way of interpreting it, Arthur Prior's “Thank Goodness That's Over” argument aims to establish the truth of tense realism on the basis of two key assumptions: that tensed relief requires tensed propositions and that tensed propositions require tensed facts. Relativists (like Lewis) and absolutists (like Perry) agree that Prior's argument can be resisted but disagree on which of the two assumptions should be denied. In this paper, I use a t…
Self-knowledge and the Paradox of Belief Revision
To qualify as a fully rational agent, one must be able rationally to revise one’s beliefs in the light of new evidence. This requires, not only that one revise one’s beliefs in the right way, but also that one do so as a result of appreciating the evidence on the basis of which one is changing one’s mind. However, the very nature of belief seems to pose an obstacle to the possibility of satisfying this requirement – for, insofar as one believes t…
Disjunction and the Logic of Grounding
Fragmentalism We can Believe in
This paper argues that what is currently the most popular version of temporal Fragmentalism-'unstructured' temporal Fragmentalism, as I shall call it-faces a problem of Tensed Belief Explosion. Four possible solutions to this problem are reviewed and shown to be wanting; two more promising ones risk fostering scepticism about the existence of tensed facts-hence, about Fragmentalism itself. The tentative moral is that unstructured versions of Frag…
É agrofloresta, não é conservacionismo: As Paisagem Biossociais Da Permacultura
O artigo pretende discutir as paisagens a partir da ótica preservacionista. O objetivo é apresentar os sentidos e as práticas de preservação postulados por duas diferentes correntes de pensamento, o conservacionismo e a permacultura. As reflexões que seguem foram inspiradas em uma caminhada realizada com um permacultor durante pesquisa de campo. O caminhar e a escuta de suas perspectivas me atentaram para perceber que a "preservação" ora coloca e…
The Metaphysical Problem of Other Minds
This paper presents a distinctively metaphysical version of the problem of other minds. The main source of this version of the problem lies in the principle that, when it comes to consciousness, no distinction can sensibly be drawn between appearance and reality. I will argue that, unless we want to call that principle into question, we should seriously consider the possibility of accepting the conclusion that other minds are not like our own. Th…
Relativism, realism, and subjective facts
Eyes Directed Outward: Alex Byrne: Transparency and Self-Knowledge
First paragraph: In an oft-cited passage in The Varieties of Reference, Gareth Evans wrote that In making a self-ascription of belief, one’s eyes are, so to speak, or occasionally literally, directed outward —upon the world. If someone asks me ‘Do you think there is going to be a third world war?’ I must attend, in answering him, to precisely the same outward phenomena as I would attend to if I were answering the question ‘Will there be a third w…
Phenomenal Qualities: Sense, Perception & Consciousness
Many paradigmatic cases of perceptual awareness seem to involve the interplay of three elements: the ‘external’ property of which we are perceptually aware, our perceptual awareness of that property, and the contribution that such awareness makes to our overall phenomenal character at the relevant time. Thus, alongside redness and our visual awareness of redness, there is also a quality—phenomenal redness—that captures what it is like for us to s…
Multiple reference and vague objects
Fragmentalism We can Believe in
This paper argues that what is currently the most popular version of temporal Fragmentalism-'unstructured' temporal Fragmentalism, as I shall call it-faces a problem of Tensed Belief Explosion. Four possible solutions to this problem are reviewed and shown to be wanting; two more promising ones risk fostering scepticism about the existence of tensed facts-hence, about Fragmentalism itself. The tentative moral is that unstructured versions of Frag…
É agrofloresta, não é conservacionismo: As Paisagem Biossociais Da Permacultura
O artigo pretende discutir as paisagens a partir da ótica preservacionista. O objetivo é apresentar os sentidos e as práticas de preservação postulados por duas diferentes correntes de pensamento, o conservacionismo e a permacultura. As reflexões que seguem foram inspiradas em uma caminhada realizada com um permacultor durante pesquisa de campo. O caminhar e a escuta de suas perspectivas me atentaram para perceber que a "preservação" ora coloca e…
Multiple reference and vague objects
Multiple reference and vague objects
Eyes Directed Outward: Alex Byrne: Transparency and Self-Knowledge
First paragraph: In an oft-cited passage in The Varieties of Reference, Gareth Evans wrote that In making a self-ascription of belief, one’s eyes are, so to speak, or occasionally literally, directed outward —upon the world. If someone asks me ‘Do you think there is going to be a third world war?’ I must attend, in answering him, to precisely the same outward phenomena as I would attend to if I were answering the question ‘Will there be a third w…
Phenomenal Qualities: Sense, Perception & Consciousness
Many paradigmatic cases of perceptual awareness seem to involve the interplay of three elements: the ‘external’ property of which we are perceptually aware, our perceptual awareness of that property, and the contribution that such awareness makes to our overall phenomenal character at the relevant time. Thus, alongside redness and our visual awareness of redness, there is also a quality—phenomenal redness—that captures what it is like for us to s…
The Metaphysical Problem of Other Minds
This paper presents a distinctively metaphysical version of the problem of other minds. The main source of this version of the problem lies in the principle that, when it comes to consciousness, no distinction can sensibly be drawn between appearance and reality. I will argue that, unless we want to call that principle into question, we should seriously consider the possibility of accepting the conclusion that other minds are not like our own. Th…
Relativism, realism, and subjective facts
Self-knowledge and the Paradox of Belief Revision
To qualify as a fully rational agent, one must be able rationally to revise one’s beliefs in the light of new evidence. This requires, not only that one revise one’s beliefs in the right way, but also that one do so as a result of appreciating the evidence on the basis of which one is changing one’s mind. However, the very nature of belief seems to pose an obstacle to the possibility of satisfying this requirement – for, insofar as one believes t…
Disjunction and the Logic of Grounding
Fragmentalism We can Believe in
This paper argues that what is currently the most popular version of temporal Fragmentalism-'unstructured' temporal Fragmentalism, as I shall call it-faces a problem of Tensed Belief Explosion. Four possible solutions to this problem are reviewed and shown to be wanting; two more promising ones risk fostering scepticism about the existence of tensed facts-hence, about Fragmentalism itself. The tentative moral is that unstructured versions of Frag…
É agrofloresta, não é conservacionismo: As Paisagem Biossociais Da Permacultura
O artigo pretende discutir as paisagens a partir da ótica preservacionista. O objetivo é apresentar os sentidos e as práticas de preservação postulados por duas diferentes correntes de pensamento, o conservacionismo e a permacultura. As reflexões que seguem foram inspiradas em uma caminhada realizada com um permacultor durante pesquisa de campo. O caminhar e a escuta de suas perspectivas me atentaram para perceber que a "preservação" ora coloca e…
On feeling relieved that something is over
On one way of interpreting it, Arthur Prior's “Thank Goodness That's Over” argument aims to establish the truth of tense realism on the basis of two key assumptions: that tensed relief requires tensed propositions and that tensed propositions require tensed facts. Relativists (like Lewis) and absolutists (like Perry) agree that Prior's argument can be resisted but disagree on which of the two assumptions should be denied. In this paper, I use a t…
Epistemology (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (8 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (7 works) · Metaphysics (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Embodied and Extended Cognition (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works)