James Bernard Willoughby
Biographic Data
| ID | 9533360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Bernard Willoughby |
| GIVEN NAMES | James Bernard |
| FAMILY NAME | Willoughby |
| SIGNATURE | WILLOUGHBY J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3458-1777 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Using Affirmative Action as a Tiebreaker
We argue in favor of affirmative action. There are two central points to our argument. First, if two or more candidates for a position are matched in competence, then one ought to prefer a candidate from a disadvantaged, disenfranchised, or minority background rather than defer to the outcome of a lottery. Second, a closer look at actual selection procedures reveals that situations where candidates are matched in competence are much more common t…
Against Universal Epistemic Instrumentalism
Beliefs should conform to some norms. Epistemic instrumentalism holds that your beliefs should conform to these epistemic norms just because conforming is useful. But there seems to be cases where conforming to the epistemic norms isn’t useful at all, as in so-called “too-few-reasons” cases. In response to these cases, universal epistemic instrumentalists argue that despite first appearances, it is always useful to conform to the epistemic norms.…
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Against Universal Epistemic Instrumentalism
Beliefs should conform to some norms. Epistemic instrumentalism holds that your beliefs should conform to these epistemic norms just because conforming is useful. But there seems to be cases where conforming to the epistemic norms isn’t useful at all, as in so-called “too-few-reasons” cases. In response to these cases, universal epistemic instrumentalists argue that despite first appearances, it is always useful to conform to the epistemic norms.…
Using Affirmative Action as a Tiebreaker
We argue in favor of affirmative action. There are two central points to our argument. First, if two or more candidates for a position are matched in competence, then one ought to prefer a candidate from a disadvantaged, disenfranchised, or minority background rather than defer to the outcome of a lottery. Second, a closer look at actual selection procedures reveals that situations where candidates are matched in competence are much more common t…
Affirmative action (1 work) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 work) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (1 work) · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (1 work) · Game Theory and Voting Systems (1 work) · Instrumentalism (1 work) · Law (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work)