Christopher Michael Cloos University of California at Santa Barbara
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  • Graduate student, University of California at Santa Barbara

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My primary areas of interest are epistemology, metaethics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. I have secondary interests in the philosophy of action, philosophy of science, philosophy of probability, philosophical methodology and normative ethics.
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  1. Christopher Cloos, On the Relationship Between Reasons and Evidence.
    How are reasons and evidence interrelated? According to one prevalent view, reasons and evidence are equivalent: evidence is a reason, and a reason is evidence. On another view reasons and evidence are conditionally related: if there is evidence, then there is a reason. On a different view reasons and evidence are disjunctively related: reasons or evidence can be substituted for each other. In this paper, I argue against these common views, and I defend the view that reasons and evidence are (...)
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  2. Christopher Cloos (2009). The Evidential Weight of Considered Moral Judgments. Dissertation, San Jose State University
    The input objection to reflective equilibrium (RE) claims that the method fails as a method of moral justification. According to the objection considered moral judgments(CMJs) are not truth‐conducive. Because the method uses inputs that are not credible the method does not generate justified moral beliefs. I solve the input objection by reinterpreting RE using contemporary developments in ethical intuitionism. In the first half of the thesis I setup the input objection, explore potential responses to the objection and uncover the best (...)
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  3. Christopher Cloos (2005). The Utilibot Project: An Autonomous Mobile Robot Based on Utilitarianism. In Anderson Michael, Anderson Susan & Armen Chris (eds.), AAAI Fall Symposium.
    As autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) begin living in the home, performing service tasks and assisting with daily activities, their actions will have profound ethical implications. Consequently, AMRs need to be outfitted with the ability to act morally with regard to human life and safety. Yet, in the area of robotics where morality is a relevant field of endeavor (i.e. human-robot interaction) the sub-discipline of morality does not exist. In response, the Utilibot project seeks to provide a point of initiation for (...)
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