"Rule-Following I: The Basic Issues".

'Rule-following' is a name for a cluster of phenomena where we seem both guided and "normatively" constrained by something in performing particular actions. Understanding the phenomenon is important because of its connection to meaning, representation, and content. This article gives an overview of the philosophical discussion of rule-following.

From Magnitudes to Geometry and Back: De Zolt's Postulate.

A crucial trend of nineteenth-century mathematics was the search for foundations of specific mathematical domains by avoiding the obscure concept of magnitude. In this paper, we examine this trend by considering the "fundamental theorem" of the theory of plane area: "If a polygon is decomposed into polygonal parts in any given way, then the union of all but one of these parts is not equivalent to the given polygon." This proposition, known as De Zolt's postulate, was conceived as a strictly geometrical expression of the general principle of magnitudes "the whole is greater than the part.

Consultation, Consent, and the Silencing of Indigenous Communities.

Over the past few decades, Indigenous communities have successfully campaigned for greater inclusion in decision-making processes that directly affect their lands and livelihoods. As a result, two important participatory rights for Indigenous peoples have now been widely recognized: the right to consultation and the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). Although these participatory rights are meant to empower the speech of these communities-to give them a proper say in the decisions that most affect them-we argue that the way these rights have been implemented and interpreted sometimes has the opposite effect, of denying them a say or 'silencing' them.

Sincerely, Anonymous.

This paper provides an account of anonymous speech treated as anonymized speech. It is argued that anonymous speech acts are best defined by reference to intentional acts of blocking a speaker's identification as opposed to the various epistemic effects that imperfectly correlate with these actions. The account is used to examine two important subclasses of anonymized speech: speech using pseudonyms, and speech anonymized in a specifically communicative manner.

An alternative norm of intention consistency.

In this paper, I formulate a norm of intention consistency that is immune to the kind of cases that have been put forth to argue either that rationality does not require consistency between an agent's intentions, or that, if it does, then rationality is not normative. The norm I formulate mimics refinements that have been made to the norm of means-end coherence in response to cases where, intuitively, you need not be irrational when you intend an end , despite not intending the means you believe to be necessary for , because you do not believe that is necessary for . Similarly, according to the norm I put forth, if you intend , and believe that is inconsistent with , you need not be irrational if you also intend , as long as you do not believe that is inconsistent with .