Herman Cappelen is Chair Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He works in philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, methodology, and the philosophy of AI. He is the author of eleven monographs on a broad range of topics, including Insensitive Semantics (with Ernie Lepore; Blackwell, 2005), Philosophy without Intuitions (OUP, 2012), The Inessential Indexical (with Josh Dever; OUP, 2013), Fixing Language (OUP, 2018), and Making AI Intelligible: Philosophical Perspectives (with Josh Dever; OUP, 2021).

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• Introduction: Hyper-Optimism: An Introduction and Overview PART I. Philosophy at the Foundation of Everything 1: All Inquiry Answers to Philosophy 2: All the Sciences Answer to Philosophy PART II. Disagreement Is Good-Agreement Is Bad 3: Structural Barriers to Convergence 4: Human Irrationality and Forced Convergences 5: Bad Methods, Bad Domains 6: The Peer Disagreement Argument Part III. The Case for Massive Success 7: What Does It Mean To "Find The Correct Answer to a Question"? 8: The Argument from Nearly Filled Logical Space 9: The Future of Philosophy PART IV. Objections, Replies, and Elaborations 10: Achievements Without Aims 11: Self-Undermining Pessimism and Philosophy's Perfection

Herman Cappelen is Chair Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He works in philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, methodology, and the philosophy of AI. He is the author of eleven monographs on a broad range of topics, including Insensitive Semantics (with Ernie Lepore; Blackwell, 2005), Philosophy without Intuitions (OUP, 2012), The Inessential Indexical (with Josh Dever; OUP, 2013), Fixing Language (OUP, 2018), and Making AI Intelligible: Philosophical Perspectives (with Josh Dever; OUP, 2021).

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• Introduction: Hyper-Optimism: An Introduction and Overview PART I. Philosophy at the Foundation of Everything 1: All Inquiry Answers to Philosophy 2: All the Sciences Answer to Philosophy PART II. Disagreement Is Good-Agreement Is Bad 3: Structural Barriers to Convergence 4: Human Irrationality and Forced Convergences 5: Bad Methods, Bad Domains 6: The Peer Disagreement Argument Part III. The Case for Massive Success 7: What Does It Mean To "Find The Correct Answer to a Question"? 8: The Argument from Nearly Filled Logical Space 9: The Future of Philosophy PART IV. Objections, Replies, and Elaborations 10: Achievements Without Aims 11: Self-Undermining Pessimism and Philosophy's Perfection

Herman Cappelen is Chair Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. He works in philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, methodology, and the philosophy of AI. He is the author of eleven monographs on a broad range of topics, including Insensitive Semantics (with Ernie Lepore; Blackwell, 2005), Philosophy without Intuitions (OUP, 2012), The Inessential Indexical (with Josh Dever; OUP, 2013), Fixing Language (OUP, 2018), and Making AI Intelligible: Philosophical Perspectives (with Josh Dever; OUP, 2021).

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• Introduction: Hyper-Optimism: An Introduction and Overview PART I. Philosophy at the Foundation of Everything 1: All Inquiry Answers to Philosophy 2: All the Sciences Answer to Philosophy PART II. Disagreement Is Good-Agreement Is Bad 3: Structural Barriers to Convergence 4: Human Irrationality and Forced Convergences 5: Bad Methods, Bad Domains 6: The Peer Disagreement Argument Part III. The Case for Massive Success 7: What Does It Mean To "Find The Correct Answer to a Question"? 8: The Argument from Nearly Filled Logical Space 9: The Future of Philosophy PART IV. Objections, Replies, and Elaborations 10: Achievements Without Aims 11: Self-Undermining Pessimism and Philosophy's Perfection