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Essays on preference vs constraint

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Jun 29, 2023ACX

Sure, Whatever, Let's Try Another Contra Caplan On Mental Illness

Scott Alexander rebuts Bryan Caplan's arguments about mental illness, criticizing the preference/constraint dichotomy and providing counterarguments to Caplan's claims.

35 min read 5,357 words

Oct 7, 2015SSC

Contra Caplan on Mental Illness

Scott Alexander critiques Bryan Caplan's argument that psychiatric diseases are unusual preferences rather than real illnesses, providing counterarguments and evidence to show this view is untenable.

32 min read 4,853 words

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