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Here, you can find copies of my philosophy essays (for undergraduate classes) and notes (for graduate seminars). For more public-facing work, see my Substack; for more personal stuff, see my Instagram. I grew up reading LessWrong fairly uncritically, so I found modal and teleological notions a bit spooky when I first got to Oxford; but now, I think that the most promising research programs in metaphysics and epistemology take such notions as primitive.2 I’m still sympathetic to the Rationalist and Effective Altruist movements. I’ve pledged to donate 10% of my income—or 1% of spending money, while studying—to wherever it can do the most good. I think you should too! Some beautiful non-Oxford places (with fantastic greenery, lighting, & food): This site is under (sporadic) construction! Well, technically, my name is ‘Oak Hu’ (a five-letter string), while I am Oak Hu (the person to whom ‘Oak Hu’ refers); but it’s fine to be sloppy in almost all contexts. My parents named me ‘Oak’ after Ok

Home | Oak Hu Welcome! My name is Oak. Well, technically , my name is ‘Oak Hu’ (a five-letter string), while I’m Oak Hu (the person to whom ‘Oak Hu’ refers); but it’s almost always fine to be sloppy. My parents named me ‘Oak’ after Oklahoma State University, where they went for graduate school. My last name, ‘Hu’, is from the Chinese 胡 ; appending 说 (‘speak’) yields 胡说 (‘nonsense’)—naturally, someone named ‘Oak Hu’ does philosophy. I do mathematics and philosophy—the two armchair disciplines—at Magdalen College, Oxford. This summer, I’ll be working at Redwood Research, which I think has the mo

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