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David Papineau
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King's College London. Working on mind, metaphysics, and science.
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David Papineau is a British academic philosopher, born in Como, Italy. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London and the City University of New York Graduate Center, and previously taught for several years at Cambridge University, where he was a fellow of Robinson College. .. more

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 1d
I am talking first thing tomorrow at our conference on "Physics and the Self", Institute of Philosophy, Senate House, London.
You can still sign up for online attendance here: forms.office.com/e/9Nx9mYEdy3
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Physics and the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
www.sas.ac.uk

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d
Or there’s also this. I am full of helpful explications. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
Network Analyst - Once rare, now forms giant swarms - Has no concept of what endogeneity is - Working on cool new measure of centrality - Constantly trying to migrate to West Coast Political Theorist - Oldest of all bee-like creatures - Can be repeatedly swatted but not killed - Not sure why it is in this picture - Can waggle-dance the Melian Dialog a comprehensive guide to Social Scientists Sociologist - Lives behind paywalls - Has no concept of what endogeneity is - Can only sting enemies once - Will sting self repeatedly Macroeconomist - Ideas should not be able to fly - Makes living from endogeneity - Constant buzzing sound - Comes in Salt and Freshwater varieties Political Scientist - Evolved stripes to look like Microeconomist - Actually quite harmless; even friendly - Gelman knows what endogeneity is - Secretly pines for social-democratic hive Microeconomist - Interrupts constantly, wants to sting you - Endogeneity is only concept it knows - Insists it is smartest bee - Not a real bee Anthropologist - Comes in four distinct varieties - Rejects "Bee" label as imperialist - Only exists because of imperialism - Used to know a surprising amount of math Social Psychologist - Feeds on Undergraduates - Stings journalists - Underpowered in flight - Drags rear pod of retractions

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 3d
I met Owen. But not Warnock I think.

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 4d
Fun conference in London this weekend—"Physics and the Self". Institute of Philosophy, Senate House.
You can sign up for online attendance here: forms.office.com/e/9Nx9mYEdy3
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Physics and the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
www.sas.ac.uk

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.

It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 11d
Hi Sérgio. It should be out next September if all goes smoothly.

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Will Lowe @conjugateprior.org · 13d
A gentle summary of the last twenty-odd years of Pearl-style causal inference with DAGs, perhaps most helpful if you're just arriving from old-school philosophy of causation.

I like this genre. And if you do too, I can also recommend Weinberger et al.'s forthcoming piece in BJPS
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davidpapineau.bsky.social David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 13d
New paper out in Synthese—a metaphysical theory of causation designed to explain statistical causal inference. Basically a summary of a 100,000-word book (Causation: Science, Statistics and Metaphysics) that'll go into production with CUP soon. Watch this space link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Causal inference and the metaphysics of causation - Synthese
The techniques of causal inference are widely used throughout the non-experimental sciences to derive causal conclusions from probabilistic premises. This poses a philosophical question. What in the n...
link.springer.com

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 13d
New paper out in Synthese—a metaphysical theory of causation designed to explain statistical causal inference. Basically a summary of a 100,000-word book (Causation: Science, Statistics and Metaphysics) that'll go into production with CUP soon. Watch this space link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Causal inference and the metaphysics of causation - Synthese
The techniques of causal inference are widely used throughout the non-experimental sciences to derive causal conclusions from probabilistic premises. This poses a philosophical question. What in the n...
link.springer.com

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 14d
FFS I get back from the pub 10 mins late and Spurs are 2-0 down at home to Fulham

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 14d
Sunset on the Blackwater Estuary

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 14d
For me one of the best things about the books is the Martian dimension—Lee Child the Englishman and Jack Reacher the army rat are both strangers in a strange land

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Ehud @duhe.bsky.social · 17d
Not a course and not really for self study by total beginners, but young’uns should probably all be given a copy of @davidpapineau.bsky.social ’s Philosophical Devices. global.oup.com/ukhe/product...

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Neil Levy @neillevy.bsky.social · 18d
And this. Cognitive dissonance can no longer be regarded as established.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
A Multilab Replication of the Induced-Compliance Paradigm of Cognitive Dissonance - David C. Vaidis, Willem W. A. Sleegers, Florian van Leeuwen, Kenneth G. DeMarree, Bjørn Sætrevik, Robert M. Ross, Ka...
According to cognitive-dissonance theory, performing counterattitudinal behavior produces a state of dissonance that people are motivated to resolve, usually by...
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Brian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · 18d
Wow - debunking “When Prophesy Fails” - the canonical foundation of cognitive dissonance theory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 27d
Today‘s new episode: French skepticism around the time of Descartes, with a focus on Mothe le Vayer:

historyofphilosophy.net/french-skept...

#philsky #philosophy #podcast #skepticism
480. Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism | History of Philosophy without any gaps
historyofphilosophy.net

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Brains @philosophyofbrains.com · 29d
Symposium on Concepts at the Interface: Author’s Reply to Commentaries

Brains Blog Symposium on Concepts at the Interface Author’s Reply to Commentaries Nicholas SheaInstitute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of [email protected] Reply to Sarah Fisher Turning to…
Symposium on Concepts at the Interface: Author’s Reply to Commentaries
Brains Blog Symposium on Concepts at the Interface Author’s Reply to Commentaries Nicholas SheaInstitute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of [email protected] Reply to Sarah Fisher Turning to Sarah Fisher’s helpful commentary, she raises a challenging question about concepts in LLMs. I was very pleased to have a chance to discuss this with her in the CLEA online symposium about the book a couple of months ago.
philosophyofbrains.com

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Joel David Hamkins @joeldavidhamkins.bsky.social · Nov 8
Barbara Montero on machine consciousness, appearing in the New York Times today: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is Already Intelligent. This Is How It Becomes Conscious.
www.nytimes.com

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · Nov 6
Awaken your senses at Coal Drops Yard with this mini exhibition as part of the Club Curling experience at Kings Cross. A huge thanks to our friends and partners @ip-sas.bsky.social for helping us create these multisensory experiences

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · Nov 5
The BBC headline with "migrants" is already terrible and plays into the far-right narrative. And the solution to asylum-seekers being exploited by criminals is to allow them to contribute by working legally rather than making them survive on a pittance.
Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally
Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.
www.bbc.co.uk

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · Oct 25
Nice question. Made me think of literature on insect signalling (which is not always cooperative). Maybe worth looking at Ulrich Stegmann’s work on that.