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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

Not all texts have been translated. A tiny percentage of Sanskrit philosophy, just to begin with, has been translated. Not to speak of the need of multiple translations, commentaries… We (scholars of Sanskrit philosophy) can only dream of it.

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 2d

So, did you study at UofT?

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 2d

Listening to an (excellent) talk on Margaret Cavendish by Marleen Rozemond. The communication of motion occurs through the communication of substance and the presence of motion in matter shows that all matter has also a sensitive and rational nature (!)
Sanskrit philosophers are not as unusual

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Keith Raymond Harris @kraymondh.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing makes you feel like a snitch quite like recommending an alternative reviewer.
#academicsky

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 2d

#PhilosophyJobs

tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 2d

Leiden University is hiring:
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy

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tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 2d

Leiden University is hiring:
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 2d

I saw that too, can't find it back right now. Anyway, the formula should be research time granted if funded * chance of getting funded. If that's not much higher than the estimated time preparing: bad deal.

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Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social · 2d

Wasn't there a calculator for academic grant writing where you put in amount of funds, chance of getting funded, and estimated hours of preparing the proposal to calculate whether it's worth applying at all?

Or a formula? Please, I need it.

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 2d

#PhilosophyJobs

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Decorative Gourdian Knot @buckrawheat.bsky.social · 2d

I also just wonder if any of these people have ever really appreciated the value added in going through the experience of something like this. The fact that it changes you to engage with and puzzle over your own work, that you're not a content printer that just needs juicing to go faster.

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 3d

On how AI repeats already established biases.

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 4d

AI gender bias: it's real.

"... When generating and evaluating nearly 40,000 resumes, ChatGPT assumed women were younger and less experienced while rating older male applicants as more qualified."

phys.org/news/2025-10...

Women portrayed as younger than men online, and AI amplifies the bias

U.S. Census data shows no systematic age differences between men and women in the workforce over the past decade. And globally, women on average live about five years longer than men. But that's not w...

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 3d

I am not at all into cloths, but these threads are really interesting, because they make you discover why you had the feeling that things looked different when you were younger (it's not just bc you were younger). It's like discovering aerial perspective and understanding Leonardo

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

One can liken it to the difference between a butcher’s cut of beef and a package of bologna. The second is so heavily processed, you've lost all the character.

Worse still if the jeans contain stretch, as this reduces your ability to repair them, thus shortening their lifespan.

Some naturally faded Naked & Famous jeans made from raw denim.

Trump wearing pre-washed, pre-faded jeans.

A guy on Twitter says he's going to buy American Eagle jeans because they're not woke.

A product page shows American Eagle jeans are made from a cotton-stretch blend.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

One can liken it to the difference between a butcher’s cut of beef and a package of bologna. The second is so heavily processed, you've lost all the character.

Worse still if the jeans contain stretch, as this reduces your ability to repair them, thus shortening their lifespan.

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats!

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Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 4d

AI gender bias: it's real.

"... When generating and evaluating nearly 40,000 resumes, ChatGPT assumed women were younger and less experienced while rating older male applicants as more qualified."

phys.org/news/2025-10...

Women portrayed as younger than men online, and AI amplifies the bias

U.S. Census data shows no systematic age differences between men and women in the workforce over the past decade. And globally, women on average live about five years longer than men. But that's not w...

phys.org

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 4d

For #students: If you want to apply to UofT #philosophy for grad school, you may want to join this webinar:
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Applying to Grad School Workshop - Department of Philosophy

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

1909

According to evidence of elderly people, the world has been growing worse with each generation; men less manly; women less womanly, honesty less common; religion less of an influence. According to the evidence of conditions, however, the world seems to have been growing ever and always a better place for the human race to live in.
--West Concord Enterprise, 2 Sep 1909

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 5d

As so often, he tells a parable to illustrate his point (śilopākhyāna, VI.32511–40)."
#SanskritPhilosophy

elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 5d

Significantly, the Mokṣopāya addresses and quotes Maṇḍana's theory of error (khyāti [Vibhramaviveka]) in Mokṣopāya VI.325.1–10 (the current volume), adopting "Vasiṣṭha's" inclusivistic approach by redefining the ātmakhyāti of the Yogācāra school in his own terms.
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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 5d

A discussion was started on "Indology", that might be relevant to ppl here.
Q: Was the existence of Śaṅkara and/or his writings known in 10th c. Kashmir?
R by Walter Slaje:
"To my knowledge, Śaṅkara played no role in Kashmir at that time. Maṇḍana was seen as the representative of Advaita Vedānta
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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

Neither nor.
That they have always existed and that unless we have strong reasons against that, since we should start somewhere, we should trust the past to have been like the present.

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

#PhilosophyJobs

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 6d

Great city, great colleagues; if you fit the (quite flexible) profile, you should apply.

Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 6d

📣JOB ALERT📣
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for asking! The ṛṣis are just people who recited the Veda particularly well according to Mīmāṃsā authors. They did not "start" the Vedas.

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

In order to safeguard the validity of the Veda, Mīmāṃsā authors relegate it to the domain of the ought only.

elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t forget the fundamental division between the is- and the ought-domains (Taber calls the latter “transcendent”, but I am not sure this translation is helpful). Sense-perception is the ultimate source for claims about the former, the Veda alone for claims about the latter.
#Mīmāṃsā #Sanskrit

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 6d

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

Mīmāṃsā authors explain that an author of the Veda would have been remembered, had they existed, given that the Vedas are so present in daily life (it's not like forgetting the maker of a well in an abandoned country, they say).

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 6d

If Anthropic trained its AI on books you wrote, a lawsuit settlement may entitle you to around $3000 per book.

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The settlement in the copyright lawsuit against Anthropic provides authors of books they trained their AI on with compensation. The amount of compensation ultimately depends on the number of people wh...

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