Jeroen Van Bouwel
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Jeroen Van Bouwel
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Dabbling in #Philosophy of Social Science, Social Epistemology, and Science & Democracy. Recent #PhilSci publication, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science, here: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/45635 .. more

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Those interested in Political Science as well as Philosophy of Science, have a look at this volume in the Philosophy of Political Science
#philsci #polsci #philosophy
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science
Abstract. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science contains twenty-seven freshly written chapters to give the reader a panoramic introduction
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Ik stel voor dat het Nobelprijscomité de Wereldbeker voetbal 2026 alvast toekent aan San Marino.

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Confirmed: Another big jump in atmospheric CO2, (still) measured at Mauna Loa: the November average was ~426.5 ppm, that's 2.6 ppm higher than last year!

Definitely has a lack of moral compass too …

@vrtnws.be Je moet er misschien ook nog bij vermelden dat de Israëlische publieke omroep KAN klacht had neergelegd omdat in Spanje tijdens de ESC uitzending de genocide in Gaza werd vermeld. Tot zover het “a-politieke” karakter van KAN en ook de haar “respect” voor de vrijheid van meningsuiting.

The @ebu.ch should be getting a prize (the “Netanyahu prize for dehumanization”?) for turning a great European-wide party into a white washing PR campaign of one genocidal government! I suppose they have learnt a lot from FIFA about how to replace human rights by big monies. Shame on you @ebu.ch

Going to change the name accordingly into “Genocide Celebration”? A new logo consisting of 70.000 skulls?

Have they decided to change the name accordingly into “Genocide Celebration”?
Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

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I just published a Cambridge Elements that offers a critical overview of recent work in epistocracy, Confucian meritocracy, and democratic theories of meritocracy. Free to download for the next two weeks. URL: t.co/Z5BOYrCRGF.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/political-meritocracy-in-the-21st-century/AACAB43634DBE4476BD4F2E6A1C78298?utm_date=20251128&utm_id=1764310759&utm_campaign=CLAS,Elements,Humanities,IOC&utm_sou...
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Merci pour votre contribution, très utile. J’espère bien que vous avez raison en écrivant “que la mutualisation des risques sera probablement actée”. Pas sûr que je suis pleinement convaincu par cela, je continuerai de peser le pour et le contre.

Ja, dus kunnen we hen toch maar beter een beetje bij de les houden? Zonder democratische en sterke publieke omroepen wordt het helemaal een race to the bottom (cfr. USA) helemaal in het hol van Netanyahu en zijn extreem-rechtse vriendjes/oligarchen.

Goede samenvatting: ‘Wat zouden financiële gevolgen zijn van Euroclear-lening? "Europa schiet in eigen voet".‘ www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist...
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Zou ook graag weten waarom oorlogscrimeel Poetin onmiddellijk de deur kon gewezen worden, terwijl oorlogscrimineel Netanyahu na het afslachten van meer dan 60.000 mensen nog meermaals gefêteerd werd. EBU bestaat uit PUBLIEKE omroepen die democratie en de rechtstaat behoren te versterken!

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Wykeham Professorship of Logic: Faculty of Philosophy in association with New College, Oxford.

The Faculty of Philosophy is seeking applications for the Wykeham Professorship of Logic, available from 1 October 2026.

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For those keeping track: the steel bailout cost £600 million

Government spending on HE (including student loans tbf) is .. £22 billion
Join us! We are hiring an assistant professor in political and social philosophy at Maastricht University with a focus on contemporary challenges to European democracy

Feel free to contact me, if you have questions #philsky #philjobs

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In bijna heel Europa wordt grondwater schaarser.

AI, the gift that keeps on giving … @nature.com
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
"Imagine you stole all of the intellectual property in the world. And you're using it to help people write middling emails and make revenge porn about women, and also children. And you're powering this plagiarism and non-consensual porn machine by eating up what's left of humanity's carbon budget."
How to explain AI to your family this holiday season | CNN Business
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving. In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what sh...
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This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
This French judge approved Netanyahu’s arrest warrant. Now Trump is targeting him | Owen Jones
Three ICC judges have been put on a sanctions list with terrorists after approving an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister. This is the charade of the ‘rules-based order’, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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This was a very rich conversation on the "peace plan": snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
Oligarchs and Diplomats (video with Michael Weiss)
Thinking Live episode 2
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Agent Krasnov and friends ...
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Links between Trump associates and Russian officials - Wikipedia
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The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 15th Conference at the University of Helsinki, 26-28 August 2026. More info here: enposs.eu
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