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Philosopher who got a gig as political theorist at University of Amsterdam; also known as Ghent Zeppelin. I have a daily substack: https://digressionsimpressions.substack.com/publish
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 14h
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On Friendship with Essayists open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
On Friendship with Essayists
I was introduced to the writings of Guy Davenport (1927 – 2005) by Joey Keegin, an erudite advanced PhD student at Tulane, who is himself a distinctive essayist (he writes for The Point; Plough; and t...
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 1d
OK people this is not a drill - my cousin has expressed an interest in philosophy, she needs a book recommendation. What's a good thing to read if you have no philosophy background?
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 21h
And a shout out to the late @helendecruz.net
Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 21h
On Friendship with Essayists open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
On Friendship with Essayists
I was introduced to the writings of Guy Davenport (1927 – 2005) by Joey Keegin, an erudite advanced PhD student at Tulane, who is himself a distinctive essayist (he writes for The Point; Plough; and t...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 21h
On Friendship with Essayists open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
On Friendship with Essayists
I was introduced to the writings of Guy Davenport (1927 – 2005) by Joey Keegin, an erudite advanced PhD student at Tulane, who is himself a distinctive essayist (he writes for The Point; Plough; and t...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 1d
Thank you for sharing.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 1d
Since all my original posts are freely available, you might consider an alternative interpretation of that free trial offer.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 1d
On Graeber, Pirates, and some Anscombe
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On Graeber, Pirates, and some Anscombe
Yesterday it was election day in New Orleans.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 1d
I have been mulling a paper on Dialectics and The Great Escape. But maybe I should delay that and watch The Rockford files first!
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 3d
This is nicely done

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On the relevance of the concept of polycentricity for 21st century liberalism
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Adam Smith on sparing Enemy Children, and the development of Prudential liberalism
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Adam Smith on sparing Enemy Children, and the development of Prudential liberalism
In The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Adam Smith famously takes “Aristotle” and “humane Plato” to task for condoning infanticide, which Smith regards as “dreadful a violation of humanity.” The lon...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 3d
Maybe of interest to @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @duncanbell.bsky.social @liberalcurrents.com @karenilsehorn.bsky.social
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 3d
Adam Smith on sparing Enemy Children, and the development of Prudential liberalism
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Adam Smith on sparing Enemy Children, and the development of Prudential liberalism
In The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Adam Smith famously takes “Aristotle” and “humane Plato” to task for condoning infanticide, which Smith regards as “dreadful a violation of humanity.” The lon...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 3d
It's good that they are talking about this
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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 4d
The UK’s top scientific institutions are vulnerable to political interference, finds a new @uclpolicylab.bsky.social report by Prof @chrischirp.bsky.social .

Meanwhile, exclusive @moreincommonuk.bsky.social polling shows 7 in 10 Britons say it is important for these bodies to be independent.
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
The UK’s top scientific institutions, from the Met Office to the UK Health Security Agency, have inadequate institutional defences to prevent potential political interference, a new UCL Policy Lab rep...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 3d
Well, you reminded me of Rawls at the right moment:)
Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 4d
This should go Viral on X.
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Craig Fox 🌖🇨🇦 @neohempelian.bsky.social · 4d
Update:
I posted prematurely. The final tally is:
1. Jenann Ismael
2. Katherine Brading
3. Carlo Rovelli
4. Robert DiSalle and Howard Stein
5. Nick Huggett (generally super technical but my students love his work on Zeno)
6. Eric Schliesser

Honorable mention bc of technicality John Earman
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Craig Fox 🌖🇨🇦 @neohempelian.bsky.social · 5d
Based on my comments on my Space & Time seminar students’ first paper outlines, apparently I have a short list of favourite philosophers:
1. Jenann Ismael
2. Carlo Rovelli
3. Robert DiSalle
4. Nick Huggett
If my students were more mathematically oriented, Earman would be there
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 4d
Also, what do they read by me in that course?:)
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 4d
Wait, what, how did I sneak into this list?
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 4d
Maybe amusing to @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @liberalcurrents.com
Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 4d
Rousseau, Adaptive Preferences, and Social Entrepeneurship
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Shout outs to @erwindekker.bsky.social, @lastpositivist.bsky.social, @serenekhader.bsky.social
Rousseau, Adaptive Preferences, and Social Entrepeneurship
Near the start of The Social Contract (1762), in his criticism of Aristotle, Rousseau (recall) diagnoses the phenomenon of adaptive preferences. What we desire is not just shaped by society, but what ...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 5d
Thank you. I was worried I mashed too many issues together in the post. So this is reassuring.
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Malcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 5d
This is very good on what to do when God isn't your witness.
Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 5d
On Rousseau's Machiavellian Correction to Machiavelli's Practically Useful Philosophy
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On Rousseau's Machiavellian Correction to Machiavelli's Practically Useful Philosophy
A few weeks ago (recall), I noted that in the Florentine Histories, Machiavelli uses Plutarch’s account of the senior Cato’s banishment of the Greek philosophers from Rome, to introduce an important d...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 5d
Maybe amusing to @lastpositivist.bsky.social @cambridgeday.com