Andrew Lopez
@andrulus.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State. Views my own, etc.
Animal Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology
Animal Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology
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Andrew Lopez
@andrulus.bsky.social
· Nov 3
Gaia: the Earth is an organism (not a Darwinian individual) - Biology & Philosophy
The Gaia hypothesis has been roundly criticized by a number of evolutionary biologists, who maintain that no plausible evolutionary account is compatible with the idea that the Earth is an organism. T...
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Letitia Meynell and I have a new paper out! We revisit the Gaia hypothesis and try to defend the idea and reality of Gaia from some of the main criticisms that led to its dismissal. Thread 1/9 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
My uni has installed hideous big screens to display advertising. One ad has our logo and says "A top public R1 research university", and I feel that's the kind of line you would use to defend it, not promote it.
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
My uni has installed hideous big screens to display advertising. One ad has our logo and says "A top public R1 research university", and I feel that's the kind of line you would use to defend it, not promote it.
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We face two potential missteps in ecophysiology: 1) measuring animals under socially unrealistic conditions & 2) extrapolating results to nature, where social dynamics alter trait expression, plasticity, & evolutionary outcomes. Our new commentary in @jexpbiol.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
February 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
We face two potential missteps in ecophysiology: 1) measuring animals under socially unrealistic conditions & 2) extrapolating results to nature, where social dynamics alter trait expression, plasticity, & evolutionary outcomes. Our new commentary in @jexpbiol.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
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I somewhat regularly see people gripe that most philosophy today is bad. If you yourself think this or feel this way: can you share why? Do you earnestly believe it, or are you just reporting a vibe or expressing an affect that you feel? If you believe it, can you elaborate why?
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I somewhat regularly see people gripe that most philosophy today is bad. If you yourself think this or feel this way: can you share why? Do you earnestly believe it, or are you just reporting a vibe or expressing an affect that you feel? If you believe it, can you elaborate why?
I know there's more involved, but imo it's pretty funny to be like "this is THE guy when it comes to this sentence"
Orin is probably the preeminent fourth amendment scholar in the United States. He is also extremely professional. This is the way he says "I wish a bitch would try"
This DHS memorandum says that the DHS General Counsel's office has adopted a new position that the Fourth Amendment allows entry into the home to make an arrest just based on an administrative warrant.
I would like to see that argument.
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I would like to see that argument.
documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 22, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I know there's more involved, but imo it's pretty funny to be like "this is THE guy when it comes to this sentence"
I wonder why people would make different assessments with regard to two different people working at different things at different scales, maybe they're just weird, capricious, and inconsistent
January 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I wonder why people would make different assessments with regard to two different people working at different things at different scales, maybe they're just weird, capricious, and inconsistent
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In a new paper in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Eze Paez and I introduce “sentientist political liberalism,” an attempt to reconcile the ideas of society as a system of cooperation and public justification with taking animals seriously.
In a new paper in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Eze Paez and I introduce “sentientist political liberalism,” an attempt to reconcile the ideas of society as a system of cooperation and public justification with taking animals seriously.
Sentientist Political Liberalism
This paper introduces sentientist political liberalism. Elaborating on the fundamental ideas in John Rawls's political liberalism, we propose that the scheme of fair social cooperation among persons ...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:33 AM
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In a new paper in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Eze Paez and I introduce “sentientist political liberalism,” an attempt to reconcile the ideas of society as a system of cooperation and public justification with taking animals seriously.
In a new paper in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Eze Paez and I introduce “sentientist political liberalism,” an attempt to reconcile the ideas of society as a system of cooperation and public justification with taking animals seriously.
After several months, @dualipa.bsky.social still has not DMed me to talk about animal ethics. BlueSky is frankly not sustainable as a platform.
January 20, 2026 at 2:04 AM
After several months, @dualipa.bsky.social still has not DMed me to talk about animal ethics. BlueSky is frankly not sustainable as a platform.
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It’s interesting how we default to assuming animals are not like humans until proven to be so.
With an evolutionary framework, what is the right null hypothesis?
With an evolutionary framework, what is the right null hypothesis?
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
January 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
It’s interesting how we default to assuming animals are not like humans until proven to be so.
With an evolutionary framework, what is the right null hypothesis?
With an evolutionary framework, what is the right null hypothesis?
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This Friday, philosophers Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka join us to discuss their groundbreaking book "Animals and the Right to Politics."
Could reimagining animals as political beings change everything? Listen Friday wherever you get your podcasts!
#AnimalRights #AnimalPolitics
Could reimagining animals as political beings change everything? Listen Friday wherever you get your podcasts!
#AnimalRights #AnimalPolitics
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 PM
This Friday, philosophers Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka join us to discuss their groundbreaking book "Animals and the Right to Politics."
Could reimagining animals as political beings change everything? Listen Friday wherever you get your podcasts!
#AnimalRights #AnimalPolitics
Could reimagining animals as political beings change everything? Listen Friday wherever you get your podcasts!
#AnimalRights #AnimalPolitics
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i bring this up all the time, but jason stanley once tried to say that knowing LaTeX was privilege and then blocked me for asking whether .docx was "the people's format"
Jason Stanley, 6 months after moving to Canada, here scolds Canadians for still vacationing in the US/going to US universities, calls such Canadians "traitorous," and tells them they need a "robust nationalism" instead.
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
Long sigh
January 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
i bring this up all the time, but jason stanley once tried to say that knowing LaTeX was privilege and then blocked me for asking whether .docx was "the people's format"
Can confirm, they loved receiving my feedback too
as an american who lived in canada for 9 years, i can say with confidence that canadians will really appreciate an american lecturing them on how to be canadian. they love that shit
Jason Stanley, 6 months after moving to Canada, here scolds Canadians for still vacationing in the US/going to US universities, calls such Canadians "traitorous," and tells them they need a "robust nationalism" instead.
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
The greatest poaster ever to play the game is BACK baybee!!!
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Can confirm, they loved receiving my feedback too
Thank you google ai, for letting me know that "diary-free" usually means "dairy-free", which I spelled correctly in my search
January 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Thank you google ai, for letting me know that "diary-free" usually means "dairy-free", which I spelled correctly in my search
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Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
January 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Government accounts just post like this now and that’s how policy is made
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From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
My partner (early modern scholar) remarked that her peers seem to be the only historians of philosophy who don't endorse the views they interpret. Why is there a dearth of Leibnizians but tons of Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Hegel etc. scholars all saying '[my guy's utterly insane shit] is right'?
December 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My partner (early modern scholar) remarked that her peers seem to be the only historians of philosophy who don't endorse the views they interpret. Why is there a dearth of Leibnizians but tons of Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Hegel etc. scholars all saying '[my guy's utterly insane shit] is right'?
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I think it’s okay for people to post about their lives actually. If something good happens to me, I’m probably gonna post about it. I don’t think that’s cruel
December 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I think it’s okay for people to post about their lives actually. If something good happens to me, I’m probably gonna post about it. I don’t think that’s cruel
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Colombia es la doctora Polo
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Colombia es la doctora Polo
If you google "dedomestication" the first result will be the wikipedia article on "breeding back", which, according to the wikipedia article itself, should not be confused with "dedomestication."
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If you google "dedomestication" the first result will be the wikipedia article on "breeding back", which, according to the wikipedia article itself, should not be confused with "dedomestication."
lmao the end, "I refused to write the required DEI statement and received no job offers or interviews". "incomplete application" is like literally the first filtering mechanism when you're looking at hundreds of applications for one position lol
Another incredible case of white racial grievance about the academic job market.
He reveals at the end that he wouldn’t provide the necessary application materials!
He reveals at the end that he wouldn’t provide the necessary application materials!
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
lmao the end, "I refused to write the required DEI statement and received no job offers or interviews". "incomplete application" is like literally the first filtering mechanism when you're looking at hundreds of applications for one position lol
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Eduardo Mendieta has passed away. He was a friend and mentor to me, and he was responsible for so much of the activity in Latin American philosophy in the US in 90s and 00s. He is sorely missed.
December 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Eduardo Mendieta has passed away. He was a friend and mentor to me, and he was responsible for so much of the activity in Latin American philosophy in the US in 90s and 00s. He is sorely missed.
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Just in time for Xmas 😀 My paper on the absence of sustained discussion of power relations in R. Brandom's inferentialism is out! "Who Gets to Play? Power in the Game of Giving and Asking for Reasons". Abstract 👇
journals.openedition.org/ejpap/5366
journals.openedition.org/ejpap/5366
Who Gets to Play?
1. Introduction Robert Brandom’s inferentialist research program has been one of the most comprehensive, wide-ranging philosophical research programs in the last decades, bringing together topics f...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Just in time for Xmas 😀 My paper on the absence of sustained discussion of power relations in R. Brandom's inferentialism is out! "Who Gets to Play? Power in the Game of Giving and Asking for Reasons". Abstract 👇
journals.openedition.org/ejpap/5366
journals.openedition.org/ejpap/5366
Briefly thought of doing this as part of my dissertation when I was but a wee grad student, looks cool
Just in time for Xmas 😀 My paper on the absence of sustained discussion of power relations in R. Brandom's inferentialism is out! "Who Gets to Play? Power in the Game of Giving and Asking for Reasons". Abstract 👇
journals.openedition.org/ejpap/5366
journals.openedition.org/ejpap/5366
Who Gets to Play?
1. Introduction Robert Brandom’s inferentialist research program has been one of the most comprehensive, wide-ranging philosophical research programs in the last decades, bringing together topics f...
journals.openedition.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Briefly thought of doing this as part of my dissertation when I was but a wee grad student, looks cool
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in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company