Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα.
Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeithFrankish
Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeithFrankish
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Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
· May 12
In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.
The most British live webcam ever! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFbl...
BerkshireCam
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January 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The most British live webcam ever! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFbl...
The recording of today's Persuaders episode, which went exactly like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjz...
January 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The recording of today's Persuaders episode, which went exactly like this www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjz...
Get ready to Pose a Puzzler to Pete! Live in 45 mins.
The Persuaders will be live again today at 1pm ET/6pm GMT. This time Pete will taking questions from viewers.(If we can make it work, we may even get one or two of you on live!) Post your questions here in advance or in YT chat when we're live www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjz... @petemandik.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Get ready to Pose a Puzzler to Pete! Live in 45 mins.
"[She] sees us as numbers or money - she doesn't see us as people", he says. "We won't forgive her for what she did to us." www.bbc.com/news/article...
How one woman lures foreign recruits to Russia’s front line in Ukraine
Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"[She] sees us as numbers or money - she doesn't see us as people", he says. "We won't forgive her for what she did to us." www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Persuaders will be live again today at 1pm ET/6pm GMT. This time Pete will taking questions from viewers.(If we can make it work, we may even get one or two of you on live!) Post your questions here in advance or in YT chat when we're live www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjz... @petemandik.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
The Persuaders will be live again today at 1pm ET/6pm GMT. This time Pete will taking questions from viewers.(If we can make it work, we may even get one or two of you on live!) Post your questions here in advance or in YT chat when we're live www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjz... @petemandik.bsky.social
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I have a fairly exploratory/speculative manuscript on moral significance in AIs, and I would love comments/remarks on it by people interested in these questions. You will find the draft here: philpapers.org/rec/KAMMSI
François Kammerer, Moral significance in artificial systems: if not consciousness, then what? - PhilPapers
Many think AIs would be morally significant if and only if they are phenomenally conscious in certain ways. This sentientist conception has been challenged, and alternative views emerged, on which age...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I have a fairly exploratory/speculative manuscript on moral significance in AIs, and I would love comments/remarks on it by people interested in these questions. You will find the draft here: philpapers.org/rec/KAMMSI
a tea pot is almost nothing in Greece
January 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
a tea pot is almost nothing in Greece
Aka qualia
January 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Aka qualia
The core defence of the right to bear arms in the US has always been that the people needed to be able to protect individual and states' rights from encroachment by the federal government. Yet now *that is actually happening*, the gun lobby appear to be silent.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The core defence of the right to bear arms in the US has always been that the people needed to be able to protect individual and states' rights from encroachment by the federal government. Yet now *that is actually happening*, the gun lobby appear to be silent.
We have never needed this guy more
January 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
We have never needed this guy more
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell
Fascism a debilitating disease of human civilization, which can be fatal. Societies that survive severe infections acquire a temporary immunity to it, but this wears off with time. Vaccination can be achieved through education about past infections, and it is strongly advised.
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Fascism a debilitating disease of human civilization, which can be fatal. Societies that survive severe infections acquire a temporary immunity to it, but this wears off with time. Vaccination can be achieved through education about past infections, and it is strongly advised.
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I have drafted a motivation for my university to leave X/Twitter, arguing that posting to it risks feeding our PR images into the porn and harassment machine (so leading to staff, students or others being harassed) and that being there violates our official stance against gender-based violence. /1
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I have drafted a motivation for my university to leave X/Twitter, arguing that posting to it risks feeding our PR images into the porn and harassment machine (so leading to staff, students or others being harassed) and that being there violates our official stance against gender-based violence. /1
"Tankies" was the name for lefties who continued to support Stalinism even when it became obviously indefensible *by their own standards* (when the tanks went into Hungary). What do we call their equivalents on the right: Icicles?
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
"Tankies" was the name for lefties who continued to support Stalinism even when it became obviously indefensible *by their own standards* (when the tanks went into Hungary). What do we call their equivalents on the right: Icicles?
Mixie is in the box
January 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Mixie is in the box
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On your Nobel Peace Prize application, under Weaknesses, you've put 'Refused to allow the previous winner to take power in Venezuela'?
January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
On your Nobel Peace Prize application, under Weaknesses, you've put 'Refused to allow the previous winner to take power in Venezuela'?
There may be some utilitarian value in deploying moral opprobrium against ordinary folk who support Trump, but it's near vacuous to explain the situation in terms of individual moral failings. The problem is much deeper and much harder to fix.
January 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
There may be some utilitarian value in deploying moral opprobrium against ordinary folk who support Trump, but it's near vacuous to explain the situation in terms of individual moral failings. The problem is much deeper and much harder to fix.
This is an excellent illustration of how generative AI can be used positively in an educational context. The source images are shown, and the AI extrapolation is modest but illuminating. The script is good too. Congratulations to the creator! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3yO...
Manchester 1850s: Britain's Workshop (AI Reconstruction)
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January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
This is an excellent illustration of how generative AI can be used positively in an educational context. The source images are shown, and the AI extrapolation is modest but illuminating. The script is good too. Congratulations to the creator! www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3yO...
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Perfect
January 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Perfect
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Happy new year, guets nöis etc. and to start off right have a medieval goat looking forward to whatever lies ahead - and 2026 better be good, or else it gets the horns
January 1, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Happy new year, guets nöis etc. and to start off right have a medieval goat looking forward to whatever lies ahead - and 2026 better be good, or else it gets the horns
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Traces of your footprints
in the sand.
I follow them.
Boundless sand.
I can’t find you.
Slowly and with great care
I place my footprints
in the traces of yours.
Got you.
Y.RITSOS
in the sand.
I follow them.
Boundless sand.
I can’t find you.
Slowly and with great care
I place my footprints
in the traces of yours.
Got you.
Y.RITSOS
December 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Traces of your footprints
in the sand.
I follow them.
Boundless sand.
I can’t find you.
Slowly and with great care
I place my footprints
in the traces of yours.
Got you.
Y.RITSOS
in the sand.
I follow them.
Boundless sand.
I can’t find you.
Slowly and with great care
I place my footprints
in the traces of yours.
Got you.
Y.RITSOS
Judged by AI "User is moderately technical but prefers simple solutions"
January 1, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Judged by AI "User is moderately technical but prefers simple solutions"
Καλή Χρονιά σε όλους από την Κρήτη!
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Καλή Χρονιά σε όλους από την Κρήτη!
Η Μαρία θα είναι στην τηλεόραση απόψε! Θα μιλήσει για τη μέθοδο διδασκαλίας του Σωκράτη στο δεύτερο μέρος της εκπομπής "Όταν ο Σωκράτης συνάντησε τον Κομφούκιο" στην ΕΡΤ3 στις 20:00. @mariakasmirli.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Η Μαρία θα είναι στην τηλεόραση απόψε! Θα μιλήσει για τη μέθοδο διδασκαλίας του Σωκράτη στο δεύτερο μέρος της εκπομπής "Όταν ο Σωκράτης συνάντησε τον Κομφούκιο" στην ΕΡΤ3 στις 20:00. @mariakasmirli.com
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A while ago, I posted a set of notes about the Bayesian approach to inquiry and how it can help us think about questions raised in the recent literature on zetetic epistemology. I’ve now corralled that material into something like a first draft of a book. I hope it might be of interest to others.
Richard Pettigrew, The value of information and the epistemology of inquiry - PhilArchive
In the analytic tradition, epistemology has typically begun at the point at which we have our evidence; it has then asked which beliefs or credences are justified or warranted by that ...
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December 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A while ago, I posted a set of notes about the Bayesian approach to inquiry and how it can help us think about questions raised in the recent literature on zetetic epistemology. I’ve now corralled that material into something like a first draft of a book. I hope it might be of interest to others.