Reza Hadisi
@rezahadisi.bsky.social
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just another handsome philosophy prof at the university of toronto https://sites.google.com/view/rezahadisi
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Excited to have @thisishannahkim.bsky.social at our next Global Philosophy Series talk. This is a hybrid event; Zoom details are available in the link.
Ha, thanks! I did one round of proofreading. Surprised that I missed that :)
Thanks! There certainly are some connections to modal epistemology in the text. However, I didn't go into the details here. Already pretty long 😁
(Started writing this 6 years ago. So you might have helped me in one way or another and I forgot to thank you in the acknowledgments -- sorry!)
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New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.
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Delighted to be the opening chapter of this brilliantly conceived (and beautifully covered!) new interdisciplinary collection on Space, Time, and Memory edited by the wonderful Lynn Nadel and Sara Aronowitz. Even better, the whole thing is free to download here: library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...
Book cover image showing a tree growing out of a white boat Book contents page
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Today on #HoPWaG, Karyn and I look at religious themes in Mohism! Major themes include the rejection of fate and defense of sacrificing to ancestral spirits ("ghosts").

www.historyofphilosophy.net/mohism-relig...

#mohism #chinesephilosophy #philsky
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BREAKING: Last night, the Harvard faculty chapter of the AAUP and the national AAUP filed a lawsuit & TRO to block the Trump administration from illegally demanding that we keep quiet and change how we teach and research at the point of a financial gun.

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Oh thanks, Elisa! I'm glad you kept thinking about imaginary objects but sorry to take away from your break! :)
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Qualities of Ringdoves (recto) from a Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu' (d. 1058) https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.382.a
This small illustration of ringdoves in the tree trunk and lotus blossom incorporates the influence of Chinese naturalism. In contrast, the reverse side is more traditional. The innovative page layouts feature cursive <em>nashki</em> script with bold angular <em>kufic</em> script headings. Derived from Aristotelian sources, this treatise deals with the physical characteristics and organs of animals. The text was translated into Persian from Arabic for the Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan Khan (reigned 1295–1304). Roughly a dozen pages from this long-lost manuscript are known. It is dated by comparison with a similar manuscript made at Maragha, near Tabriz, in 1297 or 1299.
Happy Nowruz, the new year as intended by nature and pure reason!
today!
Join us for a zoom talk at the Global Philosophy Research Group (@globalphilosophy.bsky.social) this Thursday, Mar20, 3-5pm EST:

Kara Richardson: Avicenna on the Principle of Sufficient Reason and the “Same Cause-Same Effect” Principle

Abstract & Zoom info: philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/global...
Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Kara Richardson, Syracuse) - Department of Philosophy
Kara Richardson (Syracuse) works primarily in the history of philosophy.
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Julianne Chung citing Cline 2016 on the risks of asking a non-specialist to teach Chinese philosophy (I guess that the same could apply to Sanskrit philosophy), namely that the department will then think that they don't need to hire a specialist.
(And the class may end up being shallow)
Toronto philosophers! Tomorrow (Mar 18, 6-8pm), you can come to UofT, JHB 100, for our workshop on **How to integrate Chinese and Sanskrit philosophy into your teaching**. In addition to wisdom, we're serving some nice Thai food for dinner!

Details here: sites.google.com/view/globalp...
Other Epistemic Achievements
Various philosophical traditions, east and west, offer rich and alternative ways of theorizing about varieties of epistemic achievements and virtues. To explore this approach, we aim to bring experts...
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