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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 3h

#PhilosophyJobs

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 5h

Our Department (in downtown Toronto!) is hiring.
AOS: Ethics
AOC: Open
More information here philjobs.org/job/show/30134
Please help me get the word out. #philosophy #bskyphil

Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 5h

Our Department (in downtown Toronto!) is hiring.
AOS: Ethics
AOC: Open
More information here philjobs.org/job/show/30134
Please help me get the word out. #philosophy #bskyphil

Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)

An international database of jobs for philosophers

philjobs.org

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yonahtheundead.bsky.social @yonahtheundead.bsky.social · 11h

“We want every person making the move to experience what it means to have a PC that’s not just a tool, but a true partner” no, thank you, my PC is just a tool, and so is my phone, and so is my other tech, and it'll stay this way.

It's incredible how out of touch and out of reality tech bros are

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Daniel Miller @danielmiller.net · 12h

"Hey copilot, how do I install Linux to replace you?"

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 20h

Beyond Vienna. -- The elementary school in Trattenbach where Wittgenstein taught in the early 1920s. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria #philosophy

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for bringing perspective to my boredom!

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

hopefully!

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

Going through the bibliography of the volume I am editing (on #Maṇḍana) and obviously everyone is using a different edition of each text and it is soooo boring to go through each citation.

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Domingos Faria @dfaria.eu · 1d

The European Society of Analytic Philosophy invites submissions for its 12th conference, ECAP12, to be held in Madrid (Spain) on 24-28 August 2026. https://dfaria.eu/1315

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

#PhilosophyJobs

Josh Habgood-Coote @impractknow.bsky.social · 1d

Psst Job in social and theoretical philosophy jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Josh Habgood-Coote @impractknow.bsky.social · 1d

Psst Job in social and theoretical philosophy jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

#PhilosophyJobs

Michael Walschots @michaelwalschots.com · 21d

2 Postdoc Positions in Milan!

Are you (or is someone you know) interested in modern (17th and 18th C) moral philosophy? Come join Stefano Bacin and I on the @erc.europa.eu Grant '18ETHICS': 18ethics.unimi.it/two-further-...

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Two further post-doc positions advertised! - 18ETHICS

Check out the job advertisement @ the University of Milan: https://www.unimi.it/en/node/52925. (Deadline: October 20, 2025.) For queries please contact Stefano Bacin.

18ethics.unimi.it

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 1d

It’s always hard to know whether incidents are one offs, but there are places that publish data that can help. The APA is one: apasurvey.philx.org

APA Journal Survey Project - List of Journals

The Journal Surveys project is a way for scholars to provide feedback about their experiences with journals. Authors are encouraged to submit information about how long it took for their paper to be r...

apasurvey.philx.org

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

I understand that individual reviewers' reports are not the journal's fault, but 1) choosing to have just one reviewer and 2) reading the report and deciding that it is good enough to be sent to the author without apologies;-) are.

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

Should we make a publicly available list of journals with bad reviewing practices?

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 1d

Nice to see the IKGA (part of @oeaw.bsky.social) and the CEU collaborating.
#BuddhistPhilosophy

ISTB University of Vienna, Austria @istb-univienna.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow, Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m.: Religious Philosophy between India and China, between Asia and Europe: Translating Buddhism

Public lecture by Dr. Ralf Stepien (IKGA), CEU Center for Religious Studies

events.ceu.edu/2025-10-16/r...

🖼️ "Cover detail from "Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy"

Religious Philosophy between India and China, between Asia and Europe: Translating Buddhism

events.ceu.edu

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ISTB University of Vienna, Austria @istb-univienna.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow, Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m.: Religious Philosophy between India and China, between Asia and Europe: Translating Buddhism

Public lecture by Dr. Ralf Stepien (IKGA), CEU Center for Religious Studies

events.ceu.edu/2025-10-16/r...

🖼️ "Cover detail from "Buddhism Between Religion and Philosophy"

Religious Philosophy between India and China, between Asia and Europe: Translating Buddhism

events.ceu.edu

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 4d

Can someone explain to me why some US scholars seem to think that (real?) research only happens in the US?
E.g. "How come we never met?" Well, because you only attend US-based conferences!

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 5d

Not all texts have been translated. A tiny percentage of Sanskrit philosophy, just to begin with, has been translated. Not to speak of the need of multiple translations, commentaries… We (scholars of Sanskrit philosophy) can only dream of it.

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Sexy Monsters @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 6d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

So, did you study at UofT?

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

Listening to an (excellent) talk on Margaret Cavendish by Marleen Rozemond. The communication of motion occurs through the communication of substance and the presence of motion in matter shows that all matter has also a sensitive and rational nature (!)
Sanskrit philosophers are not as unusual

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Keith Raymond Harris @kraymondh.bsky.social · 6d

Nothing makes you feel like a snitch quite like recommending an alternative reviewer.
#academicsky

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 6d

#PhilosophyJobs

tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 6d

Leiden University is hiring:
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy

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tenuretracker.info @tenuretracker.bsky.social · 6d

Leiden University is hiring:
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy

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Benjamin Suchard @bnuyaminim.bsky.social · 6d

I saw that too, can't find it back right now. Anyway, the formula should be research time granted if funded * chance of getting funded. If that's not much higher than the estimated time preparing: bad deal.

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Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social · 6d

Wasn't there a calculator for academic grant writing where you put in amount of funds, chance of getting funded, and estimated hours of preparing the proposal to calculate whether it's worth applying at all?

Or a formula? Please, I need it.

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 7d

#PhilosophyJobs

Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 10d

📣JOB ALERT📣
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy

Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

Decorative Gourdian Knot @buckrawheat.bsky.social · 7d

I also just wonder if any of these people have ever really appreciated the value added in going through the experience of something like this. The fact that it changes you to engage with and puzzle over your own work, that you're not a content printer that just needs juicing to go faster.

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 7d

On how AI repeats already established biases.

Matthew Bennell @matthewbennell.bsky.social · 8d

AI gender bias: it's real.

"... When generating and evaluating nearly 40,000 resumes, ChatGPT assumed women were younger and less experienced while rating older male applicants as more qualified."

phys.org/news/2025-10...

Women portrayed as younger than men online, and AI amplifies the bias

U.S. Census data shows no systematic age differences between men and women in the workforce over the past decade. And globally, women on average live about five years longer than men. But that's not w...

phys.org

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