David Spurrett

@doctorspurt.bsky.social

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Philosopher, working on evolution of mechanisms of action selection, and their variously situated subversion. https://davidspurrett.com/

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David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · Oct 20

Hello new followers. I'm a philosopher of cognitive science working on a book called 'Engines of Hostility'. Recent papers that inform the book are:
(1) "Hostile Scaffolding" (Timms & Spurrett)
(2) "Fashioning Affordances" (Spurrett & Brancazio)
(3) "On Hostile and Oppressive Affective Technology."

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 2h

Crysknives Out.

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 9h

Shaddam Busters.

Reposted by Alan Richardson, David Spurrett

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10h

Trump’s despicable comments about Somalia reminded me that for a few years only two countries had failed to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: the USA and Somalia. Now there’s only one. The USA.

www.unicef.org/child-rights...

Frequently asked questions on the Convention on the Rights of the Child

How many countries have ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child? How does the Convention define "child"?

www.unicef.org

Reposted by Linda Martín Alcoff, Trevor A. Branch, Kathleen Kennedy , and 2 more Linda Martín Alcoff, Trevor A. Branch, Kathleen Kennedy, Colm O’Cinneíde, David Spurrett

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19h

one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers

Reposted by David Spurrett

Doctor Logic @saraluckelman.bsky.social · 23h

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Please sign this petition calling on the ACM to restore access to this data:

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David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 1d

That quote is funny, but there's no evidence that Feynman said it.

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not an expert either, but there definitely is. Cheryl Misak has written about this, and I'd like to read what she says. (I read her excellent biography of Frank Ramsey, who said that he got his pragmatism from Russell. Apparently Russell's period at Harvard (1914) was significant for him.)

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely!

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 1d

My Own Private Duncan Idaho.

Reposted by Daniela Gabor, Bessma Momani, David Spurrett

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 1d

Israel is banning the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders from operating in Gaza starting on New Year’s Day. www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...

Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza

The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs said the organizations that will be banned Thursday didn't meet new requirements for sharing staff members, funding and operations information.

www.nbcnews.com

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 1d

My Big Fat Fremen Wedding.

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 2d

The goofy spoof comedy we didn't know we needed. (And which we definitely need more than a second instalment of Star Wars parody.)

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 2d

The endorsement by Charles W. Mills includes "For all those-and here, embarrassingly, I include myself-who have had too cerebral a concept of the dynamics of sexism and racism, Shannon Sullivan's new book will come as a revelation."

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 2d

It's great when you find the book you didn't know you needed, and it's magnificently done. In this case that book is "The Physiology of Sexist and Racist Oppression" by Shannon Sullivan.

Cover image of "The Physiology of Sexist and Racist Oppression" by Shannon Sullivan.

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 2d

The Adventures of Baron Harkonnen.

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 3d

DUNE CAVE

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 2d

"The Spice Producers" with the hit song 'Springtime for Kwisatz in Galaxy'."

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 2d

SpiceBalls

Henry and Dune

Rainy Day in Dune

Reposted by David Spurrett

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 3d

DUNE CAVE

Reposted by Joshua Gans, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio , and 22 more Joshua Gans, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio, John R. Hutchinson, Steve Peers, John McLaren, Melissa Terras, Mark D. White, Rosemary A. Joyce, Martin Paul Eve, Catherine Baker, Matt Hills, Andrew L. Whitehead, Andrew Jacobs, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Amy W. Ando, Samantha Brennan, Paul Fisher, Catherine J. Frieman, Kathleen Kennedy, Daxton R. Stewart, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Lisa Colton, David Spurrett, David Darmofal

Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 3d

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.

I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 3d

A small follow up: What's your view of pragmatism? (It's hard to see, e.g., Dewey endorsing a research vs liberation dichotomy...)

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 3d

When I was an undergrad I'd have what I thought were cool ideas that turned out to be 200-2000 years old. I take it as a win when the gap narrows to 10 years or fewer, especially when the work is in a different field!

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 3d

Just read "Callous Objects" by Robert Joseph Rosenberger. Very useful. (Another case where I find that a philosopher of technology has already figured out large parts of what I want to say about scaffolded cognition. Interesting complementarity with Liao & Huebner's "Oppressive Things" paper too.)

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 3d

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Elizabeth Stokoe, Rory O’Connell , and 4 more Steve Peers, Elizabeth Stokoe, Rory O’Connell, Tim Stephens, Christina Pagel, Judith Jesch, David Spurrett

dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 6d

NEW

Jane Austen as a writer about law

Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, by me

(And also why there is only one good adaptation of her works.)

emptycity.substack.com/p/jane-auste...

Jane Austen as a writer about law

Some notes on Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice

emptycity.substack.com

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 6d

Those are cool. I like the "we're all in this together" one especially.

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 8d

The Importance of Being Earnest.

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 8d

I read that this year too. 2 out of 3.

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 8d

I read that this year too, and liked it a lot!

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 9d

I loved Piranesi! (Read it last year, I think.)

David Spurrett @doctorspurt.bsky.social · 9d

Best: Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels ("My Brilliant Friend" etc.)

Most fun: "Golden Hill" by Francis Spufford

Best non-fiction: Shaun Gallagher's "Action and Interaction"

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