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Anneli Jefferson
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We should all regularly be asked what the fuck we are talking about. It's the only way to have a shared reality.
It's the weekend, so time to stop marking essays, turn the music on high and bake @nigella.bsky.social 's everyday brownies.
a person is holding a piece of brownie with a bite taken out of it .
Alt: Squidgy brownies being picked up and stacked
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November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Hopefully not, I haven't made any hay from it yet.
I wonder if the philosophy of AI bubble will also burst soon.
November 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I have a paper draft. It wasn't the paper I was planning to write and I don't know whether it's any good. It just sort of happened. #philsky
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Open specialty. Ability to teach central topics at u/g and p/g level in ethics is essential. Also desirable, e.g. Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy (including post-Kantian Philosophy up to Nietzsche), Aesthetics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind. Closing date Dec 21 2025 #philsky #philjob
Assistant Professor in Philosophy
The Faculty of Philosophy is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Philosophy with effect from 1 September 2026. This post requires teaching expertise at a level that is at the forefront of
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November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Takes one to know one
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Mostly, what AI seems to have contributed to academia is a new flavour of bad essays.
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Read my post for the APA blog, Rules of Engagement: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/10/r... Arguing that epistemologists can join impactful interdisciplinary projects that contribute to improving social interactions #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #epistemicinjustice #philosophymatters
Rules of Engagement | Blog of the APA
We would be wrong in writing off epistemology as an ivory tower pursuit with no implications for our daily practices. Epistemology can help understand and address issues such as the polarization of po...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
All I can take from the claim that the BBC has a leftwing bias is that left has shifted further right than I had thought.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Spooky autumn walk
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'll be busy for a while....
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I have recently been thinking about whether deep self views can help with some of the tricky issues surrounding autonomy and responsibility in the context of mental I'll health. My pessimistic preliminary conclusion is No. I'll be presenting on this on Friday.

www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
Philosophy Special Interest Group Annual Conference 2025: Autonomy and responsibility in psychiatry and mental health care
Detail page.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Me - yes I want recognition for my review
Also me - no, I don't want to set up a web of science profile
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Mary Earps does not believe in resultant moral luck.
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Husband: You're a Klugscheißer.
Me: Klugscheißerin
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, and I'll be back.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings, I live on the second floor, I live upstairs from you, yes I think you’ve seen me before
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. James Ozymandias, King of Kings.
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Not much fun supporting Liverpool at the moment...
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Slightly surprised to see this selection of languages at the McDonald's in Stevenage.
October 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don't generally consider myself a nasty philosopher, but every once in a while I revisit Nina Strohminger's review of McGinn's book on disgust for the pleasure of a great takedown
#philsky
www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/McG...
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Next Monday we've got Joe Saunders from Durham at the Proceedings!

His talk is entitled: What's Wrong with the Master: A Critical Analysis of Hegel's Master-Slave Dialectic

⏰ 18.15-19.45, 27 October
📍 Senate Room, Senate House
🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

#philsky
Joe Saunders – The Aristotelian Society
www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Trying to get my mind around the president posting content more suited to a four year old. Does he not care about looking childish?
October 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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This is happening at 18.15 tonight in Senate House!
Join us next Monday! We've got Sophie Horowitz (Amherst) for a talk on: 'Plans, Learning, and Deferring'

📍Monday 13th October, Woburn Suite, Senate House
⏰ 18.15-19.45 *note new time for this year*
🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/sophie-horowitz/
October 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Lots of complaints about reviewer comments recently. So I wanted to put on record that the last two reports I got (both rejections for the same paper) were careful, considered and constructive. #notallreviewers
October 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM