N. Bourbaki, Dr Chad Latino
@d08890.bsky.social
Now with more zinc
grading a student essay and they appear to have lifted a few passages, with cosmetic adjustments and no attribution, from a journal article
one of MY OWN ARTICLES
one of MY OWN ARTICLES
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
grading a student essay and they appear to have lifted a few passages, with cosmetic adjustments and no attribution, from a journal article
one of MY OWN ARTICLES
one of MY OWN ARTICLES
we like being persnickety don't we folks, it's our favorite thing to be (pardon the typos)
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
we like being persnickety don't we folks, it's our favorite thing to be (pardon the typos)
interested in hearing great big nerds nerds talk about spinoza next year? you're in luck, check out the line-up!
November 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
interested in hearing great big nerds nerds talk about spinoza next year? you're in luck, check out the line-up!
almost as much as ethics, the treatise on the emendation of the intellect just endlessly rewards re-reading and re-returning to it
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
almost as much as ethics, the treatise on the emendation of the intellect just endlessly rewards re-reading and re-returning to it
in an unexpected but welcome development, i got to translate a (very) little virgil for my spinoza book (a bit from the georgics)
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
in an unexpected but welcome development, i got to translate a (very) little virgil for my spinoza book (a bit from the georgics)
broke: the norman conquest shows the superiority of french over english martial prowess
woke: the norman conquest shows that not even the yoke can suppress albion forever
bespoke: the norman conquest shows that, ultimately, the only way to conquer england is to be a norseman
woke: the norman conquest shows that not even the yoke can suppress albion forever
bespoke: the norman conquest shows that, ultimately, the only way to conquer england is to be a norseman
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
broke: the norman conquest shows the superiority of french over english martial prowess
woke: the norman conquest shows that not even the yoke can suppress albion forever
bespoke: the norman conquest shows that, ultimately, the only way to conquer england is to be a norseman
woke: the norman conquest shows that not even the yoke can suppress albion forever
bespoke: the norman conquest shows that, ultimately, the only way to conquer england is to be a norseman
if you had told little fresher bourbaki ``physics is the study of different sorts of lagrangians'' he would've laughed
however,
however,
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
if you had told little fresher bourbaki ``physics is the study of different sorts of lagrangians'' he would've laughed
however,
however,
tutoring electrodynamics has been a fun way to return to the subject
forgot how much i liked it!
forgot how much i liked it!
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
tutoring electrodynamics has been a fun way to return to the subject
forgot how much i liked it!
forgot how much i liked it!
you must be hobbit-travel-maxxing
November 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
you must be hobbit-travel-maxxing
how your email finds me
November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
how your email finds me
richard ``the dick'' cheney dead at 84
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
richard ``the dick'' cheney dead at 84
chapter one of my novel is now in something approaching a legible first draft, so you can read it here if you like:
open.substack.com/pub/emending...
open.substack.com/pub/emending...
Novel Installment 02: Chapter One
Following on the heels of the translator’s note, here is the first chapter of my fantasy novel.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
chapter one of my novel is now in something approaching a legible first draft, so you can read it here if you like:
open.substack.com/pub/emending...
open.substack.com/pub/emending...
pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field
stuff like this makes the job feel worthwhile
October 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
stuff like this makes the job feel worthwhile
analytic social philosophy? oh, you mean feminist apologetics?
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
analytic social philosophy? oh, you mean feminist apologetics?
regular reminder that spinoza not only believed in precognition, but he both gave an account of what precognition is in his philosophical system and gave specific circumstances under which precognition can occur
see ep. 17 to pieter balling:
see ep. 17 to pieter balling:
September 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
regular reminder that spinoza not only believed in precognition, but he both gave an account of what precognition is in his philosophical system and gave specific circumstances under which precognition can occur
see ep. 17 to pieter balling:
see ep. 17 to pieter balling:
have just completed a >3500 word journal referee report
be the change you wish to see
be the change you wish to see
September 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
have just completed a >3500 word journal referee report
be the change you wish to see
be the change you wish to see
how's y'alls evening lads
September 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
how's y'alls evening lads
gonna be interviewed in a few weeks for the ``history of philosophy without any gaps'' podcast; i'm gonna talk a little bit about spinoza but mostly about the role of learned societies, learned correspondence, and journals in the rise of the new science in the seventeenth century
fun times!
fun times!
August 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
gonna be interviewed in a few weeks for the ``history of philosophy without any gaps'' podcast; i'm gonna talk a little bit about spinoza but mostly about the role of learned societies, learned correspondence, and journals in the rise of the new science in the seventeenth century
fun times!
fun times!
huzzah! my paper ``spinoza on teleology, action, and explanatory overdetermination'' is out, open access, at ppq!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Spinoza on Teleology, Action, and Explanatory Overdetermination
I argue that Spinoza rejects teleological explanations wholesale. This is because of three of his distinctive theses: his naturalism, according to which all things are governed by the same laws; his ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
huzzah! my paper ``spinoza on teleology, action, and explanatory overdetermination'' is out, open access, at ppq!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...