David Rondel
@davidrondel.bsky.social
Philosophy Professor, University of Nevada
www.davidrondel.com 🇨🇦
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Another find from Houghton. James’s salary at Harvard (from 1897-1899) topped out at 5k per year!
June 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another find from Houghton. James’s salary at Harvard (from 1897-1899) topped out at 5k per year!
June 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
First cool find of the morning. Here’s a letter James wrote to his former student, Teddy Roosevelt, dated March 3, 1909 (the penultimate day of his presidency).
June 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
First cool find of the morning. Here’s a letter James wrote to his former student, Teddy Roosevelt, dated March 3, 1909 (the penultimate day of his presidency).
Getting ready to spend the day rummaging through boxes of William James’s papers at Harvard!
June 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Getting ready to spend the day rummaging through boxes of William James’s papers at Harvard!
Call for submissions!
Richard Rorty Society Panel at the 2026 Eastern APA in Baltimore.
Richard Rorty Society Panel at the 2026 Eastern APA in Baltimore.
June 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Call for submissions!
Richard Rorty Society Panel at the 2026 Eastern APA in Baltimore.
Richard Rorty Society Panel at the 2026 Eastern APA in Baltimore.
I had the pleasure of revisiting After Virtue recently for a chapter I was writing, and boy oh boy, what a deep and wonderful book.
RIP Alasdair MacIntyre.
RIP Alasdair MacIntyre.
May 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I had the pleasure of revisiting After Virtue recently for a chapter I was writing, and boy oh boy, what a deep and wonderful book.
RIP Alasdair MacIntyre.
RIP Alasdair MacIntyre.
May 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A glorious morning on the campus of Brown University!
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A glorious morning on the campus of Brown University!
April 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Philosophy department at the University of Nevada is hosting a cool lecture on April 14th.
Amia Srinivasan will be speaking on "Genealogies of Oppression: Psychoanalysis, Feminism and Liberation".
The event is free and open to the public. If you're in or nearby Reno, NV, feel free to attend!
Amia Srinivasan will be speaking on "Genealogies of Oppression: Psychoanalysis, Feminism and Liberation".
The event is free and open to the public. If you're in or nearby Reno, NV, feel free to attend!
March 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Philosophy department at the University of Nevada is hosting a cool lecture on April 14th.
Amia Srinivasan will be speaking on "Genealogies of Oppression: Psychoanalysis, Feminism and Liberation".
The event is free and open to the public. If you're in or nearby Reno, NV, feel free to attend!
Amia Srinivasan will be speaking on "Genealogies of Oppression: Psychoanalysis, Feminism and Liberation".
The event is free and open to the public. If you're in or nearby Reno, NV, feel free to attend!
As part of OUP's latest #PhilosophyInFocus instalment on the theme of #Freedom, a chapter from my latest book is available for free on their website.
academic.oup.com/journals/pag...
Please have a look if your curiosity is piqued!
#anxiety #philosophy #Freedom
academic.oup.com/journals/pag...
Please have a look if your curiosity is piqued!
#anxiety #philosophy #Freedom
March 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
As part of OUP's latest #PhilosophyInFocus instalment on the theme of #Freedom, a chapter from my latest book is available for free on their website.
academic.oup.com/journals/pag...
Please have a look if your curiosity is piqued!
#anxiety #philosophy #Freedom
academic.oup.com/journals/pag...
Please have a look if your curiosity is piqued!
#anxiety #philosophy #Freedom
Monday night, these days.
March 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Monday night, these days.
This Saturday, March 8th at 1pm
I'll be talking about my new book, A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety, at the Los Angeles Public Library (Edendale Branch). 2011 Sunset Blvd.
Please stop by if you're in LA!
#philsky #LosAngeles
I'll be talking about my new book, A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety, at the Los Angeles Public Library (Edendale Branch). 2011 Sunset Blvd.
Please stop by if you're in LA!
#philsky #LosAngeles
March 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This Saturday, March 8th at 1pm
I'll be talking about my new book, A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety, at the Los Angeles Public Library (Edendale Branch). 2011 Sunset Blvd.
Please stop by if you're in LA!
#philsky #LosAngeles
I'll be talking about my new book, A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety, at the Los Angeles Public Library (Edendale Branch). 2011 Sunset Blvd.
Please stop by if you're in LA!
#philsky #LosAngeles
Thinking back a few months ago to when my book topped the charts in the category of Ethics.
(A proud moment, especially considering that the book isn't about ethics!)
#philsky
(A proud moment, especially considering that the book isn't about ethics!)
#philsky
February 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Thinking back a few months ago to when my book topped the charts in the category of Ethics.
(A proud moment, especially considering that the book isn't about ethics!)
#philsky
(A proud moment, especially considering that the book isn't about ethics!)
#philsky
Sunday afternoon listening
February 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Sunday afternoon listening
What I'm thinking about at the end of Dry January...
January 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What I'm thinking about at the end of Dry January...
Beautiful Lake Tahoe
(I feel so lucky to live nearby this magical place)
(I feel so lucky to live nearby this magical place)
January 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Beautiful Lake Tahoe
(I feel so lucky to live nearby this magical place)
(I feel so lucky to live nearby this magical place)
“How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old earth tingled for him in the days when he was young and well?”
Happy Birthday William James, born on this day in 1842
Happy Birthday William James, born on this day in 1842
January 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old earth tingled for him in the days when he was young and well?”
Happy Birthday William James, born on this day in 1842
Happy Birthday William James, born on this day in 1842
Cool idea! If academic (but more public-facing) non-fiction counts, allow me to share information about my new book.
A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety
A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety
January 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Cool idea! If academic (but more public-facing) non-fiction counts, allow me to share information about my new book.
A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety
A Danger Which We Do Not Know: A Philosophical Journey into Anxiety
Fitting NYE listening
January 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Fitting NYE listening