Eline Gerritsen
@elineg.bsky.social
Postdoc in philosophy at university of Hamburg. Metaethics, normativity, social norms. Also books, ballet and baking.
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To break my streak of negative academia posts:
I currently get to do teaching prep on an interesting topic I wouldn't otherwise think about (ethics of adblockers), with a great snack.
I currently get to do teaching prep on an interesting topic I wouldn't otherwise think about (ethics of adblockers), with a great snack.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
To break my streak of negative academia posts:
I currently get to do teaching prep on an interesting topic I wouldn't otherwise think about (ethics of adblockers), with a great snack.
I currently get to do teaching prep on an interesting topic I wouldn't otherwise think about (ethics of adblockers), with a great snack.
In reality my paper did not get rejected after 7 months - instead I've found out at the 8 month mark that no one has agreed to review it yet.
So I'm stuck in limbo, waiting to improve my situation on the job market, because the few people with a job are too busy to review my paper. Perfect.
So I'm stuck in limbo, waiting to improve my situation on the job market, because the few people with a job are too busy to review my paper. Perfect.
Academia: Publish or perish!
Also academia: Good, you finished a paper! Now just wait 7 months for a rejection from the first journal.
Also academia: Good, you finished a paper! Now just wait 7 months for a rejection from the first journal.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In reality my paper did not get rejected after 7 months - instead I've found out at the 8 month mark that no one has agreed to review it yet.
So I'm stuck in limbo, waiting to improve my situation on the job market, because the few people with a job are too busy to review my paper. Perfect.
So I'm stuck in limbo, waiting to improve my situation on the job market, because the few people with a job are too busy to review my paper. Perfect.
It's a shame that when I achieve the thing we're all supposed to do it all for - my paper gets published in a journal - the publisher makes it feel like a scam event. Do I want to buy a poster with the paper title to celebrate?? Do I want to pay €300 for prints (of my own paper, not the journal!)???
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's a shame that when I achieve the thing we're all supposed to do it all for - my paper gets published in a journal - the publisher makes it feel like a scam event. Do I want to buy a poster with the paper title to celebrate?? Do I want to pay €300 for prints (of my own paper, not the journal!)???
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omg guys they're advertising a job in philosophy *and AI*!!!
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 PM
omg guys they're advertising a job in philosophy *and AI*!!!
Volgens mij wil Jesse het nog laten bezinken
October 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Volgens mij wil Jesse het nog laten bezinken
PSA. I remember objecting when a Scottish person referred to my home country as 'Holland', comparing it to calling all of the UK 'England'. He was HORRIFIED.
It's too bad 'The Netherlands' is actually tricky to say with a Dutch accent, so in English people tend to default to 'Holland'.
It's too bad 'The Netherlands' is actually tricky to say with a Dutch accent, so in English people tend to default to 'Holland'.
Let's first get a pet peeve out of the way.
It is THE NETHERLANDS, not "Holland". Despite the national tourism bureau often using "Holland" for the country, "Holland" refers to only 2 of the 12 provinces - North Holland (with Amsterdam) and South Holland (with Rotterdam).
It is THE NETHERLANDS, not "Holland". Despite the national tourism bureau often using "Holland" for the country, "Holland" refers to only 2 of the 12 provinces - North Holland (with Amsterdam) and South Holland (with Rotterdam).
October 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
PSA. I remember objecting when a Scottish person referred to my home country as 'Holland', comparing it to calling all of the UK 'England'. He was HORRIFIED.
It's too bad 'The Netherlands' is actually tricky to say with a Dutch accent, so in English people tend to default to 'Holland'.
It's too bad 'The Netherlands' is actually tricky to say with a Dutch accent, so in English people tend to default to 'Holland'.
On that note - my Digital Ethics course started this week and students expressed an interest in entshitification, but I can't find any philosophical texts about it. Am I missing something? #PhilSky #Philosophy
I've been off the dating market for over a decade so I'm a bit out of the loop but I'm hearing that in my absence the apps have become thoroughly enshittified but people have nonetheless decided to largely abandon more low tech ways of meeting each other, and like, why would people do that
October 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
On that note - my Digital Ethics course started this week and students expressed an interest in entshitification, but I can't find any philosophical texts about it. Am I missing something? #PhilSky #Philosophy
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Not like your livelihood depends on it or anything.
Academia: Publish or perish!
Also academia: Good, you finished a paper! Now just wait 7 months for a rejection from the first journal.
Also academia: Good, you finished a paper! Now just wait 7 months for a rejection from the first journal.
September 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Not like your livelihood depends on it or anything.
Academia: Publish or perish!
Also academia: Good, you finished a paper! Now just wait 7 months for a rejection from the first journal.
Also academia: Good, you finished a paper! Now just wait 7 months for a rejection from the first journal.
September 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Academia: Publish or perish!
Also academia: Good, you finished a paper! Now just wait 7 months for a rejection from the first journal.
Also academia: Good, you finished a paper! Now just wait 7 months for a rejection from the first journal.
@geneickers.bsky.social I just remembered I wanted to send you something I wrote on thick and thin rules, which was the basis for my comments on your book: elinegerritsen.com/2024/03/25/t...
Thick Rules in Ice Cream Shops
Models, experts and thick social norms: what Larry David misunderstands about etiquette.
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August 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@geneickers.bsky.social I just remembered I wanted to send you something I wrote on thick and thin rules, which was the basis for my comments on your book: elinegerritsen.com/2024/03/25/t...
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My new paper is already out! Paper title & aim (+ description of how I spent years of my life): Demystifying Authoritative Normativity. Abstract in image.
Now open access in Journal of Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky #philosophy
Now open access in Journal of Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky #philosophy
August 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My new paper is already out! Paper title & aim (+ description of how I spent years of my life): Demystifying Authoritative Normativity. Abstract in image.
Now open access in Journal of Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky #philosophy
Now open access in Journal of Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky #philosophy
My new paper is already out! Paper title & aim (+ description of how I spent years of my life): Demystifying Authoritative Normativity. Abstract in image.
Now open access in Journal of Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky #philosophy
Now open access in Journal of Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky #philosophy
August 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My new paper is already out! Paper title & aim (+ description of how I spent years of my life): Demystifying Authoritative Normativity. Abstract in image.
Now open access in Journal of Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky #philosophy
Now open access in Journal of Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philsky #philosophy
The irony, of course, is that I do not yet know what my job situation will be during the upcoming postdoc appreciation week.
Have you guys started doing your gift shopping for postdoc appreciation week yet? Only one month to go, and many places sell out of the most popular gifts fast! (Tissues for weeping, anxiety medication, books on how to apply to law school, etc.)
August 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The irony, of course, is that I do not yet know what my job situation will be during the upcoming postdoc appreciation week.
I'm still processing the great social ontology conference in Dublin last week - this morning I slept through my alarm because I was having an intense dream about scripts?
Had a good time at ISOS 2025; fun book symposium with fantastic comments by @elineg.bsky.social and @nonamename.bsky.social …and my book was in good company
August 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'm still processing the great social ontology conference in Dublin last week - this morning I slept through my alarm because I was having an intense dream about scripts?
The text on the back is not exactly what I was expecting...
July 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The text on the back is not exactly what I was expecting...
Correction: they did send a 1st email, it went to spam. Now I know they emailed me proofs on a Saturday evening, asking for corrections within 2 working days, then started acting like I was late on Monday evening. How wonderful that we give all our money to these publishers.
I joked earlier today that a journal was probably going to demand I check proofs within 4 days after having sat on my paper for like 7 months. Then I received an email complaining that I hadn't yet returned proofs after 48 hours. Most of which was on a weekend. Also, they never sent that 1st email.
July 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Correction: they did send a 1st email, it went to spam. Now I know they emailed me proofs on a Saturday evening, asking for corrections within 2 working days, then started acting like I was late on Monday evening. How wonderful that we give all our money to these publishers.
I joked earlier today that a journal was probably going to demand I check proofs within 4 days after having sat on my paper for like 7 months. Then I received an email complaining that I hadn't yet returned proofs after 48 hours. Most of which was on a weekend. Also, they never sent that 1st email.
July 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I joked earlier today that a journal was probably going to demand I check proofs within 4 days after having sat on my paper for like 7 months. Then I received an email complaining that I hadn't yet returned proofs after 48 hours. Most of which was on a weekend. Also, they never sent that 1st email.
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I will send the paper to the people, as a treat, if they email me (address is at bottom of elinegerritsen.com)
July 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I will send the paper to the people, as a treat, if they email me (address is at bottom of elinegerritsen.com)
I'm very pleased to (finally) have found a home for my paper on non-naturalist tendencies in the debate on authoritative normativity!
For the small group of people who are interested in the formal/authoritative distinction and have not read it yet: stay tuned.
For the small group of people who are interested in the formal/authoritative distinction and have not read it yet: stay tuned.
July 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I'm very pleased to (finally) have found a home for my paper on non-naturalist tendencies in the debate on authoritative normativity!
For the small group of people who are interested in the formal/authoritative distinction and have not read it yet: stay tuned.
For the small group of people who are interested in the formal/authoritative distinction and have not read it yet: stay tuned.
In today's class on the philosophy of social norms, I turned to the social norms of philosophy for once: I had my students discuss the conditions of justified public shaming with the case study of dailynous.com/2025/05/05/p.... Verdict: justified, unlike most online shaming!
Philosopher’s Apparent Role in Government’s “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria” Report Revealed by Metadata (updated) - Daily Nous
A philosopher is apparently listed as the creator of part of a controversial report released May 1st by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding gender-affirming medic...
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July 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
In today's class on the philosophy of social norms, I turned to the social norms of philosophy for once: I had my students discuss the conditions of justified public shaming with the case study of dailynous.com/2025/05/05/p.... Verdict: justified, unlike most online shaming!
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None of this crap would be happening if we hadn’t switched to settled agriculture. Idiots.
July 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
None of this crap would be happening if we hadn’t switched to settled agriculture. Idiots.
This probably won't reach the required audience, but: Is there an English translation of 'draagvlak?'
It's the required basis of support for some measure among (local) inhabitants. The concept seems crucial in Dutch political debates so I'm surprised I can't think of an English word.
It's the required basis of support for some measure among (local) inhabitants. The concept seems crucial in Dutch political debates so I'm surprised I can't think of an English word.
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This probably won't reach the required audience, but: Is there an English translation of 'draagvlak?'
It's the required basis of support for some measure among (local) inhabitants. The concept seems crucial in Dutch political debates so I'm surprised I can't think of an English word.
It's the required basis of support for some measure among (local) inhabitants. The concept seems crucial in Dutch political debates so I'm surprised I can't think of an English word.
Miss Manners solving the issue of free speech on campus - in 1993.
(in Judith Martin, "A Philosophy of Etiquette", 355-6)
(in Judith Martin, "A Philosophy of Etiquette", 355-6)
June 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Miss Manners solving the issue of free speech on campus - in 1993.
(in Judith Martin, "A Philosophy of Etiquette", 355-6)
(in Judith Martin, "A Philosophy of Etiquette", 355-6)
My favourite film so far this year is Dreams (from the Dreams Sex Love trilogy), which I realised when I unironically thought half-way 'This is even better than Grand Theft Hamlet!'. So yes, watch Grand Theft Hamlet if you can.
for people who are never going to play a game but are interested to understand a bit about what games culture is like, I can highly recommend the film Grand Theft Hamlet, about two out-of-work actors during the lockdowns trying to stage a production of Hamlet inside the game Grand Theft Auto
June 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
My favourite film so far this year is Dreams (from the Dreams Sex Love trilogy), which I realised when I unironically thought half-way 'This is even better than Grand Theft Hamlet!'. So yes, watch Grand Theft Hamlet if you can.
I have now made about eight attempts over two days to book a hotel in Bielefeld, each time it goes mysteriously wrong. This fits a little too well with the theory that Bielefeld does not actually exist...
June 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I have now made about eight attempts over two days to book a hotel in Bielefeld, each time it goes mysteriously wrong. This fits a little too well with the theory that Bielefeld does not actually exist...