Michael Rea
@michaelreand.bsky.social
Philosophy professor, Notre Dame
Pastor’s Spouse, Church of the Savior
Working in metaphysics, analytic theology, and feminist philosophy; current book project focuses on love, beauty, and objectification
www.michaelrea.org
#philosophy #philsky
Pastor’s Spouse, Church of the Savior
Working in metaphysics, analytic theology, and feminist philosophy; current book project focuses on love, beauty, and objectification
www.michaelrea.org
#philosophy #philsky
My “flight” is a bus…which I could have discovered by reading the fine print but, you know, booking something called a “flight” and choosing seats on an image shaped like a plane encourages certain expectations. Hard eye roll, #AmericanAirlines.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My “flight” is a bus…which I could have discovered by reading the fine print but, you know, booking something called a “flight” and choosing seats on an image shaped like a plane encourages certain expectations. Hard eye roll, #AmericanAirlines.
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Fuck it. I’m in a mood. Let’s do another Saturday with Camus.
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Fuck it. I’m in a mood. Let’s do another Saturday with Camus.
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Lillies in full bloom in June
2. A cocktail on the porch with close friends.
3. Donuts on Sunday morning
4. A campfire at the end of a long day
5. Rolling up a new DnD character
1. Lillies in full bloom in June
2. A cocktail on the porch with close friends.
3. Donuts on Sunday morning
4. A campfire at the end of a long day
5. Rolling up a new DnD character
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. The smell of the beach roses against a salty sea breeze
2. Donuts
3. Flowers
4. A full moon
5. Smiles on the faces of my children
1. The smell of the beach roses against a salty sea breeze
2. Donuts
3. Flowers
4. A full moon
5. Smiles on the faces of my children
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Hitting a green light when you're in a hurry
2. The 1990s HBO sketch comedy series "Mr. Show w/ Bob and David"
3. A brownie with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge
4. A cold Gatorade when you're hot and sweaty
5. Apples
1. Hitting a green light when you're in a hurry
2. The 1990s HBO sketch comedy series "Mr. Show w/ Bob and David"
3. A brownie with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge
4. A cold Gatorade when you're hot and sweaty
5. Apples
September 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:
1. Lillies in full bloom in June
2. A cocktail on the porch with close friends.
3. Donuts on Sunday morning
4. A campfire at the end of a long day
5. Rolling up a new DnD character
1. Lillies in full bloom in June
2. A cocktail on the porch with close friends.
3. Donuts on Sunday morning
4. A campfire at the end of a long day
5. Rolling up a new DnD character
I can’t understand a parent shouting in rapid succession from the sidelines at a soccer game “Go! Go! Stay! Stay! Go!” How does one follow that instruction?
September 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I can’t understand a parent shouting in rapid succession from the sidelines at a soccer game “Go! Go! Stay! Stay! Go!” How does one follow that instruction?
New paper by Laura Callahan and me, forthcoming in Nous: philpapers.org/rec/CALEAI-3
Laura Frances Callahan & Michael C. Rea, Epistemic Authenticity - PhilPapers
There are better and worse ways to acquire epistemic virtues and more generally to be disposed to change or maintain one’s epistemic dispositions over time. This is a dimension along which ...
philpapers.org
August 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
New paper by Laura Callahan and me, forthcoming in Nous: philpapers.org/rec/CALEAI-3
This is a great article by @amandaheldopelt.bsky.social
This month marks 100 years since the Scopes Monkey Trial. I grew up in Dayton Tennessee, under the long shadow of that trial. In this Op Ed for @rns.org I share what it means to me now.
religionnews.com/2025/07/03/1...
religionnews.com/2025/07/03/1...
100 years after Scopes trial, cultural discourse about 'Bible Belt' Christians still suffers
(RNS) — Perhaps the trial’s most lasting legacy is the precedent it set for how we engage with our ideological enemies and the role the media play in that discourse.
religionnews.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is a great article by @amandaheldopelt.bsky.social
A great post by Elizabeth Barnes on the value of conversations across serious disagreement: dailynous.com/2025/07/08/t...
The Personal Value of Conversations Across Serious Disagreement (guest post) - Daily Nous
"I know that people are reluctant to voice objections to things I’ve said, not because I’ve given a convincing argument, but because I’m a person with a disability making claims about disability, and ...
dailynous.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A great post by Elizabeth Barnes on the value of conversations across serious disagreement: dailynous.com/2025/07/08/t...
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I wrote for Substack about the BBB & the psychology of fascism
“They want you to know that the money being taken out of school lunches is going to be invested in hurting people.”
BBB and the Psychology of Fascism. My latest on substack open.substack.com/pub/writekat...
July 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I wrote for Substack about the BBB & the psychology of fascism
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say what you will about nancy pelosi (as one of her constituents believe me i have) she'd have impaled herself with a gavel live on the house floor before she'd have allowed this shitshow of a vote on her watch as speaker
July 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
say what you will about nancy pelosi (as one of her constituents believe me i have) she'd have impaled herself with a gavel live on the house floor before she'd have allowed this shitshow of a vote on her watch as speaker
Looks like the “Art of the deal” is just to announce in all caps that a deal has been made and then wait and see what happens.
June 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Looks like the “Art of the deal” is just to announce in all caps that a deal has been made and then wait and see what happens.
As a friend on FB commented, not really unbelievable, but otherwise yes.
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
As a friend on FB commented, not really unbelievable, but otherwise yes.
"We are today ruled by gerontomorphic old men...who [have] confused [their] fantasies with life and who ought to be undergoing therapy instead of being in charge of anything." --Alice B. Sheldon, writing as James Tiptree, Jr. in 1974.
God help us.
God help us.
June 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"We are today ruled by gerontomorphic old men...who [have] confused [their] fantasies with life and who ought to be undergoing therapy instead of being in charge of anything." --Alice B. Sheldon, writing as James Tiptree, Jr. in 1974.
God help us.
God help us.
Not entirely wrong…
June 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Not entirely wrong…
I've got a new paper coming out in Philosophical Quarterly: philpapers.org/rec/REABIA #philsky
Michael Rea, Beauty is a Social Property - PhilPapers
The ontology of beauty has been relatively neglected in both metaphysics and aesthetics over the past century or more, and nowhere more than in the literature devoted to feminist critique of ...
philpapers.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I've got a new paper coming out in Philosophical Quarterly: philpapers.org/rec/REABIA #philsky
OMG the “Eulogy” episode from the current season of Black Mirror. Only San Junipero competes with it, IMO.
April 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
OMG the “Eulogy” episode from the current season of Black Mirror. Only San Junipero competes with it, IMO.
Just about shed a tear today listening to my 11yo daughter recite the preamble to the constitution.
April 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Just about shed a tear today listening to my 11yo daughter recite the preamble to the constitution.
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Some of you may be interested in this post about humility and oppression by Laura Callahan on Open for Debate. #philosophy #philsky
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
A Careful Call for Humility
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
April 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Some of you may be interested in this post about humility and oppression by Laura Callahan on Open for Debate. #philosophy #philsky
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
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I tried to write about empathy and ended up writing about fascism again
Loathe thy neighbor: Elon Musk and the Christian right are waging war on empathy
Trump’s actions are irreconcilable with Christian compassion. But an unholy alliance seeks to cast empathy as a parasitic plague
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I tried to write about empathy and ended up writing about fascism again
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It boggles the mind that Democrats could lose because they were blamed for an inflation they didn’t cause.
While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause.
But here we fucking are with 104% tariffs on China.
“When ignorance gets started, it knows no bounds."
While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause.
But here we fucking are with 104% tariffs on China.
“When ignorance gets started, it knows no bounds."
April 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It boggles the mind that Democrats could lose because they were blamed for an inflation they didn’t cause.
While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause.
But here we fucking are with 104% tariffs on China.
“When ignorance gets started, it knows no bounds."
While Republicans could win on a campaign of inflation they’ll intentionally cause.
But here we fucking are with 104% tariffs on China.
“When ignorance gets started, it knows no bounds."
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In #vol38issue3 we host a symposium for Health Problems (OUP), a book authored by Elizabeth Barnes. Follow this thread to learn more! #philsky #booksky
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April 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
In #vol38issue3 we host a symposium for Health Problems (OUP), a book authored by Elizabeth Barnes. Follow this thread to learn more! #philsky #booksky
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TODAY! Find the rally nearest you ⬇️
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April 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
TODAY! Find the rally nearest you ⬇️
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
Just finished @amalelmohtar.com’s The River has Roots, hoping it might be even half as good as This is How You Lose the Time War. It did not disappoint. When I finished Time War, I immediately read it again (I never do this). This one I may have to read three or four times. So incredibly beautiful.
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Just finished @amalelmohtar.com’s The River has Roots, hoping it might be even half as good as This is How You Lose the Time War. It did not disappoint. When I finished Time War, I immediately read it again (I never do this). This one I may have to read three or four times. So incredibly beautiful.
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In an extraordinary blunder, key figures in the Trump administration copied a journalist into a chat used to discuss secret military plans for recent US attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.
Journalist accidentally added into White House Yemen war planning group chat
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an extraordinary blunder, key figures in the Trump administration copied a journalist into a chat used to discuss secret military plans for recent US attacks on the Houthi armed group in Yemen.
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A less recognized genealogy for US foreign policy in the current era, from the book I'm writing on movements for sovereignty in the US. Thanks to @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | The Lost Tradition That Explains Trump’s Obsession With the Panama Canal
Inside the lost tradition in American foregin policy that explains the president’s overseas obsessions.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A less recognized genealogy for US foreign policy in the current era, from the book I'm writing on movements for sovereignty in the US. Thanks to @nytopinion.nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
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Proud of the graduate students who have organized the 2nd graduate conference in political theory and constitutional studies at Notre Dame—next Friday March 28th. Featuring Kinch Hoekstra (Berkeley) as keynote speaker.
March 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Proud of the graduate students who have organized the 2nd graduate conference in political theory and constitutional studies at Notre Dame—next Friday March 28th. Featuring Kinch Hoekstra (Berkeley) as keynote speaker.