Michael Olson
@milkingahegoat.bsky.social
Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Marquette University
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Department of Philosophy
Marquette University
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On #WorldPhilosophyDay, we're raffling off two exclusive tote bags filled with illustrated introductions to Aristotle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, Umberto Eco and Judith Butler from our comic book series "Philosophische Einstiege."
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November 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
On #WorldPhilosophyDay, we're raffling off two exclusive tote bags filled with illustrated introductions to Aristotle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, Umberto Eco and Judith Butler from our comic book series "Philosophische Einstiege."
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proofs for our translation of Zourabichvili's Spinoza, A Physics of Thought have arrived :)
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
proofs for our translation of Zourabichvili's Spinoza, A Physics of Thought have arrived :)
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just got word that the books are in the warehouse!
will share selections in the lead up to release next month.
thanks again to @monkfishpublishing.bsky.social
can preorder here: www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
will share selections in the lead up to release next month.
thanks again to @monkfishpublishing.bsky.social
can preorder here: www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
just got word that the books are in the warehouse!
will share selections in the lead up to release next month.
thanks again to @monkfishpublishing.bsky.social
can preorder here: www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
will share selections in the lead up to release next month.
thanks again to @monkfishpublishing.bsky.social
can preorder here: www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
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Great series of talks on Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy organised by @juliajorati.bsky.social and Huaping Lu-Adler
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Zoominar series “Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy"
Huaping Lu-Adler and Julia Jorati are hosting a series of talks on 'Slavery and Early Modern Philosophy'. The talks are on zoom, but they are also posting the recordings here . The first two...
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October 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Great series of talks on Slavery in Early Modern Philosophy organised by @juliajorati.bsky.social and Huaping Lu-Adler
www.sandrineberges.com/the-voices-o...
www.sandrineberges.com/the-voices-o...
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MKE, if you're seeing the Marcus Center's Les Misérables this fall, I'm doing a Q&A on the novel before the Tues, Oct 28 show.
Come on out to learn about Hugo's 1300-page treatise on prison abolition, police brutality, & the necessity of perpetual revolution!
www.marcuscenter.org/event/les-mi...
Come on out to learn about Hugo's 1300-page treatise on prison abolition, police brutality, & the necessity of perpetual revolution!
www.marcuscenter.org/event/les-mi...
Les Misérables
Set against the backdrop of 19th century France, Les Misérables tells an enthralling story of broken dreams and unrequited love, passion, sacrifice and redemption – a timeless testament to the surviva...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
MKE, if you're seeing the Marcus Center's Les Misérables this fall, I'm doing a Q&A on the novel before the Tues, Oct 28 show.
Come on out to learn about Hugo's 1300-page treatise on prison abolition, police brutality, & the necessity of perpetual revolution!
www.marcuscenter.org/event/les-mi...
Come on out to learn about Hugo's 1300-page treatise on prison abolition, police brutality, & the necessity of perpetual revolution!
www.marcuscenter.org/event/les-mi...
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CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850 – BARS Blog
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October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850, Symposium at The University of Manchester, 25–26 June 2026. Deadline 30th January 2026. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6185
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The Conference for the project I've been working on for the last few years is happening soon.
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
September 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Conference for the project I've been working on for the last few years is happening soon.
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
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Postdoc or PhD position for a project on 'Responses to Newton’s Mathematical-Experimental Paradigm in 18th-Century Philosophy’:
www.dgphil.de/jobs/details...
#philsky #philjobs
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#philsky #philjobs
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie e.V.
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August 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Postdoc or PhD position for a project on 'Responses to Newton’s Mathematical-Experimental Paradigm in 18th-Century Philosophy’:
www.dgphil.de/jobs/details...
#philsky #philjobs
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#philsky #philjobs
This early version of the decorative additions illustrates the tastelessness clearly, I think. How on earth did whoever stuck that thing on the wall not align it with the wallpaper?
August 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This early version of the decorative additions illustrates the tastelessness clearly, I think. How on earth did whoever stuck that thing on the wall not align it with the wallpaper?
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From Marquette's own Jacob Riyeff: "AI, Irreality and the Liberal Educational Project"
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AI, Irreality and the Liberal Educational Project (opinion)
Jacob Riyeff asks how higher education can achieve its aim of scrutinizing reality when students don’t even seem to recognize the irreality of AI outputs.
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July 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
From Marquette's own Jacob Riyeff: "AI, Irreality and the Liberal Educational Project"
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Big book giveaway at Liberty Fund (w/i the US) including
Constant, Principles of Politics & On Religion
Molesworth, Account of Denmark
de Staël, Considerations/ French Revolution
Guizot, History of Civilization in Europe
Coke, Writings
Tracy, Political Economy
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Constant, Principles of Politics & On Religion
Molesworth, Account of Denmark
de Staël, Considerations/ French Revolution
Guizot, History of Civilization in Europe
Coke, Writings
Tracy, Political Economy
about.libertyfund.org/collections/...
Voices of Liberty: The Collection Giveaway - Liberty Fund
Use code GIVEAWAY25 to get timeless works and modern scholarship for FREE. Limited quantities available.
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July 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Big book giveaway at Liberty Fund (w/i the US) including
Constant, Principles of Politics & On Religion
Molesworth, Account of Denmark
de Staël, Considerations/ French Revolution
Guizot, History of Civilization in Europe
Coke, Writings
Tracy, Political Economy
about.libertyfund.org/collections/...
Constant, Principles of Politics & On Religion
Molesworth, Account of Denmark
de Staël, Considerations/ French Revolution
Guizot, History of Civilization in Europe
Coke, Writings
Tracy, Political Economy
about.libertyfund.org/collections/...
New volume in the New Studies in the History and Historiography of Philosophy series I edit with @dalianassar.bsky.social and Sebastian Luft.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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June 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
New volume in the New Studies in the History and Historiography of Philosophy series I edit with @dalianassar.bsky.social and Sebastian Luft.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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One of my favourite academic roles is co-organizing the Online Enlightenment Club (with Ingrid Schreiber, Ere Nokkala, and Martin Gierl).
Each session we meet to discuss cutting-edge research with scholars from around the world.
(Please repost if you see this!) 1/2
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Each session we meet to discuss cutting-edge research with scholars from around the world.
(Please repost if you see this!) 1/2
www.jyu.fi/en/humsoc/he...
Online Enlightenment Club
Online Enlightenment Club is an interdisciplinary online reading group for anyone interested in the ideas, culture, and history of eighteenth-century Europe. We discuss cutting-edge work across the fi...
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November 22, 2024 at 11:59 AM
One of my favourite academic roles is co-organizing the Online Enlightenment Club (with Ingrid Schreiber, Ere Nokkala, and Martin Gierl).
Each session we meet to discuss cutting-edge research with scholars from around the world.
(Please repost if you see this!) 1/2
www.jyu.fi/en/humsoc/he...
Each session we meet to discuss cutting-edge research with scholars from around the world.
(Please repost if you see this!) 1/2
www.jyu.fi/en/humsoc/he...
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Karl Ameriks, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died.
Karl Ameriks (1947-2025) - Daily Nous
Karl Ameriks, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died. Professor Ameriks was well-known for his work on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, German Idealism, the history...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Karl Ameriks, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, has died.
New open access article from a Marquette Philosophy PhD candidate.
Rachel McNealis argues that as sex #robots "become more lifelike, they don’t just challenge the boundaries between humans and objects; they reveal how deeply rooted our desires are in power dynamics". 👀🤖🔥
Happy weekend, happy reading! Read the article #openaccess here 👇
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Happy weekend, happy reading! Read the article #openaccess here 👇
www.degruyter.com/do...
March 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New open access article from a Marquette Philosophy PhD candidate.
At some point I found a digitized version of Soemmerring's Handexemplar with marginal notes of "Ueber die körperliche Verschiedenheit des N***** vom Europäer."
On page XX of the preface, he added a note about Kant's 1777 race essay, which is not the least of why the marginal notes are interesting.
On page XX of the preface, he added a note about Kant's 1777 race essay, which is not the least of why the marginal notes are interesting.
February 25, 2025 at 3:05 AM
At some point I found a digitized version of Soemmerring's Handexemplar with marginal notes of "Ueber die körperliche Verschiedenheit des N***** vom Europäer."
On page XX of the preface, he added a note about Kant's 1777 race essay, which is not the least of why the marginal notes are interesting.
On page XX of the preface, he added a note about Kant's 1777 race essay, which is not the least of why the marginal notes are interesting.
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The Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) has a very nice Summer program and grants.
The Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) has a very nice Summer program and grants.
CCEC
Department of Philosophy, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
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February 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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The Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) has a very nice Summer program and grants.
The Center for Canon Expansion and Change (CCEC) has a very nice Summer program and grants.
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! Call for Papers !
The Journal of Transcendental Philosophy has announced the topic for the Special Issue 2026: The ‘jüngere Neukantianismus’ between Hegel-Renaissance and Kulturphilosophie: Premises and Perspectives. More details here: www.degruyter.com/jo...
The Journal of Transcendental Philosophy has announced the topic for the Special Issue 2026: The ‘jüngere Neukantianismus’ between Hegel-Renaissance and Kulturphilosophie: Premises and Perspectives. More details here: www.degruyter.com/jo...
February 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
! Call for Papers !
The Journal of Transcendental Philosophy has announced the topic for the Special Issue 2026: The ‘jüngere Neukantianismus’ between Hegel-Renaissance and Kulturphilosophie: Premises and Perspectives. More details here: www.degruyter.com/jo...
The Journal of Transcendental Philosophy has announced the topic for the Special Issue 2026: The ‘jüngere Neukantianismus’ between Hegel-Renaissance and Kulturphilosophie: Premises and Perspectives. More details here: www.degruyter.com/jo...
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For grad students in the history of #philosophy: I'm organizing a virtual reading group on #slavery in early modern philosophy. We'll meet once a week on Zoom for an hour to discuss about 20 pages of primary source material. Grad students only. Email [email protected] for info. #philsky #academicsky
February 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
For grad students in the history of #philosophy: I'm organizing a virtual reading group on #slavery in early modern philosophy. We'll meet once a week on Zoom for an hour to discuss about 20 pages of primary source material. Grad students only. Email [email protected] for info. #philsky #academicsky
I just received the hard copy of this year’s Lessing Yearbook, which includes a collection of short essays on Georg Forster and others on race that Jennifer Mensch and I edited.
January 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I just received the hard copy of this year’s Lessing Yearbook, which includes a collection of short essays on Georg Forster and others on race that Jennifer Mensch and I edited.
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charles t Wolfe & anik waldow (eds) a volume in honor of Stephen Gaukroger
charles t Wolfe & anik waldow (eds) a volume in honor of Stephen Gaukroger
Science and the Shaping of Modernity
This book collects a variety of short essays on Stephen Gaukroger’s thought, by leading scholars, both senior and junior.
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December 26, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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charles t Wolfe & anik waldow (eds) a volume in honor of Stephen Gaukroger
charles t Wolfe & anik waldow (eds) a volume in honor of Stephen Gaukroger
The paperback version of the Festschrift Jennifer Mensch organized for Rudi Makkreel is available for preorder in paperback. SUNY Press has 50% until 23 December and this code for 30% will work after that.
December 8, 2024 at 9:57 PM
The paperback version of the Festschrift Jennifer Mensch organized for Rudi Makkreel is available for preorder in paperback. SUNY Press has 50% until 23 December and this code for 30% will work after that.