Tim Crane
@timcrane.bsky.social
Philosopher and Pro-Rector at CEU Vienna. Director of Research, FWF Cluster of Excellence, 'Knowledge in Crisis'. Author of The Mechanical Mind, Elements of Mind, The Objects of Thought, Aspects of Psychologism, The Meaning of Belief www.timcrane.com
Beautiful cover for Carlotta Pavese's forthcoming book
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Beautiful cover for Carlotta Pavese's forthcoming book
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Blending Family and Governance, Richard III has his nephews imprisoned in the Tower of London and later murdered.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Blending Family and Governance, Richard III has his nephews imprisoned in the Tower of London and later murdered.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
Blending Family and Governance, Agrippina the Younger marries Emperor Claudius and later poisons him.
Blending Family and Governance, Louis XIV remarks “L'État, c'est moi”.
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A group of scientists has called on EC president Ursula von der Leyen to retract a statement she made suggesting A.I. would soon reach parity with human intelligence. Her statements were based on marketing statements from US Tech firms not empirical evidence or real proof. #ResistAI
Stop overhyping AI, scientists tell von der Leyen | Euractiv
Open letter criticises the Commission President for remarks earlier this year – when she anticipated AI would “approach human reasoning” in 2026
www.euractiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A group of scientists has called on EC president Ursula von der Leyen to retract a statement she made suggesting A.I. would soon reach parity with human intelligence. Her statements were based on marketing statements from US Tech firms not empirical evidence or real proof. #ResistAI
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‘Austrian politics is still sometimes compared to the rum-soaked sponge filled with nougat and jam called Punschkrapferl: brown on the inside with a thin pink glaze.’
Holly Case on the plurinational quality of the Habsburg empire.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case on the plurinational quality of the Habsburg empire.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case · Thin Pink Glaze: Habsburg Legacies
We still live in the long shadow of Habsburg disintegration. In addition to the lingering legacy of 19th-century state...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
‘Austrian politics is still sometimes compared to the rum-soaked sponge filled with nougat and jam called Punschkrapferl: brown on the inside with a thin pink glaze.’
Holly Case on the plurinational quality of the Habsburg empire.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Holly Case on the plurinational quality of the Habsburg empire.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
That non-Kubrick bit of Also Sprach Zarathustra is kind of better than you might have expected, given the opening bit
November 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
That non-Kubrick bit of Also Sprach Zarathustra is kind of better than you might have expected, given the opening bit
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Dogs have been part of human culture for far longer than previously thought based on genomic evidence from @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social and team. Great read. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Genomic evidence for the Holocene codispersal of dogs and humans across Eastern Eurasia
As the first domestic species, dogs likely dispersed with different cultural groups during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed 73 ancient dog genomes, including 17 ...
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dogs have been part of human culture for far longer than previously thought based on genomic evidence from @lachiescarsbrook.bsky.social and team. Great read. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As you might imagine, this is very good. It is also very funny.
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KiC Postdoc Reasearcher, Camilo Martinez (CEU) discusses his new publication, 'No Guarantee: Coherence, Rationality, and Fragmentation' on New Work in Philosophy.
Read it over on Substack.
#newpublication #newworkinphilosophy #philbsky #coherence #fragmentation #rationality
Read it over on Substack.
#newpublication #newworkinphilosophy #philbsky #coherence #fragmentation #rationality
“No Guarantee: Coherence, Rationality, and Fragmentation” - Camilo Martinez (Central European University)
Forthcoming in Thought
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November 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
KiC Postdoc Reasearcher, Camilo Martinez (CEU) discusses his new publication, 'No Guarantee: Coherence, Rationality, and Fragmentation' on New Work in Philosophy.
Read it over on Substack.
#newpublication #newworkinphilosophy #philbsky #coherence #fragmentation #rationality
Read it over on Substack.
#newpublication #newworkinphilosophy #philbsky #coherence #fragmentation #rationality
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My department (philosophy, University of Melbourne) is advertising a 4-yr fixed-term lectureship in metaphysics and philosophy of science. Open to people with Australian work rights. Philosophy folk, please feel free to repost etc unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
Lecturer in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science
Role type: Full-time Faculty: Arts School: School of Historical and Philosophical Studies Salary: $124,656 - $148,023 p.a. plus 17% super Teach and inspire across diverse Philosophy subjects / Contrib...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My department (philosophy, University of Melbourne) is advertising a 4-yr fixed-term lectureship in metaphysics and philosophy of science. Open to people with Australian work rights. Philosophy folk, please feel free to repost etc unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_Ex...
Among the many great lines: 'I knew they were signal crayfish because each dish is served with a naff display plate of its ingredients, to make up for everything being basically a small portion of brightly coloured slime'
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Among the many great lines: 'I knew they were signal crayfish because each dish is served with a naff display plate of its ingredients, to make up for everything being basically a small portion of brightly coloured slime'
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Giles Coren excels himself. This is brilliant www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Maido review — The world’s best restaurant? It was dismal
Why do critics keep celebrating and rewarding places like Maido in Lima? I hated it
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Giles Coren excels himself. This is brilliant www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
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“Speaking in English, and reaching a US audience directly, the pope reiterated the Catholic belief that every Christian will ultimately be judged on how they welcomed "the foreigner". (Luke 10:25-37)
Pope Leo offers his strongest criticism of Trump yet
The Pope, who is American, called for "deep reflection" on how migrants are treated, and spoke against US bombing of Venezuelan vessels.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“Speaking in English, and reaching a US audience directly, the pope reiterated the Catholic belief that every Christian will ultimately be judged on how they welcomed "the foreigner". (Luke 10:25-37)
This is an incredible story, amazing reporting and beautiful graphics ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is an incredible story, amazing reporting and beautiful graphics ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
Very pleased to have an essay (on Leibniz!) in this fine TLS book, edited by the excellent Andrew Irwin @thetls.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Very pleased to have an essay (on Leibniz!) in this fine TLS book, edited by the excellent Andrew Irwin @thetls.bsky.social
The latest newsletter from our wonderful philosophy department at CEU @weareceu.bsky.social philosophy.ceu.edu/sites/philos...
philosophy.ceu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The latest newsletter from our wonderful philosophy department at CEU @weareceu.bsky.social philosophy.ceu.edu/sites/philos...
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New book supported by the @nuffieldfoundation.org on what philosophy can contribute to public life. Contributors include @jowolff.bsky.social @tariqmodood.bsky.social @lornographic.bsky.social @martinoneill.bsky.social @profclarechambers.bsky.social
www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
“The point is to change it”: Essays on philosophy in public life - Nuffield Foundation
This volume is focused on how philosophers might help us to think about big public themes.
www.nuffieldfoundation.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
New book supported by the @nuffieldfoundation.org on what philosophy can contribute to public life. Contributors include @jowolff.bsky.social @tariqmodood.bsky.social @lornographic.bsky.social @martinoneill.bsky.social @profclarechambers.bsky.social
www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
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Lewis is absolutely right here
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Lewis is absolutely right here
Sometimes you have to give credit where credit is due
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Sometimes you have to give credit where credit is due
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Tiepolo, Virtue and Nobility Putting Ignorance to Flight (at Dulwich Picture Gallery).
Take that, modern world.
Take that, modern world.
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tiepolo, Virtue and Nobility Putting Ignorance to Flight (at Dulwich Picture Gallery).
Take that, modern world.
Take that, modern world.
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The only good use I've managed to find for generative AI is rewriting my paper abstracts in quatrain.
The Mind's Decay, A Fading Light
The Mind's Decay, A Fading Light
July 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The only good use I've managed to find for generative AI is rewriting my paper abstracts in quatrain.
The Mind's Decay, A Fading Light
The Mind's Decay, A Fading Light
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The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
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Sixty five years after humanity figured out powered air flight, US airlines alone carried 130m passengers a year on 13,000 flights a day. Sixty five years after figuring out powered space flight, about 650 people have ever been. In 2021, a record 19 people were in space at once, for about 3 minutes.
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sixty five years after humanity figured out powered air flight, US airlines alone carried 130m passengers a year on 13,000 flights a day. Sixty five years after figuring out powered space flight, about 650 people have ever been. In 2021, a record 19 people were in space at once, for about 3 minutes.