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Sophia Rosenfeld, Thinking About the Age of Choice

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · 9d

New Social Contract Research Network seminar
Sophia Rosenfeld
"Thinking About the Age of Choice"

Podcast:
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YouTube:
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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · 14d

Social Contract Research Network Zoom seminar🚨Monday/Tuesday🚨

Sophia Rosenfeld (University of Pennsylvania)

"Thinking about the Age of Choice"

Tu 30 Sep. 11am Melbourne
Mon 29 Sep. 6pm LA, 9pm NYC

Info and free registration:
monash.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Contracts always have a complex relationship to choice. On the one hand, partners to a legitimate contract have to agree to its terms voluntarily. On the other, the contract binds the parties once i...

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Timothy Jackson, Diverse relations to alterity: from relational physics to the transindividual

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · 23d

New Social Contract Research Network seminar
Timothy Jackson
"Diverse relations to alterity: from relational physics to the transindividual"

Podcast:
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YouTube:
youtube.com/watch?v=2gwsxX1KxqI

YouTube video by Social Contract Research Network

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · 27d

SCRN Zoom seminar🚨tomorrow🚨

Timothy Jackson (Melbourne Uni)

"Diverse relations to alterity: collective individuation and subject groups in Simondon, Guattari, and chemical ecology"

16 Sep. 9am Melbourne.
15 Sep. 4pm LA, 7pm NYC.

Rego: monash.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@aussoccontiphil.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SCRN seminar: Timothy Jackson, Diverse relations to alterity: collective individuation and subject groups in Simondon, Guattari, and chemical ecology. After...

If the individual is an ephemeral phase in being and the subject is always in relation with something more than “its self”, then who or what pre-exists “a social contract” and is capable of entering i...

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Children’s Periodicals and the Common Good: The Charitable Child, with Kristine Moruzi

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Sep 8

New New SCRN seminar:

Kristine Moruzi on children’s periodicals & the common good.

🎧Podcast version: open.spotify.com/episode/6WG4...
🎥Watch now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYem...

Spotify video

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: SCRN seminar: Kristine Moruzi, Children’s Periodicals and the Common Good: The Charitable Child. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ab...

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Sep 7

⏰Last-minute reminder:
8pm Monday AEST (6am New York, 11am London)
Social Contract Research Network Zoom seminar
Kristine Moruzi
"Children’s Periodicals and the Common Good: The Charitable Child"
Register here: monash.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

This paper explores how children’s magazines encouraged children to help other children, defining a philanthropic role for young people that is reinforced through the press. It uses children’s print c...

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Jason Ramasami from @crosslands has made this lovely animation inspired by the Babel chapter of my book Biblical Critical Theory.
It dramatises the "Babelian quest" of striving to make a name for ourselves, and the libereating peace of receiving a name from a divine lover.

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Sep 3

New video: In the age of AI, what makes us human?

AI copies our wit, memory, even empathy. But is that all we are? What makes us human when machines mirror our “borrowed qualities”?

Fearuting: Pascal Descartes Montaigne Hobbes Adendt Heidegger Augustine Kafka
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_OIsLN-iVE

What makes us human in the age of AI? A philosophical deep dive

AI, proofing, and the meaning of what we do — Crooked Timber

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 21

The telos of scholarly labor, namely truth told in charity, requires institutional forms that make virtue easier, not harder

"AI, proofing, and the meaning of what we do", by Lisa Herzog
crookedtimber.org/2025/08/19/a...

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Should We Care About AI Welfare?

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 21

New video:
Should We Care About AI Welfare? 🤖💔
From medieval pig trials to Anthropic’s “model welfare” via Hobbes, Foucault, Augustine and Ricoeur.
An exploration of AI, ethics, imagination & love.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdJU...

Infinite Efficiency and Human Value w/ Dr. Christopher Watkin, ARC Future Fellow & Associate Professor @ Monash University

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Infinite Efficiency and Human Value"
•we're living through AI's "horseless carriage" moment
•mutuality and reciprocity in relating to AI
•why AI is simulacral, and how that shapes how we relate to it
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
open.spotify.com/episode/5EZD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN3Y...

Podcast Episode · Artificial Insights: How To Do AI Right · 08/15/2025 · 49m

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The Stob Lecture Series: A Continuing Legacy of Thought Leadership

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 14

In November I'll be giving the Stob lecture at Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI.

My provisional title: "The Human Remains: Fragility and Fulfilment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence".

Come along and say hello on Nov 18 if you're in the area! www.thebanner.org/our-shared-m...

The Official Magazine of the Christian Reformed Church

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The AI Mirror: What Does Your Chat History Say About You? A Philosophical Deep Dive and DIY Audit

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 13

If your AI could analyse your chats, what would it reveal about you? 🤖
In this video I take a philosophical look at the question of how we relate to AI, and give you a DIY AI Relational Audit to unearth hidden patterns in how you interact with your LLM.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN62...

The Artificial Insights Podcast: How AI is Changing the Future of Work & Business

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 13

"I also don’t think you should work for the devil!" Duly noted, thanks ;)
And sincere thanks for those reflections, Andrew!

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Thanks, Andrew! Yes, Sherry Turkle is strong on AI as companionship, especially for the elderly.
Let's play devil's advocate: what's wrong with ai companionship? How is it different to pet companionship or even being very fond of a beloved object/item? Or falling in love with our fantasy of someone?

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Next week I'll be talking on the Artificial Insights podcast, on the ethics of AI.
What points do you think I should make?
What is the AI ethics debate missing?
What are the currently under-discussed or underappreciated aspects of AI ethics?
manary.haus/podcast/

AI is a transformative technology that will define our generation. Learn how AI is changing the future of work and business straight from leaders and founder...

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 7

AI is no panacea in language learning, but for self-paced, personalised speaking practice, it can be super-useful.
I’ve built 4 free GPTs for French, German, Spanish & Italian: upload any article/novel, have a conversation, get personalised language + content feedback
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv9f...

Conversation Practice Based On Any Article: Free GPTs for French, German, Spanish & Italian

Are You Ready for the AI Apocalypse?

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 5

"AI is forcing us to ask fundamental questions about the meaning and purpose of work. What’s the point of a college degree? ... I welcome these questions. We should have been asking them a long time ago, and now AI is forcing them on us all at once. Better late than never."

Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excellent thoughts from @drchriswatkin.bsky.social;

“The real AI apocalypse, the true exposé of our human condition, isn’t the rise of killer robots. It’s about the unveiling of our hearts, our priorities, our idols, and our hopes.”
www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/read...

The God of the Bible cares not only about what we human beings do but also about who we’re becoming as we do it.

www.thegospelcoalition.org

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 5

In this new video I interview Dr Ashok Collins about his forthcoming monograph "Jean-Luc Nancy and the Deconstruction of Christianity" in the Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social 'Crosscurrents' series.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYwB...

Jean Luc Nancy and the Deconstruction of Christianity: A conversation with Ashok Collins

Are You Ready for the AI Apocalypse?

Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · Aug 4

Excellent thoughts from @drchriswatkin.bsky.social;

“The real AI apocalypse, the true exposé of our human condition, isn’t the rise of killer robots. It’s about the unveiling of our hearts, our priorities, our idols, and our hopes.”
www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/read...

The God of the Bible cares not only about what we human beings do but also about who we’re becoming as we do it.

www.thegospelcoalition.org

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Aug 1

In June I had the honour of delivering the annual Isaac Armitage Lecture at the Shore School, Sydney: "Custodians of the Common Good: Christian Education in a Post-Christian World"
The video is now available: www.shore.nsw.edu.au/about/news/t...

Armitage Lecture 2025

The Armitage Lecture series was established in 2005 aiming to encourage thinking on matters to do with Anglican schooling.

www.shore.nsw.edu.au

성경적 비판 이론 | 크리스토퍼 왓킨 | IVP- ...

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Jul 25

The publication process for "The State of Nature and the Shaping of Modernity" grinds on.
Here is the proof (in both senses).

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · Jul 16

A Korean translation of Biblical Critical Theory is now available
The tube map has become a series of interlocking circles
Huge thanks to Kang Young-an, Son Hwa-chul, Song Yong-won, Shin Kook-won & Lee Jung-kyu for endorsements
@ivpacademic.bsky.social
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★ 2024 「크리스채너티 투데이」 올해의 책 ★ ★ 2023 호주 올해의 기독교 책 ★ -강영안, 손화철, 송용원, 신국원, 이정규, 케빈 밴후저, 마이클 호튼 외 추천! 낯선 사람이 당신의 집에 들어와 마음대로 실내 장식을 하고, 당신이 입을 옷을 고르고, 당신 자녀들의 학교를 결정하고, 허락 없이 당신의 차를 몬다고 생각해 보자. 잠깐만 생각해 보...

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David McCourt SCRN seminar

Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · May 5

I'm responding to copyediting queries for the state of nature book today. It's pedants' corner, and I'm loving it. Here's sthg I didn't know: A word or phrase preceded by so-called need not be enclosed in quotation marks as the expression itself indicates irony or doubt--CMS 7.59

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Christopher Watkin @drchriswatkin.bsky.social · May 4

New Social Contract Research Network Seminar:

David M McCourt, "Standing up to Beijing"

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/35py...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMiM...

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