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Director, @lexacademic.bsky.social. Fellow, Royal Society of Arts. Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire (he/him ) 🌱. Writing a book on Understanding Oneself and Others for @yalebooks.bsky.social. www.lexacademic.com .. more

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Constantine Sandis is a Greek and British philosopher and entrepreneur. Having worked on philosophy of action, moral psychology, David Hume, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, in 2013 he became Professor of Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University. He is currently Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire and co-founding Director of the author services firm Lex Academic. .. more

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Nov 28

My apologies for being in anyone's starter pack, like that unwanted U2 album we were all trying to remove.

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Anthem Press @anthempress.bsky.social · 12h

Discover the enduring relevance of Wittgenstein – where pioneering philosophy meets inclusivity, diversity and 21st-century thought. Read more about the series ➡️ tinyurl.com/54tprtm2 #seriesspotlight #Wittgenstein #WittgensteinStudies #WittgensteinianPhilosophy #AnthemPress #AnthemSeries

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 1d

Naming is use www.sciencenews.org/article/tug-...

Tug or fetch? Some dogs sort toys by how they are used

Dogs that easily learn the names of toys might also mentally sort them by function, a new example of complex cognitive activity in the canine brain.

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Ian McCarthy @toffeeman68.bsky.social · 4d

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it

See:

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Redirecting

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 5d

"Every book on this list is a first class piece of transdisciplinary philosophical research." Today we announce the shortlist for the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy

Read more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...

Announcing the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize shortlist for 2025. The Royal Institute of Philosophy royalinstitutephilosophy.org

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 5d

Scholarships for dyslexic postgraduate students working in #Classics, #Philosophy, and #ArtHistory. Please share widely!

#dyslexiaawareness #researchgrants

Lex Academic @lexacademic.bsky.social · 5d

It is Dyslexia Awareness Week and we are proud to announce the 2026 Lex Academic Scholarships for dyslexic postgraduate students working in #Classics, #Philosophy, and #ArtHistory.

Please share widely!

#dyslexiaawarenessweek #dyslexiaawarenessmonth

www.lexacademic.com/scholarships

Scholarships - Lex Academic®

www.lexacademic.com

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Lex Academic @lexacademic.bsky.social · 5d

Scholarships - Lex Academic®

www.lexacademic.com

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 5d

Deloitte Australia to issue a partial refund to federal government after admitting AI use in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.

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Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty epic and concise stuff from Douglas Portmore (
@ethicsjournal.bsky.social) via @dailynous.com

dailynous.com/2025/09/29/e...

Editor of Ethics Floats AI-Use Guidelines - Daily Nous

In a recent editorial, Douglas Portmore (Notre Dame), the editor-in-chief of Ethics, sets forth some "initial guidelines" about AI use for the journal. He says his remarks "represent only my own opini...

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 8d

I'm thrilled to announce that @lexacademic.bsky.social are now able to assist academic authors and independent researchers and their families and/or literary executors with a range of legacy initiatives, including Nachlässe, research centres, online archives, book publications, and more.

Lex Academic @lexacademic.bsky.social · 8d

Our legacy services help families, executors, trustees, and universities steward the scholarly and literary legacies of late academics and authors. We also assist in planning and implementing initiatives that serve to promote the legacy of living authors.

www.lexacademic.com/legacies-lit...

Legacies, Literary Estates, and Nachlässe - Lex Academic®

www.lexacademic.com

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Lex Academic @lexacademic.bsky.social · 8d

Legacies, Literary Estates, and Nachlässe - Lex Academic®

www.lexacademic.com

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 8d

On the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, I thought I'd re-share this @uk.theconversation.com piece I co-wrote with Richard Harper when I was a Visiting Professor at Microsoft Research, Cambridge. Lots has changed since then, but the main point still stands.

theconversation.com/we-dont-want...

We don’t want AI that can understand us – we’d only end up arguing

Asking whether machines can really understand us is meaningless.

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 12d

Bit mean

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 18d

“[M]ourning is itself kalon. It is not only good but wondrous that there should be mourning…a distinctively human way of responding to loss. It is a special manner of expressing grief—an insistence that what happened was not a mere change.“

Rest in peace, Jonathan Lear.

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · 19d

A nice box of @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social paperbacks of ‘From Action to Ethics’ has just arrived. I’m not sure my surname is big enough on the front cover, but I’m otherwise very pleased with the results.Order direct from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social for 30% off

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/from-acti...

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Sep 6

Will do! Nice to see you on here, Malik!

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 27

Perhaps they are 70% plainsong proper?

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 27

Overheard on train: ‘lentils are still carbs, though’.

Keto is going to mess up your health kids, don’t do it.

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 26

Struggling to understand who on earth would wish to read (let alone purchase) something like this

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Masters of Cinema according to AI

Masters of Cinema

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 24

I just finished reading my advance copy of Malik Al Nasir's Searching for My Slave Roots: From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge (out next week with @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social).

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I you're in the UK, try to catch him on his book tour!

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 21

I enjoyed discussing 'From Action to Ethics' on @goodisinthedetails.bsky.social:

goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/ethics-actio...

The book is out today in pbk from @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social. Yours for just £20.29 when ordering from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 👇
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/from-acti...

From Action to Ethics

Over the course of the last 15 years, Constantine Sandis has advanced our understanding of the role that action plays in shaping our moral thought. In this coll…

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Gregg D Caruso @greggdcaruso.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ryan Lake (1976-2025). Such sad news. Ryan was truly the best. RIP my friend. dailynous.com/2025/08/21/r...

Ryan Lake (1976-2025) - Daily Nous

Ryan Lake, assistant professor of philosophy at Perimeter College at Georgia State University, has died. Ryan's philosophical interests were mainly on questions related to freedom and determinism. In ...

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 21

It's publication day for the paperback of my @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social book 'From Action to Ethics' (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social)

I introduce the book, along with my favourite non-academic books on human action in this piece I wrote for @shepherdbooks.bsky.social

shepherd.com/best-books/h...

The best books on human action

Constantine Sandis shares the 5 best books on human action. Have you read The Bhagavad Gita?

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you! There is an interested French publisher, but they are looking for a translator with the relevant expertise. Let me know if you know of (or are) one.

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 20

Bob Dylan circa 1997

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Sandrine Berges @sandrineankara.bsky.social · Aug 20

Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) – First issue and CFP

The inaugural volume of Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) is scheduled to publish this Fall. The contents are listed on the website: Here is a call for papers for the second volume:…

Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) – First issue and CFP

The inaugural volume of Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) is scheduled to publish this Fall. The contents are listed on the website: Here is a call for papers for the second volume: Journal for the New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) invites submissions for its second volume, to be published in Fall 2026.

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 20

My book, 'From Action to Ethics' is out in paperback tomorrow! @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social

Pre-order from all good bookshops (RRP £28.99). Copies are also already available at @blackwells.bsky.social in Oxford & Heffers in Cambridge.

blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

From Action to Ethics

Over the course of the last 15 years, Constantine Sandis has advanced our understanding of the role that action plays in shaping our moral thought. In this coll

blackwells.co.uk

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Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 19

Some writers stale. Others...go mouldy

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Jordan Peterson ‘taking time off everything’ after mold exposure, daughter says

Mikhaila Peterson claims her father is experiencing a ‘severe’ flare-up of symptoms linked with chronic inflammatory response syndrome

www.independent.co.uk

Constantine Sandis @csandis.bsky.social · Aug 18

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

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