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Martin Lenz
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philosophy prof at FernUniversität Hagen: https://www.fernuni-hagen.de/philosophie/lg1/ | views are my own |

blogging at: http://handlingideas.blog |

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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 13h
Happy New Year! Deadline approaching. So please send your applications for the Collegium Spinozanum V our way:
CfA: Collegium Spinozanum V. An international summer school on Spinoza and Spinozisms
Call for Participants / Call for Abstracts: Collegium Spinozanum V An International Summer School on Spinoza and Spinozisms in Their Historical and Philosophical Contexts FernUniversität in Hagen, …
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 3d
Great advice:
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Daily Nous || Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy

https://dailynous.com/2026/01/08/adamsons-rules-for-writing-philosophy/
Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy
“The first question is: what is the question?” That’s the first in a set of “rules for writing” which Peter Adamson (LMU, KCL) developed for his students over the years, and which he is currently sharing in a series of posts this month at the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps blog. He writes: “The first question is, what is the question?” I’ve said this to students countless times when they are in the first stages of working on a piece of writing. The point of the slogan is that people usually think they are looking for a topic or theme. That makes sense as a first initial framework to have in mind, but only insofar as it gives you a guide to what primary and secondary literature to read as you are thinking about your writing project. It is not the right idea when you are close to producing the piece of writing, still less when you are actually writing it. To imagine yourself addressing a mere topic can lead to writing that merely rehearses what the philosopher is saying about that topic in the primary text. But writing a book report is not doing philosophy! Rather, you are looking for a question to answer in the piece. This question needs to be neither too difficult nor too easy to answer, or as I sometimes tell students, the issue needs to be resolvable but not obvious. This may itself seem obvious, but it is a surprisingly difficult balance to get right. On the one hand, you need a question such that there are resources in the text to address it; on the other hand, the text can’t address it so squarely that the answer is right there in what the author says. Often, a good way to find a question like this is to pay attention to what you yourself find puzzling when you are reading; when you are confused, that’s a good sign! Because it means there is something unclear that you could then work on clarifying for others. When you actually start writing, at the outset you should try to get the reader to feel that same tension or puzzlement, so they get that your question is a good and pressing one. He’s.. The post Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy first appeared on Daily Nous.
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philosophyblogs @philosophyblogs.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 3d
Daily Nous || Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy

https://dailynous.com/2026/01/08/adamsons-rules-for-writing-philosophy/
Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy
“The first question is: what is the question?” That’s the first in a set of “rules for writing” which Peter Adamson (LMU, KCL) developed for his students over the years, and which he is currently sharing in a series of posts this month at the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps blog. He writes: “The first question is, what is the question?” I’ve said this to students countless times when they are in the first stages of working on a piece of writing. The point of the slogan is that people usually think they are looking for a topic or theme. That makes sense as a first initial framework to have in mind, but only insofar as it gives you a guide to what primary and secondary literature to read as you are thinking about your writing project. It is not the right idea when you are close to producing the piece of writing, still less when you are actually writing it. To imagine yourself addressing a mere topic can lead to writing that merely rehearses what the philosopher is saying about that topic in the primary text. But writing a book report is not doing philosophy! Rather, you are looking for a question to answer in the piece. This question needs to be neither too difficult nor too easy to answer, or as I sometimes tell students, the issue needs to be resolvable but not obvious. This may itself seem obvious, but it is a surprisingly difficult balance to get right. On the one hand, you need a question such that there are resources in the text to address it; on the other hand, the text can’t address it so squarely that the answer is right there in what the author says. Often, a good way to find a question like this is to pay attention to what you yourself find puzzling when you are reading; when you are confused, that’s a good sign! Because it means there is something unclear that you could then work on clarifying for others. When you actually start writing, at the outset you should try to get the reader to feel that same tension or puzzlement, so they get that your question is a good and pressing one. He’s.. The post Adamson’s “Rules” for Writing Philosophy first appeared on Daily Nous.
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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 4d
Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 8d
'Run by an anonymous group describing itself as “journalists, professors and students,” the interactive map lists more than 150 businesses, schools and organizations that it labels as “Zionist.” Its objective, it says, is to “understand how Zionism operates”...'
Spanish Jews warn map of local Jewish and ‘Zionist’ businesses will lead to violence
The project lists more than 150 Jewish and Israeli businesses, schools and organizations in Catalonia, with the goal of 'understanding how Zionism operates'
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 9d
An der FernUni in Hagen arbeiten wir gerade an einer Umwandlung des Instituts für Philosophie in eine Department-Struktur, durchaus mit Unterstützung des Rektorats.

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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 9d
Michael Oakeshott on conversation:
Michael Oakeshott on conversation: "We are urged, for example, to regard all utterances as contributions (of different but comparable merit) to an inquiry, or a debate among inquirers, about ourselves and the world we inhabit. But this understanding of human activity and intercourse as an inquiry, while appearing to accommodate a variety of voices, in fact recognizes only one, namely, the voice of argumentative discourse, the voice of 'science', and all others are acknowledged merely in respect of their aptitude to imitate this voice. Yet, it may be supposed that the diverse idioms of utterance which make up current human intercourse have some meeting-place and compose a manifold of some sort. And, as I understand it, the image of this meeting-place is not an inquiry or an argument, but a conversation. In a conversation the participants are not engaged in an inquiry or a debate; there is no 'truth' to be discovered, no proposition to be proved, no conclusion sought. They are not concerned to inform, to persuade, or to refute one another, and therefore the cogency of their utterances does not depend upon their all speaking in the same idiom; they may differ without disagreeing."

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Daniel Lucas @daluc.bsky.social · 9d
Erste Bewerbung für dieses Jahr ✅
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Letzte Bewerbung für dieses Jahr ✅

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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 9d
Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973)
Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1973)
YouTube video by Portmantonal
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 10d
Anders: Die Psychologie der Ausgrenzung – scobel im Gespräch: Mit Bertolt Meyer
Anders: Die Psychologie der Ausgrenzung – scobel im Gespräch: Mit Bertolt Meyer
YouTube video by scobel
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Jennifer S. Henke @jenniferhenke.bsky.social · 10d
Weitere mögliche Erklärung mMn: vor alleim in meinem Fach (anglistische Litwis/Kuwi) dominiert zZ – bis ins MA-Studium – noch immer die Vorstellung, dass es bei der Textanalyse darum geht, zu 'the one & only meaning' zu gelangen. Wie 1 Art Computerspiel, in dem man nur x Level durchspielen muss, um

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10d
Without exaggeration, there has never been a major loss that has been so self-inflicted and openly welcomed as machine-generated lies, mainly because it appeals to big male egos and self-interest through chatbot sycophancy and those personalities have had the biggest platforms

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Daniel Martin Feige @danielmartinfeige.bsky.social · 11d
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Philosoph Michael Hampe über die neue Aufklärungskrise
Der Philosoph Michael Hampe konstatiert eine neue Krise der Aufklärung. Ein Gespräch über Macht, Manipulation und die Ambivalenz philosophischer Begriffe – und über Elon Musk als Feind der Vernunft.
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 12d
Kenneth A. Bruffee (1984) on thought as conversation:

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Dr. Ilyas Saliba @isaliba.bsky.social · 12d
“Universitäten sind zu Recht demokratisch und unabhängig organisiert. Nur so ist eine freie Wissenschaft gewährleistet.”

Allerdings haben Professor*innen besonders viel Machtfülle was Machtmißbrauch begünstigt & die institutionalisierte unterrepräsentation der Mehrheit der Forschenden zementiert.
Lehrstühle an Universitäten: Schafft die Lehrstühle ab!
Lehrstühle fördern Konkurrenz, begünstigen Machtmissbrauch und blockieren die Zusammenarbeit. Dabei zeigen manche Unis längst, wie freiere Forschung gelingt.
www.zeit.de

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elisa freschi @elisafreschi.bsky.social · 12d
Inspired by a recent interaction on bluesky:
elisafreschi.com/2025/12/29/s...
#GlobalPhilosophy #Philosophy #philsky
So, you think that Western thought is more diverse and interesting than “non-Western thought”?
So, you think that Western thought is more diverse and interesting than “non-Western thought”? I have a non-polemical question: What did you read within what you call “non-Western thought”? If the lis...
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 12d
Die Pandemie von links gelesen: Das Leben hat einen Wert an sich

Der Sammelband „Die verdrängte Pandemie“ liest die Gesundheitskrise als Labor. Die Coronapolitik zeigte demnach, wer im Zweifelsfall überflüssig ist.
Die Pandemie von links gelesen: Das Leben hat einen Wert an sich
Der Sammelband „Die verdrängte Pandemie“ liest die Gesundheitskrise als Labor. Die Coronapolitik zeigte demnach, wer im Zweifelsfall überflüssig ist.
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 13d
Jetzt brauchen wir nur noch einen einschlägige Definition von Hass...

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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 14d
"Es ist möglich, dass die Deutschen ihre eigene Demokratie abwählen"
Ex-Verfassungsrichter Voßkuhle sieht deutsche Demokratie in Gefahr
Der frühere Präsident des Bundesverfassungsgerichts, Voßkuhle, sieht die deutsche Demokratie bedroht. Überall auf der Welt kämen totalitäre Systeme auf, sagte er dem Tagesspiegel. Deutschland sei da k...
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 15d
Frage des Tages: Darf man der TAZ noch eine Bühne bieten?

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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 21d
On Teaching in the context of Misconduct; With some Ring of Gyges thrown in.
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Come for a picture by @erikangner.com stay for the ring of Gyges
On Teaching in the context of Misconduct; With some Ring of Gyges thrown in.
Because I missed my flight yesterday, I slept uneasily and was at the airport early today with some time to kill.
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 24d
Hier - wie immer - meine nachdrückliche Empfehlung (mit Untertiteln). Es ist *nicht* das, wonach es aussieht:

«Last Christmas» – Das Wort zum Video | Literal Video
Wham! «Last Christmas» – Das Wort zum Video | Literal Video | Radio SRF 3
YouTube video by SRF Unterhaltung
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 25d
Margarete Mitscherlich, Nachwort zu "Die Unfähigkeit zu trauern: Grundlagen kollektiven Verhaltens", August 1977

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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 27d
Wie zerrissen ist Deutschland? - Der Streit um Werte, Meinung und Macht
Wie zerrissen ist Deutschland? - Der Streit um Werte, Meinung und Macht - hier anschauen
Reportage Deutschland 2025 +++ Gendern und vegane Ernährung galten vielen als Ausdruck eines progressiven Zeitgeists – nun scheint das Pendel Richtung konservativer Werte auszuschlagen. Unternehmen fa...
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · 28d
Eight years ago, Rick Beato outed the "Four Chords that Killed Pop Music" - so I made sure to use exactly these chords in this sketch...

‘December Lights’ by Going Loopy
December Lights
Rick Beato recently outed the
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · Dec 11
Antrittsvorlesung: Lesen als soziale Praxis (Video)
Antrittsvorlesung: Lesen als soziale Praxis (Video)
Hier findet sich die Videoaufzeichnung meiner Antrittsvorlesung vom 10. Dezember 2025 an der FernUniversität in Hagen. (Hier ist eine Übersetzung ins Englische.)
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HPLA Journal @hpla-journal.bsky.social · Dec 11
CfP for new HPLA special issue:

Why and How Do We Study Early Modern Philosophy Today?

Guest editors: Laura Georgescu (University of Groningen) and Martin Lenz (FernUniversität in Hagen) @goingloopy.bsky.social

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Irmtraud Hnilica @irmtraudhnilica.bsky.social · Dec 10
✨Strahlend: Martin Lenz‘ @goingloopy.bsky.social Antrittsvorlesung als Professor für theoretische Philosophie zum Lesen als soziale Praxis heute @fernunihagen.bsky.social 👏🏻🥂

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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · Dec 9
CfP: Why and How Do We Study Early Modern Philosophy Today? (Special Issue)
CfP: Why and How Do We Study Early Modern Philosophy Today? (Special Issue)
Special Issue of History of Philosophy and Logical Analysis 30.2 (2027)Guest Editors: Laura Georgescu (University of Groningen) and Martin Lenz (FernUniversität in Hagen) This special issue invites…
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Martin Lenz @goingloopy.bsky.social · Dec 7
When I was seventeen years old, I came across the band Shadowfax that changed my musical taste forever, inspiring a particular taste for odd metres. Recently, I stumbled on a live version of what I consider their greatest song: "A song for my brother":
"A Song for My Brother" - Shadowfax Live At Saddleback College 1983
YouTube video by Greenshadow Music
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