Alexander Douglas
@axdouglas.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of St Andrews
https://axdouglas.com/
https://axdouglas.substack.com/
Latest book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456203/against-identity-by-douglas-alexander/9780241648216
Photo by Lauren Douglas
https://axdouglas.com/
https://axdouglas.substack.com/
Latest book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456203/against-identity-by-douglas-alexander/9780241648216
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I love coming across unusual architectural features, like this apparently circular room linking between two late Victorian buildings at the junction of Clarkston and Merrylee Roads in the Cathcart area of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #cathcart
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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #cathcart
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I love coming across unusual architectural features, like this apparently circular room linking between two late Victorian buildings at the junction of Clarkston and Merrylee Roads in the Cathcart area of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #cathcart
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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #cathcart
Beautiful, driech Amsterdam!
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Beautiful, driech Amsterdam!
Reposted by Alexander Douglas
I’m really looking forward to doing two events at this festival:
one on my book, Against Identity
one on a panel with @philipgoff.bsky.social and Fleur Jongepier to discuss the “charms and dangers” of AI
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl#D1
one on my book, Against Identity
one on a panel with @philipgoff.bsky.social and Fleur Jongepier to discuss the “charms and dangers” of AI
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl#D1
November 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I’m really looking forward to doing two events at this festival:
one on my book, Against Identity
one on a panel with @philipgoff.bsky.social and Fleur Jongepier to discuss the “charms and dangers” of AI
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl#D1
one on my book, Against Identity
one on a panel with @philipgoff.bsky.social and Fleur Jongepier to discuss the “charms and dangers” of AI
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl#D1
I posted this _before_ the big fight started on Substack
Whenever I think of the "Analytic-Continental" divide in philosophy, I remember this Economist headline from decades ago.
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I posted this _before_ the big fight started on Substack
Reposted by Alexander Douglas
I have contributed to the debate!!
Academic Philosophers and “Writing Clearly”
open.substack.com/pub/axdougla...
Academic Philosophers and “Writing Clearly”
open.substack.com/pub/axdougla...
Academic Philosophers and “Writing Clearly”
Cold, limp, lifeless prose is not clear
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I have contributed to the debate!!
Academic Philosophers and “Writing Clearly”
open.substack.com/pub/axdougla...
Academic Philosophers and “Writing Clearly”
open.substack.com/pub/axdougla...
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I'm speaking at the G10 festival in Amsterdam 21-23 November. You can join online. Zizek will also be speaking. Should be interesting! (link in first comment)
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl
Festival G10 van de economie 2025
Welcome to G10 festival of great ideas on philosophy, science, and art. A unique opportunity to delve into the minds of the world’s leading thinkers. Make the invisible visible by drawing special conn...
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I'm speaking at the G10 festival in Amsterdam 21-23 November. You can join online. Zizek will also be speaking. Should be interesting! (link in first comment)
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl
I’m really looking forward to doing two events at this festival:
one on my book, Against Identity
one on a panel with @philipgoff.bsky.social and Fleur Jongepier to discuss the “charms and dangers” of AI
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl#D1
one on my book, Against Identity
one on a panel with @philipgoff.bsky.social and Fleur Jongepier to discuss the “charms and dangers” of AI
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl#D1
November 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I’m really looking forward to doing two events at this festival:
one on my book, Against Identity
one on a panel with @philipgoff.bsky.social and Fleur Jongepier to discuss the “charms and dangers” of AI
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl#D1
one on my book, Against Identity
one on a panel with @philipgoff.bsky.social and Fleur Jongepier to discuss the “charms and dangers” of AI
www.g10vandeeconomie.nl#D1
My AI doomer scenario is that it bores us to death. Or we bore ourselves to death talking about it.
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My AI doomer scenario is that it bores us to death. Or we bore ourselves to death talking about it.
Whenever I think of the "Analytic-Continental" divide in philosophy, I remember this Economist headline from decades ago.
October 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Whenever I think of the "Analytic-Continental" divide in philosophy, I remember this Economist headline from decades ago.
Reposted by Alexander Douglas
By the way if you are a new student or staff member at UCL you have FREE access to all Institute of Making facilities. That includes our experimental kitchen, metals, textiles, ceramics, electronics, workshops ect.. We teach you how to use them all. "What? No". YES! share.google/Hy3wMLdAQtOz...
October 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
By the way if you are a new student or staff member at UCL you have FREE access to all Institute of Making facilities. That includes our experimental kitchen, metals, textiles, ceramics, electronics, workshops ect.. We teach you how to use them all. "What? No". YES! share.google/Hy3wMLdAQtOz...
I wonder if Dutch philosophy departments in the 1630s were only hiring in the philosophy of tulips.
One might also say "hiring committees".
October 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I wonder if Dutch philosophy departments in the 1630s were only hiring in the philosophy of tulips.
Silicon Valley venture capitalists are a picture of sober restraint compared to the research funding councils on this thing.
“How silly are these investors in the AI bubble! Financial euphoria! Tulips! South Sea! Charles Kindelberger! John Kenneth Galbraith!” — proclaims a chorus of intellectuals who, until a week ago, were hyping this gimmick to the stratosphere.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial
Editorial: Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too late
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Silicon Valley venture capitalists are a picture of sober restraint compared to the research funding councils on this thing.
“How silly are these investors in the AI bubble! Financial euphoria! Tulips! South Sea! Charles Kindelberger! John Kenneth Galbraith!” — proclaims a chorus of intellectuals who, until a week ago, were hyping this gimmick to the stratosphere.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial
Editorial: Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too late
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
“How silly are these investors in the AI bubble! Financial euphoria! Tulips! South Sea! Charles Kindelberger! John Kenneth Galbraith!” — proclaims a chorus of intellectuals who, until a week ago, were hyping this gimmick to the stratosphere.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🎙️ In the very first episode of Ping Pong Philosophy, I sit down with Greg Restall, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, to talk about possibilia, proof-theoretic semantics, and more!🏓 Full episode out now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyx...
Greg Restall on possibilia, discussing logical pluralism with Graham Priest and more I EP 1 🏓
YouTube video by Ping Pong Philosophy
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October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎙️ In the very first episode of Ping Pong Philosophy, I sit down with Greg Restall, Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews, to talk about possibilia, proof-theoretic semantics, and more!🏓 Full episode out now!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHyx...
I’m a strong advocate of ancient languages, but it seems dangerous to overpromise…
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I’m a strong advocate of ancient languages, but it seems dangerous to overpromise…
Reposting because still relevant
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Reposting because still relevant
People who work outside universities: do people in your workplace still think that a good way to create an online form is a make a Word document with little boxes? Not using the form function on Word: drawing actual boxes, like you would for a printed form, though they are hard to type into. Anyone?
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
People who work outside universities: do people in your workplace still think that a good way to create an online form is a make a Word document with little boxes? Not using the form function on Word: drawing actual boxes, like you would for a printed form, though they are hard to type into. Anyone?
A very nice result of publishing a trade book is that people contact me to share cool things they’ve written like this: philosophynow.org/issues/163/A...
Authenticity & Absurdity | Issue 163 | Philosophy Now
Paul Doolan tries to tell them apart.
philosophynow.org
September 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
A very nice result of publishing a trade book is that people contact me to share cool things they’ve written like this: philosophynow.org/issues/163/A...
Before slogans we had to express thoughts manually. We would choose individual words, one by one, and assemble them into sentences in order to express our feelings and beliefs. Hard to imagine in this automated age, but that’s how we did it.
September 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Before slogans we had to express thoughts manually. We would choose individual words, one by one, and assemble them into sentences in order to express our feelings and beliefs. Hard to imagine in this automated age, but that’s how we did it.