David Papineau

@davidpapineau.bsky.social

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King's College London. Working on mind, metaphysics, and science.
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David Papineau is a British academic philosopher, born in Como, Italy. He works as Professor of Philosophy of Science at King's College London and the City University of New York Graduate Center, and previously taught for several years at Cambridge University, where he was a fellow of Robinson College. .. more

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Neil Levy @neillevy.bsky.social · 1d

And this. Cognitive dissonance can no longer be regarded as established.

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A Multilab Replication of the Induced-Compliance Paradigm of Cognitive Dissonance - David C. Vaidis, Willem W. A. Sleegers, Florian van Leeuwen, Kenneth G. DeMarree, Bjørn Sætrevik, Robert M. Ross, Ka...

According to cognitive-dissonance theory, performing counterattitudinal behavior produces a state of dissonance that people are motivated to resolve, usually by...

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Brian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · 1d

Wow - debunking “When Prophesy Fails” - the canonical foundation of cognitive dissonance theory onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 10d

Today‘s new episode: French skepticism around the time of Descartes, with a focus on Mothe le Vayer:

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#philsky #philosophy #podcast #skepticism

480. Honorable Ignorance: French Skepticism | History of Philosophy without any gaps

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Brains @philosophyofbrains.com · 12d

Symposium on Concepts at the Interface: Author’s Reply to Commentaries

Brains Blog Symposium on Concepts at the Interface Author’s Reply to Commentaries Nicholas SheaInstitute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of [email protected] Reply to Sarah Fisher Turning to…

Symposium on Concepts at the Interface: Author’s Reply to Commentaries

Brains Blog Symposium on Concepts at the Interface Author’s Reply to Commentaries Nicholas SheaInstitute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of [email protected] Reply to Sarah Fisher Turning to Sarah Fisher’s helpful commentary, she raises a challenging question about concepts in LLMs. I was very pleased to have a chance to discuss this with her in the CLEA online symposium about the book a couple of months ago.

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Joel David Hamkins @joeldavidhamkins.bsky.social · 17d

Barbara Montero on machine consciousness, appearing in the New York Times today: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...

Opinion | A.I. Is Already Intelligent. This Is How It Becomes Conscious.

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 20d

Awaken your senses at Coal Drops Yard with this mini exhibition as part of the Club Curling experience at Kings Cross. A huge thanks to our friends and partners @ip-sas.bsky.social for helping us create these multisensory experiences

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 21d

The BBC headline with "migrants" is already terrible and plays into the far-right narrative. And the solution to asylum-seekers being exploited by criminals is to allow them to contribute by working legally rather than making them survive on a pittance.

Crime network behind UK mini-marts is enabling migrants to work illegally

Undercover reporters were told how easy it was to make big profits selling illegal vapes and cigarettes.

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · Oct 25

Nice question. Made me think of literature on insect signalling (which is not always cooperative). Maybe worth looking at Ulrich Stegmann’s work on that.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · Oct 19

Today's new episode: Cartesian Science!

From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.

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#hopwag #philsky #descartes #historyofscience #podcasts

David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · Oct 18

Avocets on the Blackwater Estuary this morning

David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · Oct 17

I spent an hour with the excellent Brad Carr exploring issues where philosophy and sports overlap www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZW...

David Papineau: Philosophy in Sports, Genetics, Ethics, Formula One | Brad Carr Podcast Episode 134

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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · Oct 17

Just looked it up. Odd. Frank assumes "the point of batting is to make runs". Not at all obvious. Batting can be good for many incommensurable things, so there's no unique "best batsman". (Also Frank mis-spells Hobbs in his first line, which rather diminishes his authority on these matters.)

David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · Oct 17

Not sure what Frank has in mind. He discerns a lot more conceptual mistakes than I do. Myself I grew up with Barry Richards and Graeme Pollock and and doubt any batsmen have been greater than them. Maybe Sobers.