Jakob Ohlhorst
@jakobohlhorst.bsky.social
Postdoc at the RWTH Aachen's chair of applied ethics
I know about Virtues, Wittgenstein, Extremism, Philosophy of Psychology & Conceptual Engineering
I know about Virtues, Wittgenstein, Extremism, Philosophy of Psychology & Conceptual Engineering
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Jakob Ohlhorst
@jakobohlhorst.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Jakob Ohlhorst, Trust Responsibly: Non-Evidential Virtue Epistemology - PhilPapers
This book offers a defence of Wrightean epistemic entitlement, one of the most prominent approaches to hinge epistemology. It also systematically explores the connections between virtue epistemology a...
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FREE BOOK: It's here, now also the e-book version of Trust Responsibly is freely accessible thanks to SNSF. Spread it far and wide to anyone interested in trust, virtue or entitlement, still tell your libraries to get the hard-cover, read it. If you're interested in reviewing, get in touch!
#Philsky
#Philsky
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It's wild to me that pension fraud helps you live longer. Do what you love I guess!
Blue Zones: areas of surprising longevity driven by a combination of inaccurate birth records and extensive pension fraud.
Thanksgiving doesn’t have to mean delicious but unhealthy dishes. You can have flavor plus boost longevity with these five tips from blue zone researcher Dan Buettner. https://cnn.it/4rAnU6m
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It's wild to me that pension fraud helps you live longer. Do what you love I guess!
The return of early medieval perspective
(Big guy = important, little guys = serfs)
(Big guy = important, little guys = serfs)
Things are going well over on Truth Social, where Trump just reposted AI Slop of himself as what I can only describe as imperial Lannister cosplay, with prominent Democrats kneeling at his feet
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The return of early medieval perspective
(Big guy = important, little guys = serfs)
(Big guy = important, little guys = serfs)
Ich schätze, das erfüllt den Straftatbestand Holocaustleugnung. Wer würde für so was belangt werden? X, die das Sprachmodell betreiben? Oder wie sieht das aus bei LLMs? Müsste es auf Deutsch geschrieben sein, nur in DE abrufbar? (Hab genuines Interesse an der rechtlichen Lage hier)
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ich schätze, das erfüllt den Straftatbestand Holocaustleugnung. Wer würde für so was belangt werden? X, die das Sprachmodell betreiben? Oder wie sieht das aus bei LLMs? Müsste es auf Deutsch geschrieben sein, nur in DE abrufbar? (Hab genuines Interesse an der rechtlichen Lage hier)
Nobody:
Thiel to his bf: "Would you still love me if I was an immortal worm?"
Thiel to his bf: "Would you still love me if I was an immortal worm?"
I put myself through some bad sci-fi because this sounded plausible. Now I know that Peter Thiel thinks he’s to become a huge worm
'The modern right are bad readers of bad sci-fi' believers (me) remain winning, generational run of dubs.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Nobody:
Thiel to his bf: "Would you still love me if I was an immortal worm?"
Thiel to his bf: "Would you still love me if I was an immortal worm?"
I put myself through some bad sci-fi because this sounded plausible. Now I know that Peter Thiel thinks he’s to become a huge worm
'The modern right are bad readers of bad sci-fi' believers (me) remain winning, generational run of dubs.
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I put myself through some bad sci-fi because this sounded plausible. Now I know that Peter Thiel thinks he’s to become a huge worm
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📣Postdoc-Stelle zu vergeben, bitte an Kandidat:innen weitersagen🥁
D. Balg (Mainz) und mein Kollege T. Grundmann (Köln) leiten das DFG-Projekt „Philosophisches Urteilen zwischen Selbstdenken und epistemischer Abhängigkeit". In dem Rahmen ist eine Postdoc-Stelle ausgeschrieben (siehe unten).
D. Balg (Mainz) und mein Kollege T. Grundmann (Köln) leiten das DFG-Projekt „Philosophisches Urteilen zwischen Selbstdenken und epistemischer Abhängigkeit". In dem Rahmen ist eine Postdoc-Stelle ausgeschrieben (siehe unten).
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
📣Postdoc-Stelle zu vergeben, bitte an Kandidat:innen weitersagen🥁
D. Balg (Mainz) und mein Kollege T. Grundmann (Köln) leiten das DFG-Projekt „Philosophisches Urteilen zwischen Selbstdenken und epistemischer Abhängigkeit". In dem Rahmen ist eine Postdoc-Stelle ausgeschrieben (siehe unten).
D. Balg (Mainz) und mein Kollege T. Grundmann (Köln) leiten das DFG-Projekt „Philosophisches Urteilen zwischen Selbstdenken und epistemischer Abhängigkeit". In dem Rahmen ist eine Postdoc-Stelle ausgeschrieben (siehe unten).
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AI is "approaching human reasoning" through the steady degradation of human reasoning (especially about AI... 🙄)
"We thought AI would only approach human reasoning around 2050. Now we expect this to happen already next year." — Ursula von der Leyen
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
AI is "approaching human reasoning" through the steady degradation of human reasoning (especially about AI... 🙄)
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✨CFA✨
I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!
Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!
Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
✨CFA✨
I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!
Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!
Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
Hi
Sorry (not sorry)
now that I have your attention, Jason Stanley was kicked out of his own talk for Kristallnacht in Frankfurt
Sorry (not sorry)
now that I have your attention, Jason Stanley was kicked out of his own talk for Kristallnacht in Frankfurt
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hi
Sorry (not sorry)
now that I have your attention, Jason Stanley was kicked out of his own talk for Kristallnacht in Frankfurt
Sorry (not sorry)
now that I have your attention, Jason Stanley was kicked out of his own talk for Kristallnacht in Frankfurt
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Brentano is the grand-father, Heidegger is the weird son that cut ties with the family, Merleau-Ponty is a cousin living in the wood, Sartre is a distant relative writing stories...
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Brentano is the grand-father, Heidegger is the weird son that cut ties with the family, Merleau-Ponty is a cousin living in the wood, Sartre is a distant relative writing stories...
Easy: „Here is a Hand“ & „here is another hand“
Do you have a firmest belief?
I’m texting a friend who just said “X is my firmest belief,” and I don’t mind telling you he sent me into an existential vortex of disbelief and non-meaning because I do not know what the hell my firmest belief is.
I’m texting a friend who just said “X is my firmest belief,” and I don’t mind telling you he sent me into an existential vortex of disbelief and non-meaning because I do not know what the hell my firmest belief is.
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Easy: „Here is a Hand“ & „here is another hand“
‘The Mummies’
(Read this as a dig at my own ancience)
(Read this as a dig at my own ancience)
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘The Mummies’
(Read this as a dig at my own ancience)
(Read this as a dig at my own ancience)
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Sidenotes bébé!
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Sidenotes bébé!
I've now complained about this on daily nous if you want to co-complain or have some ideas:
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I've now complained about this on daily nous if you want to co-complain or have some ideas:
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Has this happened to you yet?
Reviewing an LLM-written paper (guest post) - Daily Nous
A philosopher noticed something off about the paper he was refereeing for a journal. In the following guest post, Jakob Ohlhorst (RWTH Aachen University) shares his experience and raises some question...
dailynous.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Has this happened to you yet?
I just reviewed a paper.
Abstract: "Oh interesting topic, down my lane."
Intro: "well ok, a bit general, I hope the arguments deliver better"
1. "A bit vague missing important point"
2. "Get to the point"
3. "This is exhausting, I think this is a LLM"
Jump to references: "Oh, I see"
Abstract: "Oh interesting topic, down my lane."
Intro: "well ok, a bit general, I hope the arguments deliver better"
1. "A bit vague missing important point"
2. "Get to the point"
3. "This is exhausting, I think this is a LLM"
Jump to references: "Oh, I see"
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I just reviewed a paper.
Abstract: "Oh interesting topic, down my lane."
Intro: "well ok, a bit general, I hope the arguments deliver better"
1. "A bit vague missing important point"
2. "Get to the point"
3. "This is exhausting, I think this is a LLM"
Jump to references: "Oh, I see"
Abstract: "Oh interesting topic, down my lane."
Intro: "well ok, a bit general, I hope the arguments deliver better"
1. "A bit vague missing important point"
2. "Get to the point"
3. "This is exhausting, I think this is a LLM"
Jump to references: "Oh, I see"
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Liebe Leute, ich zähle auf euch!
Bekommen wie die 10.000 Unterschriften hin? Auch aus anderen Bundesländern darf unterzeichnet werden!
Petition: Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von #Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Unterschreibt, teilt es...
petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...
Bekommen wie die 10.000 Unterschriften hin? Auch aus anderen Bundesländern darf unterzeichnet werden!
Petition: Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von #Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Unterschreibt, teilt es...
petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...
Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
petitionen.landtag-bw.de
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Liebe Leute, ich zähle auf euch!
Bekommen wie die 10.000 Unterschriften hin? Auch aus anderen Bundesländern darf unterzeichnet werden!
Petition: Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von #Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Unterschreibt, teilt es...
petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...
Bekommen wie die 10.000 Unterschriften hin? Auch aus anderen Bundesländern darf unterzeichnet werden!
Petition: Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von #Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Unterschreibt, teilt es...
petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...
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On that note - my Digital Ethics course started this week and students expressed an interest in entshitification, but I can't find any philosophical texts about it. Am I missing something? #PhilSky #Philosophy
I've been off the dating market for over a decade so I'm a bit out of the loop but I'm hearing that in my absence the apps have become thoroughly enshittified but people have nonetheless decided to largely abandon more low tech ways of meeting each other, and like, why would people do that
October 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
On that note - my Digital Ethics course started this week and students expressed an interest in entshitification, but I can't find any philosophical texts about it. Am I missing something? #PhilSky #Philosophy
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ich poste ab jetzt nur noch veranstaltungshinweise
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ich poste ab jetzt nur noch veranstaltungshinweise
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Running a seminar on panpsychism today (i.e. what is it like to be a bat?)
November 5, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Running a seminar on panpsychism today (i.e. what is it like to be a bat?)
I've tarried with banging the drum for hinge epistemology for a bit:
The TC in Synthese has a bunch of forthcoming papers!
First, close to my heart, more baby logic, maybe rather toddler logic! (Sorry Pawel)
How we can bootstrap hinge commitments:
The TC in Synthese has a bunch of forthcoming papers!
First, close to my heart, more baby logic, maybe rather toddler logic! (Sorry Pawel)
How we can bootstrap hinge commitments:
Conceptual and epistemic bootstrapping of hinge commitments - Synthese
Synthese - Some hinge epistemologists have identified the constraints of innate and hardwired cognitive capacities with hinge propositions. My point in this paper is that they have focused only on...
link.springer.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I've tarried with banging the drum for hinge epistemology for a bit:
The TC in Synthese has a bunch of forthcoming papers!
First, close to my heart, more baby logic, maybe rather toddler logic! (Sorry Pawel)
How we can bootstrap hinge commitments:
The TC in Synthese has a bunch of forthcoming papers!
First, close to my heart, more baby logic, maybe rather toddler logic! (Sorry Pawel)
How we can bootstrap hinge commitments:
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Genauso wie man den deutschen (deutschsprachigen) Sonderweg der Habilitation endlich aufgeben sollte, sollte man die Ausbeutung der Privatdozent*innen durch unentgeltliche Titellehre sein lassen. Sie ist ein Instrument der sozialen Auslese.
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:
chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY
chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY
Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung
An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!
chng.it
October 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Genauso wie man den deutschen (deutschsprachigen) Sonderweg der Habilitation endlich aufgeben sollte, sollte man die Ausbeutung der Privatdozent*innen durch unentgeltliche Titellehre sein lassen. Sie ist ein Instrument der sozialen Auslese.
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
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*Officially* out today: Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy. I’m grateful to my co-editor, Annalisa Coliva, and all our excellent contributors! Link in bio. (Find the volume’s introduction on my website 😈.)
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
*Officially* out today: Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy. I’m grateful to my co-editor, Annalisa Coliva, and all our excellent contributors! Link in bio. (Find the volume’s introduction on my website 😈.)
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1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise
For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...