Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα.
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Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
· May 12
In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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"[She] sees us as numbers or money - she doesn't see us as people", he says. "We won't forgive her for what she did to us." www.bbc.com/news/article...
How one woman lures foreign recruits to Russia’s front line in Ukraine
Recruits tell the BBC an ex-teacher who operates on Telegram misled them, saying they could avoid combat.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
"[She] sees us as numbers or money - she doesn't see us as people", he says. "We won't forgive her for what she did to us." www.bbc.com/news/article...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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I have a fairly exploratory/speculative manuscript on moral significance in AIs, and I would love comments/remarks on it by people interested in these questions. You will find the draft here: philpapers.org/rec/KAMMSI
François Kammerer, Moral significance in artificial systems: if not consciousness, then what? - PhilPapers
Many think AIs would be morally significant if and only if they are phenomenally conscious in certain ways. This sentientist conception has been challenged, and alternative views emerged, on which age...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I have a fairly exploratory/speculative manuscript on moral significance in AIs, and I would love comments/remarks on it by people interested in these questions. You will find the draft here: philpapers.org/rec/KAMMSI
oh yes -- it's the cool view now!
January 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
oh yes -- it's the cool view now!
a tea pot is almost nothing in Greece
January 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
a tea pot is almost nothing in Greece
Strongly tempted to start a Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen thread ("Luxury! My office had bum stains on the floor, and there were dead rats everywhere . . . ") :)
January 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Strongly tempted to start a Monty Python Four Yorkshiremen thread ("Luxury! My office had bum stains on the floor, and there were dead rats everywhere . . . ") :)
the armour's not light either
January 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
the armour's not light either
The cartoon is in fact an accurate summary of panpsychist physics
January 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The cartoon is in fact an accurate summary of panpsychist physics
Aka qualia
January 11, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Aka qualia
:) I think just like the idea of shooting folk
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 AM
:) I think just like the idea of shooting folk
The core defence of the right to bear arms in the US has always been that the people needed to be able to protect individual and states' rights from encroachment by the federal government. Yet now *that is actually happening*, the gun lobby appear to be silent.
January 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The core defence of the right to bear arms in the US has always been that the people needed to be able to protect individual and states' rights from encroachment by the federal government. Yet now *that is actually happening*, the gun lobby appear to be silent.
Thanks for checking. I'll keep an eye out in case a copy gets posted to YT.
January 10, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Thanks for checking. I'll keep an eye out in case a copy gets posted to YT.
Do you have a link, please?
January 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Do you have a link, please?
We have never needed this guy more
January 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
We have never needed this guy more
Thanks for the tip. It's decades since I read it. Which chapter is the material in?
January 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Thanks for the tip. It's decades since I read it. Which chapter is the material in?
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." — George Orwell
Fascism a debilitating disease of human civilization, which can be fatal. Societies that survive severe infections acquire a temporary immunity to it, but this wears off with time. Vaccination can be achieved through education about past infections, and it is strongly advised.
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Fascism a debilitating disease of human civilization, which can be fatal. Societies that survive severe infections acquire a temporary immunity to it, but this wears off with time. Vaccination can be achieved through education about past infections, and it is strongly advised.
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I have drafted a motivation for my university to leave X/Twitter, arguing that posting to it risks feeding our PR images into the porn and harassment machine (so leading to staff, students or others being harassed) and that being there violates our official stance against gender-based violence. /1
January 8, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I have drafted a motivation for my university to leave X/Twitter, arguing that posting to it risks feeding our PR images into the porn and harassment machine (so leading to staff, students or others being harassed) and that being there violates our official stance against gender-based violence. /1
I take your point and agree this is not time for word games. But I was finger-pointing at those on the right who recognize that this is fascism but aren't brave or principled enough to break ranks and and call it out
January 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I take your point and agree this is not time for word games. But I was finger-pointing at those on the right who recognize that this is fascism but aren't brave or principled enough to break ranks and and call it out
"Tankies" was the name for lefties who continued to support Stalinism even when it became obviously indefensible *by their own standards* (when the tanks went into Hungary). What do we call their equivalents on the right: Icicles?
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
"Tankies" was the name for lefties who continued to support Stalinism even when it became obviously indefensible *by their own standards* (when the tanks went into Hungary). What do we call their equivalents on the right: Icicles?
Mixie is in the box
January 7, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Mixie is in the box
Institutional change is key. People do what social frameworks allow them to do.
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Institutional change is key. People do what social frameworks allow them to do.
I mean on the part of the ordinary people who voted for him. I don't approve of what they did, but putting it down to individual wickedness explains nothing and gives us no clue as to how to get them to change their attitudes.
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
I mean on the part of the ordinary people who voted for him. I don't approve of what they did, but putting it down to individual wickedness explains nothing and gives us no clue as to how to get them to change their attitudes.