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Martin Kusch

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I am a philosopher in Vienna (working on: epistemology; philosophy of the social sciences; and "linguistic despair"). I also dabble in music (singing) and photography. Photo ©Alex Bachmayer

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Martin Kusch is Professor of philosophy at the University of Vienna. Until 2009, Kusch was Professor of Philosophy and Sociology of science at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University. Prior to Cambridge, Kusch was lecturer in the Science Studies Unit of the University of Edinburgh. .. more

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · May 23

Forgive the self-promotion, please! -- Just noticed that the recording of our "Dies Facultatis" is online. Elisabeth Nemeth's (kind!) "laudatio" is at 1:43. My valedictory lecture starts at 1:54. #Vienna #philosophy

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Dies Facultatis 2025

16.00 Uhr - Verleihung Dissertationspreise/Lehrpreise 16.30 Uhr – Antrittsvorlesung Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Veronika Wöhrer Steile Wege und Stolpersteine Bildungsinstitutionen…

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 3h

My classical music favourites CXXXIV. --

Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No 3 in E major. Performed by Andras Schiff and the Halle Orchestra, conducted by Mark Elder.

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#music #classicalmusic

András Schiff - Bartók - Piano Concerto No 3 in E major, Sz 119

YouTube video by Classical Vault 1

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 3h

Classical Vienna. -- Door of 22 Schoenbrunner Schlossallee. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 16h

True!

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 20h

Krasznahorkai’s novel “The Melancholy of Resistance” consists of just one sentence over more than 300 pages. -- He should have been a (German) philosopher. #philosophy

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 21h

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 21h

Making my way through 2500 pages of sociological writings by Herbert Spencer. 1000 to go ... Is anyone (except me) still reading him? #philosophy #sociology

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 21h

Occasions in Vienna. -- These eyes stare at me while I work. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 22h

Delighted, too!

Robin McKenna @rbnmckenna.bsky.social · 23h

Very happy to see this out. It's a critical piece with @martinkusch.bsky.social on one of my very favourite philosophers, Hilary Kornblith. Published in a new book, Kornblith and His Critics, edited by Josh DiPaolo and Luis Oliveira.

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Kornblith, Naturalism, Relativism

Three core commitments run through Kornblith's work in epistemology. First, epistemologists should investigate knowledge itself rather than the concept of knowledge. Second, knowledge is a natural ki...

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Robin McKenna @rbnmckenna.bsky.social · 23h

Kornblith, Naturalism, Relativism

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 1d

My classical music favourites CXXXIII. --

Sibelius' "Lemminkäinen-Suite". hr-Sinfonieorchester, conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

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#music #classicalmusic

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Jukka-Pekka Saraste

YouTube video by hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 1d

Classical Vienna. -- Early modern houses supporting one another in the 1st district. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 1d

Classical Vienna. -- Passageway in the first district. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 2d

My classical music favourites CXXXII. --

Elgar's first symphony. NDR Radiophilharmonie conducted by Andrew Manze.

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#music #classicalmusic

Edward Elgar: Sinfonie Nr. 1 As-Dur mit Andrew Manze | NDR Radiophilharmonie

YouTube video by ARD Klassik

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 2d

Classical Vienna. -- Stalin in Vienna. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 2d

Occasions in Vienna. -- Great book title ... must get. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 3d

My classical music favourites CXXXI. --

Debussy's "Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune." Performed by the hr-Sinfonieorchester, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

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#music #classicalmusic

Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 3d

Classical Vienna. -- Stephansdom, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4d

Classical Vienna. -- Liechtensteinpark, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4d

My classical music favourites CXXX. --

Haydn's Oboe Concerto in C Major. Performed by François Leleux and the WDR Sinfonieorchester.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE24...

#music #classicalmusic

Haydn - Oboenkonzert C-Dur Hob VIIg:C1 | François Leleux | WDR Sinfonieorchester

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4d

Classical Vienna. -- Liechtensteinpark, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4d

First Musikverein concert of the New season: the Tonkünstler play Strauss, "Ein Heldenleben."

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 5d

Classical Vienna. -- Early-modern wall-painting on Baeckerstrasse in the 1st district. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 5d

My classical music favourites CXXIX. --

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622. Arngunnar Árnadóttir is the soloist. Cornelius Meister conducts the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.

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#music #classicalmusic

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 5d

Occasions in Vienna. -- Outside the box. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 6d

Modern Vienna. -- Mathematics Faculty Building, detail. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 6d

My classical music favourites CXXVIII. --

Hannah Kendall, "He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing." Musikkollegium Winterthur conducted by Roberto González-Monjas.

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#music #classicalmusic

Hannah Kendall: He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 6d

Beyond Vienna. -- Bratislava, central square. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Slovakia

Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 7d

Beyond Vienna. -- Bad Ischl: the Emperor's Lodge. (And Sarah taking a picture of me taking a picture of her.) #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria