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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congratulations Alex!

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Aug 13

Prince.

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Jul 14

Oh. That's what you mean by Charlie Brown Had Hoes! Doh. Not up on the lingo. As you were.

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Jul 14

What a band. But wasn't the pre-Patton 'We Care A Lot' a hit?

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Jul 14

A wonderful opportunity to work with Kamil on this exciting and important project.

Kamil Mamak @kamilmamak.bsky.social · Jul 14

🚨 I am hiring! Join the @erc.europa.eu-funded ROBOCRIM project at Jagiellonian University (Kraków) as a full-time PhD researcher in criminal law & AI. Start: Oct 2025. Apply by Aug 4. Info: tinyurl.com/ERC-PhD | Email: [email protected] #AcademicJobs #AI #Law #ERC #robocrim

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Jul 4

Yes to this article! I can’t believe what a fuss was made about a person showing emotion when under pressure. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Crying in the Commons: why are women’s workplace tears a source of shame?

Rachel Reeves’s distress may help destigmatise an emotional response to pressure or professional frustration

www.theguardian.com

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Jun 5

Congratulations Kamil!

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Jun 3

I think we all need an 'everything is ok' alarm just now.

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · May 21

Me too! I know I’m just up the road but I’m travelling those days. Would love to attend for some of it (even just Crispin) if possible.

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · May 6

Personal avatars and Dementia: New paper in Philosophy and Technology that seeks to build on the research of those working on the ethics of ghostbots/ deathbots/ continuing bond bots and apply it to dementia care.

Aberdeen Philosophy @abdnphilosophy.bsky.social · May 6

🗞️ Much has been written on the ethics of ‘ghostbots’, but some grief contexts do not involve death. In her latest paper, our @paulasweeney.bsky.social explores the use of personal avatar technology when a loved one's illness brings substantial cognitive change.

Creating Durable Biographies in Palliative Care: The Role of Continuing Bond Avatars - Philosophy & Technology

In this paper I explore the potential benefits and harms of avatar or chatbot representations of persons who are in palliative care. Much has been written recently about the benefits and harms of…

link.springer.com

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Mar 18

I approve of this approach. Drinking the champagne turns it into an occasion to celebrate.

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Mar 16

Well that makes me like her books even more

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Mar 15

Maybe her writing is just not well known in the UK? If you don’t know her work, try Gilead. What a writer.

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Mar 15

Why did it take me so long to discover Marilynne Robinson? I have now developed a small obsession.

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Aberdeen Philosophy @abdnphilosophy.bsky.social · Mar 7

📰 Check out our @paulasweeney.bsky.social's latest paper, 'Persons, Unique Value and Avatars', in which she explores whether personal avatars / digital duplicates might undermine the value humans hold by virtue of their uniqueness. Now out in Minds and Machines!

Persons, Unique Value and Avatars - Minds and Machines

An individual human has value partly in virtue of their uniqueness. Personal avatar technology—technology which creates a digital replication of a real person—appears to have the potential to…

link.springer.com

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Feb 27

Perfect excuse to watch the Royal Tenenbaums for the twentieth time. ❤️

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Oct 9

“Where no proxy has gone before…”. I will continue my painfully difficult exploration of how avatars will undermine the value of human uniqueness despite being proxies. The inaugural event of Mihaela Constantinescu’s ERC project ❤️ avataresponsibility.ccea.ro/current-edit...

avataResponsibility 2024: Where no proxy has gone before: avatars & responsibility frameworks – avataResponsibility

avataresponsibility.ccea.ro

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Sep 13

My vote goes to Schiphol

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Jul 16

That sucks Aidan. I hope it gets better soon.

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Apr 25

Universities need a regulator. President of British Academy www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/just-li...

Just like football, UK universities need a regulator

Professor Julia Black, President of the British Academy, reflects on the situation facing humanities departments at many UK Universities, and what can be done to secure their health and humanities pro...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Apr 8

Lol!! I love this. It’s made even better by how confident you are about it. 😂🙌

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · Apr 6

“Professors like me… should be part of the embodied change we seek: turning off our computers and phones, taking all our annual leave, refusing to answer emails out of hours and only scheduling meetings within work hours everyone—including colleagues with caring responsibilities—can make.” #academia

It’s Not Your Fault That Academic Life is Getting Harder by Glen O’Hara

Universities are in trouble, and it’s not just money we’re talking about. They are living through something of a crisis of confidence, even of trust and faith. More and more, I find myself, and my col...

voicesofacademia.com

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Mar 22

This is so sad. And what exactly is the evidence for the claim that students don’t want to study philosophy?

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Mar 22

List of courses being cut at the University of Kent

Uni says: "This is linked to data on what students are looking to study nationally..."

www.kent.ac.uk/student/kent...

#UKUnis #EduSky #HigherEd #ArtHistory #Anthropology #HealthCare #Journalism #Music #PhilSky #Religion

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Mar 8

Early career scholar discusses their research with a relevant senior colleague. Nice format!

Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · Mar 8

A new podcast aims to give early career philosophers a platform for discussing their work with relatively senior philosophers.

New Podcast: Doing Philosophy (plus: Confidence in Philosophy)

“You shouldn’t be super confident in philosophy.” That’s Crispin Wright (NYU/Stirling) in the fourth episode of a new podcast, Doing Philosophy, created by Tom Kaspers, who recently obtained his PhD i...

dailynous.com

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Paula Sweeney @paulasweeney.bsky.social · Feb 16

Just in time for my lecture on Nyholm’s Chapter 6: responsibility and technology: mind the gap(s).

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