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Martin Kusch
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I am a professorial research fellow in philosophy @ U of Vienna and a research associate @ ACEPS, U of Johannesburg (working on: epistemology, SSK, phil. of the social sciences, and HOPOS). I also dabble in music and photography. Photo ©Alex Bachmayer .. more

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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 · 10h
Last Christmas someone asked me which of my photos of 2024 I liked best. I couldn't answer the questions since I had deleted them. This year I kept my favourites. Here they are.

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 14h
Classic Vienna. -- Bridge across Donaukanal. #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 14h
My classical music favourites CC. --

Beethoven: Missa solemnis. Fabio Luisi conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Chorus of the Sächsische Staatsoper.

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#music #classicalmusic
Beethoven: Missa solemnis | Fabio Luisi, Staatskapelle Dresden, Chorus of the Sächsische Staatsoper
YouTube video by DW Classical Music
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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 14h
Classic Vienna. -- Bridge across Donaukanal. #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 1d
Classic Vienna. -- Herrengasse. #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 1d
My classical music favourites CXCIX. --

Schubert: Große C-Dur-Sinfonie, hr-Sinfonieorchester, conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

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Schubert: Große C-Dur-Sinfonie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Andrés Orozco-Estrada
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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 1d
Christmas in Vienna. -- A tree in Herrengasse. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 2d
Christmas in Vienna. -- Christmas on his mind. #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 2d
My classical music favourites CXCVIII. --

Our treat on New Year's Eve: Beethoven's Nineth, with the Wiener Symphoniker under Dima Slobodeniouk.

Here with Daniel Barenboim & the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra.

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#music #classicalmusic
Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (Daniel Barenboim & the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra)
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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 2d
Occasions in Vienna. -- A reminder to Father Christmas. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 3d
Can't rule it out but have never seen it around here. In your garden?

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 3d
Classic Vienna. -- Entrance to Rossauer Barracks. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 3d
My classical music favourites CXCVII. --

Bruckner, Symphony Nr 4 Es Dur 'Romantische'; Claudio Abbado conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.

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#music #classicalmusic
Bruckner, Symphony Nr 4 Es Dur 'Romantische' Claudio Abbado, Wiener Philharmoniker
YouTube video by Ahmed Barod
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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 3d
Vienna at Christmas. -- Art installation at Votivkirche. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4d
HEUREKA! Just saying.

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4d
Classic Vienna. -- Side entrance to Rossauer Barracks. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4d
My classical music favourites CXCVI. --

Bruce Liu plays Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, KK IVa/16.

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#music #classicalmusic
Bruce Liu – Chopin: Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, KK IVa/16 (WPD performance)
YouTube video by Deutsche Grammophon - DG
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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 4d
Vienna at Christmas. -- Fog at the DonaukanaI. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 5d
Vienna at Christmas. -- The tree on Ringturm, part II. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 5d
My classical music favourites CXCV. --

Bach, Christmas Oratorio. Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin.

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#music #classicalmusic
Bach - Weihnachtsoratorium - Kantate I-VI | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin | NDR Vokalensemble
YouTube video by ARD Klassik
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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 5d
Vienna at Christmas. -- The tree on Ringturm, part I. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 6d
Classic Vienna. -- Recently repainted, on Liechtensteinstrasse. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 6d
My classical music favourites CXCIV. --

Augustin Hadelich & Orion Weiss play Debussy Sonata for violin and piano.

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#music #classicalmusic
Augustin Hadelich & Orion Weiss play Debussy Sonata for violin and piano
YouTube video by Augustin Hadelich
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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 6d
Vienna in Black and White. -- Light IV. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 7d
Thanks! The whole volume is a great resource.

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 7d
Ouch!

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 7d
Love this quote! "The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no farm." (Russell, 1912)

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 7d
Vienna in Black and White. -- Corridor II. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 7d
My classical music favourites CXCIII. --

Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor, performed by Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou.

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#music #classicalmusic
Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor / Sol Gabetta / Bertrand Chamayou
YouTube video by Hochrhein Musikfestival Productions
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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 7d
Vienna in Black and White. -- Corridor I. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky #Austria