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Nature @nature.com · 12h

The class of immune cells at the centre of Monday’s Nobel prize is showing promise as a treatment for autoimmune diseases, cancer and even organ transplants — but there are still key challenges to overcome before these cells can be used in therapies in the clinic.

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These immune cells won Nobel fame — can they solve autoimmune disease?

Regulatory T cells, which help to dampen inflammation, are being used in clinical trials against ailments such as rheumatoid arthritis.

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 17h

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school | By Rose Horowitch www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... #academia #reading #philsky

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.

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Kant, Kantianism, and Morality @kantingroningen.bsky.social · 8d

We have a recent (open access 🔑) publication from a member of our research group: a new paper on the structure of Kant’s argument in the first section of the Groundwork.

Pauline Kleingeld, ‘Kant’s Analytic Method and the Argument of Groundwork I’, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.

X—Kant’s Analytic Method and the Argument of Groundwork I

Abstract. In the famous first section of the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant sets out to identify the principle of morality, but each of the

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Nature @nature.com · 2d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 1d

How the Public Sees Philosophy:
Insights from a National Survey in the Czech Republic | by Vít Gvoždiak & Martin Zach dailynous.com/2025/09/03/h... #philosophy #public #philsky

How the Public Sees Philosophy: Insights from a National Survey in the Czech Republic (guest post) - Daily Nous

What do ordinary people think philosophy is for? That's one of the questions a pair of philosophers, Vít Gvoždiak and Martin Zach (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences) aimed to answer. ...

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Joel David Hamkins @joeldavidhamkins.bsky.social · 22d

New post-doctoral position at Notre Dame
Core analytic/logic/phil math. philjobs.org/job/show/29622
2 year position, $75K annual salary plus $15K expense account. Please apply! (I am chairing this search.)

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Joel David Hamkins @joeldavidhamkins.bsky.social · 9d

I have made a post on Substack Notes substack.com/@joeldavidha...
to the effect that we should have a Mathematics category on Substack. If you support math on Substack, please like and restack there.

Joel David Hamkins (@joeldavidhamkins)

Substack @Substack, when do we get a Mathematics category for bestsellers? We have many great math stacks with huge engagement and audiences.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 3d

Miira Tuominen and I edited this new book from Brill with no fewer than 25 chapters on various aspects of ancient and medieval philosophy in Greek, Arabic, and Latin texts. Actually there's a little Persian in there too.

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Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy

"Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy" published on 29 Sep 2025 by Brill.

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 1d

Why Cartesianism appealed to women and became the inspiration for a pioneering feminist, Poullain de la Barre; and why Cartesianism was not the only option for women philosophers of the age. | @histphilosophy.bsky.social www.historyofphilosophy.net/cartesianism... #Descartes #women #philsky

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 2d

Opening here at the LMU: a W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education at the Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion. The position combines research in philosophy with a strong focus on didactics.

Application deadline: 15 November 2025

job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...

Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 1d

#Philosophy Graduate Student Conference CFP:
American Philosophy and Philosophy in the Americas: Past, Present, Future, April 3 – 4, 2026
Submit papers suitable for a 45-minute presentation including Q&A (roughly 6000 to 8000 words) to [email protected] by December 28, 2025
#philsky

BU Graduate Student Philosophy Conference

April 3 - 4, 2026

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Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 5d

Two-year postdoc w/ Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science! Scholars in all areas of #philsci, inclusive of philosophical approaches to logic&math, are eligible. This is understood broadly to include issues in the history&practice of particular sciences.Deadline 5 Dec 2025.
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Two-Year Post-Doctoral Associate, Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota - PhilJobs:JFP

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Lucia C. Neco (Luba) @luciacneco.bsky.social · 28d

[NEW PAPER] In "Beyond Dichotomies", I challenge the false dichotomy between subjectivity and objectivity in human social relationships. I show how they are both biological and social, using kinship research as an example. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

#PhilSci #Anthropology #PhilSky

Beyond Dichotomies: Embracing an Integrated Approach to Social Relationships | Philosophy of Science | Cambridge Core

Beyond Dichotomies: Embracing an Integrated Approach to Social Relationships

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Michael Morris @michaelmorrisphil.bsky.social · 1d

Philosophy job at Leeds

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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy

Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 1d

New reviews of philosophy books, new philosophy podcast episodes, new and revised entries at online philosophy resources...

Online Philosophy Resources Weekly Update - Daily Nous

The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, and new podcast episodes… (If we missed anything, let us know.) SEP New: ∅ Revised: Psycho...

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 1d

Nice! 🎶

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for the story behind your appreciation of this song.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 2d

Autumn leaves. 🍂🍁

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 2d

Modern architecture is an eyesore – even babies can see that

Study shows infants quickly look away when faced with a modernist block of concrete, in findings that could influence future building design www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02... #architecture #design

Access Restricted

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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · Nov 10

In case you haven’t seen this the last fifty times I’ve posted it thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-greatest...

The Greatest Unknown Intellectual of the 19th Century

Emil du Bois-Reymond proclaimed the mystery of consciousness, championed the theory of natural selection, and revolutionized the study of the nervous system. Today, he is all but forgotten.

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grotron @grotron.bsky.social · Apr 22

My take on the use of commodified artificial intelligence is available now.

grotron.ghost.io/kappa-gpt/

Kappa GPT

Japanese writer, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, envisioned the world wherein thoughtful reflections and their aesthetic expressions, artistic or otherwise, ceased to exist. In the world of creature, Kappa, all ...

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 5d

Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus): 90mm (3.5in). This reptile is a species of gecko indigenous to the island of Madagascar. Brilliant photos taken by Prabhashitha Fernando in Madagascar. 🦎

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Aaron Fisher @aaronjfisher.bsky.social · Nov 3

I completely agree that people should be publishing less—to increase the quality of the work, to reduce content redundancy, to reduce burden on the editorial system. But I want to emphasize every chance I get: You do NOT need pubs to get into grad school. Please, let's stop this myth now.

Holly Sullivan-Toole @hollysully.bsky.social · Nov 3

The change is palpable. I've worked for people (not much older than me) who only had a couple first authors when they got their TT job. Every post-doc I know has way more than that. Now it seems like people have to have a couple first authors to even get into some grad programs.

Guillaume Sescousse @gsescousse.bsky.social · Nov 3

"Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published [...] in 2022 the article total was 47% higher than in 2016" 🤯 arxiv.org/abs/2309.15884
I agree with Uta Frith, we need to "restrict the number of papers anyone can publish [to one] per year" doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

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Holly Sullivan-Toole @hollysully.bsky.social · Nov 3

Plus the expectation that undergrads need a deliverable like every semester they work in a lab. I have worked with too many junior people with impressive CVs who can't do the basics of data analysis. Shouldn't training, like actual training, come way, way before any publication product?

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