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Anna Alexandrova

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Philosophy of science, methodology of social sciences, wellbeing/happiness studies, evidence based policy, measurement/quantification. Professor at Cambridge HPS, Fellow of @kingscollege.bsky.social https://philpeople.org/profiles/anna-alexandrova

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · May 5

The dataset of this survey (data anonymised) is open and available to anyone. Please use it! Federico and I conceived of it and carried it out in 2021 while at @crasshlive.bsky.social. Part of Expertise Under Pressure project. Many UK colleagues, namely 1188, completed it. Thank you! #openscience

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 51m

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

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 17h

Karl Jaspers Award is given for the best unpublished paper in the area of philosophy of psychiatry by a trainee in the disciplines of philosophy, psychiatry, or psychology.

Deadline for submission for 2025 Karl Jaspers Award is Sunday, December 7, 2025

aapp.press.jhu.edu/jaspers

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 1d

Are you a phd student? Are you in the vicinity of one and want to help them with their bad life choices? Then this is for you! #philsci

Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 1d

✨Don't forget✨ PSA Office Hours are back! Join us this Thursday, October 9 at 12 PM EST with S. Andrew Schroeder. Sign up at the link below to save your spot!

www.philsci.org/psa_...

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 2d

King’s admissions team working very hard to convince applicants of the value of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and other arts and humanities degrees. Godspeed, may these words be heard by young people filling out their UCAS forms.

Can you figure out what all these jobs have in common? #cambridge #uni #careers #ucas #studyatkings

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Ida Sognnæs @idasogn.bsky.social · 6d

New paper with @glenpeters.bsky.social in Nature Communications today. We show how models and studies with a lot of scenarios in the IPCC scenarios database have a large impact on key findings, including emissions reductions, net-zero GHG year, and coal, gas, and oil consistent with 1.5°C.

Influence of individual models and studies on quantitative mitigation findings in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Nature Communications

The paper analyses the impact of the uneven representation of models and studies on key mitigation findings in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. It finds that the model with the most scenarios has a considerable influence on several findings.

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 2d

Can you figure out what all these jobs have in common? #cambridge #uni #careers #ucas #studyatkings

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to all three!

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 3d

Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday, p. 436

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 4d

In Russia I have seen the Swan Lake of Bolshoi quality set by Grigorovich himself. It was perfect, clinical, and lifeless. I never thought the Swan Lake can be funny, camp, erotic, and moving to tears. Matthew Bourne is a genius who reminds us to never stop reinterpreting art.

Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 4d

Dream come true

Two people with the poster of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 4d

Mind blowingly good. Speechless

Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 4d

Dream come true

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 5d

No, I don't think Williams had any epistemology of thick concepts. Just to note I don't think consultation of the public (whatever that is) is necessary for responsible deployment of thick concepts. It's too high and too bureaucatic a bar for many cases. Still it has a place of course...

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Marion Godman @mariongodman.bsky.social · 5d

Open access as of today ... in which I give my take on why and how political philosophy and normative theorizing should go empirical. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

On the Very Concept of Discrimination: Towards a Radical Publicity of Normative Theorizing - Res Publica

I argue for a radical publicity of normative theorizing. Such radical publicity derives from the fact that it is not chiefly the normative principles that should enjoy some stable public acceptance, but the key concepts themselves such as ‘democracy’ and ‘discrimination’. These ‘thick concepts’ contain both descriptive and normative content and are up for grabs in normative theorizing to an extent that has not been appreciated thus far by philosophers and theorists. My argument focuses on the case of normative theorizing about discrimination, and I review some pertinent recent examples of experimental philosophy that indicate what radical publicity might require and also sketch some further suggestions for meeting the requirements of radical publicity going forward.

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations, Marion! A very compelling thesis. It’s so great to see the literature on thick concepts in science exploding even though Bernard Williams himself thought that thick concepts is what differentiates ethics from science. Thank you for tagging me

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Devin Curry @devinsanchezcurry.com · 5d

i don't think there's a particularly strong correlation between having regimented daily writing time and being a productive writer, but i do think there's a very strong correlation between having regimented daily writing time and producing guides to productive writing

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 6d

Just watched an excerpt of The Young Ones in your fucking honour, Shannon.

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LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social · 6d

LMU Munich invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education, starting in October 2026. We are looking for candidates with an outstanding research record in philosophy and a strong profile in philosophy education.
Deadline: 15 November 2025:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...

Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 6d

I too note an excellent usage of the fine term ‘wankery’. Did you use it living in USA or only since you moved to Scotland?

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 8d

Didn’t expect to receive a hard copy of this volume. So satisfying to hold. An honour to philosophise alongside these wonderful thinkers. Here’s the link academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

B&W hard copy of a volume of Aristotelian Society 2025

Table of contents and first page of an article

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Matt Farr @mattfarr.bsky.social · 8d

I wrote a little thing about time in classical physics, thoughtfully titled 'Time in Classical Physics'. Forthcoming in Nina Emery's 'Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time'.

Matt Farr, Time in Classical Physics - PhilPapers

Time plays an ambiguous role in classical physics. On the one hand, classical physics allows for a picture of time largely fitting with common-sense views about time, as one-dimensional, and flowing ....

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 8d

I didn’t know @aristotsoc.bsky.social had a podcast! Subscribed

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society

Philosophy Podcast · The Aristotelian Society, founded in 1880, meets fortnightly in London to hear and discuss talks given by leading philosophers from a broad range of philosophical traditions. The ...

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Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to the 70+ people that came to watch Lucy O'Brien's Presidential Address of the Aristotelian Society last night!

If you missed it, you can listen to her talk "Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds" here:

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#philosophy #philsky

29/09/2025: Lucy O'Brien: Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds,

Podcast Episode · Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society · 29/09/2025 · 50m

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Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 8d

Life satisfaction mostly declines with age. Previous findings (esp. the famous U-shaped age-SWB trajectory) were artifacts of misspecified models. doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 8d

A fantastic program, a totally justified gif. #philsky

Aristotelian Society @aristotsoc.bsky.social · 20d

We're back! The programme for the 2025-26 Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society is out now! You can check it out on our website here: www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

kermit the frog says yay yay yay on a stage

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 10d

Well done! So satisfying