Patrick Skeels
@baslogic.bsky.social
philosopher | linguist | winsome rogue | fgc wannabe
i teach philosophy at the university of kentucky
papers here: https://philpeople.org/profiles/patrick-skeels
i teach philosophy at the university of kentucky
papers here: https://philpeople.org/profiles/patrick-skeels
My “The sentence on this cup is false” cup has many people asking questions already answered by my cup.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
My “The sentence on this cup is false” cup has many people asking questions already answered by my cup.
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Wanna know who isn't in the Epstein files?
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Wanna know who isn't in the Epstein files?
Honey, guess what they were giving away for free in the Mining and Mineral Science building!
February 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Honey, guess what they were giving away for free in the Mining and Mineral Science building!
Update: low turnout, but externalism maintains the lead.
January 23, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Update: low turnout, but externalism maintains the lead.
gonna tell my students to live a little más.
January 17, 2026 at 9:21 PM
gonna tell my students to live a little más.
its only 11 pages fuck you
January 15, 2026 at 5:28 PM
its only 11 pages fuck you
Internalism strikes back!
If I had to bet, I expect internalism to win out in this department, but I don't know. Especially interested to see cases where they diverge.
Will update at the end of the week!
If I had to bet, I expect internalism to win out in this department, but I don't know. Especially interested to see cases where they diverge.
Will update at the end of the week!
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Internalism strikes back!
If I had to bet, I expect internalism to win out in this department, but I don't know. Especially interested to see cases where they diverge.
Will update at the end of the week!
If I had to bet, I expect internalism to win out in this department, but I don't know. Especially interested to see cases where they diverge.
Will update at the end of the week!
There is a marker next to my door, and an arrow pointing to it, but internalists struggle to find it for reasons that remain mysterious.
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 PM
There is a marker next to my door, and an arrow pointing to it, but internalists struggle to find it for reasons that remain mysterious.
New office door poll for this semester. Externalism off to an early lead.
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
New office door poll for this semester. Externalism off to an early lead.
Every time I think about eavesdropper cases I think about this exchange:
Hey. Fat Tony. Are you still with the Mafia?
Yes I am. Thank you for asking.
Hey. Fat Tony. Are you still with the Mafia?
Yes I am. Thank you for asking.
January 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Every time I think about eavesdropper cases I think about this exchange:
Hey. Fat Tony. Are you still with the Mafia?
Yes I am. Thank you for asking.
Hey. Fat Tony. Are you still with the Mafia?
Yes I am. Thank you for asking.
What the hell is this, and why is it in my inbox?
January 8, 2026 at 2:08 AM
What the hell is this, and why is it in my inbox?
This is the sort of thing I’d expect to see in a lingering shot in Children of Men, or mentioned by a tertiary character in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
This is the sort of thing I’d expect to see in a lingering shot in Children of Men, or mentioned by a tertiary character in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
sorry for the delay
December 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
sorry for the delay
Even the most forgiving appeals to contextually supplied quantifier domain restriction are *buckling* under the weight of ``Everyone" in this title.
December 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Even the most forgiving appeals to contextually supplied quantifier domain restriction are *buckling* under the weight of ``Everyone" in this title.
