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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · Aug 29

@benjaminmatheson.bsky.social
and I are organising a workshop and special issue of the Journal of Ethics on the Ethics of Fandom. Call for abstracts here:
link.springer.com/collections/...
Some great speakers already confirmed:
@ajkadlac.bsky.social
, Erin Tarver and Kamila Pacovská
#philsky

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Aug 27

Yeah, it seems quite a bit narrower (but that's from my non-native/non-proficient perspective). There seems to me to something that is hard to put into words about "ilusion".

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Aug 27

As a non-native and non-proficient speaker, there does seem to me to be something missing from those translations. I'm not sure if it's because it sounds like "illusion" in English, but I get the sense there's something almost visual/experiential about "ilusion". It's hard to pin down exactly what!

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Aug 22

Una pregunta para los habladores de Español: cuando una persona dice que algo le hace ilusión, ¿cómo explicarías esto en inglés?

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Jul 23

And I'm someone that used to be a bit precious about people coming from other areas that not citing every bit of (what I thought was) important literature in "my area". Sometimes, of course, people could do with actually reading what's been published on a topic before.

Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Jul 23

I think there's some work from people outside one area where they don't engage with all the finer points made in that area, but sometimes this can actually help them be most insightful as they don't get bogged down in the points the literature has taken to be most important...

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Constant Bonard @cbonard.bsky.social · Jul 9

Check out the new episode of our podcast 😃

Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Jul 8

Episode 4 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is now available! Prof. Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva) talks with @cbonard.bsky.social about institutional dysfunctions and emotions.

open.substack.com/pub/thecogsp...

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Jul 8

Episode 4 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is now available! Prof. Emanuela Ceva (University of Geneva) talks with @cbonard.bsky.social about institutional dysfunctions and emotions.

open.substack.com/pub/thecogsp...

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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · Jun 27

The level of grievance within a community is a key barometer for the community's vulnerability to democratic backsliding.

Influencers can radicalize people in aggrieved communities as a political "force multiplier."

From my testimony to EU Parliament.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j43Q...

Prof Jagolinzer on how democratic backsliding happens in aggrieved communities

YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit

www.youtube.com

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Jun 8

Episode 3 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is now available! @alfredarcher.bsky.social on affective artifacts and affective injustice.

thecogsproject.substack.com/publish/post...

Episode 3: Alfred Archer on Affective Artifacts and Affective Injustice

The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast

thecogsproject.substack.com

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Paula Satne @pausat25.bsky.social · May 18

The introduction to the Special Issue 'Commemorating Evildoers' is out (pre-view). I am told the whole issue will come out soon. Co-edited with Hallich for Journal of Applied Philosophy #ethics @idea-leeds.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Introduction

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · May 8

Episode 2 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast is available now! In this episode, Krista Thomason (@@kkthomason.bsky.social) talks about Shame and Negative Emotions.

Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · May 1

Episode 2 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast will be released on May 8th. The next episode features Krista Thomason talking about Shame and Negative Emotions.

thecogsproject.substack.com/p/episode-2-...

Episode 2: Krista Thomason on Shame and Negative Emotions

Recorded over Zoom, Prof.

thecogsproject.substack.com

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · May 1

Episode 2 of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast will be released on May 8th. The next episode features Krista Thomason talking about Shame and Negative Emotions.

thecogsproject.substack.com/p/episode-2-...

Episode 2: Krista Thomason on Shame and Negative Emotions

Recorded over Zoom, Prof.

thecogsproject.substack.com

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Apr 22

Now available online: "Shame in Response to Institutional Failure" - co-authored with @alfredarcher.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Shame in Response to Institutional Failure

When an institution morally fails, what is the appropriate emotional reaction for those institution members who are causally uninvolved in bringing about this failure? Our aim in this article is to e...

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Apr 8

The first episode of the philosophy of emotion podcast is available now!

Episode 1: David Shoemaker on Amusement open.substack.com/pub/thecogsp...

Episode 1: David Shoemaker on Amusement

The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast

open.substack.com

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Apr 6

Episode 1 of the Philosophy of Emotion Podcast launches this Tuesday, April 8th with David Shoemaker on Amusement open.substack.com/pub/thecogsp...

Episode 1: David Shoemaker on Amusement

Recorded live and in person at the Annual Research Forum of the Geneva Centre for Affective Sciences, Prof.

open.substack.com

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Apr 2

My paper "Blameworthiness is Terminable" has been assigned to an issue of The Philosophical Quarterly. Randolph Clarke's discussion of my paper is also included in this issue.

Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Mar 31

The second 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!

academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2

@standrewsphil.bsky.social

Cover of The Philosophical Quarterly, 2/2025

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Franz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · Mar 31

The second 2025 issue of The Philosophical Quarterly is out!

academic.oup.com/pq/issue/75/2

@standrewsphil.bsky.social

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Apr 1

I've published something else on my project's blog. This time about collective guilt:

thecogsproject.substack.com/p/what-is-co...

What is Collective Guilt? And is it rational?

One aim of my current research project is to understand the nature and value of collective guilt. This kind of guilt often gets talked about with respect to historical injustices. Germans, for instanc...

thecogsproject.substack.com

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Mar 18

My paper "Fame and Redemption" has now been assigned to an issue.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fame and redemption: On the moral dangers of celebrity apologies

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Mar 12

substack.com/home/post/p-...

Is Guilt a Moral Emotion?

An assumption often made about guilt is that it is moral emotion.

substack.com

Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Mar 11

The first post on my project's blog has been published. We'll soon also be launching "The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast" featuring interviews with leading and emerging figures on recent and prominent ideas in the philosophy of emotion. Check it out!

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Jan 31

Randolph Clarke has published a reply to my paper "Blameworthiness is Terminable". It helps develop the debate, but I still think that blameworthiness is terminable (and you should too).

Is blameworthiness terminable?

Abstract. Benjamin Matheson has recently argued that blameworthiness is terminable: in at least some cases, one's blameworthiness for a given offense can b

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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · Dec 9

Delighted to share my PhD student's latest work which is based on her master's thesis:

The Epistemic Fata Morgana: Appropriation in the Institutional Context | Hypatia | Cambridge Core

The Epistemic Fata Morgana: Appropriation in the Institutional Context

www.cambridge.org

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