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Edward P. Butler, PhD
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Polytheist, Ph.D. in Philosophy. Justice to all beings, reverence to all Gods.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 2h
The Real World of Voodoo, Vodou, and African Traditional Religions with @lilithdorsey.bsky.social begins October 21 www.morbidanatomy.org/classes/p/th...
The Real World of Voodoo, Vodou, and African Traditional Religions, with Author and Priestess Lilith Dorsey MFA, Begins October 21 — Morbid Anatomy
Six Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom Tuesdays, October 21 - November 25, 2025 7 - 8:30 pm ET (NYC Time) $150 Paid Patreon Members / $175 General Admission PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be rec...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 2h
CFP: Annual ICHS USF Conference: Souls and Psychological Phenomena in Greek Antiquity (Tampa, Florida, April 23 – 25, 2026) www.usf.edu/arts-science...
Souls and Psychological Phenomena in Greek Antiquity | Interdisciplinary Center for Hellenic Studies | College of Arts and Sciences | University of South Florida
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 2h
A Datura Ritual Complex in the Mississippian Southeast www.academia.edu/144345670/A_...
A Datura Ritual Complex in the Mississippian Southeast
In the American Southwest and northern Mexico, it has long been argued that ceramic vessels with exterior surfaces that are covered with small nodes are Datura seed pod effigies. Datura is a genus of ...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 1d
The Indo-Caribbean Sri Shakti Mariamma Hindu Temple in Queens, New York urgently needs help to fund mandatory repairs and stay open. gofund.me/aa0f6c6b5
Donate to Save Our Beloved Community Temple, organized by Anu L
Namaste, everyone, We are writing on behalf of the Indo-Caribbean Sri Shakti Mariamma Hind… Anu L needs your support for Save Our Beloved Community Temple
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 1d
Sharing again this article (and fundraising page in the following post) about a local Indo-Caribbean Kali mandir in need. religionnews.com/2025/07/16/a...
A fight to save a Hindu temple for the 'unheard and unseen'
NEW YORK (RNS) — Since 2008, Shri Shakti Mariammaa has been a safe haven for women and members of the LGBTQ community. But the temple risks closure if it cannot make costly improvements.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 1d
October 7-8, Bookshop has free shipping. It's a platform where you can shop online from independent booksellers. Some of my own books are available there, and I earn a commission on other books ordered from my storefront. bookshop.org/shop/epbutler
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 2d
Program for the fifth annual conference of the Canadian Aristotle Society; this year's theme, "Aristotle and the De Anima" www.uottawa.ca/faculty-arts...
Fifth conference of the Canadian Aristotle Society - Aristotle and the De Anima | Faculty of Arts
We are pleased to present the program for the fifth annual conference of the Canadian Aristotle Society, which will be held at the University of Ottawa on October 24 and 25, 2025. This year's conferen...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 3d
CFP for several virtual round tables: Deus e o Divino nas Tradições Ayahuasca, Kardecistas e Indígenas Brasileiras; Concepções de Realidade Última nas Tradições Vedānta; and Conceptions of Divinity in African and Afro-Brazilian Religions www.god-and-consciousness.com/round-tables
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 4d
Academic Responsibility as Rome Burns: Humane Deliberation in Times of Exigency, by Eli Kramer open.substack.com/pub/palinode...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 5d
New post up on my Substack: "Some thoughts on disjunctive difference within 'the same' God: A further reply to Antonio Vargas" open.substack.com/pub/epbutler...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 11d
What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like? | grist.org/global-indig...
What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?
From deep-sea mining to climate change, this Indigenous woman sees a better future for the world's oceans.
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 12d
Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun (九天應元雷聲普化天尊) youtu.be/a5UYkr2zUwA
Lei Sheng Pu Hua Tian Zun (九天應元雷聲普化天尊)
YouTube video by Juan simic
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 13d
Manifestation Anniversary of Heavenly Lord Pu Hua (Pu Hua Tian Zun 普化天尊), lunar 8/5, Sept. 26th, 2025 javewutaoismplace.blogspot.com/2025/09/2025...
《乙巳蛇年。普化天尊。化身下降日。2025》
《 乙 巳蛇 年。 普化天尊。化身下降日。 202 5 》     宏大願， 誓揚正法護生靈， 納其轟勢， 震三界。   增智慧， 掃除心魔衛己身， 授其經訣， 淨七魄。   Manifestation Anniversary ...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 13d
New issue of the open access journal Dionysus ex machina dionysusexmachina.it/dem-numero-1...
DeM numero 16 – Anno 2025
Numero 16 – anno 2025 Gli articoli di DeM sono pubblicati a seguito di un processo di double blind peer review affidato a specialisti esterni (non esclusi i componenti del Comitato Scientifico), incar...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 14d
Those were my grad school days as well. A lot has changed!
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 14d
Now available for pre-order, the new book from @digitalobjects.bsky.social—Kant Machine: Critical Philosophy after AI bookshop.org/a/17266/9781... (#advertisement)
Kant Machine: Critical Philosophy After AI
Critical Philosophy After AI
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 15d
Call for papers, Ancient Philosophy Society annual meeting (April 16-18, 2026)
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Ancient Philosophy Society Call for Papers
Honoring the richness of Anglophone and European philosophical traditions, the Ancient Philosophy Society encourages submissions from a variety of interpretive perspectives. Phenomenological, postm…
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 15d
Call for submissions for a special issue of Synthese, "Back to Personal Identity"
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Back to Personal Identity
Personal identity was one of the most discussed philosophical topics during the 1970s and 1990s. However, in the ensuing decades, the focus on the metaphysics ...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 22d
Fifth Daoist Conference: Daoism, Divination, and Healing Arts (Oct. 4-5) daoistgate.com/fifth-daoist...
Fifth Daoist Conference | Daoist Gate
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 22d
The ghost-feeding hymn in the Yuqie Yankou 瑜伽焰口 by @edwardw2.bsky.social edwardwhite123.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The ghost-feeing hymn in the Yuqie Yankou 瑜伽焰口
In this post I will translate the hymn of feeding ghosts from the 瑜伽焰口 YujiaYyankou/Yuqie Yankou    Hun Yeow Lye in his PHD thesis, entitled...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 26d
Fundraiser on behalf of Coru Cathubodua, a polytheist priesthood of the Morrigan gofund.me/0c2b9e7b5
Donate to Help Coru Families Rebuild After Theft, organized by Morpheus Ravenna
Hello friends! This fundraiser is on behalf of two families who are part of th… Morpheus Ravenna needs your support for Help Coru Families Rebuild After Theft
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 27d
Can AI Rely on the Systematicity of Truth? The Challenge of Modelling Normative Domains link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Can AI Rely on the Systematicity of Truth? The Challenge of Modelling Normative Domains - Philosophy & Technology
A key assumption fuelling optimism about the progress of Large Language Models (LLMs) in accurately and comprehensively modelling the world is that the truth is systematic: true statements about the w...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 27d
CFP: Synthese, "The Philosophy of Generative AI: Perspectives from East and West" link.springer.com/collections/...
The Philosophy of Generative AI: Perspectives from East and West
Generative AI, a rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence, has the capacity to create original and often remarkably convincing content across a wide ...
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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 28d
Three ethical guidelines for using AI in academic research, according to an AI.
(Via @truesciphi.org, who had ChatGPT-5 consider a recent Daily Nous post on using AI in research.)
GPT-5’s Ethics Guidelines for Using It in Philosophical Research - Daily Nous
In a post last month, we discussed the question, "How much use of AI in our research is acceptable?" My post about that has now been used by Kelly Truelove at TruSciPhi as part of a prompt to get Chat...
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Edward P. Butler, PhD @epbutler.bsky.social · 29d
“Khora’s purpose is to bring authentic philosophical thinking back into mainstream life via rethinking our commonplace assumptions about our collective online experiences.” open.substack.com/pub/mercuria...
The Illusion of Illusion of Illusion … of Thinking
Socratically Refuting the Necessity of Knowledge Collapse
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