Hane
@hane.bsky.social
philosopher of medicine and clinical ethicist who got a gig working in gender affirming healthcare, postdoctoral affiliate in philosophy at Lancaster University, music maker, keeper of snakes, dad, he/him
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January 16, 2026 at 11:08 AM
I love this post by Mich after J.S. moved to Canada
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I love this post by Mich after J.S. moved to Canada
in Freiburg I had an actual meal that looked like a genAI image
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
in Freiburg I had an actual meal that looked like a genAI image
any album that follows Miami Vice with Enya is going to be a trippy ride
January 9, 2026 at 12:19 AM
any album that follows Miami Vice with Enya is going to be a trippy ride
![You Must Have Thought This Book Was About You: Reply to Daniel Dennett
JOHN DUPRÉ
Abstract
Daniel Dennett's review of my book, Human Nature and the Limits of Science, was apparently conceived as part of a multiple review, anticipating an author's response, so I am grateful for the opportunity to satisfy this expectation. Indeed, Dennett uses this excuse to justify devoting his own contribution to responding to those parts of the book directed explicitly at his own work, leaving other imagined reviewers to take care of other issues. Since he has things to say about most of the topics in the book he evidently interpreted this remit widely, in fact taking the book as “presented as an antidote of sorts to [his] own world view” (p. 482). Let me begin, therefore, by reassuring Dennett that, while I certainly had some critical things to say about some of his views, the book most certainly was not intended as an ad hominem attack. The nine pages (out of 187) on which his work is cited fairly accurately reflects the extent to which his views figured in my thinking. Curiously, his ire seems most strongly aroused by my assault on his views on free will in which, apparently, I agree with nearly everything he says and, worse still, fail to cite him at all.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:khpaqutlff3yzze5otaaih4r/bafkreidf4gt3wjjec3bvaw47aniz3kagta2jaso4rpdrge2sgqvyghgtsq@jpeg)
January 8, 2026 at 7:44 PM
our kids seem to be making a found-footage horror story
December 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
our kids seem to be making a found-footage horror story
quote with your favourite picture of you from 2025
I've been told that I look like I'm either about to give a lecture about the philosophy of William Whewell or about to give the meanest synthwave set since the 80s
I've been told that I look like I'm either about to give a lecture about the philosophy of William Whewell or about to give the meanest synthwave set since the 80s
December 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
quote with your favourite picture of you from 2025
I've been told that I look like I'm either about to give a lecture about the philosophy of William Whewell or about to give the meanest synthwave set since the 80s
I've been told that I look like I'm either about to give a lecture about the philosophy of William Whewell or about to give the meanest synthwave set since the 80s
"Descartes ... does not rank particularly high on the scale of God's grace" 😅
(from Joyce Irwin, "The Orthodox Lutheranism of Mattheson and Bach")
(from Joyce Irwin, "The Orthodox Lutheranism of Mattheson and Bach")
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Descartes ... does not rank particularly high on the scale of God's grace" 😅
(from Joyce Irwin, "The Orthodox Lutheranism of Mattheson and Bach")
(from Joyce Irwin, "The Orthodox Lutheranism of Mattheson and Bach")
this is a bit niche, but Johann Joachim Quantz's "versuch einer anweisung die flöte traversiere zu spielen" (1752) discusses the philosophical implications of mechanical automata emulating the creative activities of musicians
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
this is a bit niche, but Johann Joachim Quantz's "versuch einer anweisung die flöte traversiere zu spielen" (1752) discusses the philosophical implications of mechanical automata emulating the creative activities of musicians
I look forward to speaking to the Student Clinical Ethics Forum at the University of Leeds this Wednesday. My talk will be on "Disease: The Philosophy Behind the Concept".
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I look forward to speaking to the Student Clinical Ethics Forum at the University of Leeds this Wednesday. My talk will be on "Disease: The Philosophy Behind the Concept".
my Royal Institute of Philosophy public lecture on the life and philosophy of William Whewell
November 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
my Royal Institute of Philosophy public lecture on the life and philosophy of William Whewell
happy international mens day
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
happy international mens day
new area of specialisation just dropped
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
new area of specialisation just dropped
I'll be giving a public lecture at Lancaster next week on the philosophy of William Whewell. doesn't this sound exciting?
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'll be giving a public lecture at Lancaster next week on the philosophy of William Whewell. doesn't this sound exciting?
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
I do actually think she's kind of pretty in a way, but I can just tell she's absolutely miserable to live with
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I do actually think she's kind of pretty in a way, but I can just tell she's absolutely miserable to live with
Steve Edge as Gary Barlow
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Steve Edge as Gary Barlow