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Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · 7d

Very excited to share this year’s Ronald Dworkin Colloquium lineup.

@ucl.ac.uk has been running this series in legal & political philosophy since 1998, when Dworkin founded it. Still going strong.

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · 12d

Fantastic paper by Hallvard Sandven breaking new ground in the crowded feasibility debate. I’m convinced by the argument that feasibility is either superfluous or moralised.

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Feasibility: Superfluous or Moralized* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 1

Recent analytical political theory has sought to develop a conceptual analysis of feasibility for the purpose of specifying the “ought implies can” principle. Two central premises of this debate are (...

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks Avshalom!!

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks, sounds super interesting! I'll have a look!!

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · Aug 11

Josh Cohen and I have a new (short) paper in @science.org! Researchers at Google built a "Habermas Machine" for democratic deliberation. We ask whether its knack for building agreement comes from genuine deliberative merit or from people over-trusting algorithms. philpapers.org/go.pl?aid=CO...

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Elsa Kugelberg @elsakugelberg.bsky.social · Jul 31

My @apsrjournal.bsky.social paper on politics and intimacy is featured in Political Science Today @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org in a great piece by Ewa Nizalowska 💫🔭

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Chris @multiplicityct.bsky.social · Jun 5

It's that time of year! If you are a new PhD student in philosophy starting this fall, please let me know to add you to the starter pack!

Alternatively, add the starter pack to get some fresh perspectives. :-)

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Jul 17

Intoxicated by warm praise and affection yesterday. Something of a hangover today, finally clearing out my office.

Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yesterday we celebrated @jowolff.bsky.social remarkable career. Hard to put into words, so here’s a glimpse of the standing ovation that closed the day. Love, admiration, philosophy at its best. Days like this remind me why we do what we do.

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Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yesterday we celebrated @jowolff.bsky.social remarkable career. Hard to put into words, so here’s a glimpse of the standing ovation that closed the day. Love, admiration, philosophy at its best. Days like this remind me why we do what we do.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Jun 24

My now *former* student @stephaniewanga.bsky.social (stephaniewanga.com) successfully defended her thesis yesterday! She's off to take up a postdoc in Wellesley next! We worked together on political philosophy with an especial look at anarchic theories and their application in post-colonial Africa.

Stephanie Wanga

stephaniewanga.com

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Guy Longworth @guylongworth.bsky.social · Jun 20

Come and work with us in Philosophy at Warwick: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) - Moral and/or Political Philosophy (110613-0625) - University of Warwick

Title: Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) - Moral and/or Political Philosophy (110613-0625). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Fixed Term

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Guy Longworth @guylongworth.bsky.social · Jun 20

Come and work with us in Philosophy at Warwick, part II: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Teaching Fellow - Philosophy (110614-0625) - University of Warwick

Title: Teaching Fellow - Philosophy (110614-0625). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Fixed Term

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · May 28

Done!

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Uğur Aytaç @uguraytac.bsky.social · May 23

We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance.

More info: edu.nl/9admd
Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · May 23

Ja verkligen!

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · May 6

Political theory/philosophy job in our Department!

Deadline 26 May.

Happy to answer questions by email.

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Political Theory

The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Political Theory. The successful candidate will conduct research in any area of polit...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Apr 16

I thought I'd just slide away into retirement. But others, especially @shaiagmon.bsky.social to whom I'm incredibly grateful had other ideas. So he's assembled an extraordinary cast of philosophers to make sure I actually do retire.

www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/events/publi...

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Elsa Kugelberg @elsakugelberg.bsky.social · Apr 8

So honoured my @apsrjournal.bsky.social paper was chosen by the APSA Public Scholarship Programme. Excellent summary of this piece by Ewa Nizalowska at Cornell’s Government Department. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...?

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Apr 4

In a recent @apsrjournal article, @ElsaKugelberg asks what it would mean for dating app corporations to serve the interests of their users.

The Politics of Online Dating

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Ewa Nizalowska, covers the new article by Elsa Kugelberg,University of Oxford, "Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere." With around 350 million yearly users, online dating apps have revolutionized romance in the modern age…

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Thorsten Thiel @thothiel.bsky.social · Mar 24

Call for Papers: Critical Theory of the Computational (16-17. Oct, Berlin): www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...

Call for Papers: Critical Theory of the Computational

This international workshop aims to use critical theories in order to explore how digital and computational systems are influencing societal changes and how these systems are also part of broader glob...

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Shai Agmon @shaiagmon.bsky.social · Mar 25

For over a decade, the Israeli centre dominated the opposition—and squandered its moment. It promised to safeguard democracy, restore unity, and bring stability. It delivered none. My new piece in @bostonreview.bsky.social.

There are lessons here beyond Israel.

Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · Mar 25

Centrists have long promised Israeli liberals moderation and stability. But as they’ve taken their place as the dominant opposition to the right, Israel has descended into its most extreme era yet.

@shaiagmon.bsky.social on the complicity of the Israeli center:

Israel’s Complicit Center - Boston Review

Its parties have have embraced the fantasy that conciliation to the far right is the best way to weaken it.

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Ekaterina Hertog @katyahe.bsky.social · Mar 18

Come work with us!
My department, the @oii.ox.ac.uk is hiring a Departmental Research Lecturer In AI, Government & Policy.

www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vacan...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · Mar 17

In light of the increasing reliance on opaque algorithmic systems in decision-making, many theorists and legislators have made calls for a right to an explanation. Here is our paper arguing against this! It will be published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

philpapers.org/rec/KARNRT

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Henrik D Kugelberg @henrikdku.bsky.social · Mar 17

In light of the increasing reliance on opaque algorithmic systems in decision-making, many theorists and legislators have made calls for a right to an explanation. Here is our paper arguing against this! It will be published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

philpapers.org/rec/KARNRT

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