Simon Kirchin
@simonkirchin.bsky.social
Prof. of Applied Ethics, Uni of Leeds, and Director of the IDEA Centre. Football and cricket, comedy and food. Director of the British Philosophical Association. Goes on a bit. Occasional jokes.
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Yes, I read your latest on WonkHE about how you started collecting and thought....hmmmmm. Note this is no. 40. There must have been similar series as well!
May 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Yes, I read your latest on WonkHE about how you started collecting and thought....hmmmmm. Note this is no. 40. There must have been similar series as well!
AP: Hello there! Today on Mind-Meaning Matters..
SD:..MMM..
AP: We hadn’t agreed on that… Anyway, today we’re asking if you have ever been the victim of a category mistake.
SD: Sheila from Lowestoft says that she once got spooked by a ghost in a machine.
AP: Which is not quite what we are after….
SD:..MMM..
AP: We hadn’t agreed on that… Anyway, today we’re asking if you have ever been the victim of a category mistake.
SD: Sheila from Lowestoft says that she once got spooked by a ghost in a machine.
AP: Which is not quite what we are after….
February 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
AP: Hello there! Today on Mind-Meaning Matters..
SD:..MMM..
AP: We hadn’t agreed on that… Anyway, today we’re asking if you have ever been the victim of a category mistake.
SD: Sheila from Lowestoft says that she once got spooked by a ghost in a machine.
AP: Which is not quite what we are after….
SD:..MMM..
AP: We hadn’t agreed on that… Anyway, today we’re asking if you have ever been the victim of a category mistake.
SD: Sheila from Lowestoft says that she once got spooked by a ghost in a machine.
AP: Which is not quite what we are after….
Oh. Hope the ‘block’ goes soon. Is your next-door neighbour a playwright?
February 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Oh. Hope the ‘block’ goes soon. Is your next-door neighbour a playwright?
Cary Grant is what a researcher does after a successful funding interview.
January 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Cary Grant is what a researcher does after a successful funding interview.
I have joined Bluesky simply to say that I think this is fair.
January 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I have joined Bluesky simply to say that I think this is fair.
Gosh. Am I now a thing? Clearing the space on that headstone now. “Here lies <dead person’s name goes here> He/she/they was/were the victim of <problem>.”
January 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Gosh. Am I now a thing? Clearing the space on that headstone now. “Here lies <dead person’s name goes here> He/she/they was/were the victim of <problem>.”
Yes. You just don’t understand, Keith. He’s, like, a modern day genius or something. He’s like Jonathan Miller crossed with Ted Bovis. Right.
January 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Yes. You just don’t understand, Keith. He’s, like, a modern day genius or something. He’s like Jonathan Miller crossed with Ted Bovis. Right.
One chapter - at least - devoted wholly to his call-backs.
January 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
One chapter - at least - devoted wholly to his call-backs.
6 Underground was an awesome song. Still have the CD single and album.
January 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
6 Underground was an awesome song. Still have the CD single and album.