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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 2d

📣JOB ALERT📣
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy

Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 3d

Linocut by #printmaker Mariann Johansen-Ellis #WomensArt

Blue and white print featuring a stylised country walk with bending path, animals figures and features of the countryside as well as text stating 'A walk along country lanes is happiness'

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 3d

I'm delighted that this is finally out, and my paper is in such good company! ☺️
huge thanks to Manuel Gustavo Isaac, Steffen Koch, and Kevin Sharp for all their work with this incredible project 🙏
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

New Perspectives on Conceptual Engineering - Volume 2

This book develops novel connections between conceptual engineering and a variety of fields and methods in analytic philosophy.

link.springer.com

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 5d

nooooo

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 5d

Japan is facing a potential shortage of its most popular beer after a cyberattack against beverage maker Asahi forced its systems offline. www.theverge.com/news/791192/...

Asahi Super Dry is running dry.

www.theverge.com

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 8d

Taliban have imposed a nationwide internet ban in Afghanistan, so that women can't have access to the internet and to online education.
SIM cards are also out of system

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 13d

Amazing 😍

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9wE...

#TheMoment an ancient organ was played for the first time in centuries

YouTube video by CBC News: The National

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 13d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 22d

Philosophy job seekers: there is a 6-year postdoc in philosophy of language coming up at the University of Vienna. See advertisement here: philjobs.org/job/show/29670

Assistant Professor ("Universitätsassistent Postdoc"), University of Vienna - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor ("Universitätsassistent Postdoc"), University of Vienna

An international database of jobs for philosophers

philjobs.org

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17d

@anneapplebaum2000 on the current moment of political violence: For the first time, “we have a social-media system that encourages the most outrageous, the most extreme statements, and then rewards them financially.” #TAF25

Watch here: bit.ly/46lDaLT

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Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · 19d

Feb. 2025: "... the Biden administration seemed desperate to silence people for speaking their minds," U.S. Vice President Vance said in Munich, adding that under Trump "we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer them in the public square, agree or disagree."

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 19d

The autumn conference season is about to start
I'll be in Italy as a keynote in the San Raffaele School of Philosophy, this year on Varieties of Atmospheres. Across Philosophy and History of Art
www.unisr.it/en/ricerca/p...

UniSR - School of Philosophy

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 19d

I miss a world where progress is achieved by argument and reasoning
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true...

The True Story of the Case Ruth Bader Ginsburg Argues in ‘On the Basis of Sex’

Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue was the first gender-discrimination suit Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued in court

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Tim Krief @timkrief.com · 22d

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APhil @aphil.bsky.social · 21d

Here's the announcement of the prize: solofici.org/resolucion-d...

Resolución de la convocatoria de la SLMFCE al Mejor TFM 2023-24 | Sociedad de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia en España

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APhil @aphil.bsky.social · 21d

Her thesis, "The Problem of Expert Appraisal: Metacognition and the Rationality of “Thinking for Yourself", was supervised by Thomas Sturm. You can read it here diposit.ub.edu/dspace/handl...
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Dipòsit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona: The Problem of Expert Appraisal: Metacognition and the Rationality of “Thinking for Yourself”

This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License

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BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 21d

📣 Congrats to Cathlene Centeno (APhil 2023–24) for winning 1st prize 🥇 for the Best Master’s Thesis from the Spanish Society for Logic & Philosophy of Science
👩‍🎓 #Philosophy #Logic

Many APhil teaching professors are active members of BIAP! 🌟

APhil @aphil.bsky.social · 21d

📣Cathlene Centeno, APhil alumna, won the first prize for the best Master thesis of the Spanish Society for Logic and Phil Science 🥇👩‍🎓🍾🥂

@biap.bsky.social @filosofiaub.bsky.social @slmfce.bsky.social
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27d

At first when teaching about 9/11, Amy Zegart struggled to bring logical analysis and historical perspective to her lessons. Now she struggles to put the emotion back in for a generation of students with no memory of the day, Zegart wrote in 2021.

None of My Students Remember 9/11

For coming generations of students, September 11 is history rather than memory. How does that affect how they learn about it?

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · 29d

BIAP – Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy @biap.bsky.social · 29d

👋 Exciting news!
Several BIAP senior members will be teaching this academic year in the APhil Master’s in Analytic Philosophy 🎓✨
aphil.ub.edu/teaching-staff

📅 Classes begin September 22 – don’t miss it!
👉 Follow @aphil.bsky.social for updates!

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29d

Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto creates delicate fabric orbs which can be worn #WomensArt

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · Sep 8

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APhil @aphil.bsky.social · Sep 8

👋This is a reminder that students accepted in the master in Analytic Philosophy for the academic year 2025-2026 can now register (complete the matrícula).

Classes start on September 22.

Welcome to the new cohort of students!🥰

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · Sep 8

I have edited one of the "good" ones. It's free for authors because the Faculty in Lisbon puts up the money (from Portuguese tax payers taxes).
I'm not clear that Portuguese tax payers should take up the burden?
Thought is also open access, and what it charges IS to pay the manager's salary.

Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · Sep 8

Yes, I think there have been more and more good subdiscipline open access journals. They are all worth taking seriously!!

A partial list:
liao.shen-yi.org/openaccess/

I've also tried to, individually, submit more to these journals.

Open Access Journals (That I Like)

A partial list of 'platinum' or 'diamond' open access journals in or near philosophy

liao.shen-yi.org

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Teresa Marques @teresafm.bsky.social · Sep 8

Workshop coming up

sites.google.com/view/andress...

Workshop: Acquaintance, Familiarity & Value

The workshop Acquaintance, Familiarity & Value will take place at the University of Barcelona on November 6-7th, 2025. Invited speakers include: Natasha Korotkova (Utrecht University) Justin Khoo (MIT...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 4

Portugal’s government declared a day of national mourning on Thursday, a day after a Lisbon funicular that is a popular tourist attraction crashed and killed 17 people.

After Deadly Lisbon Funicular Crash, Portugal Declares a Day of Mourning

The authorities are investigating an accident that killed 17 people and working to identify victims, which they said had Portuguese and foreign surnames.

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Aug 30

I can

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is nothing else but a hybrid war that Russia wages against Europe

Let's name things as they really are:Russia has made an assassination attempt of the President of the European Commission

Russia has been jamming GPS-signals over many Eastern Europe countries that are in its immediate vicinity

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Sep 1

❗️The plane Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu was on was forced to land in Bulgaria due to suspected Russian GPS interference -FT

There are reports that the pilots even had to use paper maps due to GPS jamming as they made the emergency landing.

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