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Caro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · 11h

For anyone working in Cool Philosophy (social philosophy intersected with M&E), this looks like a fantastic opportunity! philjobs.org/job/show/30010

Lecturer or Associate Professor, University of Leeds - PhilJobs:JFP Lecturer or Associate Professor, University of Leeds

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 1d

Our philosophy job ad is also up on PhilJobs now: philjobs.org/job/show/30010

#PhilosophyJobs

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 2d

Great city, great colleagues; if you fit the (quite flexible) profile, you should apply.

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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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 2d

We'll consider any combination of these specialisms in social and theoretical philosophy. You may have equal levels of research specialism in both, or one may be more dominant; the two areas may reflect two aspects of your work or different non-intersecting areas of interest. Spread the word! 2/2

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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...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 2d

A real cliffhanger there: "some-..."!

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 4d

Miira Tuominen and I edited this new book from Brill with no fewer than 25 chapters on various aspects of ancient and medieval philosophy in Greek, Arabic, and Latin texts. Actually there's a little Persian in there too.

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Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy

"Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy" published on 29 Sep 2025 by Brill.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10d

Trump is building a personalist regime where every university must bend the knee or lose funding and every business must bend the knee or face tariffs, H-1B fees, and regulatory blackmail. You can't cover each domain in isolation; they are all the same story.

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10d

Awarding scientific grants based on scientific merit? That pales in comparison to my strategy, giving grants based on political loyalty

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Wp EXCLUSIVE
White House considers funding advantage for colleges that align with Trump policies The proposal could potentially transform the government's vast research funding operation, which has long awarded university grants based on scientific merit.
Today at 6:00 a.m. EDT

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 10d

Top-level shitposting.🤌

Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 10d

You can disagree with how Eric Adams ran the City, but you have to admire his integrity and judgment

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 11d

Some other highlights from EMST: Janis Rafa's multisensory installation "We Betrayed the Horses", Britta Marakatt-Labba's embroideries, and Nabil Boutros's "Celebrities/Ovine Condition" (portrait photographs of 65 sheep). The building is also amazing, with a terrace overlooking the Acropolis. 2/2

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 11d

Anyone in Athens soon, visit the "Why Look at Animals?" exhibition at EMST. Of course varied, but a high hit rate. I LOVED the 8 conceptually and visually amazing chronophotographs of bird flight paths by Xavi Bou (xavibou.com). His Ornitographies book at home on a lazy Saturday is a real treat. 1/2

Xavi Bou, Ornitography #237, 2922. Sturnus vulgaris and Falco Peregrinus, Common Starling and Peregrine Falcon. Roses, Catalonia. C-Print on Aludibond. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Senda, Barcelona.

Xavi Bou, Ornitography #226, 2022. Sturnus vulgaris, Common Starling, Roses, Catalonia. C-Print on Aludibond. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Senda, Barcelona.

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ETHICS journal @ethicsjournal.bsky.social · 12d

The October 2025 issue of ETHICS is now available on the University of Chicago Press site www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/et/2025/... #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Ethics | Vol 136, No 1

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 18d

Well done Songkick.

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 20d

I hope more people will come to a long overdue realization that academia dot edu is an utter crap company.

Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · Sep 4

Finding new, more foolish, ways to make the future of the UK's higher education sector more perilous isn't easy, but somehow the head of the OfS has managed it. The decision to create that organisation was a disaster.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wait what now the new OfS chair wants to start using the TEF ratings to make consequential decisions about university funding including fee increases? Better make sure it is a very reliable measure
www.thetimes.com/article/8a02...

In his first interview since joining the OfS in July, he said: "The rating that
institutions get will have consequences. At the moment they don't really, because they're just used much as a branding exercise by institutions concerned.
"This will be about particular opportunities being more open to institutions which have gold or silver rather than bronze for instance, or being more favourably viewed. The DfE is currently using that as a criterion for who can get access to modular funding from the Student Loans Company, as part of the lifelong learning entitlement.
"So there will be consequences in the future to having different TEF ratings."

He said: "You can also see it being used to shape the sort of fee increase that institutions could put in place. One option might be to base future fee increases on TEF rating. You can see why you might do that."

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is so well done. Pretty much all killer no filler.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Sep 2

"In the weeks since, I’ve found myself unable to commit—grammatically, affectively, institutionally. Where once I might have said, 'I teach,' I now say, 'There are moments in which I find myself adjacent to pedagogy.' Friends have grown concerned. My dog, unfed."

I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences

When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...

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Kevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · Jul 24

Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.

Screenshot of Columbia's settlement with the White House

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Jul 17

we would be in a much better state in this country if we stopped focusing on anointing a chosen few working class students into Oxbridge, and instead properly funded all the different sorts of universities that attract students from a wide range of backgrounds already

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Jul 17

Oxford University and @cam.ac.uk have each received a £6.25 million gift to expand their outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in STEM subjects.

Find out more ⬇️

Joint donation to Oxford and Cambridge helps young people overcome

The University of Oxford has received a £6.25 million gift to expand its outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

www.ox.ac.uk

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Confirmed speakers: Bahram Assadian (Leeds), Maria Alvarez (KCL), Helen Beebee (Leeds), Otávio Bueno (Miami), Mik Burley (Leeds), Chris Daly (Manchester), Stephen Mumford (Durham), Rowland Stout (UCD), Andrea White.

Organized by the Centre for Theoretical Philosophy at @leedsprhs.bsky.social. 2/2

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Call for Registration: A two-day conference (Sept 18-19) at University of Leeds in honor of the work of Helen Steward and Scott Shalkowski -- two excellent philosophers and colleagues who are retiring. Details and free registration at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...

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Conference in Honour of Helen Steward and Scott Shalkowski

A two-day conference in celebration of the work of Helen Steward and Scott Shalkowski.

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ETHICS journal @ethicsjournal.bsky.social · Jun 18

The July 2025 issue of ETHICS is now available on the University of Chicago Press site www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/et/2025/... #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Ethics | Vol 135, No 4

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · Jun 19

In transit to FrankMeta.7. Very much looking forward to a bunch of interesting talks and good discussions! And then one tentative oddball paper that'll kick it all off... #philsky

www.frankfurt-school.de/en/home/rese...

7th Frankfurt Metaethics Conference (FrankMeta.7)

FrankMeta.7 is designed to bring together philosophers working on normativity and metanormativity, broadly construed

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Sam Brody @samuelhayimbrody.bsky.social · May 29

unions: they get the job done

IWW IU 520 (Railroad Workers) PRESENTS:

TROLLEY PROBLEM SOLUTION

“Slip the switch” by flipping it while the trolley’s front wheels have passed through, but before the back wheels do. This will cause a controlled derailment bringing the trolley to a safe halt.

Thank a rail worker today!

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · May 19

"support diverted from certain subjects including journalism and media studies towards lab-based courses" we ALREADY DO THIS, it is why the tuition fee is the same for humanities subjects as STEM subjects, we cross-subsidize internally across faculties, why do no government ministers understand this

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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · May 16

Foundations of Morality workshop at the University of Leeds, June 10-11. Keynotes: Julia Driver (UT Austin) and Michael Smith (Princeton). Programme and registration details are now up at philevents.org/event/show/1.... Registration deadline: June 1st. Join us there!
#Philosophy

Foundations of Morality Workshop

The aim of the workshop is to further our understanding of foundational questions about morality. We are open to perspectives from both metaethics and normative ethics, addressing questions such as: W...

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