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semimetic.bsky.social
Philosopher of language and technology
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The poet philosopher of the piano. RIP Alfred Brendel

Bald eagle!

A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

Klimt, by Schiele. In honor of @semimetic.bsky.social's Wien wisits

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Soliloquy (1996) for Cello Joyce Mekeel youtu.be/lhU7_gIpjN8?...

Timeline cleanse

Wisdom from my calendar

Happy Wittgenstein’s Birthday! Celebrate by repoetizing Philosophy. #Wittgenstein #BlueskyPhilosophy #philosophy #botd

What better day to launch a Bluesky account than our birthday? We turn 225 today! 🎂 🥳 Here's a brief summary of the Library's history, courtesy of Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress. www.loc.gov/about/histor...

Big day here in Maine. The first piping plover eggs of the season have been spotted!

1000 Dank für die Zeit, die ihr uns schenkt und mit der #dissenspflege verbringt 🙏🙏🙏

Je suis au bout de l'anglais"* which translates to "I am all about de English." *James Joyce

I don’t think most of the people who talk about Hegel on social media should be allowed to read Hegel.

Almost a thousand people turned out in my sleepy little town in Maine! And this adorable dog!

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AAH, MOZART.

Call for Paper - Deadline Extension: 30th March 2025 Wittgenstein & Feminism.

This car is 100% American made and will not be subject to the new tariffs.

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com

TODAY: Josh and Ray explore the life and thought of Alan Turing with Juliet Floyd from @bostonu.bsky.social, editor of "Philosophical Explorations of the Legacy of Alan Turing" – 11 am on @kalwradio.bsky.social 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso.... #AI #philosophy #PhilSky

Curious problem you have there. Have you tried using maieutics?

Can’t wait for Superb Owl Sunday 📸 Ian Turner

“In order to be happy, one must have freed oneself of prejudices, one must be virtuous, healthy, have tastes and passions, and be susceptible to illusions; for we owe most of our pleasures to illusions, and unhappy is the one who has lost them.” Happy Birthday, Émilie du Châtelet

Schroedinger’s yoghurt

Book haul! Arthur Danto’s “What Art Is.” #aesthetics #philSky

Happy Thanksgiving! Grateful for my loved ones, family, friends — and for the opportunity to get to have a crack at this thing called philosophy.

It’s out & #OpenAccess 🎉🎉 My 1st book ´Chemistry’s Metaphysics’ is one of the most creative projects Ive undertaken. Filled w/ metaphysical questions explored through a chemical lens, hopefully it contributes to the interaction of chemistry & philosophy www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Teaching a philosophy of art class tomorrow and not to toot my own trumpet but this feels relevant again

This is clever and I like it

… folgt uns auch auf #instagram #dissenspflege #bleibtimdiskurs

What are you doing for World Philosophy Day tomorrow? #philsky Am giving a talk for new students at the University of Hagen as part of the Hagen Week of Philosophy. Was ist Technik? Zur Einführung in die Technikphilosophie. What is Technology? An introduction to philosophy of technology.

I’ve created a new feed for #philosophy job listings. It includes posts with the hashtags #PhilJob, #PhilJobs or #PhilosophyJobs, as well as links to philjobs.org. Save/pin and like the feed if you find it useful! 🙏 #PhilSky #academia bsky.app/profile/did:...