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philosopher | linguist | winsome rogue i teach philosophy at the university of kentucky papers here: https://philpeople.org/profiles/patrick-skeels
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Stephen Yablo decided to update his various philosophical positions on philpeople. Now my entire feed is Yablo. This is a huge improvement to the website, and they should keep it this way.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Been away from MTG for awhile. Recently learned that the “golden age” of MTG ends with Onslaught block. I’ve never felt so old.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Groundr, a dating app for metaphysicians

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Advertise you account with a Simpsons gif

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Rudolph Lingens? I don’t know the guy.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

jive ≠ jibe I saw this mistake like four times in the last 24hrs, and I had to say something.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Playing SMTV Vengeance, and it is unnerving to have so many quality of life upgrades in an SMT game. I feel like I should be suffering.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Not much ontology on my feed this morning, and I yearn for it.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Currently searching for an academic nemesis. Must have philosophical views opposite my own. PhD required. Outward displays of villainy and an ignoble visage are preferred. Serious inquiries only.

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Many have argued that we might be facing an epistemic apocalypse. Real ones know that due to the modal auxiliary “might”, this thesis is actually the epistemic modal epistemic apocalypse.

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Every year they celebrate Kant’s birthday, and they forget that it is also Jerry Fodor’s birthday. Happy birthday to The Legend

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

I’m really more of a sexy murder bureaucrat.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Me: the same OG, been low-key My dialectical opponents: no cheese , no deals, no Gs, no wheels, no keys, no boats, no snowmobiles, and no skis.

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Made this for my slides today. Peter Singer’s final form.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Man, I would be screwed without indirect proof.

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

New kind of modality just dropped.

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Dear Manager, This week, my work was: 1. Domain-specific 2. Mandatory 3. Central cognition had little access to it 4. Fast 5. Informationally encapsulated 6. Had shallow outputs 7. Had a fixed neural architecture 8. Exhibited characteristic breakdown patterns 9. Had a characteristicly paced ontogeny

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments

One of the graduate students at UK made me this. I like logic. I like manga. This captures the fact that I like logic and manga (conjunction introduction is still invalid though, sorry).

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“Sein und Zeit, it is worth mentioning, is most beautifully printed and the pages have generous margins.” - Gilbert Ryle

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

“at no cost”

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Kaplan on demonstratives: Only who can prevent forest fires? You pressed "You" referring to me. That is incorrect. The correct answer is you.

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