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jocelynmaclure.bsky.social
Philosophy Professor, Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature & Technology, McGill University https://www.mcgill.ca/jarislowsky-chair/ Président, Commission de l’éthique en science et en technologie du Québec, 2017-2024
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Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19, University of Helsinki. Our invited speakers this year are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown, and @kevinzollman.com . We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 10. More information here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsci #philsky

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Je n’ai pas suivi avec attention l’évolution des revues d’idées québécoises depuis que j’ai quitté (il y a longtemps déjà) Nouveau Projet. Quels sont les magazines actuels les plus intéressants, qui publient des textes qui ne sont pas nécessairement politiques?

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Très beau texte. À lire, en particulier pour ceux qui, comme moi, connaissent mal la vie et l’œuvre de Marc Bloch.

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I was so appalled by Vance’s Munich speech that I overlooked his cringe joke on G. Thunberg. ‘´If American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg scolding, you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk’´. Wow, who’s the snowflake now.

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Texte important du professeur @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social. Il nous invite, notamment, à " repenser les conditions de la rationalité, du savoir et de la discussion libre dans les circonstances qui sont les nôtres".

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Nouveau texte dans La Presse+: l’autonomie rationnelle et la pensée critique sont souvent présentées comme des antidotes à la désinformation, à la manipulation et aux chambres d’écho.

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"Nous devons nous réconcilier avec notre dépendance épistémique radicale, c-à-d le fait que nos croyances dépendent lourdement du témoignage des autres et des savoirs produits par les institutions. La dépendance épistémique nous rend vulnérables." @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social in @lapresse.ca

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This is why we need trained philosophers in public policy, both inside and outside academia. ‘´Contrary to the claim once made by Milton Friedman, positive analysis (what is) cannot be separated from normative claims (what ought to be).´

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Been waiting all my adult life for a new Golden Age in Arts and Culture.

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“One way of saying this is that until just the other day there was really no such thing as U.S. manufacturing, Canadian manufacturing or Mexican manufacturing, just North American manufacturing — a highly efficient, mutually beneficial system that sprawled across the three nations’ borders.”

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Giving online talk on “Ethics in Academic Publishing” at the SJ Center for Business Ethics on Feb. 10 at 5pm EST. I’ll be discussing the crisis of for-profit academic journal publishing, the emerging diamond open access alternative, and what we can do. You can register to attend online here:

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How can liberal #democracies respond to the rise of right-wing #populism? Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views by Gabriele Badano & @alasianuti.bsky.social (Oxford Academic) reviewed by @andrewshorten.bsky.social @politics-ul.bsky.social 👇

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The Journal Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques has a CFP for a special issue on AI Safety and Public Policy in Canada. Research coming from all relevant disciplines are welcome. I was asked to serve on the guest editorial committee to advise on AI Ethics papers.

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Timely speech by a superb movie director (via Patrick Weil) m.youtube.com/watch?si=Jsr...

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Quand @janictremblay.bsky.social s’entretient avec le prof Chapoutot sur la contemporanéité du nazisme, ça donne une entrevue à écouter ici: ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

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As far as I can tell from this interview, I don’t fully share Mark Lemley’s views on LLMs, but this is this is the right kind of attitude :

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Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19, University of Helsinki. Our invited speakers this year are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown, and @kevinzollman.com . Find the call for abstracts here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsci #philsky

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Excited about this article coming out. Timely study of how to engage with people we think are echo-chambered. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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If you watch only one short video today, make it this one. Remarkable bravery, and the looks on the various faces could be material for a dissertation on gender, the family, and authoritarianism. youtu.be/gVInX42IQD8?...

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Recklessness

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Next Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology work-in-progress seminar: Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert (PhD candidate, Oxford), "Empathy in Animals: Its Epistemic Moral Relevance and Limitations", Jan 31, 3:30. To obtain a copy of the paper: www.mcgill.ca/jarislowsky-...

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Epistemic democrats say the legitimacy of democracy depends on its ability to make good decisions. If voters are incompetent, we should abandon democracy. Critics say this is a problem. I say: let's gamble democracy on epistemology! Now forthcoming in Episteme! philpapers.org/rec/HANBDO-4

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Happy that The Economist is covering advance medical assistance in dying requests in Quebec in its latest issue. I was the co-chair of the panel of experts that recommended allowing patients who will lose their capacity to make informed medical decisions to request MAID in advance.

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It’s hard to be hopeful these days, but President Boric’s take down of the broligachy at the wonderful Congreso Futuro was a boon.

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