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Academics, who like to laugh about the students’ clichéd preamble “For thousands of years, people have wondered about…,” also like to begin “No one has yet provided a thorough study of…”

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Everybody chill out and take an epistemology pill

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We are all our own classic New Yorker cover cartoon... (psst, those younger can google Saul Steinberg, 9th avenue, New Yorker)

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Theateritis: “the tendency of military commanders to look only at the needs of their own theater of operation, and not at the requirements of fighting the war as a whole.”

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An excellent essay about misconduct in Alzheimer’s research. “Hubris and lassitude about misconduct — shared by other funders and regulators, journals and universities — has to change. Alzheimer’s research must start self-policing effectively.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...

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Moore’s proof strikes almost everyone as circular. Yet, Moore appears curiously indifferent to this worry—what gives? My paper, “Moore’s Fourth Condition,” forthcoming in the Journal of the History of Philosophy, draws on unpublished archival evidence to provide some answers. tinyurl.com/2c48txr9

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“Philosophy is the conflict between the obvious and the obvious.” – Renford Bambrough (1926–99)

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“Never trust anyone”

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What is a question in philosophy where, the more you read and think, the deeper it seems?

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“In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.” Iris Murdoch.

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Philosophy, according to Irwin Edman (1896–1954), a professor at Columbia University, is “a peculiarly serious and comprehensive kind of poetry.”

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Richard Cartwright, a well-regarded philosopher who spent most of his career at MIT, got into graduate school with this recommendation letter as a part of his application.

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An audacious grad school application cover letter from James Ross, who taught at UPenn until his death in 2010. “The application asks what my future plens and ambitions may be. In a word they are this: to become the finest and most influential professor of philosophy in the country.”

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Why do people interpret numbers to favor their political preferences? Do numeracy skills affect this bias? @clintmckenna.bsky.social and @daviddunning6.bsky.social examine psychological mechanisms underlying biased interpretation of scientific data. #PsychSky psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

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A list of what I am planning to cover in the podcasts on early modern French and Dutch philosophy (17th-18th centuries). The first episode of this series will go up on Feb 2 after we finish off the Counterreformation with Galileo. www.historyofphilosophy.net/what-to-expe... #philsky #earlymodern

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Thrilled for my book's release in Spring 2025. Excited to be in conversation and to learn more. #martinlutherkingjr #nonviolence #emotions @oxunipress.bsky.social

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Arizona lawn art

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Epistemologists talking about hands!

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“I can smell burnt toast” 🇨🇦 youtu.be/pUOG2g4hj8s?...

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Sometimes a book’s blurb contains a line that’s so good you immediately know you have to buy it, despite the fact you’ve never encountered the author. “vibrant portraits of some of the most intensely irritating intellectuals ever known” press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Nothing new under the sun

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I think there is a myriad of ways philosophers and behavioral scientists can benefit from crosstalk. A wealth of opportunities are simply being missed. First, take philosophical contributions to science. A 🧵1/n @nathanballantyne.bsky.social‬

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Social Epistemologists: I was trying to populate a starter pack for us manually but got lazy and thought it would be much more fun to turn this into a game! Post a link to your favourite paper you wrote on the topic below with a post-length abstract and I’ll add you to it! #PhilSky #SocEpis

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