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People saying false things and making claims based on no good evidence -- and against the evidence -- is such a problem. 1000wordphilosophy.com/2022/01/28/e...

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Do you know anyone who makes bad arguments? That is, they do do a poor job giving reasons to support their views? Knowing something about #arguments can help you identify bad arguments & make good arguments! That can help! #logic #philosophy #ethics 1000wordphilosophy.com/2022/12/28/a...

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Logic quiz update. Yesterday I asked a random group of people if these are bad arguments and, if so, why. Many, perhaps most, respondents were not able to do that. We can only hope that this was too easy for many people and so they didn't respond. #logic #criticalthinking #syllogisms

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Literally begging people to read @radiofreetom.bsky.social I. @theatlantic.com today (I’ve gifted the link to you) because facts matter, history matters, expertise - expertise like his - MATTERS, IT COUNTS, IT IS CRUCIAL, OH MY GOD: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Another great writing by the great Lane Taylor: responsiblethinker.substack.com/p/men-and-ab...

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I’m no techno-pessimist but if I hear one more administrator tell faculty that using AI for papers is no different than using a calculator in maths, I’ll… …just weep. Nothing more. #PhilSky

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🎓 Are humanities degrees still valuable in the AI era? In this OpEd, Paul Johnson, Jacqueline Edmondson, & Natalie Jones of @usouthernmaine.bsky.social explore how liberal arts grads bring essential skills to the workplace. Read more in @pressherald.bsky.social ⤵️

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What are #philosophical concepts that would be good for #vegan & #animalrights folks to understand? the concept of an implication, argument patterns (syllogisms, modus tollens), counterexamples, "ought implies can," denying the antecedent, begging the question; What else?

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Are Fetuses "Innocent Human Beings"? responsiblethinker.substack.com/p/are-fetuse... #innocent #innocence #abortion #bioethics #prochoice #prolife #ethics #bioethics

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It's apparently a rule that whenever anyone discusses AI, they must declare that "It's not going away!"a

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A reader wrote and told us that he reads a 1000-Word Philosophy essay every morning while he has breakfast! Sounds like a great morning routine! #philosophy #ethics #criticalthinking #LOGIC #reading #education #learning #Students #student

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Our new animal #morality / #speciesism paper shows children deem it more morally wrong to eat meat than adults. They don't show (yet) the cognitive dissonance reducing reasoning about factory farming we adults use. #psychscisky #socialpsyc #moralPhil srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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In thinking about ethical issues, we need to consider the effects of the action on everyone affected by it: who will be affected if we allow this? who will be affected if we don't allow this? What are the +'s and -'s for each person -- each being -- affected? Anything else is unfair. #ethics

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So many ethics and philosophy relevant issues lately. First, does ethics require that we consider everyone equally, in some sense, or can we be "partial" to anyone? If so, who? And why? And what are the limits to that partiality, if any? Discussion here: 1000wordphilosophy.com/2014/08/18/i...

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So many ethics and philosophy relevant issues lately. Second, are we really justified in giving people physically close to us, or in our country, preference over other people, and other beings? Discussion here: 1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/03/05/e...

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"We need experts to be vocal and visible—at community events taking people’s questions about vaccines seriously and answering them in language that the people can understand. Health professionals need to start talking to people as peers, not as patients." www.thehastingscenter.org/a-secret-to-...

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Made a video yesterday about calls to get off platforms & not support certain businesses due to the bad people and policies at the top. I wonder if #vegans are a bit more familiar with the need to compromise on things like this: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Y1EJYM/

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Something new, by me, of potential interest: "Feminist Philosophical Fact-Checking" @ the Blog of IJFAB: the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics www.ijfab.org/blog/2025/01... #philosophy #ethics #abortion #bioethics #feminism #feminist #FactCheck #logic

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I wrote something encouraging informed people to engage in "philosophical fact checking." Check it out!

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New on the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics Blog: An essay by @nathannobis.bsky.social on "philosophical fact checking" that could not be more timely. www.ijfab.org/blog/2025/01...

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Why appealing to "God's essential nature" to explain ethics doesn't work and isn't helpful either. youtu.be/tBUcoe2-uPA?... #ethics #philosophy #theism #god #euthyphro #apologetics #divinecommand #divinecommandtheory

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The latest episode of “Lives Well Lived”, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, is now available. In this episode, we talk to @adamgrant.bsky.social, organizational psychologist, best-selling author, and professor...

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I've been teaching philosophy and ethics for a while now. It used to be that when people observed that some view or theory or argument could be used to support Nazism, that was taken to be a refutation of that claim. Times have changed, for the worse.

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Doing public philosophy in a difficult times. Unfortunately, due to health considerations I'm not as active as I once was but I hope that these tips, which I gained through experience being someone engaged in projects relating to the public good and disseminating philosophy for a big audience 1/

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ChatGPT explains why common anti-abortion arguments and soundbites are mistaken: www.abortionarguments.com/2025/01/chat... #abortion #prochoice #prolife #chatGPT #AI #ethics #philosophy

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What is philosophy? This article is a great introductory answer, and the video version of it is fantastic! #philosophy #whatisphilosophy #teaching #teachingphilosophy #ethics #logic #criticalthinking 1000wordphilosophy.com/2020/10/10/p...

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Anti-abortion folks tend to have very poor arguments, and they are resist to learning that and why (believe it or not!). What does ChatGPT say about some of their claims? What will they think about what ChatGPT says?? #abortion #prochoice #prolife www.abortionarguments.com/2025/01/chat...

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So is there any research that AI use often benefits users' abilities to read and comprehend, engage in any thoughtful or critical manners, and then write and communicate about all that? I see things that deny all that, but nothing affirming it: is there anything? #AI #chatgpt

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Just in time for the AI policies to go into my syllabi - I've cleared my brain of all of its frustrations regarding generative AI. I think it's important to resist the stuff. For all of us. And for no greater reason than preserving our humanity. I think the stakes are that high.

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