Is it worse to get mauled to death by a wolf (in an almost instant death kind of way) or to endure the sufferings of academic life?
#phisky #wolfsoncampus
#phisky #wolfsoncampus
October 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Is it worse to get mauled to death by a wolf (in an almost instant death kind of way) or to endure the sufferings of academic life?
#phisky #wolfsoncampus
#phisky #wolfsoncampus
What happens if two psychiatrists assess the same patient? On today's post, Mateo Boberg, Julie Nordgaard and Mads Gram Henriksen explore how reliable psychiatric diagnoses are in the 21st century.
imperfectcognitions....
#newresearch #phisky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
#newresearch #phisky #philpsy
The Reliability of Psychiatric Diagnosis
A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.
imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com
October 1, 2026 at 7:00 AM
What happens if two psychiatrists assess the same patient? On today's post, Mateo Boberg, Julie Nordgaard and Mads Gram Henriksen explore how reliable psychiatric diagnoses are in the 21st century.
imperfectcognitions....
#newresearch #phisky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
#newresearch #phisky #philpsy
My research method is thinking very hard and then adding
"however" until it looks rigorous.
#phisky #philosophysky #academicsky #consci #cogsci
"however" until it looks rigorous.
#phisky #philosophysky #academicsky #consci #cogsci
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
My research method is thinking very hard and then adding
"however" until it looks rigorous.
#phisky #philosophysky #academicsky #consci #cogsci
"however" until it looks rigorous.
#phisky #philosophysky #academicsky #consci #cogsci
Next month at @winterbournehouse.bsky.social Charlotte Hempel leads a lunchtime workshop on the Dead Sea Scrolls! www.winterbourne.org.uk/whats-on/dea... #philosophyforeveryone #phisky thanks @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting the series.
Philosophy Workshop: The Dead Sea Scrolls
Discover a cutting-edge research project on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Rural Economy of Judea and beyond.
www.winterbourne.org.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Next month at @winterbournehouse.bsky.social Charlotte Hempel leads a lunchtime workshop on the Dead Sea Scrolls! www.winterbourne.org.uk/whats-on/dea... #philosophyforeveryone #phisky thanks @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting the series.
“There is no special philosophical method and no special philosophical subject matter.” #philsky #phisky via @coreymaley.net
November 19, 2023 at 11:24 PM
“There is no special philosophical method and no special philosophical subject matter.” #philsky #phisky via @coreymaley.net
What does it mean to live a good life? 🤔
He’s how #Plato, #Confucius, #Epicurus and the #Stoics, have tried to answer questions about happiness, peace, and purpose.
#phisky #philosophy
youtu.be/Pu8NWP32mNQ?...
He’s how #Plato, #Confucius, #Epicurus and the #Stoics, have tried to answer questions about happiness, peace, and purpose.
#phisky #philosophy
youtu.be/Pu8NWP32mNQ?...
Happiness: Are we doing it wrong? | How to have a Good Life | Thought Tickle
YouTube video by Thought Tickle
youtu.be
January 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What does it mean to live a good life? 🤔
He’s how #Plato, #Confucius, #Epicurus and the #Stoics, have tried to answer questions about happiness, peace, and purpose.
#phisky #philosophy
youtu.be/Pu8NWP32mNQ?...
He’s how #Plato, #Confucius, #Epicurus and the #Stoics, have tried to answer questions about happiness, peace, and purpose.
#phisky #philosophy
youtu.be/Pu8NWP32mNQ?...
February 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Maybe mind blanking allows reparative functions to be carried out during wakefulness."
#phisky #consciousness
psyche.co/ideas/what-y...
#phisky #consciousness
psyche.co/ideas/what-y...
What your mind’s blank moments reveal about consciousness | Psyche Ideas
Scientists are uncovering the nature of an elusive mental experience that challenges what it means to be conscious
psyche.co
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
"Maybe mind blanking allows reparative functions to be carried out during wakefulness."
#phisky #consciousness
psyche.co/ideas/what-y...
#phisky #consciousness
psyche.co/ideas/what-y...
WOOHOO #philsci #phisky #sentience
Cocky's celebrating with her fave Angus Young from AC⚡DC impersonation to "Back in Black" - 🎶coz she's refusing to hit the sack🎶, waiting for humans to crack🎶 from the sound of her track🎶
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March 22, 2026 at 11:26 AM
WOOHOO #philsci #phisky #sentience
Cocky's celebrating with her fave Angus Young from AC⚡DC impersonation to "Back in Black" - 🎶coz she's refusing to hit the sack🎶, waiting for humans to crack🎶 from the sound of her track🎶
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Time is running out the fastest
So register NEOW so you know how to give me positive welfare while I take over the world, K?
#animalrights #animals #sentience #phisky #philsci
So register NEOW so you know how to give me positive welfare while I take over the world, K?
#animalrights #animals #sentience #phisky #philsci
March 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Time is running out the fastest
So register NEOW so you know how to give me positive welfare while I take over the world, K?
#animalrights #animals #sentience #phisky #philsci
So register NEOW so you know how to give me positive welfare while I take over the world, K?
#animalrights #animals #sentience #phisky #philsci
Have you asked yourself lately
- What are zoos for?
- WHO are zoos for?
No? well I suggest you listen to the latest interview with Walt & Heather + buy their new book.
I'm listening to Walt discuss 🐘🐘 right this minute because 🐘🐘 rock 🤘
#animalrights #animals #sentience #phisky #philsci
- What are zoos for?
- WHO are zoos for?
No? well I suggest you listen to the latest interview with Walt & Heather + buy their new book.
I'm listening to Walt discuss 🐘🐘 right this minute because 🐘🐘 rock 🤘
#animalrights #animals #sentience #phisky #philsci
Enjoyed talking with @jamiewoodhouse.bsky.social recently for his Sentientism podcast (@sentientism.bsky.social), about our new book on the role of modern and future zoos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb74...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb74...
What (and who) Are Zoos For? - Heather Browning and @DrWalterVeit - Sentientism 223
YouTube video by Sentientism
www.youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Have you asked yourself lately
- What are zoos for?
- WHO are zoos for?
No? well I suggest you listen to the latest interview with Walt & Heather + buy their new book.
I'm listening to Walt discuss 🐘🐘 right this minute because 🐘🐘 rock 🤘
#animalrights #animals #sentience #phisky #philsci
- What are zoos for?
- WHO are zoos for?
No? well I suggest you listen to the latest interview with Walt & Heather + buy their new book.
I'm listening to Walt discuss 🐘🐘 right this minute because 🐘🐘 rock 🤘
#animalrights #animals #sentience #phisky #philsci
Harvard Pragmatism trained philosopher Winthrop Bell: "the philosopher Edmund Husserl...called him brilliant. Recently declassified papers reveal him as ...British secret agent A12 reporting from Germany, he gave.. warnings of the nascent Nazi ideology in 1919, &...their plans for race war." #phisky
Winthrop Bell | Harvard Magazine
Brief life of a philosopher and spy: 1884-1965
www.harvardmagazine.com
March 20, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Harvard Pragmatism trained philosopher Winthrop Bell: "the philosopher Edmund Husserl...called him brilliant. Recently declassified papers reveal him as ...British secret agent A12 reporting from Germany, he gave.. warnings of the nascent Nazi ideology in 1919, &...their plans for race war." #phisky
Two cool-looking articles in my mailbox today: one by @193.bsky.social making the case for the underdetermination of data, and another by Ahmad Elabbar providing an institutional analysis of value influence in climate science. #philsci #phisky #valuesinscience #climate
Links in comments
Links in comments
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Two cool-looking articles in my mailbox today: one by @193.bsky.social making the case for the underdetermination of data, and another by Ahmad Elabbar providing an institutional analysis of value influence in climate science. #philsci #phisky #valuesinscience #climate
Links in comments
Links in comments
I've just been told that my course has 10 sign-ups, which is very heartening!
This means that there are only two places left!
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/lets...
This means that there are only two places left!
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/lets...
January 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
1. Problems and Possibilities View of Scientific Understanding: Scientific understanding is the competence to engage with, reflect on/compare, and evaluate possible solutions to relevant problems.
2. What does the possibility of plant consciousness mean for my veganism?
#philsci #phisky
2. What does the possibility of plant consciousness mean for my veganism?
#philsci #phisky
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
November 12, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Good morning, #phisky, #philsci, #conservation, #envhum and 🌎
@federicabocchi.bsky.social has an upcoming paper in Philosophy and Biology, arguing that we are not doomed to skepticism regarding biodiversity despite its multiple/conflicting measures. Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24138/
@federicabocchi.bsky.social has an upcoming paper in Philosophy and Biology, arguing that we are not doomed to skepticism regarding biodiversity despite its multiple/conflicting measures. Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24138/
Biodiversity Skepticism and Measurement Practices - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
November 1, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Good morning, #phisky, #philsci, #conservation, #envhum and 🌎
@federicabocchi.bsky.social has an upcoming paper in Philosophy and Biology, arguing that we are not doomed to skepticism regarding biodiversity despite its multiple/conflicting measures. Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24138/
@federicabocchi.bsky.social has an upcoming paper in Philosophy and Biology, arguing that we are not doomed to skepticism regarding biodiversity despite its multiple/conflicting measures. Preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24138/
“Conservationists should not think about human rights law as a framework that constrains their actions, but as one which can serve as a guide for how to do conservation well and effectively from the bottom up...” (contributing author Anouska Perram from FPP.) #philsci #phisky 🌎
🚨 A major new report on conservation and human rights was launched yesterday at COP16 by @iccs.bsky.social and Forest Peoples Programme
The report outlines a rights-based approach to conservation 👇
bit.ly/3YHgPEl
The report outlines a rights-based approach to conservation 👇
bit.ly/3YHgPEl
New guidance on conservation and human rights launched at CBD COP16
bit.ly
October 30, 2024 at 10:47 AM
A homogenous and oversimplified view of science skepticism might be short-sighted: "Based on the heterogeneous nature of skepticism(s), we argue that research and policy should be careful in approaching science skepticism as a general negative predisposition toward science." #philsci #phisky
Is science skepticism really about science?
Abstract. Despite the recent rise in public and academic concern, science skepticism remains ill-defined. This paper sets out to further our understanding
academic.oup.com
October 19, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Weekends are for book reviews, part 4565:
Rune Nyrup reviews Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem, by Travis LaCroix
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky
Rune Nyrup reviews Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem, by Travis LaCroix
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky
Travis LaCroix, Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem | BJPS Review of Books
Rune Nyrup reviews Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem, by Travis LaCroix
www.thebsps.org
June 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Weekends are for book reviews, part 4565:
Rune Nyrup reviews Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem, by Travis LaCroix
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky
Rune Nyrup reviews Artificial Intelligence and the Value Alignment Problem, by Travis LaCroix
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky
New from the BJPS Review of Books:
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
Guido Bacciagaluppi and Elise Crull, The Einstein Paradox | BJPS Review of Books
Thomas Ryckman reviews The Einstein Paradox, by Guido Bacciagaluppi and Elise Crull
www.thebsps.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New from the BJPS Review of Books:
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
The Einstein Paradox
– Guido Bacciagaluppi & Elise Crull
Reviewed by Thomas Ryckman
Read it here:
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
#philsci #phisky #hps
Darin drückt sich gesunde Halbbildung aus, der Spaghettimonster-Kommentar hat ja nicht lange auf sich warten lassen.
Atheismus ist übrigens selbst ne steile These, aber das war ja auch nicht dein Punkt.
#phisky
Atheismus ist übrigens selbst ne steile These, aber das war ja auch nicht dein Punkt.
#phisky
November 24, 2023 at 9:38 PM
Darin drückt sich gesunde Halbbildung aus, der Spaghettimonster-Kommentar hat ja nicht lange auf sich warten lassen.
Atheismus ist übrigens selbst ne steile These, aber das war ja auch nicht dein Punkt.
#phisky
Atheismus ist übrigens selbst ne steile These, aber das war ja auch nicht dein Punkt.
#phisky