#Philosophers

Hunter Page-Lochard

hunterpage

[Thread]: You guys want to know the most angst dream in the world. It starts off blurry, but I’m in a house (not mine) with my wife and we don’t

John Schwenkler

johnschwenkler

How do normative considerations influence causal thinking? A short thread on my new experimental paper with Eric Sievers, "Cause, 'Cause', and Norm" (preprint here: https://philpapers.org/rec/SCHCQA-2 ). It's got

Wade Roush

wroush

Times are weird. If you're looking for something to think about that's the *exact opposite* of COVID-19, my new book "Extraterrestrals" is out today from @mitpress. Win a free copy!

ًcandia’s daughter

softxiris

— Explaining Caitlin Snow, and Killer Frost, As A Bad Character, A Thread! From her problematic actress to problematic and lazy writing, Caitlin Snow and Killer Frost are just simply

Miners' Library

swminerslibrary

We’ve put together a ‘playlist’ inspired by items from our collections. Now seems like a good time to remember the hugely valuable contribution of musicians and aligned professions, the times

Paras Chopra

paraschopra

What is truth?A thread: 1/ Whenever someone says “this is true”, or “I’m a truth-seeker”, ask them to first define truth. (Or if you’re asking this question, answer what evidence

pat

PatSkillz73

this thread will be for my live reactions to what’s happening in fmab I’ll mute it tho cuz I don’t want spoilers you can respond but idk if I’ll check

Olóyè.

oloye__

So, I don't know how to start this thread. The idea I'm trying to capture is somewhere in there in my subconscious but I haven't found the words for it

Shane Breslin

shanebreslin

I'm reading and annotating some important essays from the past. Works that might help us on our continual self-improvement journey to thinking better and being better. Here, "Self-Reliance", by Ralph

Dr. Michael J. Taylor

DrMichaelJTayl1

A running defense of Classics, defined here broadly as the study of the literature, history and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, c. 1200 BC- AD 700. Much of this is

Jonathan Ichikawa

jichikawa

This tweet seems to have hit a deeper nerve than I expected it to! I'm even getting insulting replies to it my email; that kind of crossover engagement is pretty

Ma Alexandra Lugo Paris

MalexLugoParis

Esto! At September 29th we celebrate the famous Austrian Economist, Ludwig von Mises, who was born in 1881. Mises made a number of profoundly important contributions that challenged many of the

Aristocratic Fury

LandsknechtPike

Why are the middle ages so vilified and demonized?It goes back to the origins of the tripartite division of history into ancient, medieval and new age.I explain how the middle

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. Paul Volcker is an important character in Goliath, because Volcker's job was to break the New Deal domestically so U.S. bankers could maintain their power abroad. And that's what

Alex Evans

alexevansuk

When we think of what Covid-19 means for mental health, words like "perfect storm" and "tsunami" are usually somewhere nearby. But in our @Collective_Psyc report for @wellcometrust out today, @JulesEvans11

Zero HP Lovecraft 🦅🐍

0x49fa98

It’s not true that there’s nothing new under the sun; there are many new things, it’s just that the old, human things are still with us, and always will be