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I suppose the audience for this is quite niche, but I'm going to go ahead and summarize a very early hard SF story namely Kepler's Somnium (Dream).Background Johannes Kepler (1571

Some recent Uber drives and conversations (so long ago I was in an Uber!) about the vaccines make me think about misinformation and how important epistemic rights are. Many of

I will teach Zhuangzi's views on death. Drawing for ch 24 "Zhuangzi was accompanying a funeral when he passed by the grave of Huizi... he said, "Since you died, Master

Thoughts on Zhuangzi and play, and how we can think about games and play in contemporary philosophical context. I am teaching on this today, and will tweet a thread with

Tomorrow I will be part of a panel on prestige and inclusion in Anglo-American philosophy (with @Etienne_Brown @RebeccaBamford and Thierry Ngosso. Here are some late night thoughts on the following

Am at an #APApacific21 session on how to publish with editors from Hackett, Blackwell, Cambridge etc. Focus will be on non-fiction philosophy publishing. Will put some tips in the thread

Today I am teaching Zhuangzi, Wolf and Russell on the good of uselessness. Since the idea of usefulness and efficiency is so deeply ingrained in our society, so integrally a

Thoughts on "virtue signaling". What does virtue signaling do? Virtue signaling is often derided as inauthentic, or too easy. Neil, however has defended it on evolutionary grounds, as signaling is

Do you know works that discuss philosophical thinking outside of large-scale traditions, e.g., hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, horticulturalists? I mean: thinking of ultimate reality, ethics, etc. @CathrynTownsend @lastpositivist @NeuroYoga

Thinking of William James' critique of Herbert Spencer's theory of psychology and what it can mean for us, especially today. 1/Paper by James here http://www.unav.es/gep/RemarksOnSpencersDefinitionOfMind.pdf Herbert Spencer (1820

Sarah Vine, conservative columnist, happy to sacrifice the old, BAME folks, people with poor immune systems to the economy. Problem with this line of reasoning we see over and over

It's important that any governmental spending on Covid-19 relief should carve out funds to pay psychology and philosophy consultants who work on science communication. Those experts could devise strategies that