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Stanford Philosophy
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IDEA: The Ethics Centre
24 days ago
This episode of
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
sees Jim speaking with philosopher Tareeq Jalloh about the ethics of drill rap - often celebrated for its creativity & authenticity, yet heavily criticised for its alleged links to violence. Whatās really at stake when society debates the ethics of drill?
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Philosophers' Imprint
30 days ago
New article: Anna-Bella Sicilia, "Love, Fairness, and Sharing a Life", Philosophers' Imprint 26: 2. doi:
doi.org/10.3998/phim...
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UCSC will host the second iteration of their Queer AĻ conference this June 22-24. The first one was an absolute banger, and I hear there's an afterparty, too. Abstracts can be submitted until March 31, and check out
philevents.org/event/show/1...
for more details.
about 1 month ago
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Andy Peet
about 1 month ago
I'm told the deadline for this has been officially extended from.thr 6th to the 16th of March.
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We are organising a conference!! Our main goal with this is to bring together the awesome emerging philosophical work in the social, political, aesthetic & ethical dimensions of language. CfP now open - deadline 2nd of April :)
philevents.org/event/show/1...
@cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social
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Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language
The Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June. In recent years, t...
https://philevents.org/event/show/145957
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Cardiff Philosophy
about 1 month ago
Dr Daisy Dixon's new book āā DEPRAVED: The Story of Dangerous Art āā an analysis of the varieties of immoral art and the ways that we should respond to it āā is now available to preorder! Waterstones are offering a 25% discount until 20 February ā used code FEB26:
bit.ly/Dixon-DSDA
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I regret to announce that I am leaving my post as the Wykeham Professor after mounting pressure from administrators who insist I never worked at the university.
2 months ago
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Journal of Applied Philosophy
2 months ago
The editors are delighted to announce Tareeq Jalloh as the winner of the 2025 JoAP essay prize.
#philsky
#philosophy
#essayprize
Read the winning article 'Speech Acts and Unspeakable Raps' š
doi.org/10.1111/japp...
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Speech Acts and Unspeakable Raps
Police censor drill rap music based on the claim that drill artists incite violence. In this article, I provide a framework for evaluating whether an instance of drill constitutes a speech act of inc...
https://doi.org/10.1111/japp.70029
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C. Thi Nguyen
2 months ago
Itās book release day! Iām back on social media! I feel slightly awkward about it because part of the book is about how social media transforms your motivations for communication! But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank.
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Elmar Unnsteinsson
3 months ago
New paper forthcoming in Nous by Dan Harris (
@danielwharris.bsky.social
) and myself! Check it out! I think there is something useful here for people working on all sorts of topics in philosophy and elsewhere, and we plan to expand further on this ourselves in future work.
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Erin Reed
3 months ago
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2026-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies
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Thanks to all my friends at
@cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social
for the lovely Welsh dragon that's keeping an eye on things in the office as we head into the new year!
3 months ago
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Lucy Osler
3 months ago
The AI gossip paper
@joelkrueger.com
and I wrote got picked up by Vice! We argue that chatbots generate gossip about people and consider how this gossip becomes āferalā without the social constraints that usually moderate human rumor-spreading š£ļøš¤š¬š«¢
www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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AI Chatbots Are Quietly Trading Gossip About People With Zero Fact-Checking
AI chatbots already say questionable things to humans. Now, they may be swapping those same questionable takes with each other.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ai-chatbots-are-sharing-rumors-about-real-people-and-theres-no-oversight/
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As someone who spent a lot of time in Russia between 2009 and 2015, incl. a year at the beginning of the 'Fair Elections' movement in AY '10-'11, it's unsettling how easily the phrase 'the US pro-democracy movement' rolls off the tongue ...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The Price of American Authoritarianism
What can reverse democratic decline?
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/american-authoritarianism-levitsky-way-ziblatt
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UmeƄ University (Sweden) - an awesome department in an awesome location! - has an open PhD position in philosophy with a focus on gender. PhD students are paid very well and get all the same vacation/leave/retirement benefits as any other state employee. Have a look!
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
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Doctoral student in Philosophy with a Focus on GenderĀ
https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/doctoral-student-in-philosophy-with-a-focus-on-gender_881375/
3 months ago
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Linguistic Discovery
4 months ago
The Mapping Black Language project is working to document how Black Americans speak, and how their language shifts and variesāand theyāre looking for people to interview
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Being Trans in Philosophy
4 months ago
CALL FOR PITCHES! Our Spring 2026 edition āthe #1 issue: the job marketā needs you. See the full CFP on our website. The theme is the job market and the content is however you all need and want to engage with that š„
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Nicole Holliday
5 months ago
In her
#NWAV53
plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody!
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Linguistic Society of America
5 months ago
Introduction to JBLAC Webinar Nov 7, 2025 | 6ā7:30 PM ET Learn about the Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC)āits mission, vision, & role in advancing Black language & culture scholarship. Hear from the team & discover how your work can engage with this new community.
bit.ly/48Cjc0V
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emmie malone š³ļøāā§ļø
5 months ago
Come join our department!
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Luvell Anderson
6 months ago
In my latest piece, I write about satire's power to clarify our vision and deflate authoritarian rhetoric.
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Pekka VƤyrynen
6 months ago
š£JOB ALERTš£ Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
. Closing date 5 Nov 2025.
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy
Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...
https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=AHCPR1080
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Caro Flores
10 months ago
Everyone go read this!
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Linguists swear up and down that natural language determiners are uniformly conservative. But three HVAC techs we spoke with in the parking lot outside a Hobby Lobby in Redding, CA aren't so sure ...
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
11 months ago
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Hakeem Jefferson
11 months ago
A colleague at Stanfordās business school used The Stanford Daily to argueāpoorlyāagainst DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope youāll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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What DEI threatens isnāt merit. Itās monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/what-dei-threatens-isnt-merit-its-monopoly/
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Justin Weinberg
11 months ago
A fundraiser has been launched to help pay for the legal expenses of the philosophy major taken by ICE earlier this week, and the Columbia Department of Philosophy has issued a statement about the situation and calling for the university to help him.
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Columbia Philosophy Statement on Mahdawi / Fundraiser - Daily Nous
The Department of Philosophy at Columbia University has issued a statement about Mohsen Mahdawi, the philosophy major taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this past Monday. The statement...
https://dailynous.com/2025/04/16/columbia-philosophy-statement-on-mahdawi-fundraiser/
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Philosophy Talk
12 months ago
Last week we were informed that our
#NEH
grant for the
#WiseWomen
series was being terminated. We were close to finishing season 2 and had recently applied to produce two new seasons. But with that funding now off the table, we find ourselves in a precarious position. Our future is on the line. 1/3
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Alan Elrod
12 months ago
I wrote about the Kristi Noemās El Salvador prison video and its relationship to the horrific practice of lynching postcards. Read at
@liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/kristi-noem-...
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Kristi Noem Made A Lynching Postcard
The American tradition of celebrating racial terror.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/kristi-noem-made-a-lynching-postcard/
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jamelle
about 1 year ago
every person involved in this needs to be in prison
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Ian Cushing
about 1 year ago
what does āmisbehaviourā sound like? in new open access work i ask this question in the context of school discipline policies, looking at how ideologies of āim/proper languageā and āim/proper behaviourā coalesce and get co-constructed with one another.
doi.org/10.1080/0962...
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Nicole Holliday
about 1 year ago
Tired of calling your Congresspeople? You could always also call your state reps! Iām calling mine to ask that the state stop cuts to the UCs and CSUs in light of the federal governmentās attacks on higher ed. In CA, find your folks here:
www.sos.ca.gov/elections/wh...
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Who Are My Representatives? :: California Secretary of State
Find links on how to find out who your representatives are here.
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/who-are-my-representatives
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Caro Flores
about 1 year ago
Extremely stoked to be organizing this conference highlighting philosophy done from queer perspectives at UC Santa Cruz this April! Especially glad to still have this happen given, you know... everything. Registration here, with a remote option:
forms.gle/bhPt4xQ2jR5q...
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Today would be a good day to consider donating:
savelife.in.ua/en/
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Come Back Alive Foundation - Charity Organization
One of the top charity organizations who help the Ukraine Army since 2014. Donate via the website - 100% of proceeds go directly to Ukraine Army.
https://savelife.in.ua/en/
about 1 year ago
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Mick Ryan
about 1 year ago
āPutin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence & think: one of us.ā
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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It Was an Ambush
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/ukraine-us-relations-trump/681880/
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Cardiff Philosophy
about 1 year ago
Book launch! Meaning: A Very Short Introduction by Emma Borg and Sarah Fisher Wednesday, 26 February 2025 18:00-19:00 Cathays, Cardiff Full details āā
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Book launch! Meaning: A Very Short Introduction
Join us to celebrate the publication of a new book co-authored by Cardiff University philosopher Dr Sarah Fisher.
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/events/view/2897978-book-launch!-meaning-a-very-short-introduction
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Erin Reed
about 1 year ago
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
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Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
https://www.reddit.com/r/Passports/comments/1it0ko3/public_comment_on_us_passport_form_changes/
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Aidan McGlynn
about 1 year ago
A petition in support of the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Cardiff, who are being threatened with job cuts that would be devastating for staff, students, and the university
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We Can Make an Impact.
SAVE CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, COMMUNICATION AND PHILOSOPHY
https://chng.it/yNmM4kFmLM
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Quill Kukla š³ļøāšš³ļøāā§ļø
about 1 year ago
Oh hey! My book is already on Amazon, I did not know! Look how pretty! If you are a person who still uses Amazon, will you please consider pre-ordering? It's cheap, and it really helps with the algorithm and with my ability to promote the book. I hate to push my own stuff but I would be so grateful!
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Sex Beyond "Yes": Pleasure and Agency for Everyone (A Norton Short)
Amazon.com: Sex Beyond "Yes": Pleasure and Agency for Everyone (A Norton Short): 9781324064923: Kukla, Quill R.: Books
https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Beyond-Yes-Pleasure-Everyone/dp/1324064927?ref_=ast_author_dp
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Nat Hansen
about 1 year ago
Is the term "racist" losing its meaning through overuse? Theorists and pundits across the political spectrum say that it is. But what evidence do we have that "racist" is "conceptually inflated" beyond mere vibes?
@liao.shen-yi.org
and I take a close look in a new paper:
philpapers.org/rec/HANMCI
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Nat Hansen & Shen-yi Liao, Measuring Conceptual Inflation: the Case of 'Racist' - PhilPapers
Is the term āracistā being applied so widely that it is losing its moral force? Theorists and pundits from across the political spectrum think that it is. They call such a ...
https://philpapers.org/rec/HANMCI
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over 1 year ago
A few more days to our interdiciplinary event on drill rap and social justice! We'll have voices from philosophy, sociology, criminology, linguistics & art! More info here
sites.google.com/view/chillab...
& register here for location details and/or Zoom links
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folks-need...
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Fintan Mallory
over 1 year ago
Did a little interview for the European Day of Languages: āYou canāt solve a human problem like linguicide with a view of language that removes the human component.ā
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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European Day of Languages: Will lesser spoken languages soon only be kept alive by AI technology? - Durham University
https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2024/09/european-day-of-languages-will-lesser-spoken-languages-soon-only-be-kept-alive-by-ai-technology/
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Nicole Holliday
over 1 year ago
āThey donāt know what someone like her is supposed to sound like,ā Holliday told me. āAnd that also makes her sort of a linguistic Rorschach test...this can work in her favor for people who are inclined to like her anyway. But itās also the basis of their accusations.ā
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Opinion | Critiquing Kamala Harris' voice is the latest attempt to dismiss her Blackness
Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy has arrogantly presented himself as an expert on how Black people are supposed to sound while speaking.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kamala-harris-accent-blackness-debate-rcna169740
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Anneli Jefferson
over 1 year ago
As CUP is slow with production at the moment, I am posting the manuscript of my recently accepted critique of the terminal anorexia diagnosis on PhilPapers. This is an important and distressing topic and I want this paper to be available.
#philsky
philpapers.org/rec/JEFTAT-3
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Anneli Jefferson, āTerminal Anorexiaā, treatment refusal and decision making capacity - PhilPapers
Whether anorexic patients should be able to refuse treatment when this potentially has a fatal outcome is a vexed topic. A recent proposal for a new category of āterminal anorexiaā suggests ...
https://philpapers.org/rec/JEFTAT-3
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Alessandra Tanesini
about 2 years ago
Daisy Dixon "Slurring Images" on Open for Debate
#philsky
#philosophy
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
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Slurring Images
// content warning: racist language and racist imagery // In 2012, the Swedish artist Makode Linde displayed an extremely controversial work of art at the Modern Museum in Stockholm. In celebrationā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/slurring-images
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