Another argument against Hamblin's idea of questions as sets of their possible answers. Consider (i) the question asked by 'were dogs domesticated once or more than once times?', and (ii) the set {<dogs were domesticated once>, <dogs were domesticated more than once>}.

Loving the aesthetic of this jar of chilli oil, which is not a thing I ever saw myself saying.

Japanese cat accounts have also largely coalesced around the hashtag #Blueskyねこ部 (which roughly translates to "Bluesky Cat Club") bsky.app/profile/pac2...

Merry Taiwanese Constitution Day to all who celebrate

I think the fact that genAI will have ruined all our lives within the decade has made some people on here lose sight of the fact that if used sensibly it can sometimes be useful

Hey @liao.shen-yi.org here's another new journal for your diamond open access file

You're mad because you expect a "software update" to make things work better. You will only be free when you understand this to be an illusion and accept the fact that software is suffering

Those of you with anxious kittens, do you have some recommendations for calming sprays or treats? Aster and I have a long car ride and she is sometimes nervous about carriers and the car.

Does anyone know of recent literature on the use of "else" between conditionals, as in sentences like "The package will arrive on Friday if you order it today, or else on Saturday if you order it tomorrow."?

I know of some work vaguely in this direction (e.g., studies on how non-human primates don't learn language) but wanted to ask: does anyone know studies/literature on whether non-human animals ask questions? (My understanding is they don't but want to read the lit before I form a strong view.)

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

long shot here, and a vague idea, but: scholarly folks, do you have any reading suggestions for work looking at conceptions (pop, psych, or phil) of time re: grammatical usage? Things like the present-tense fiction trend, lit discussions as present vs past, dif between simple past & past perfect use

Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.

For a grad student: reading recommendations about economics as complexity science? I especially want stuff related to rationality and biases.

Grant competitions are a waste of everyone's time. If you must do it, at least make it efficient. A new-ish study shows that asking for a paragraph + CV versus a full proposal basically generates the same results. So let's not waste people's time. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

recharging ⚡

I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.

The new journal *Experimental Philosophy* is now open for submissions! Very glad to serve as an AE and looking forward to seeing this take off. #philsky

@annaleen.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social @ouropinions.bsky.social the final OOAC episode was great! You went out with a banger. Now I’m off to finish listening to your archive.

hall of fame for "make sure your push notification doesn't truncate the headline after five words"

Still curious about especially other contemporary writers who might fit here

Years ago I sent a review to the editor of a leading journal, very late. I apologised, maybe a bit too profusely. He replied (apparently in all seriousness) ‘it’s ok. We’ve all done things we are ashamed of.’ I often think of this when I need a good laugh.

Australian Prisoner Sues For Right To Eat Vegemite https://theonion.com/australian-prisoner-sues-for-right-to-eat-vegemite/

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What is the earliest use of the term redex in lambda calculus? The earliest use of the term I've found is Curry and Feys's Combinatory Logic volume 1 from 1958.

Advances in Modal Logic 2026 will be in Amsterdam June 29 to July 3, 2026. Submission deadline is February 20, 2026. events.illc.uva.nl/aiml2026/

Formal Epistemology Workshop 2026 is going to be at University of Colorado, Boulder. The submission deadline is Jan 15, 2026. sites.google.com/view/few-202...

terminological question: is there a word for when the thing that you doubt turns out to be true? if you believe ~P, but P, it is a false belief if you predict ~P, but P, it is a disconfirmed/false prediction if you doubt that P, but P, it is a ? doubt

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"Can The Classical Ladder Be Kicked Away? The View from One Rung Up" by @rohanfrench.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Anyone done a metacognitive assignment for an essay that can send me a sample or refer me to resources they've used? I've looked a bit, but always happy to hear directly from people with experience.

New paper out, a commentary to a target paper by Tzu-Wei Hung www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Get to know your mutuals. Post 10 random things you like: - flax milk - binary

@annaleen.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social I'm really surprised to hear that OOAC only has one episode left. It'll be sad to be without the regular update on correct opinions! The penultimate one was great, and I'm sure the final one will be as well.

Mount Taranaki seen through Te Rewa Rewa Bridge, New Plymouth.

As a kid I absolutely hated reading. All the school curriculum was torture. Then my dad gave me Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic and told me give it a try. It was an absolute revelation. Holy shit I could actually enjoy reading?? I could love it?? Books could be FUN?? Completely changed my life.

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The Philosophy of Science Association is running its annual fund drive. Please, if you can donate, consider doing so. The PSA has historically relied on government funding to provide travel support for students. That funding is in question and now, more than ever, we need philosophy of science.

Do we think this real? Or is it true but not really real? Hegelian marries/frustrates physicist www.reddit.com/r/badphiloso...

suggested opening line: "You can't spell Aristotle without AI."

My former NTU colleague Chi-Keung Chan interviewed at the APA blog

Are there any model-theoretic proofs that intuitionistic logic has Harrops rule or mints’s rule admissible ?

Tex on my Mac is telling me that a command is undefined, when it is defined in a .sty file that is in the preamble. Any ideas how to troubleshoot this?

I don't think it really matters that much which orthography one uses, as long as it is used consistently. The big problem in Taiwan is that it is still a mishmash of at least 5 of these systems. But there are some things I wish people did keep in mind:

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Directions in Relevant Logic 3 will be in Bochum in July 2026 sites.google.com/view/drl3

New Element on logical pluralism from Colin Caret