Shawn Standefer
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Philosophical logician at North Carolina State University
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My book on relevant logics will be available mid-2026
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Tobias Gerstenberg
about 14 hours ago
I'm very sad to have learned today that Joe Halpern passed away. Joe was a giant who knew no scientific boundaries. He loved science with a contagious, child-like enthusiasm. He was wonderful and I'm so grateful that I got to learn from him. Thank you Joe 🙏
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Gearing up for an exciting evening of reviewing page proofs
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Kevin Zollman
17 days ago
I'm very excited to be Planet Money's guest when they come to Pittsburgh! Stop by if you're in our (and Mr. Roger's) neighborhood.
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okay Kelly
3 days ago
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe...: the starry heavens above me and the microplastics within me.
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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕
6 days ago
So, umm, any others who teach history of philosophy and who do in-class exams have ideas on how to do that? I mean, I know I can test for received interpretations from the textbook, which they should have some awareness of. But to me, that's not quite the real interest of the class. Advice welcome
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Kevin Zollman
7 days ago
Yep, came here to say this. Zero marginal cost of distribution isn't zero marginal cost of production. And ESPECIALLY not zero marginal cost of consumption: many academics NEED word limits (even though they won't admit it).
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1. Introduction to Syntactic Theory (HPSG) 2. Sociolinguistics 3. Computability Theory 4. Japanese history 5. Linguistic Semantics
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My book on relevant logics will be available mid-2026
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My book’s page now has the cover image
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Shriram Krishnamurthi
23 days ago
Thanks for the helpful auto-complete, Gmail.
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Mel Andrews
25 days ago
I often hear, in my line of work, that large language models have surpassed the capabilities of “mere stochastic parrots.” Yet few are willing to attribute to them anything like “understanding.” What, in your view, is the best recent appraisal of the limitations of LLMs?
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Caro Flores
27 days ago
#PhilSky
: Looking for recs of good recent work on epistemology and technology: the risks of AI, deepfakes, epistemic problems with recommender algorithms, etc. This is for an upper division course, so ideally stuff that is big picture and teachable. Self-recommendations welcome :)
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okay Kelly
27 days ago
philosopher of language going down an undetached rabbit parts hole
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My forthcoming book now has a webpage at the publisher
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Relevant Logics | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
https://www.cambridge.org/universitypress/subjects/philosophy/logic/relevant-logics-implication-modality-quantification
28 days ago
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Philip Sink | Rorty Vindicator
30 days ago
Does anyone have a good intuition for why Q (Robinson Arithmetic) doesn't prove Lob's Theorem?
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Franz Berto
about 1 month ago
The updated SEP entry on
#Hyperintensionality
is online! As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
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Hyperintensionality (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hyperintensionality/
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Franz Berto
about 1 month ago
It's World
#Logic
Day and this year, too, I plan to make valid inferences all day, while ignoring what I'm talking about and whether what I say is true. 🙂
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World Logic Day
14 January
https://www.unesco.org/en/days/world-logic
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Sara Ayhan
about 1 month ago
Today is officially my first day starting my new job as assistant professor at the Graduate School of Information Sciences at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. I'm super excited to be here - the city is lovely, everyone at university so welcoming and friendly and the logic group is amazing! 😍
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Evan Washington
about 1 month ago
still one of my favorite jokes from the series
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Levin Hornischer
about 1 month ago
New paper in Synthese: 'Robustness and trustworthiness in AI: a no-go result from formal epistemology' ❓When does AI model M, on input x, show behavior φ robustly? 💡In modal logic: M,x⊧□φ ➡️Exposes limit on robustness & trustworthiness
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Robustness and trustworthiness in AI: a no-go result from formal epistemology - Synthese
Synthese - A major issue for the trustworthiness of modern AI-models is their lack of robustness. A notorious example is that putting a small sticker on a stop sign can cause AI-models to classify...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-025-05272-4
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Mark Schroeder
about 1 month ago
Let's normalize refereeing invitations where reading the submitted paper and writing a report is less work than logging into the journal management website.
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s. e. smith
3 months ago
Okay
@erinbiba.bsky.social
it’s time for my second-most anticipated annual thread: Cats in Christmas Trees (and Battling Menorahs). Starting off strong with Donut.
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DocHackenbush Must Be Destroyed
about 1 month ago
Thread of birbs 2 Cassowary (or should that be cassUH-OHwary).
#art
#birds
#cassowary
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Jo Wolff
about 2 months ago
May your year be blessed with accepts subject to minor corrections.
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madeline odent
about 2 months ago
my wish for the new year is for stuff to stop happening so much
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Nick Fleisher
about 2 months ago
Intersective modification in the scope of maximization stays undefeated
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Peter Adamson
about 2 months ago
Semiotic paradox alert!
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Daniel Drucker
about 2 months ago
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>}.
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DocHackenbush Must Be Destroyed
about 2 months ago
Loving the aesthetic of this jar of chilli oil, which is not a thing I ever saw myself saying.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖
about 2 months ago
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...
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Michael Bench-Capon
about 2 months ago
Merry Taiwanese Constitution Day to all who celebrate
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Michael Bench-Capon
about 2 months ago
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
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Nat Hansen
about 2 months ago
Hey
@liao.shen-yi.org
here's another new journal for your diamond open access file
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Better Things Are Possible
about 2 months ago
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
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)
about 2 months ago
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.
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Brian Weatherson
2 months ago
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."?
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Juan Murillo Vargas
2 months ago
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.)
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Michael Kinyon
2 months ago
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
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Jake Casella Brookins
2 months ago
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
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Elizabeth Picciuto
2 months ago
Another way to restart the world’s idea machine is to restore funding and grants to universities, researchers, and artists.
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David Hull 胡大衛
2 months ago
www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...
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“Kuma” Declared the Kanji of the Year for an “Unbearable” 2025
The kanji 熊 (kuma), meaning “bear,” came out on top in popular voting for the kanji of the year for 2025. Powerful wild animals encroaching into human settlements were an irresistible image propelling...
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c03845/
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Ehud
2 months ago
For a grad student: reading recommendations about economics as complexity science? I especially want stuff related to rationality and biases.
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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕
2 months ago
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.
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Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment - Scientometrics
Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal texts noticeably change panel decisions in single blind review? We report...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-024-04968-7#change-history
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Stefscribbles
2 months ago
recharging ⚡
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Duncan Mackay
2 months ago
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.
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Matt Lindauer
2 months ago
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
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@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.
2 months ago
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Matt Weiner
3 months ago
hall of fame for "make sure your push notification doesn't truncate the headline after five words"
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Eric Brandom
3 months ago
Still curious about especially other contemporary writers who might fit here
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Tim Crane
3 months ago
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.
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