Ontario’s public #university system is crumbling. Affiliated universities provide important small, student-focused learning environments & play an important role in the system. Focus on large schools & STEM, though, has caused problems. We need change in #cdnpse #onpoli - lfpress.com/opinion/colu...

new preprint available! Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified? Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps... Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵

In London West, it’s a two-way race between Peggy Sattler and the Ford Conservatives. We can stop Ford, but only if you make your vote count. Keep a strong voice in London West and re-elect Peggy Sattler. #LdnOnt #LdnWest #OnYourSide

The #university sector in Ontario is in trouble, especially for those of us working in affiliated universities. In the attached letter, I outline these threats in response to an #onelxn meeting in #ldnont organized by @uwofa1.bsky.social & @ocufa.bsky.social. hucfa.ca/wp-content/u... #onpoli

Government transfers to universities per FTE, 1981-82 vs 2022-23.

Want to spend 2025 in more humbling environments? Check out my latest blogpost to find out what it would mean to do so.

New blog post on Imperfect Cognitions: Can we become more intellectually humble without any explicit training or instruction? Steven Bland explores the issue, discussed in a recent paper published in Review of Philosophy and Psychology imperfectcognitions.... #philsky

Happy Holidays! For this week's blogpost, we have part 1 of a 2 part series from Steven Bland discussing intellectual humility and the importance of humbling environments #philsky http://imperfectcogn...

If you have some spare time over the holidays, I humbly recommend reading my blogpost on intellectual humility. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/12/inte...

Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal

Like individuals, we argue that collectives can possess intellectual humility. Our new paper explains who groups can achieve better decisions by catching each other's biases, expressing dissent, and more. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hi everyone! I’m a philosopher who works primarily at the intersection of epistemology and psychology. My latest book offers a new framework for understanding the empirical literature on epistemic rationality.