Missing the serenity of rural Japan. Still can't believe I got to walk through the Philosopher's Path in Kyoto last December. It was the same path Nishida Kitaro used to walk to Kyoto University. So many revolutionary insights must've been born here!

It's the Feast of the Black Nazarene again. Even as a Filipino Catholic, I've only been fascinated by it from afar. Such religious devotion and fervor. Moving, to say the least.

"A bracing, philosophically rich argument for writing well as a personal journey and a social good." (Kirkus Reviews) Philosophy of Writing (out now) suggests a major reconsideration of how and why we write. Order: https://bit.ly/3YZkDAb Preview: https://bit.ly/4qHb2d5 #booksky #philsky

#PhilSky #AcademicFreedom #academia

✨ We're a week into 2026, and it's shaping up to be a year of big ideas. 🏛️ How do you plan to bring #philosophy into your life in 2026? #newyearnewyou #newyearsresolutions

“A research university that censors Plato abandons its obligation to truth, inquiry, and the public trust—and should not be regarded as a serious institution of higher learning. We are deeply saddened to witness the decline of one of Texas’s great universities” dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t... #PhilSky

More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”

Really grateful to see this article resonating with so many people concerned with the impact of AI on art and to see it reaching 10 000 downloads already. Thanks to everyone who has taken an interest in this piece. #philsky #Philosophy #art #AI link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The US War on Venezuela is the most explicit marker that the US-led rules-based global order is now over: No effort to justify the attack. No apologies made to local and international institutions.

Mental health is shaped by social and structural factors—yet too often, mental health policies fail to address them.

Been asking myself lately if rationality continues to be the fullness of the human being. As I read Kant, I think that it still is. As I live life, I come closer to those who question that assumption.

Self-reflexivity is perhaps the greatest single legacy of Kantian philosophy.

Read about Comparative Philosophy in an anthology on Japanese Philosophy. Didn't realize it's what I've been doing in the past couple of years. 😅

Happy New Year, BlueSky! Thank you for not just being a fad!

I recently heard a colleague say that they didn't believe that philosophy is worth pursuing for its own sake. I'm not sure if I agree.

For Ueda Shizuteru, to live while thinking and to think while living constitutes the radical origin of philosophy--an origin that against the increasing homogeneity of the world, he argues, must be revived today.

When it comes to brains, we assume that bigger is better; but could it be possible to have a consciousness without one? | https://bit.ly/4oVfcgr Join scientists Michael Gazzaniga and Bridget Queenan as they investigate the mysterious case of the missing brain. #philsci 🧪

Might be a day late, but this just came up. The 'Classic' Steeleye line-up from the late 70s. Maddie's voice just gives me the chills, in a good way. Also, the first UK Singles Chart hit fully in Latin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEPm...

Talking about the Kyoto School, Ueda Shizuteru showed how early 20th century Japanese philosophers began transforming traditional insights into philosophical categories. He thought of Nishida's "pure experience" and Nishitani's "emptiness".

Into the void: how Trump killed international law

Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”

Got to present our paper on Community of Inquiry and AI this weekend at Ritsumeikan University-Suzaku Campus in Kyoto. Will definitely miss the reflective silence of rural Japan.

The first of the series on Filipino Pop Culture and Philosophy is coming out soon. You may pre-order your copies of TRESE and Philosophy here: www.aletheiapublishing.com/2025/11/pre-...

If you’re interested in practicing the philosophy of science in practice why not come along to an online workshop “the philosophy of science in practice - in practice”? #philsci

Long time in the making: our preprint of survey study on the diversity with how people seem to experience #mentalimagery. Suggests #aphantasia should be redefined as absence of depictive thought, not merely "not seeing". Some more take home msg: #psychskysci #neuroscience doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Newly released article on Vittorio Hosle's Rationalistic Philosophy of Religion. Read it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

After the election denials no one should be surprised at the flip flops on free speech. They've long held a plastic vision of reality and morality. The administration has one master principle: we believe whatever we need to believe to advance our wealth and power.

Corruption scandals are rocking Philippine politics. Mobilizations are being planned left and right. The worst part is that none of this is new.

A UC philosopher who wrote a book about death is confounded by his own irrational fear of it. Perhaps Wittgenstein was right: "What can be said at all can be said clearly. What we cannot speak about must be passed over in silence."

Has the AI hype started to wear off? | iai.tv/articles/the... Nolen Gertz expertly questions whether AI is truly our saviour or just a captivating distraction, fuelling capitalist gains and nihilistic diversions from the global crises we face. #AI #techsky 🧪

First time to join a "Scopus-indexed" conference since most philo conferences aren't indexed in this way anyway. Surprised with the ridiculously expensive registration fee of $550! The most expensive conference "fee" I ever paid was $20 for an optional welcome dinner.

All these talk about botched flood control projects only makes me ask: "What's new?" And that's a more unfortunate reaction than either grief or outrage.

Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie www.cambridge.org/es/universit... #philsky #moralphil

Just finished answering around 40 student queries via MS Teams. Student consultations are somehow more taxing online.

Destiny says socialism and liberalism are incompatible. But the two most important liberal thinkers of two centuries would disagree. John Stuart Mill described himself as a socialist and called socialism the more "far sighted successor" to liberalism.

Today's the State of the Nation Address and I've just heard a Marcos ranting about public debt and corruption. Now I've seen everything. #sona2025

I wrote about the slow death of the French public intellectual app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/138799...

“I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument… the very specific work involved in infusing your writing with energy and life” — C. Thi Nguyen (@add-hawk.bsky.social) at Daily Nous on the creative craft of writing philosophy.

This reminds me of the story of a philosopher (Austin?) who was asked how big a sense datum was. He held his hands just outside his peripheral vision and said “About this big.”

Gen 3:16 says that a husband's dominion over his wife is a form of punishment. If Christ indeed freed us from sin, does this mean that the woman is also freed from this subordination? There is a clear case for a Feminist reading of Scripture. Patriarchy is part of what we denounce as Christians.

Pope Leo at Mass for Feast of Body and Blood of Christ: “In the face of the misery of many, the accumulation of wealth by a few is a sign of indifferent arrogance, which produces pain and injustice. Instead of sharing, opulence wastes the fruits of the earth and of human labor.”

In its upcoming military parade, the US will unapologetically show what it has been successfully hiding for so long. We are seeing America lifting its own pretension to benevolence central to its success as a hegemon.

The ancient Greek experience of colour does not seem to match our own. How is this possible? Did the Greeks really see the colours of the world differently from the way we do? buff.ly/XcLOH97 #WorldOceansDay

It's hard to be hopeful these days. But thank God for these two.

It really is this simple. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

In taking the name Leo XIV, the new pope positioned himself alongside Leo XIII, most well known for his Rerum Novarum, the bedrock of Catholic Social Teaching which reoriented the Church towards the working class and against unbridled capitalism. Exciting times ahead. #religionsky #Catholicsky

Quiapo district in Manila is such an interesting place. It has colonial-era Catholic churches, Islamic masjids, and ambulant vendors selling all kinds of stuff. Here's one we saw selling crucifixes alongside animistic amulets, and of course magical oils and roots. #culturesky #religionsky #philsky