Me with the mantle and gloves used by the founder of my university, Frederick II, for his coronation as Emperor in 1220.

Theoretical biologist Meyer-Abich argued that biological laws are more fundamental than physical laws His example: we can't deduce how a cat falls from how a stone falls. But we can say that a stone falls like a dead cat Given a biological law, by abstracting from life, we obtain the physical law

Autumn trip to the Amalfi coast

Today there's a political demonstration near the university. When I search for wifi, one new option appears: "DIGOS (Italy'secret police) wiretapping van"

The Laboratory for the Study of Neo-Kantianism I coordinate at Naples University has the acronym SToNE, and now our email has been bombarded by messages from firms that ask if we're interested in their supply of marble and stone for sinks and other appliances.

Today I stumbled on a new example of "cursed covers of philosophical books" Spengler "The decline of the West" as a saga about cowboys.

I've watched the last movie by Guadagnino, in which Julia Roberts plays a philosophy professor at Yale. My main takeaway is that I was glad to learn that even at Yale students are recruited as attendees at academic events in exchange for credits.

Since I've seen this book was published, I've wanted to read it. Finally I got a copy via mail, thanks to HOPOS journal, for which I will write a review.

After three years, the dream of having professor Beiser in Naples for the final Conference of the project on "The neo-Kantian reception of Schiller", inspired by his work, has finally come true.

I'd love to go to HOPOS 2026. The last edition in Vienna was great, I had an idea for submission, and I have research founds that can cover the expenses. But no way I'm setting foot in the USA. Sorry for all the folks who work and collaborate with @hoposjournal.bsky.social, but it's a pass for me.

The Conference for the project I've been working on for the last few years is happening soon. You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw (I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)

You know you're in Naples when in the morning you stumble on the delivery of firewood for the pizza ovens.

When you reach the peak of the mountain after a difficult hike and you can finally enjoy the beautiful view from the top.

Unexpected encounter in an Austrian grocery store.

It's probably impossible to establish who is the greatest mind in the history of philosophy. But I'm pretty sure Leibniz is the greatest out-of-the-box-thinker.

The anthropomorphic concept of God lowers this highest universal concept to a vertebrae in the gaseous state. (Ernst Haeckel 1892)

When I go to a concert I always try to get the setlist as a souvenir. I've had some strange ones over the years (the Dum Dum Girls one written on the back of a communist protest flyer), but King Hannah's setlist written on a paper plate takes the prize.

Kant taking a stroll everyday at the same time has strong NPC from Strardew Valley energy.

I cannot handle that the Italian ministry for university and research looks like a character from Mars Attack 😭

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The spread of AI art makes me think of Schiller The Artists Oh, may a degenerate yearn never Humble you to be her abject slave! In industry the bee the palm may bear In skill the worm a lesson may impart With blessed spirits your knowledge you do share But Art, O Man, you have alone!

No context news

Musk must have put his fat finger on the scale of Grok AI and now he is a great thinker on par with Aristotle.

Postcard from my short visit to Düsseldorf

Family tree of socialism

Paying my tribute to the birthplace of Friedrich Engels, favorite figure for the philosophers of all time: the wealthy patron.

Little stop in Köln before heading to Wuppertal for the Conference on Hans Vaihinger. I had to go up the 533 steps of the cathedral tower to make up for the plate of Himmel und Ääd I ate at lunch.

Based on my experience and that of colleagues, I'm beginning to think that journals rejecting papers with "this is not a history of philosophy paper, but a history of ideas paper" is their version of dumping a partner with "it's not you, it's me".

Unexpected existentialist Kant.

I deleted my Twitter account. I switched to Duckduckgo. I want to get rid of Facebook as well but I can't find valid alternatives for finding events nearby.

Going in a new Mike Flanagan's show I knew I was up for emotional moments, but I wasn't ready for this quote to hit this hard in the first few minutes of the first episode: "To truly love another person is to accept that the work of loving them is worth the pain of losing them."

In my parents' house, I stumbled on the paper I had to write when I was a visiting student in Munich. So, my first writing assignment ever* was in German. (*in Italy we have oral examinations)

Naples new metro station Chiaia. Some Dario Argento vibes.

Happy new year with Nietzsche's new year's resolution.

When I was training to be a teacher in high school, I met a nonverbal autistic student. His support teacher had me read a heartwarming letter he had "written" thanks to facilitated communication. I was immediately suspicious. It seemed like the typical situation: too-good-to-be-true + projection.

👇 This! Sometimes you don't need a lot of money to do important research in the humanities, but grants programs value big projects more.

Color me surprised...

The feeling when two posts from two users you thought were the same person appear next to each other in the timeline. I also wonder which user people are confusing me with.

I know you have seen dogs playing poker, but have you seen cats winning at it? Google has. Still can't believe this is production technology from the unrivaled leader in internet search. (Kitty Kuo is a human professional poker player)

“Does current AI represent a dead end? | BCS” www.bcs.org/articles-opi... > From the perspective of software engineering, current AI systems are unmanageable, and as a consequence their use in serious contexts is irresponsible.

Me speaking English: Who cares? Pronunciation is not that important anyway. Me hearing English people mispronouncing Latin words: These fucking barbarians...

Really losing my sense of humour over over-hyped, unethical AI products undermining the entire global education system & research infrastructure, & then being told we must now change everything to accommodate that crappy AI. All so sociopathic billionaire techbros can make yet more money.

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

- Can you explain this gap in your resume? - I was seeing the great clown Pagliacci - Wait. I thought you were the great clown Pagliacci

reminded of this interview with Kit Fine

After studying the debate about Wundt's reaction time experiment for a few years, it was a fun experience to be subjected to a reaction time test as part of my ADHD diagnosis. I kept thinking about how the test was supposed to work.

Didnt find my fave in the thread, so im gonna add this here for posterity:

Memory-box-thread to save a trace of my best/worst/most viral tweets before deleting my account on X.

Since I've lost my father I went from "ah ah I'm getting old, my hungovers are so much worse" to "fuck, this bag of meat is actually few steps away from dying"