Why does hardly anyone in academic philosophy care about reading? | By Martin Lenz (@goingloopy.bsky.social) While there are numerous guides on writing philosophy or on reconstructing arguments, there is next to nothing on reading handlingideas.blog/2025/11/01/w... #reading #PhilosophySky #philsky

AI chatbots are sycophants — researchers say it’s harming science Nature asked researchers who use artificial intelligence how its propensity for people-pleasing affects their work — and what they are doing to mitigate it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #AI #science #philosophysky #philsky

Deliver Me from Mustard www.stereogum.com/2328144/the-...

The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI (oxunipress.bsky.social) by Jonathan Birch birchlse.bsky.social has been selected as this year’s Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/winner-...

📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd... applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome pls share with your networks

What emoji symbol should we use for the Andrew formerly known as Prince?

The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing

A wonderful @triphilosophy.bsky.social evening. Congratulations to the finalists! royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli... Special congratulations to @birchlse.bsky.social for winning the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy for his book The Edge of Sentience.

The @royalinstarch.bsky.social Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize ceremony. Shortlist, Adam Lovet, Jules Holroyd, Jonathan Birch, Manuel Almago, Peter Godfrey-Smith (in absentia) interviewed by Edward Harcourt, and the evening introduced by Lucy O’Brien and our judging panel chair @csandis.bsky.social

Has this happened to you yet?

I shall be giving a talk on my current work-in-progress for the Barnes Philosophy Club at the OSO Arts Centre, 25th November at 19.30. Tickets are £5 (optional donation to the club) or free for those unable to pay. chiswickcalendar.co.uk/event/barnes...

Looking to do a Philosophy MA next year? We've got a dead good programme here at Durham! www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Hear me out: #MartinShort should star as @barrymanilow1.bsky.social in major biopic

Bought a new thesaurus today. It is good.

Please spread the word: @lexacademic.bsky.social are offering three bursaries (with complimentary proofreading) for graduate students with dyslexia in philosophy, classics, and art history.

Mine is over 10 years old now, but I remain proud of it and @openbookpublish.bsky.social. Perhaps a new edition is due! www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...

Scholarships & assistance for graduate students with dyslexia in philosophy, classics, and art history.

today’s hot take: most machine learning research, particularly that touches on any human phenomena (attempts to “solve” any human related problem) is conceptually and methodologically hollow

Embracing AI undermines academia cherwell.org/2025/10/17/e...

the 'AI is the only solution to education' cult-like-mentality is scary

Thinking of co-authoring a Philosophy of Film book with this guy www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/co...

Guilty as charged!

Discover the enduring relevance of Wittgenstein – where pioneering philosophy meets inclusivity, diversity and 21st-century thought. Read more about the series ➡️ tinyurl.com/54tprtm2 #seriesspotlight #Wittgenstein #WittgensteinStudies #WittgensteinianPhilosophy #AnthemPress #AnthemSeries

Naming is use www.sciencenews.org/article/tug-...

This a great example of the cost of "botshit" ie when AI makes stuff up and humans uncritically use it See: doi.org/10.1016/j.bu... An open access version: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

"Every book on this list is a first class piece of transdisciplinary philosophical research." Today we announce the shortlist for the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy Read more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...

Scholarships for dyslexic postgraduate students working in #Classics, #Philosophy, and #ArtHistory. Please share widely! #dyslexiaawareness #researchgrants

Deloitte Australia to issue a partial refund to federal government after admitting AI use in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including three nonexistent academic references and a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement. www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Pretty epic and concise stuff from Douglas Portmore ( @ethicsjournal.bsky.social) via @dailynous.com dailynous.com/2025/09/29/e...

I'm thrilled to announce that @lexacademic.bsky.social are now able to assist academic authors and independent researchers and their families and/or literary executors with a range of legacy initiatives, including Nachlässe, research centres, online archives, book publications, and more.

On the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, I thought I'd re-share this @uk.theconversation.com piece I co-wrote with Richard Harper when I was a Visiting Professor at Microsoft Research, Cambridge. Lots has changed since then, but the main point still stands. theconversation.com/we-dont-want...

Bit mean

“[M]ourning is itself kalon. It is not only good but wondrous that there should be mourning…a distinctively human way of responding to loss. It is a special manner of expressing grief—an insistence that what happened was not a mere change.“ Rest in peace, Jonathan Lear.

A nice box of @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social paperbacks of ‘From Action to Ethics’ has just arrived. I’m not sure my surname is big enough on the front cover, but I’m otherwise very pleased with the results.Order direct from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social for 30% off www.bloomsbury.com/uk/from-acti...

A major problem with the implementation of most AI technology is that it fails the Domino's Pizza Tracker® test: unless a technology is at least as reliable as the Domino's Pizza Tracker®, it should not be used for any task more important than ordering a pizza.

Overheard on train: ‘lentils are still carbs, though’. Keto is going to mess up your health kids, don’t do it.

Struggling to understand who on earth would wish to read (let alone purchase) something like this cinemastersai.com

I just finished reading my advance copy of Malik Al Nasir's Searching for My Slave Roots: From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge (out next week with @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social). I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I you're in the UK, try to catch him on his book tour!

I enjoyed discussing 'From Action to Ethics' on @goodisinthedetails.bsky.social: goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/ethics-actio... The book is out today in pbk from @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social. Yours for just £20.29 when ordering from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 👇 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/from-acti...

Ryan Lake (1976-2025). Such sad news. Ryan was truly the best. RIP my friend. dailynous.com/2025/08/21/r...

It's publication day for the paperback of my @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social book 'From Action to Ethics' (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) I introduce the book, along with my favourite non-academic books on human action in this piece I wrote for @shepherdbooks.bsky.social shepherd.com/best-books/h...

Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) – First issue and CFP The inaugural volume of Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) is scheduled to publish this Fall. The contents are listed on the website:  Here is a call for papers for the second volume:…

Bob Dylan circa 1997

My book, 'From Action to Ethics' is out in paperback tomorrow! @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social Pre-order from all good bookshops (RRP £28.99). Copies are also already available at @blackwells.bsky.social in Oxford & Heffers in Cambridge. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Some writers stale. Others...go mouldy www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Happy to hear that Why Delusions Matter (Bloomsbury 2023) is a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! www.choice360.org/ch... #philsky #philpsy #booksky

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia openletter.earth/open-letter-...

The list of finalists being considered for a £20,000 "transdisciplinary" book prize has been announced...

Happy to see The Edge of Sentience longlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...

Really honoured to see Alan, my and Bart's book longlisted for this alongside some really excellent books #philsky