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Philosopher, sailor, wine snob
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A wonderful post on Twitter and on X verification by Shane Ryan and Jen Foster on Open for debate
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An Epistemic Environmentalist Analysis, From Twitter to X
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/an-epistemic-environmentalist-analysis-from-twitter-to-x/
29 days ago
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Here is part 2 of Lukas Schwengerer' series of posts on intellectual virtues on line for Open for Debate
#philosophy
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Intellectual Virtues Online ā Part 2
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/intellectual-virtues-online-part-2/
6 months ago
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Lukas Schwengerer
6 months ago
I wrote two posts for the Open for Debate blog about intellectual virtues and the Internet. The first one is out today! Thank you to
@ale1808.bsky.social
for giving me this opportunity.
#philosophy
#philsky
@uni-graz.at
@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
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Lukas Schwengerer "Intellectual Virtues Online" for Open for Debate
#philosophy
#philsky
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Intellectual Virtues Online ā Part 1
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/intellectual-virtues-online-part-1/
6 months ago
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Spencer Paulson "Digital Techonology and Cognitive Scaffolding" on Open for Debate
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#philosophy
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Digital Technology and Cognitive Scaffolding
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/digital-technology-and-cognitive-scaffolding/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ9THFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETB3SjdjNjcydTkzZ0FkNzI4AR7ZpOm_S36zEci9ub7lS_nHz6MtdLsqZFj2LpLf3cWRSC9qOexhi9S3aKMvAQ_aem_gi4jES5lqTxeesDNjk_BSg
7 months ago
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Some of you may be interested in this post about humility and oppression by Laura Callahan on Open for Debate.
#philosophy
#philsky
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A Careful Call for Humility
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/a-careful-call-for-humility/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJp9qhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHv91O3bgMm4rM3Z-B_QzK4YqVIYwZUeTol7St0t9jOBR2fXw0n7-j-OR_WzB_aem__deZPuv8M4Z5hc5USrVpSw
7 months ago
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Part 2 of Ian James Kidd on pessimism for Open for Debate
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#philosophy
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Being pluralistic about philosophical pessimism (Part 2)
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/being-pluralistic-about-philosophical-pessimism-part-2/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1jW3OGPjaUnTmddjL68M8Iin0ZleAiLeKcaoimo_usAT36ZLv-3OM47oc_aem_XYfYuLTjgln-kG18nTwNbA
8 months ago
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A great post by Ian James Kidd on Pessimism for Open for Debate
#philosophy
#philsky
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Being pluralistic about philosophical pessimism (Part 1)
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/being-pluralistic-about-philosophical-pessimism-part-1/
8 months ago
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Alex Worsnip on psychologising explanations for Open for Debate
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Samuel Alito and the Ethics of Suspicion
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/samuel-alito-and-the-ethics-of-suspicion/
8 months ago
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ĆaÄla Ćimendereli on translation techonologies and linguistic injustice for Open for Debate
#philosophy
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An Existentialist Challenge to the Babel Fish
Could advanced translation technologies solve linguistic injustice in the world? Activists and scholars hear this question being asked quite often, and sometimes with a slight skeptical tone suggesā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/an-existentialist-challenge-to-the-babel-fish/
9 months ago
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Felix BrƤuer "Data Figleaves: Statistics and their Power to Conceal Racism" on Open for Debate
#philosophy
#philsky
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Data Figleaves: Statistics and their Power to Conceal Racism
If you have followed the 2024 US election coverage, you have likely come across the term āmigrant crimeā. A term coined by Donald Trump to refer to an alleged crime wave spurred by Joe Bidenās bordā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/data-figleaves-statistics-and-their-power-to-conceal-racism/?fbclid=IwY2xjawINdrVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWCROyAi7MRNjSZDtXwmUZHyqi6lY1jkqlFw8H2-Oo3kHEh3vFOEPIUfVA_aem_i7yTbXOLbAy6tnfmB9ojCg
9 months ago
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Rik Peels "Terrorism and Evil" on Open for Debate
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Terrorism and Evil
On 1 January of this year, an American man drove his pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans (Louisiana, US). Fifteen people were killed and dozens of others injured. The perpetrā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/terrorism-and-evil/
10 months ago
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Jules Holroyd "Oppressive Praise" on Open for Debate
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Oppressive Praise
Think about the last time you expressed praise. For me this is easy. As a parent of young children, I do it multiple times a day. āHow kind you are, sharing your teddy!ā āAw, it sounds like you werā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/oppressive-praise/
10 months ago
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Some of you may be interested in this excellent post by
@almagro.bsky.social
for Open for Debate
#philosophy
#philsky
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The āaffectiveā in affective polarization
Public opinion in many contemporary democracies shows increasing signs of polarization. In particular, animosity and dislike across political lines have become increasingly characteristic of Westerā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/the-affective-in-affective-polarization/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHXslNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZLkvmnYA8LL_TzU2ueGOM9Vg0qjpoVgv3u_KFJOFZoLO8O-52UPULMgMg_aem_69QdcHI2gMISIzsBmXBPbA
11 months ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
Dr Louise Richardson-Self
11 months ago
Some amazing talks coming up this Friday 13 Dec thanks to
@cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social
,
@uconn.bsky.social
,
@lucyosler.bsky.social
, Tracy Llanera & yours truly! "Cultural Imperialism: A Face of Trans Oppression" "Transness, Social Media, and Emotion: How Online Spaces Sculpt Trans Affect" 1/2
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Some of you may be interested in this post by Ori Freiman on chatbot regulation for Open for Debate
#philosophy
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Philosophical Foundations for Chatbot Regulation
In an age where we increasingly converse with artifacts ā whose interfaces include AI, a pressing question emerges: Who, or what, are we really talking with? As AI-based chatbots, often termeā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/philosophical-foundations-for-chatbot-regulation/
11 months ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
Lucy Osler
12 months ago
Weāll be travelling across trans communities, tradwives, endometriosis support groups, metal and baddiecore! Sign up here
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Digital Transformations: Identity, Gender, and Affectivity
An exploration of the digital aspects of human lives, and the ways in which identities, communities, and collectives form in online spaces.
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/digital-transformations-identity-gender-and-affectivity-tickets-1089740566369?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Alessandra Tanesini
Sigrid Wallaert
12 months ago
Iāve made a starter pack for feminist philosophy adjacent people ā please tell me who else to include!
#philsky
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Part 2 of Bram Vaassen's post on AI regulation for Open for Debate
#philosophy
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AI regulation and the right to meaningful explanation. Pt 2: How (if at all)?
Earlier, I argued that we should safeguard the right to a meaningful explanation of life-changing decisions, even when such decisions are made by complex AI algorithms. Here, I argue that the complā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/ai-regulation-and-the-right-to-meaningful-explanation-pt-2-how-if-at-all/
12 months ago
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Some of you may be interested in this post by Bram Vaassen on AI and the right to an explanation for Open for Debate.
#philosophy
#philsky
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AI regulation and the right to meaningful explanation. Pt 1. Why (not)?
Ask anyone except a gun rights activist, and they will agree that the rise of new technologies requires the implementation of new regulations. Not too long ago, a law against human cloning would haā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/ai-regulation-and-the-right-to-meaningful-explanation-pt-1-why-not/
about 1 year ago
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When can someone be said to truly believe something? A great post by Chris Ranalli on Open for Debate
#philsky
#philosophy
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True Believers?
Introduction One popular image of the ābrainwashedā person is someone who repeats what their leader says and who professes conviction in what they repeat.[1] But do brainwashed people really believā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/true-believers/
about 1 year ago
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A great post on collective virtues by Steven Bland on Open for Debate
#philosophy
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How should we lead our intellectual lives?
This question has long preoccupied philosophers, but has recently taken on greater public urgency in response to fears about misinformation, disinformation, bullshit, tribalism, and other perceivedā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/how-should-we-live-our-intellectual-lives
about 1 year ago
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How do virtues relate to values? An excellent post by Henry Roe on Open for Debate
#philosophy
#philsky
#psychology
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Values and Virtues in Philosophy and Psychology
During the recent general election campaign in the UK, I received a flyer through my door from a local independent candidate who claimed to value, among other things, humanitarianism. He also wanteā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/values-and-virtues-in-philosophy-and-psychology/
about 1 year ago
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"Gatekeeping in Science" by Katherine Dormandy for Open for Debate
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Gatekeeping in Science
Itās common in public discourse to see worries about pseudoscience. This is understandable, for the stakes are high. Although science surely canāt tell us about everything, it is our best way to leā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/gatekeeping-in-science/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFXZMhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWte1FgFykt6D_lk5OnqVfmoqWvcaxKSc9bddfy_4e0nb0-h6YYStBgfnQ_aem_mozjawwNm8AGpfIHD2HILQ
about 1 year ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
elisa freschi
about 1 year ago
#PhilosophyJobs
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Ethan Nowak "AI voices should sound weird" on Open for Debate
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AI voices should sound weird
There has been a lot of discussion recently ā both among academics and in the popular press āĀ about what kinds of limits should be placed on content generated by AI. Although questions about how tā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/2075-2/
about 1 year ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
Aidan McGlynn
over 1 year ago
July 2024 issue of Mind is out, with my review of
@ale1808.bsky.social
's 'The Mismeasure of the Self':
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Volume 133 Issue 531 | Mind | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Mind Association. Publishes high-quality original contributions on philosophy, in which no area of philosophy, no style of philosophy, and no school of philosophy is exclud...
https://academic.oup.com/mind/issue/133/531
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Jakob Ohlhurst "Extreme belief systems" on Open for Debate
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Extreme belief systems
In Kirill Srebrennikovās 2016 film, The Student, Venia, a lonely high school student begins to intensely read the bible and appeal to it for everything he says and does. Through this, he becomes a ā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/extreme-belief-systems/
over 1 year ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
Cardiff Philosophy
over 1 year ago
We're hiring! Two 12-month Teaching & Scholarship positions, one in social epistemology and one in political philosophy. Closing date: Sunday 21 July 2024. Full details:
bit.ly/cdfphilts12
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A lovely post by Amalia Navarro in Open for Debate on virtue epistemology and the judiciary
#philosophy
#philsky
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SUBJECTIVE JUSTICE
Can bad people be good judges?[1] This question would have been unintelligible before the rise of the modern state, when moral character and expertise were deemed as inextricably linked.[2] Ā Personā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/subjective-justice
over 1 year ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
UCD School of Philosophy
over 1 year ago
2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship (Level 1) on the international research project
#PERITIA
Network of Research on
#Trust
and
#Expertise
, working with Prof. Maria Baghramian at
#UCD
School of
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#PhilSky
#PhilJobs
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UCD Post-doct Fellow L1 (PERITIA), Philosophy, 24 Months | University Vacancies IrelandUniversity Vacancies Logo
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Some of you might be intersted in this post by Merel Talbi "Confessions, intersectionality and personal pronouns" on Open for Debate
#philosophy
#philsky
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Confessions, intersectionality and personal pronouns
In the past decade or so, great achievements have been made in the emancipation of genderqueer persons. Not only has there been increased visibility of these individuals in politics and media, but ā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/confessions-intersectionality-and-personal-pronouns/
over 1 year ago
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Patrick Connolly "Truth, Fiction and LLMs" on Open for Debate
#philsky
#philosophy
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Truth, fiction and LLMs
The trope of the working novelist isolated for months at a time, hunched over a desk with yellow stained and repetitively strained fingers clacking away on a keyboard is no more. Todayās author neeā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/truth-fiction-and-llms/
over 1 year ago
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Jack Kwong "On Hope and Despair Part II" on Open for Debate
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#philsky
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On Hope and Despair (Part II)
In the previous post, I raised the possibility that people can hope without hope, that is, hope for things that they simultaneously despair or feel unhopeful about. Far from being a contradiction, ā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/on-hope-and-despair-part-ii/
over 1 year ago
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Michael Klenk "Rethinking Manipulation: The Indifference View of Manipulation" on Open for Debate. The final post in a six part series.
#philosophy
#philsky
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Rethinking Manipulation: The Indifference View of Manipulation
In the seriesā Unpacking Manipulation in the Digital Age,ā the previous five posts covered the rise of problematic forms of digital influence (Posts 1, 2, and 3), the need to demarcate ā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/rethinking-manipulation-the-indifference-view-of-manipulation/
over 1 year ago
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Michael Klenk "Unravelling the Complexity of Manipulation Theories" on Open for Debate
#philosophy
#philsky
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Unravelling the Complexity of Manipulation Theories
In the previous four posts of this series on āUnpacking Manipulation in the Digital Age'(Post 1; Post 2; Post 3; Post 4), I argued that more attention to different types of social influence iā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/unravelling-the-complexity-of-manipulation-theories/
over 1 year ago
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Patrick Connolly and I are organising a workship in Cardiff University School of English, Communication and Philosophy on May 8th. Location: Room 0.31 John Percival Building at Cardiff University
tanesini.wordpress.com/news/
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News
The Pragmatics and Epistemology of Online Communication, Workshop Cardiff May 8 2024 Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Philosophy at Cardiff University and Logos/University of Barcelona are hosting a...
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over 1 year ago
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Here is the second post in Michael Klenk's series on influence and manipulation on Social Media
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The Dark Side of Digital Influence
In the previous post, I outlined three reasons for paying closer attention to social influence in the digital landscape: the proliferation of social influence, the informational empowerment of sociā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/the-dark-side-of-digital-influence/
over 1 year ago
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Open for Debate is publishing an excellent series of posts by Michael Klenk on social influence and manipulation in the digital age. Here is the first post which might be of interested to some of you.
#philosophy
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Unpacking Manipulation for the Digital Age
Public debate is shaped partly by human social influence, and we routinely distinguish different types of social influence, such as persuasion, coercion, and manipulation. While persuasion and coerā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/unpacking-manipulation-for-the-digital-age/
over 1 year ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
Lisa Bortolotti
over 1 year ago
Delighted with Philosophical Psychology book symposium on Anneli Jefferson's "Are mental disorders brain disorders?"
www.tandfonline.com/...
. Thanks to Mary Carman for curating the issue & all the commentators for their insightful contributions
#philsky
#newbooks
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Daisy Dixon "Slurring Images" on Open for Debate
#philsky
#philosophy
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Slurring Images
// content warning: racist language and racist imagery // In 2012, the Swedish artist Makode Linde displayed an extremely controversial work of art at the Modern Museum in Stockholm. In celebrationā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/slurring-images
over 1 year ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
Cardiff Philosophy
over 1 year ago
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Anna Klieber has been appointed as a full-time Lecturer on a permanent contract. Dr Klieber works in feminist philosophy of language, especially the ways in which silence communicates.
www.annaklieber.com
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Alessandra Tanesini
Cardiff Philosophy
over 1 year ago
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Becky Millar has been appointed as a full-time Lecturer on a permanent contract. Dr Millar works in phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of cognitive science, especially on the nature of disruptive emotions.
www.beckymillar.com
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Alessandra Tanesini
Cardiff Philosophy
over 1 year ago
We are very pleased to announce that Dr Sarah Fisher will be joining us in September as a full-time Lecturer on a permanent contract. Dr Fisher works in in the philosophy of mind and language, with a particular focus on linguistic framing.
sites.google.com/view/sarahaf...
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"Fundamentalism as a contested concept" by Nora Kindermann on Open for Debate
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Fundamentalism as a contested concept
Fundamentalism is a contested concept. In ordinary language and public discourse, it is applied to actions, beliefs, or groups that we condemn, disagree with, or wish to delegitimize. Highly mediatā¦
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/fundamentalism-as-a-contested-concept/
over 1 year ago
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Alessandra Tanesini
Jules
over 1 year ago
Reminder of the next author-meets-reading-group session on papers from the special issue of Phil Psych, on Understanding Bias: Will Fraker on social kind generics 19/02 4pm GMT. Full details, incl paper & link to join here:
shorturl.at/glDJV
@lisabortolotti.bsky.social
#philsky
#philosophy
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Understanding Bias: Implicit Bias Reading Group, Special Issue!
The Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, runs an ongoing reading group on Implicit Bias. In collaboration with Philosophical Psychology editors, Professor Lisa Bortolotti and Dr Katherin...
https://shorturl.at/glDJV
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Tuckwell and Shang "Zetetic standpoint epistemology" on Open for Debate
#philsky
#philosophy
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Zetetic standpoint epistemology
A central claim of standpoint theory is that the oppressed have an epistemic advantage over the dominant with respect to the workings of oppression. This āepistemic advantage thesisā ranges over i...
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/zetetic-standpoint-epistemology/
almost 2 years ago
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Some of you might be interested in this post by Jessica Pepp, Rachel Sterken and Eliot Michaelson on manipulative algorithms for Open for Debate
#Philsky
#Philosophy
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Can Machines Manipulate Us?
YouTube, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, and chatbots like ChatGPT and Bardāall of them are manipulating you. More specifically, their algorithms are manipulating you.ļæ½...
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/can-machines-manipulate-us/
almost 2 years ago
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A post by Katherine Furman on the epistemology of rumours for Open for Debate
#philsky
#philosophy
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The Epistemology of Rumours
Rumours disrupt official lines of communication and can derail policy. During the 2013 ā 2016 West African Ebola outbreak, rumours were that medics were stealing bodies to be sold for parts on the ļæ½...
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/the-epistemology-of-rumours/
almost 2 years ago
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academic.oup.com/book/42110/c...
A free chapter from my 2021 book thanks to OUP
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Intellectual Virtues and Vices: Sensibilities, Thinking Styles, and Character Traits
Abstract. This chapter sets out the philosophical foundations of the proposed account of virtues and vices of intellectual self-appraisal. It explains the natur
https://academic.oup.com/book/42110/chapter/356123349?login=false
almost 2 years ago
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