Terrific list.

New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until October 6! Walter Veit examines the role of models in evolutionary biology: their types, testability, and interrelations 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #HPBio #evobio

Anyone have a copy of this they can share with me?

Happy Monday, bluesky. Here's the morning view from my balcony.

A good weekend of meeting friends in Munich, going to Rupertikirtag in Salzburg, finishing a book on friendship, and cycling at night time as fast as my wee legs would go. Looking forward to a chill week of <checks calendar> a conference on privacy! Win!

Tonight, following the ethics reading group, I asked a bunch of philosophers which historical philosopher they'd most and least like to befriend. I chose Hume for 'most', and oscilated between Kant, Wittgenstein and Schopenhauer for 'least'. What about the rest of you? #philsky #philosophy

One of the joys of having an office directly next to Salzburg's Cathedral is I get to hear opera singers blast out Ave Maria almost constantly. Apparently tourists love it. It is starting to lose its appeal for me, tbh. I guess that'll happen after listening to it almost non-stop daily...

New Conference Announcement! Groningen University will host the conference from the project team 'working democracy' on the 30th and 31st of October. More details here: workingdemocracyproject.wordpress.com/events/ #philsky #philosophy #economics #politics #PPE

Just got a copy of Diane Jeske's 'Friendship and Social Media'. So far it's an incredible work, both rigorous and fascinating. I wish I were her friend. #philosophy #philsky

A new and probably final blurb for the book, from Havi Carel: "Razor sharp and incisive, this book scrutinises a new philosophical field: epistemic injustice. A much-needed analysis carried out with acuity and sensitivity."

Back in Salzburg, cuddling with Fellini, and listening to the most outrageous Herbie Hancock album (it's fantastic). Win.

GAP12 talk done. And that's all I have to say about that.

1st day of GAP25 down. Number of compliments on my handwriting: 2 I think the Japanese ink is doing the work here.

I have read not one, but two (2!), papers this week in which the authors said in passing that happiness was an emotion. I really don't get why people think this, but I guess the problem is me. #philsky #philosophy

Went to the Sophia conference in Salzburg and heard a number of super talks. I'll have a day's break before heading off to GAP in Düsseldorf where it'll be my turn to present. Super excited. Hopefully I'll see some bluesky people there! #philosophy #philsky

Also: Keynote by David Lanius (University of Salzburg) on 'Authoritarian Bald-Faced Bullshit' ! sophia-conference.org/2025/08/07/d... #philsky

Philosophers, this is your moment: “Meta Ethics” (two words) is trending on Bluesky. We are one step away from making “metaethics” mainstream.

Salzburg views continue to be cartoonishly idyllic

Lizard took me to Schwangau for my birthday and I visited two (2!) castles. Here's a pic of the iconic Neuschwanstein

just checking in with one of the most influential philosophers alive today

Conference (Deutsch und English) in Vienna/online! Transition to a Socially and Ecologically Just(er) Future. The Path to More Democracy – Anti-Authoritarian and Anti-Hierarchical Designs from October 3-5, 2025, €45 registration. More info can be found here: uttaisop.at/tagung-trans... #philsky

Man, if this weren't a PhD position I'd be applying for this so hard. The project looks VERY COOL and @deeesharp.bsky.social is an absolute gem of a human.

Come work with me and @gessler.bsky.social to study depolarization interventions! Political scientists—please share!

Turns out the horrendous headaches I've been having recently have been caused by severe eye strain, in turn caused by marking marathons... In worse news, I turn 41 very very soon and have been told I now need reading glasses. I always thought I was immune to ageing. Sad times

We are hiring Nanyang Assistant Professors. Successful candidates will be offered a tenure-track appointment, a reduced teaching load for the first few years, and a start-up grant of up to S$1 million. philjobs.org/job/show/29318

So Pope Leo XIV has just declared St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church... I would have prefered Scotus be declared a Saint (rather than simply 'Blessed'), but Newman is pretty great, too.

OK, I'm now listening to Georg Friedrich Haas - extremely different, but equally on brand, vibe.

Listening to Depeche Mode and Visage on a train to Vienna is, as the kids would say, quite the vibe.

Off to see Le Passe at the Landestheater in Salzburg and I am hyped... Hopefully this excitement will last the full 4hrs 20mins of the play.

Classic Vienna. -- Street scene at Peterskirche. #Vienna #photography #photographyOnBlueSky

Today will be spent working on my FWF application and listening to Brian Eno's 'Music for Airports' on repeat until I can find something at least as good to listen to.

The paper is followed by my responses to 11 critics in the same journal, 'Explaining Intentionality: replies to critics' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My paper 'On the Explanation of Intentionality' has just been published in the Australasian Philosophical Review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

People in Glasgow who like film and philosophy: this is tomorrow. The film will be introduced by one of my department's lovely PhD students (Michael Quinn), who will host a Q&A after, and the GFT is always great. www.glasgowfilm.org/movie/mement... #Philosophy #PhilFilm #Memento #ChristopherNolan

Modern citizenship has always been closely intertwined with questions of equality. In the newest #CASBlog article, philosopher Daniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social gets to the bottom of the moral tensions between equal citizenship and global inequality. www.blog.cas.uni-muenchen.de/topics/globa...

I'm delighted to be able to announce that Crispin Wright, myself, and others at Stirling/Edinburgh have been awarded a Research Collaboration Grant by @royalsoced.bsky.social for a project called 'Responsible Trusting Without Prejudice':

The student reading group I run (summer hols edition) started today. We're reading Nietzsche's Genealogy. Number of cis men present: 0. Not what I was expecting! #philsky

Of all the paper planners Wirecutter considered, the Traveler’s Notebook was the most popular with our testers. It also has a large following in the online planner community.

Summer break (from teaching) means the Salzburg Ethics Group will read a book. From tomorrow, we'll be reading Oppressive Praise by @julesholroyd.bsky.social! Exciting! #philsky #philosophy

I set a single paper per week for my course (usually around 25 pages) and if it was a slightly longer paper (say, more than 32 pages) I very much got the sense that my students were a bit pissed. Maybe they have more claims on their time now? Idk. #philsky #philosophy

I'm entering my 25th year in the job, having taught for 4 years at Yale and 20 at Berkeley. The clearest trendline in my experience (fwiw) is the *dramatically* diminished willingness or capacity of undergrads to read. I used to assign 150 pp./week. Closer to 40 now—and even that is aspirational.

Another reason to repost this: www.timcrane.com/uploads/2/5/...

I'm watching the Tour de France and seeing Armirail cycling at around 67kmh fills me with horror and admiration simultaneously. I once cycled at 51kmh and I thought my insides were going to liquify. #tourdefrance #tdf

With the prospect of cutting jury-use in England & Wales in the news, seems like a good time to share this paper again, where I argue that sometimes we *shouldn't* use juries: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/apq/arti... I still think this one of my best and most interesting papers. #Juries

Archived version (not behind a paywall), available here: philpapers.org/rec/SLAJJO #ShamelessSelfPromotion

We’re excited to share that a new publication by Matt Dougherty (@weareceu.bsky.social), titled “Hyman, Ryle, and the Unity of Knowledge,” has just been published in the European Journal of Philosophy. You can read the paper here: buff.ly/AgKF2aq

I went on a 90km cycle today with A LOT of elevation. I don't think I've ever felt so tired. Just as I sat down, I got a notification from Komoot telling me the adventure wasn't over yet... Yes it is, app... Yes it is.