Maybe I'm dumb. But what exactly are the above mentioned topics? Both "western philosophy" and "broadly"?

My toxic trait is that I think watching enough "Life Below Zero" could prepare more the parts of this job that I am absolutely unqualified to perform.

I feel like "open broadly construed" needs to be a new AOS/AOC in philosophy job postings.

My review of Kirill Chepurin's wonderful book "Bliss Against the World: Schelling, Theodicy, and the Crisis of Modernity" is now available online. I hope you enjoy. Kirill's book was a pleasure to read and hopefully I was able to capture some of that.

I was excited to teach Aristotle on wonder and book 1 of Kant's Groundwork today but the universe (and the disastrous Philadelphia highways) had other plans for me. I'm all good, but the car looks pretty messed up. Versa vs. tractor trailer = no more Versa.

"Absolute Dialetheism: Hegel, Schelling and the End of Alterity" by Greg Moss (@philosophermoss.bsky.social) has a cover and it looks great! Very excited for this one. May 2026 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-absolut...

The workshop was great. Very much looking forward to sharing my paper with everyone once it's finally all finished. Also, despite being there for less than 48 hours, Chicago is awesome. Hadn't been in over a decade but I really enjoyed it.

If you're into early 2000s anti-capitalist rap, "I Phantom" by Mr. Lif is pretty hard to top (in my opinion). "The purpose of our life is just to serve the economy They misinform our minds to paint a picture of harmony" (Live From the Plantation)

I'm doing a thing at Rowan on October 8th. If you're in the area and want to hear me talk about miracles and the politics of sufficient reason in Spinoza and Schelling come by!

Turns out there’s a poster with all the info. I had no idea.

Off to Chicago for a workshop on monism, ethics, and politics. Giving a version of my monism and miracles paper. Looking forward to the feedback.

"If the opposite of pro is a con then look beyond this The opposite of congress must be progress" Cage "Grand Ol’ Party Crash"

I've gotta say based on the number of job listings I've seen so far, this is going to be a pretty brutal year for philosophers looking for work. But hey, at least everything is getting more expensive at the same time.

Rewatching "The Ninth Gate". A charming movie about a man looking for a book.

Proofs!!! I'm very excited to share this one with you all. Huge thanks to Kirill and @symphilosophie.bsky.social.

I've been looking forward to this one for a long while. Glad to hear it will be coming my way soon. Congratulations Pete.

Ok! Fixed some stuff and now it looks a bit better. Pretty basic but if you're looking for my work you can find it here: norrisb84.wixsite.com/benjaminnorris

Ok well given the ultimate downfall of that academia site, I did my best to scrap together a personal page with my info and links to my papers. The URL is trash right now, but I have to wait to pay. I'm no good at this stuff. Let me know what you think. norrisb84.wixsite.com/benjaminnorris

Any suggestions for the easiest way for a tech inept academic to make a personal webpage?

Due to various circumstances the Boy had to come into work with me today. Found class a bit boring but got to make lots of new friends. Sat through three classes in a row like an absolute champ.

Sleep well my prison riot king. "The Last Castle" is great. By far my favorite Redford movie.

Started reading Thomas Nail's "Theory of the Earth". So far it's a bit out there. It kind of reminds me of DeLanda's "A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History" but on a much larger scale. "Our earth is not a ground, but a tiny metastable region of an unstable and dying universe" (23).

Did a Heraclitus philosophical art gallery with the Ancient class today. This activity always works great. Highly recommend.

I generally like this site. Gives me a little social media fix while not bombarding me with a bunch of hateful content. However, I wish that when I click "show less like this" it would in fact show me less like that.

Stating that a university relies too heavily on exploited adjunct labor is not anti-adjunct. It only is if you think adjuncts are incapable of being full time faculty with actual benefits and job protections.

Listen to more TAD. You won't regret it. "God's Balls" is probably the best grunge album released before "Nevermind".

I wish I had the optimism of a package delivery tracking app. "Sure it hasn't shipped yet, but it will definitely arrive today. No worries bro".

Diversity in one's musical diet is important as well. Toto's "IV" is an absolute banger. Each song, not just that last one.

"Demon Cleaner is next" he said to a beast that just wanted more treats.

Trying to explain to my dog why "Welcome to Sky Valley" by Kyuss is such a good record. I don't think he gets it. Yet.

I'm tired of this discourse. Can we move on to the next one? Please?

Teaching Parmenides next week so I'm revisiting this bad boy. If you are interested in monism and haven't read it yet, I can't recommend it highly enough. "My worry is that, in many quarters of analytical philosophy, the study of the history of philosophy is merely tolerated" (182).

Got in a day early. Lorna Shore "I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me". I'm about halfway through, and it's definitely Lorna Shore doing what they do best.

Damn. Apparently a faculty wide email thread about parking really brings out the worst in some people.

Did a reading activity in class today and had the kids work in groups. They put away their phones, closed their computers, and actually talked to each other. It made me really happy.

Got my shots! I'm invincible now right? www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2WL...

Very exciting. "Absolute Dialetheism: Hegel, Schelling and the End of Alterity" by Gregory S. Moss (@philosophermoss.bsky.social) has a release date! Mark your calendars for May 2026. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-absolut...

Maybe this is too much, but I immediately lose respect for any philosophy department that is still trying to hire an AOS in artificial intelligence.

Training a cattle dog recall takes forever, but if you let him go to bed at 8 pm two nights in a row that shit is locked in.

New turntable arrived. The other one was from amazon (I know, I'm sorry). The motor slowed after a month or two and couldn't be fixed so everything was playing slow by 3-5 bpm. It was driving me insane. This one is awesome. Built in Stroboscope? Anti-skate? Bluetooth? Hell yeah.

Booked an appointment for a COVID booster tomorrow! I wish I was able to get it a few weeks before the semester started, but this will do.

Now rewatching "Children of Men" for no particular reason. This movie hits harder as we barrel towards November 16, 2027. All these billionaire babies whining about declining birthrates while hating on immigrants and refugees...

Rawls argues that the first principle of justice "includes freedom from psychological oppression". I'd like to believe that this entails the freedom from being constantly subjected to stupid advertisements.

Seriously though. This dude is incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwp_...

Rewatching "The Death of Stalin" for no particular reason.

I'm sure this point has been made before, but Cybertrucks are clearly gender affirming care for dudes whose divorces are not going well.

I really want to teach a course on early modern metaphysics and the tv show "Devs". I think it could work very well.

This was a very interesting article. Probably the best I’ve read on Moby Dick so far. The Schelling aspects could use some development, but ultimately that’s a good thing for me.

The summer project always arrives a bit too late. “The sea makes the void of the world without ever making world. It is no more of the world than it is of another world, an alternative to the world: it is the all-devouring”(Grelet, 23). "When I go to the sea, I go as a simple sailor"-Ishmael.

Looking forward to watching the AI thing go the way of those NFTs. thedailyadda.com/95-of-compan...