Pausing my social media hiatus to say that my first paper 'The Problem with the 'Now What' Problem' is now out in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice! The paper is open access so anyone should be able to read it. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

everyone at this conference is so lovely

arrived in frankfurt for frankmeta.7!

this is a truly excellent album open.spotify.com/album/3pVuoi...

Latest post. Don’t know how many I have still in me helendecruz.substack.com/p/cant-take-...

writing about conceptual truth ☹️ writing about conceptual truth with a nice little drink 😁

we’ve recently gotten into boardgames, currently hunting octopi

what font did you guys use for your thesis? the italics on garamond is starting to irritate me

currently have an entire library to myself

Realising that you can just skip talks if you want at conferences really changed the game for me

i wasn’t using blue sky at the time but this is proof that i’m still out here philosophising

final meeting coming up for the moral universe reading group

been a while since i’ve ridden anywhere just for fun (ignore how slow i am)

tranquility maxing

really struggling with the current thesis chapter, into the dozens of drafts at this point and still can’t work out what I want to say

real ‘throw toys out of pram and restart thesis chapter’ hours

i have deleted all the other apps in the hopes i start procrastinating from writing up by doomscrolling here instead

my paper ‘the problem with the ‘now what’ problem’ has been accepted for presentation at TIF in barcelona 🎉 tallinfil.wordpress.com

new keyboard with which to finish this phd

Oxford are looking for an associate professor/professor, AOS in some area of theoretical philosophy, AOC in feminist philosophy

reading a new j.l. mackie book in 2024

Delighted to see this, and hugely honoured and grateful that royalties from Mackie’s last book will go to Philosophy in Prison ( check it out at philosophyinprison.com ) Thank you to the editors and to Hilary and David for their generosity. #philsky global.oup.com/academic/pro...

just when i thought moorean arguments were behind me

the philosophy books have a new home

i’d like everyone to know that the assassination wasn’t wrong specifically because there are no moral facts

running a marshmallow test on my girlfriend by leaving her alone with her wrapped christmas presents

i like that i don’t even need to speak french for this

attempting to work my way through the top 100 rolling stone albums whilst i’m writing up, these are my favourite songs so far

this years black friday purchase even more spurious than usual

note to phd students: buying that shiny new thing isn’t going to help you finish your thesis unrelatedly, i just got this sick new mouse

i love setting unrealistic deadlines

finally brought my soup maker to edinburgh so get ready for some soup posting

world philosophy day is exclusionary against philosophers from other possible worlds

doing this for my thesis chapters

Referee 2 called me out for misspelling “iff” in case any philosophers are wondering what publishing interdisciplinary research is like.

call for papers is out for the groningen metaethics workshop! philevents.org/event/show/1...

Here is a rapidly growing starter pack with political theorists and philosophers. Please share it widely and send me a message if you want to be added to the list!!🌻 go.bsky.app/4uqLbgZ

Guess who’s back. Back again. Ersatz’s back. Tell a friend.

my pal @drlivcoombes.bsky.social is now skeeting, drop her a follow!

OK, that happened quicker than I expected. Did I mention that I‘d written a book? I did write one as it happens: ‘What are Animal Rights For?‘ It‘s part of a great series by Bristol University Press: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-a...

new refutation of skepticism: 1. either you know or you don't know (LEM) 2. if you know, you know (tautology) 3. if you don't know, now you know (Smalls 1994) C. you know

does your office have a tea point or is it just me

don't annoy me or I'll put your paper in here

Academia should allow people to release remixes of other people’s papers

My paper "Friendship with the ancients" is out in Journal of the APA. I look at the philosophical practice to "make friends" with long-dead authors, and what you get out of it: a specific kind of understanding, relational understanding, and intellectual humility www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

i’ve gotten into ramen eggs lately idk if that’s the kind of stuff you guys are into over here

📣 Calling A Level teachers! 📣 You are warmly invited to register a group of students for the Warwick Philosophy Year 12 Conference (March 21, 2025) Details in the link below. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philos…

🚨 Proud to share that our new Target Article in the American Journal of Bioethics is now published! "Digital Doppelgängers and Lifespan Extension: What Matters?" with @siglesias https://buff.ly/48NHP8E

no one tell other disciplines that the way we do philosophy rankings is that *some guy* asks people what the vibe is

(misunderstanding the PGR rankings) shut up 4s, a 27 is talking