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Not sure whether Iβm unhappy or relieved my data analyst mother did not know this at the relevant time
Recently learned that, in Portugal, a legally allowed name for girls is βExcelβ (for boys, only βExelβ, sorry). What are all you nerds waiting for
We need an eternal moratorium on tech or media literacy as solutions to problems that are literally about how the entirety of our societies are built. "Literacy" is not going to stop individual people buying into gender stereotypes or ideological views that everything around us teaches us are right.
Finding out that god asking people to do referee reports is even worse than getting requests for referee reports
Today would be a great day to join your union (if your workplace is unionized).
No reason. It's just always a good day to join a union.
I also make related points about the nature of epistemic normativity and the role of the social in my review of @msimion.bsky.social's book Resistance to Evidence \end
It is a kind of companion piece to my "Resistant Beliefs, Responsive Believers" paper, which develops the same view but focuses on how building evidence-responsiveness into belief can better help us understand why beliefs so often stubbornly resist the evidence. 4/
The chapter also speaks to the question of the roots of epistemic normativity. And it does all this in a naturalistic and non-intellectualist way: it accepts animal belief, does not require language for belief, and fits with mass irrationality. 3/
I offer a bunch of reasons for thinking that beliefs are responsive to evidence, based on the idea that the concept of belief marks the space of reasons. The argument is an expansion of Edward Craig's approach to knowledge, bringing social epistemology to the study of the nature of belief 2/
Look at this sexy new volume on "WTF is belief?" - a crucial question for understanding persuasion, irrationality, propaganda, religion, misinfo, you name it! I have a chapter in it. 1/
The chapter also speaks to the vexed question of the source of epistemic normativity. And it does this in a non-intellectualist, naturalist way: on my picture, animals can have beliefs, language is not a req, and mass irrational belief is possible.
Chapter here! 3/
I give a bunch of reasons for thinking that beliefs have to be responsive to evidence, all coming from the basic thought that the concept of belief marks the space of reasons. The argument is a kind of expansion from Edward Craig's approach to knowledge. 2/
New and free online: @msgjonhere.bsky.social
& my edited collection of essays on belief with Oxford University Press:
academic.oup.com/book/62410
Table of Contents in thread
The pronoun practice we will have in queer utopia is *obviously* referring to everyone as "comrade"
Just realized analytic philosophy is not actually hard to define. Itβs basically a specific set of dry geeky lore: fake barns, brains in vats, cleverly disguised zebras, swampmen, blockheads, a scientist who never saw red, etc. and then we write fanfic.
"Advocates such as social psychologist Jonathan Haidtβwho submitted an amicus brief supporting Texasβs lawβhave called for broad bans on social media use by minors, policies already adopted in countries like Australia." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-far-righ...
Excited to be part of this snazzy line-up! (and to go to Vienna in July - havenβt visited before) www.knowledgeconference.at
Tag line for philosophy as a discipline
external shaming is even more important when internal shame fails
Itβs not even 9am and I have managed to use the university printers. I am invincible
"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts."
massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social
paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...
Falei com o Expresso para este artigo para defender a nostalgia outra vez
This looks like truly fantastic work.
My pet theory of "why do people think the economy is doing poorly despite unprecedented levels of wealth?" is because everyone knows they're getting shorted.
New online, a web supplement to our issue 36 forum on the left and the good life: Ege YumuΕak on making space for political engagement in everyday life.
My new paper is out!
lnkd.in/d7QhdqVD
Publishing on racism against people racialised as Eastern Europeans and its impact on health is not easy. Iβm deeply grateful to everyone who supported me throughout this process.
#philsci #racism #health
News you can use, from the @wired.com security team (who are the best in the biz).
They asked technologists, activists, aid groups, and cybersecurity experts for guidance on how to organize and collaborate in an age of surveillance. Hereβs the result:
If you were to create a philosophy of LLM course, what kinds of things would you cover?
My thoughts in thread, but eager to hear what others would do
The correct attitude that one should take toward AI is as a left technocrat. Be relentlessly empirical about the powers and pitfalls of the technology, but do not forget the contingent material circumstances that shape its deployments.
Incidentally, I am a left technocrat.
This is happening on Thursday! Do come along if youβre interested!