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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Last couple of years the Philosophers' Annual has left me feeling a little cold. So it is nice to see so many of my favorite recent papers (and a couple i had on my "to readily list) featured this year. Really great list of papers.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We have another PhD position opening at Umeå. This time with a connection to 'ethics in teacher education'. This can be construed broadly so projects in e.g. social epistemology (like trust and testimony) likely count as long as there is a clear connection to ethics and education. Ad posted below:

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Just refereed AI slop for the first time. Great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I'm told the deadline for this has been officially extended from.thr 6th to the 16th of March.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

We have an open PhD position at Umeå. Current deadline is March 6th which is pretty soon. S Please send this to any promising students who might be interested - especially if they are into the sort of stuff we do at Umeå. Here is the link: www.umu.se/en/work-with...

umu.se

Doctoral student in philosophy

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Getting Reddit ads for Mensa. Not sure whether to be complemented that the algorithm thinks I'm smart, or insulted that it thinks I'm the sort of weirdo who cares about their IQ (I have a staggeringly low IQ btw).

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I especially recommend this for people fleeing dysfunctional higher ed systems in the U.S. and UK. Things seem to run (comparatively) well here.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We're hiring at Umeå. The position is full professor - but don't be intimidated by the professor title - you don't have to be fancy to apply. I'd say anyone with a potentially tenureable CV has a shot (obviously fanciness is a bonus). Area is pretty open. For details see ad below:

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Anyone written on presupposition failures in truthmaker semantics? Here is the issue I'm trying to understand:.....

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Has anybody ever come up with a remotely compelling response to Enoch's "Schmagency" argument?

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

I remember Ted Sider's logic book getting a lot of hate from logicians when it came out. Can anyone remember why people hated it so much?

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Why is every other post on my newsfeed today about Jaegwon Kim?

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Brett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

People love to talk about "work-life balance," but what if the minute you stop working you enter a never-ending anxiety spiral that only ends when you start distracting yourself with work again? What then, wokescolds?

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

7 year old: Why are you biting your finger? Me: I don't know. 7 Year old: Did you not know you were doing it? Me: Yea I knew I was doing it. 7 year old: Daddy, that makes no sense. I think my child has been reading Anscombe.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

We often venerate philosophical contributions that develop clear, systematic, and original arguments for their conclusions. Are there any recent examples of philosophical work that excels instead through creative and insightful synthesis of many different ideas?

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

If you pay for Overleaf does that make it less shit?

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

My kid playing under the northern lights at 5pm (ish) this afternoon.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Looking for logic textbook recommendations - self study for a smart masters student who has not done any logic before and just needs the basics. I used Tomassi as an undergrad this is about the right level, but too long and slow for these purposes. Any ideas?

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

TIL I'm not bright enough to get onto the philosophy PhD programme at Stockholm Uni (probably true tbh).

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WRONG or METAPHYSICAL IN NATURE @jsthrill.modphi.com · 17/12/2024

Intriguing exchange imo

N. G. Laskowski @nglaskowski.bs... • 4d
The following metaethicists off the top of my head aren't even reflected anywhere on the list:
Uppsala: Eklund, Reisner, Risberg, Terms
Stockholm: Bjornsson, Bykvist, Hattiangadi, Olson
Southhampton: Gregory, Sylvan, Way, Whiting, McHugh
Frankfurt: Baker, Kölher, Tiefsensee (no
PhD program I know)

Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social •3d
None of those programs were part of the survey.

N. G. Laskowski @nglaskowski.bs... • 3d
Indeed.

•Brian Leiter@brianleiter.bsky.social - 3d
So what's the point then?

N. G. Laskowski @nglaskowski.bs... • 4d
Reply to N. G. Laskowski
Leeds, with Väyrynen, Bex-Priestly, Rosker-Rowland, Kirchin, Williams, Woods, is somehow in the bottom tier!

Brian Leiter @brianleiter.bsky.social • 3d
It's not the "bottom tier," that would be programs that weren't ranked at all.
Opinions did indeed vary about Leeds.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Agree. When I hear people complain about how bad philosophical writing is I wonder if they have ever read anything produced in other disciplines (pop-sci doesn't count).

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

My controversial opinion is that endnotes are good.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Honestly Duo, that seems low....

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Just finished "Pale Fire". Getting referee 2 flashbacks.

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Is Relevance Theory still cool? If not, what's cool now - what should I be reading?

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Andy Peet @andypeet.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

I want to understand Kant well enough to be able to vaguely understand writers in the 'Post-Kantien European Tradition'. What should I read? (I tried just reading Kant - it didn't work - he says himself that he's a shit writer in need of a competent expositor).

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