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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 17h

New paper forthcoming in Philstudies: There Can Be No Dispute Quick Pitch: You can make arguments from disagreement without disagreement. Contextualists defenses, including appeal to metalinguistic negotiation, are neutralized. Thread: philpapers.org/rec/SKETCB-2

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Glanzo gives rise to challenging questions which are not altogether easy to answer.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My <2 week old has shockingly well developed traps and delts.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We need a word for counterfactual conditionals whose antecedents are not contrary to the facts. My proposal: Factual Conditionals

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is Devilman Crybaby erasure, and I won't stand for it.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Four year old had a her annual checkup this morning. She left with a clean bill of health. >8 hours later she is now visibly and audibly sick.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dual-Wielding my brains like 2 RCP90s in Goldeneye. Come see me in the Facility, Stancil.

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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This isn't a metaphor. Just a story about a roach. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/roach-2 PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com

4-panel SMBC comic update. The first panel shows a cartoon little roach happily saying "oh man! The stupid human put food in here. fool!" The next panel shows the roach walking away from a poison trap as he says "I’m gonna give it to everyone!" The third panel shows a human at his computer with a similar expression to that of the cartoon roach. The man says "this stupid company made a controversial ad. How embarrassing for them!" The man then walks away from the computer desk, at an angle reminiscent to the panel where the roach walks away from the poison trap. The man says "better share with all my friends and family so everyone knows which ad not to look at."

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The next time I'm in the mood for an inflammatory blog post with absolutely no philosophical substance I'll stick to Colin McGinn, thank you very much.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Madelyn Fae. 9lbs and full head of hair.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Collecting student evals for a performance review. Shocked at how often students use the word “warm” to describe me. I love the good press, but I can’t help but think that the description isn’t exactly accurate.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m looking for something to read. In particular, I’d like to be reminded of my granny, I want several nautical references, and I’d like to know, once and for all, how many games in town there are. Recommendations welcome!

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nothing like clicking "submit" And by clicking "submit", I mean emailing the editorial assistant because the editorial manager isn't working properly. Sweet catharsis.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Big dishwasher doesn’t want you to know that it’s actually faster to wash bowls by hand.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

For me it’s the miniature little purple ones.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

asking whether or how something is philosophy isn’t philosophy

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You know, it’s actually much cooler if you quietly and gently set the weights down. Like it’s no big deal. Like you’ve done it before.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

4yo: Guess what? Me: What? 4yo: I love you, and also chicken butt.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I usually write in the mornings, but deadlines approach, and I did some writing last night. Took a look at it this morning. Apparently, I should've just gone to bed.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Me, anytime anyone is critical of me or my ideas in any way:

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Addendum to every document I have ever produced.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ACAB applies to epistemic contextualists.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

INTUITION CHECK: Context: I purchased two packages of dates, one pitted, one with pits. My wife found one that still had a pit in the package of pitted ones. Wife: Not all the pitted ones were pitted. Felicitous?

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I can’t wait to get home so that I can carefully and fastidiously read ALL TEN papers in Philosopher’s Annual 2025.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alchemist rock band: Gold Zeppelin

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Quite frankly, I don’t much care for this Gaston fellow. He’s a bit of an oaf in my estimation.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In the Skeels household, Dolly Parton is best known as the woman who sends us a book every month (through the imagination library) and the person who “built” Dollywood. I now have occasion to explain what I failed to explain previously.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Last week: guy at Chipotle didn’t charge me for double meat. Probably just forgot. This week: same guy. No charge. This was no accident.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Philosophy and Phrenological Research

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

INTUITION CHECK: Heard this at the end of a video: "Like the video if you did." This struck me as infelicitous. I get what he's trying to say, and it's even kind of clever, but my intuitive reaction was strong and negative. youtu.be/avpgmGbszvM?... Thoughts?

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The Ultimate DS Flash Cart Is Finally Here: DSpico

YouTube video by Aar

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My shrewd gambit of not being the editor of an invited volume continues to pay dividends.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

My name is Ken Masters. I’m a billionaire karate guy, and I live in the subway.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

That’s just factslop. You only like it because it obtains.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Me: I‘m growing increasingly worried about the students’ waning spelling and basic reading comprehension skills. Also me: im philsopher of langague

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My 4yo daughter pretending to be me, sitting on the couch holding a dinner plate like a steering wheel: yeah I gotta drive all the way to work on a Saturday, cuz they need me to do more philosophy.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The new Ghost in the Shell anime is not doin’ it for me.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is purely anecdotal, but Reviewer 2 is in the midst of an incredible redemption arc.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Referee 2: I give this paper 4/5 Goldsteins. I recommend acceptance.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The machines may take my philosophy job, but my other passions like fighting, lifting heavy things, and video games are safe. Machines and technology have never been helpful in these endeavors.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sweaty meat computers made sand do math and now they are sad.

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elliot @elliotcc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

My sense is that people are reasoning backwards from the intuition that LLMs are not conscious to theories of mind which would vindicate that intuition. As a philosopher of mind I find this unfortunate, since we would never rely on intuitions about cases to support a theory.

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Patrick Skeels @baslogic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

mfs in ohio driving around like they want a piece, but they ain’t about that life

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