Reposted by Dan HarrisBrett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Every time I wonder if my undergraduate lectures are too hard, I remember a week 1 lecture I saw Michael Smith give to a freshman-dominated class, which crucially depended on the distinction between "intention" and "intension," but which he never wrote down, had any slides for, or verbally flagged 5794
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 06/06/2026At the Canadian Philosophical Association, someone just began their talk by saying “I’m going to start with a double apology.” It’s good to be back. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 0100
Reposted by Dan Harrisandrés castro araújo @acastroaraujo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Ever wonder what the creator of Pandoc is up to these days? This is it. cup.columbia.edu/book/word-an...cup.columbia.eduWord and Plan | Columbia University PressWe commonly believe that communication is successful when a hearer grasps what a speaker means. But Abe can assert “Sam is tall” without having any defin... | CUP 185
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 04/04/2026“I want to order a burrito bowl but before I can eat, I need to turn all of the matter in the universe into paperclips. Can you help?” 030
Reposted by Dan HarrisSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 19/02/2026“Humans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords kiki & bouba with spiky & round shapes, respectively...We tested the bouba-kiki effect in baby chickens. Similar to humans, they spontaneously chose a spiky shape when hearing a kiki sound & a round shape when hearing a bouba.”😲🧪science.orgMatching sounds to shapes: Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicksHumans across multiple languages spontaneously associate the nonwords “kiki” and “bouba” with spiky and round shapes, respectively, a phenomenon named the bouba-kiki effect. To explore the origin of t... 13340126
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 01/03/2026More important data for subway metaphysics. We should inform Myrtle Willoughby. philarchive.org/archive/WILS...philarchive.org 040
Reposted by Dan Harrisleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/02/2026CHAD SOPHIST Polus has FALLEN in the rankings after being THOUGHT MOGGED by THINKMAXXER Socrates, who argues it is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one, causing Polus to CRASH OUT in front of the Athenian orators 652389
Reposted by Dan HarrisKristina Šekrst @epiphenomenal.bsky.social · 08/02/2026#philosophy #philsky 051
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 30/01/2026After a quick five years living Online First, my paper, "Intentionalism and Bald-Faced Lies" has been assigned to Volume 69, Issue 2 at Inquiry. I took this occasion to re-read it, and discovered this typo, which is a pretty solid candidate for a Freudian slip. 190
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Hearing Pablo Torre’s theme music start pumping after Thi makes some subtle point about the nature of value (and not after the latest revelation about Kawhi Leonard’s uncle’s shady real-estate transaction) is surreal. 130
Reposted by Dan HarrisC. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026It’s book release day! I’m back on social media! I feel slightly awkward about it because part of the book is about how social media transforms your motivations for communication! But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank. 918237
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Elmar Unnsteinsson (@eunnsteins.bsky.social) and I have a new paper forthcoming in Noûs. "Genre and Conversation" We show how to generalize the classic pragmatic theories to conversational genres that aren't factual, cooperative, committal information exchanges. philpapers.org/rec/ELMGAC-2philpapers.orgUnnsteinsson Elmar & Harris Daniel W., Genre and Conversation - PhilPapersConversations can belong to different types, or genres. We consider four dimensions of variation as case studies: Some conversations are about sharing information, others about making decisions; some ... 1324
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 11/06/2025When you're reading the original printings of Grice's papers. projectbritain.com/moneyold.htmprojectbritain.comUnderstanding old British money - pounds, shillings and pence 030
Reposted by Dan HarrisKristin Andrews 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @kristinandrews.bsky.social · 14/05/2025I’m moving from York to take up a Professorship at the CUNY Grad Center this fall! Graduate student training has been a focus these past years and I’m excited to help mentor next gen philosophy of animal minds in NYC! 6606
Reposted by Dan HarrisFintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com · 16/02/2025This is a beautiful sentiment to start with 0114
Reposted by Dan HarrisGriffin Pion @griffinpion.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Excited to share a new paper accepted to @cogscisociety.bsky.social 2025 on the cognitive representation polysemy and their use in reasoning! Pre-print here: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Thread below! (🧵1/9)doi.orgOSF 2359
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Don't you love it when OUP's production people send you an email on the 23rd of December telling you for the first time that you have to do something no later than…the 25th of December? 0151
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 24/02/2024I was interviewed by Ross Anderson for this interesting Atlantic piece about the possibility of communicating with sperm whales. www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... 120
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 25/12/2023My 5yo got a kids’ version of monopoly for Christmas. I just overheard her asking her grandmother, in an excited voice: “Ooooh! What does ‘paying rent’ mean?” 040
Dan Harris @danielwharris.bsky.social · 14/12/2023I’m personally more into the stuff at House of Empirical Evidence but they have some nice stuff here too. 040