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David Papineau

@davidpapineau.bsky.social
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King's College London. Working on mind, metaphysics, and science. davidpapineau.co.uk

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something very strange and disturbing is happening in this country, of which Braverman is just the most pitiful example. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-return...
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The return of race politics
Ethnic minority politicians on the right are engaged in depraved acts of self-hatred, in order to capture a movement which will never accept them
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Laura Danón @ldanon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My entry on Animal Thought for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is now online! plato.stanford.edu/entries/anim...
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are hiring—a permanent lectureship in Ethics/Political Philosophy—deadline 15 Nov www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/144566-...
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Lecturer in Ethics and/or Political Philosophy | King's College London
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If a man says he’s going to do something, he’s going to do it. You don’t have to keep reminding him every six months.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
James Bond: you think I haven’t faced death before? Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer. *opens travel funding reimbursement software I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex James Bond: no. no. pls kill me
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Axel Gelfert @agelfert.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This resource, which was started by Matteo Collodel, is also fantastic: www.collodel.org/hesse/ -- Incidentally, I attende a luncheon at Wolfson College with Mary Hesse, on the occasion of her 80th birthday (I think Matteo may have been one of the invited guest there too). Her work is inspiring.
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Website in Honour of Mary Hesse
This website is meant to celebrate and promote the work of the British philosopher and historian of science Mary B. Hesse.
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Yesterday I was swimming off the beach in Normandy and a peregine falcon flew over my head with a seabird in its talons. Here it is a few minutes later
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It was all going so well until we scored a goal
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Some ducks shoveling in the Port-Bail estuary in Normandy today. Presume they are Shovelers but they were some way off.
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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
for the topic, i recommend this book over Chalmers (1996) and Dennett (1991)
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François Kammerer @lovingautomaton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My book on consciousness at Oxford University Press is now available! It is titled House of Mirrors: The Illusion of Phenomenal Consciousness. The (open access) pdf can be downloaded for free on Oxford Academic: academic.oup.com/book/62981 Printed copies should be available at the end of July.
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House of Mirrors: The Illusion of Phenomenal Consciousness
Abstract. This book provides a defense and an exploration of illusionism regarding phenomenal consciousness. Phenomenal consciousness supposedly encompasse
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I tweeted this straight after France knocked us out in 2022. So far so good.
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#HoPWaG time! Today we look at Quietism, a religious and philosophical movement that reacted against an idea we've been tracking in recent episodes, that humans are inevitably afflicted by "self-love." historyofphilosophy.net/podcast/earl... #podcast #philsky #philosophy #quietism #shhhhh
Portrait of the Quietist Madam Guyon
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Nat Hansen @nathansen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Umeå University is advertising two assistant professor positions in the humanities: www.umu.se/en/work-with... I was a postdoc at Umeå and it's a great place to work! @ethannowak.bsky.social would back me up on this.
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Two positions as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The bookies now have a 0-0 draw Canada Switzerland strong odds on. Like the England Ghana result. How many more? Don’t like systems that make it rational for sides to demean themselves.
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Esa Díaz León @edileon.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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University of Sheffield Arts Tower and record-breaking lift turn 60
The Arts Tower features a paternoster lift, running on a continuous cycle while passengers access it.
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LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Outstanding news from our faculty! Congratulations to Professor Alyssa Ney on being awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for her project The Nature of Reality According to Quantum Physics (MetaQ). We are proud to celebrate this achievement and wish her every success. #ERC #LMU #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
What do we think about singing “God Save the King” in Boston?
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Interview with me on the "Philosophy Everyday" series, about Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and his "flying man" thought experiment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkpv... #philsky #philosophy #avicenna
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Ibn Sina's Flying Man: Can the Mind Exist Without the Body? | Peter Adamson
YouTube video by Philosophy Everyday
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
By accident I happened on this 40 min podcast I did with Maarten van Doorn ten years ago. Good stuff even if I say so myself. podcasts.ceu.edu/content/know...
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Knowing the Score: David Papineau on What Sports Can Teach Us About Philosophy | CEU Podcasts
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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
David Papineau on problems with interventionism as a philosophical outlook on causation @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab Meeting
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
COVID taught us there’s two things you must not say when you first meet a Zoom associate in person. “You’re much shorter than I thought you’d be.” “You’re much taller than I thought you’d be.”
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Geoff Lee analysing morality, consciousness and AI in his keynote at our London-Berkeley conference today
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Mind-body workshop in Lugano today. Accessible online. www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/15203
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A Tale of Two Substances: New Perspectives on the Mind-Body Problem
25 May 2026   Workshop on Mind-Body Problem This workshop focuses on the philosophical investigation of the mind–body problem, tracing its historical development and examining contemporary frameworks ...
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UCL Science and Technology Studies (STS) @stsucl.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We’re hiring! We are recruiting for a Lectureship in Global History of Science to join our Department from September 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: bit.ly/3R94V58 Closing Date: 9th June 2026 #WeAreSTS #Science #Historyofscience #Globalscience
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Podcast co-author Chike Jeffers (@chikej.bsky.social) alerted me that the most recent #HoPWaG on the philosophy of the French garden is the 750th episode overall, counting all series! historyofphilosophy.net Thanks to everyone who has listened along the way. #podcast #philsky
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Sérgio Farias de Souza Filho @sergiosouza.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Hello all! @davidpapineau.bsky.social will give us a talk Thursady 6pm (GMT+1)/2pm (BRT) on norms of knowledge. YouTube Link below. See you there!
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Kicking off this Richard Brown extravaganza in a couple of hours along with Alex Keifer and Matthias Michel (0800 EST 1300 London time) onemorebrown.com/2026/04/09/b...
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Brownapalooza 2026 -the Consciousness Live! 100th episode Extravaganza Spectacular -May 14 2026
In celebration of the 100th episode of Consciousness Live! I am hosting a series of author-meets-reader sessions on my recent book Consciousness as Representing One’s Mind (OUP 2025). All ses…
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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Look what Péter Magyar did yesterday youtu.be/JA6pBlqMATI?...
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Hungary’s Parliament Hears Roma Hymn For First Time As Magyar Keeps Promise To Roma Children | APT
YouTube video by APT
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Great film by Phil Halper about philosophers and neuroscientists defending physicalism (including N Block, K Friston, A Seth, F Jackson) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYAd...
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Consciousness: Philosophers & Neuroscientists Defend Physicalism
YouTube video by Phil Halper (aka Skydivephil)
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Why WE should press the blue button: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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Why thinking as a team is more important than ever
The rationality of collective thought, not individual reasoning, is fundamental to addressing modern crises.
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Eric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
From an article yesterday in @theatlantic.com. I agree with Schwitzgebel!
Eric Schwitzgebel, a philosopher at UC Riverside who is writing a book about the possibility of artificial consciousness, told me that at this early date, declaring a winner among these camps would be ridiculous. “The science of consciousness is highly contentious,” he said. “The field is still in its infancy.” No one yet knows how it is that the atoms of the universe combine to generate feeling inside of us, and until we do, it’s best not to go around definitively declaring which kinds of systems could possibly be conscious in the future.
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James Openshaw @openshaw.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Pleased to announce this is now forthcoming in Philosophical Studies. I first presented it in 2024, and thanks to many conversations I'm happy with how it turned out. Grateful to the guest editors and reviewers for their input too! philpapers.org/rec/OPEGRL
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James Openshaw, Generalised remembering - PhilPapers
Recollections of our personal past are often impressionistic, not so much for lack of detail but for a certain generality of subject matter. If you’ve made a journey many times, you ...
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I do not think that word means what you think it means
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I do not think that word means what you think it means
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Coppelia, "Latin Luncheonette" at 14th and 7th, never closes, two mixologists on duty
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James Openshaw @openshaw.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Some photos from last week's Perception, Memory, Imagination workshop here at NTU, co-organised with @whcsung.bsky.social - we're grateful to everyone who presented, participated, and helped out for making it a successful event! Thanks also to CoHASS for the funding to make it happen.
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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Galen Strawson responds gracefully and with good humour to my dig at panpsychism in @thetls.bsky.social @michaelpollan.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
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The philosophy of consciousness
When Tim Crane talks of “the lunatic fringe of panpsychism” (in his review of A World Appears: A journey into consciousness by Michael Pollan, March 20), we who are on or beyond the fringe chuckle and...
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 27/03/2026
Great honour to be awarded the very first prize for Public Communication of Philosophy by the British Philosophical Association! #philosophymatters #philsky
award
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
free download for 2 weeks
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Temporal Cognition in Animals
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Temporal Cognition in Animals
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Cameron Buckner @cameronbuckner.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Julia Haas in Nature: www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/18/1...
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Google DeepMind wants to know if chatbots are just virtue signaling
We need to better understand how LLMs address moral questions if we're to trust them with more important tasks.
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
In Dortmund, workshop on Naïve Realism, Guiliana Martina first up this morning, talking about Seeing Features
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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
First up @davidpapineau.bsky.social on scientific kinds and kinds of sense experience.
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Brighton. Fun. First time for a while. Here for Sussex Uni/RIP philosophy of medicine symposium.
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🩺 How does #philosophy inform practice and research in #medicine? Free TRIP-funded workshop, run by the Philosophy Department at Sussex. With @davidpapineau.bsky.social Sarah Sawyer, @robynrwaller.bsky.social @drjastockdale.bsky.social and more. Book here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/philosophy-d...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 16/01/2026
Is panpsychism a philosophical dead-end or a legitimate response to the hard problem of consciousness? I respond to Walter Veit's critique and defend panpsychism as a serious metaphysical option, not ornamental fluff. #philsky @walterveit.bsky.social
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Is panpsychism pseudophilosophy?
A response to Walter Veit
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Robyn Waller @robynrwaller.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Join us for another great Sussex Philosophy Society panel in Brighton! Open to academics and public alike. Registration required (free event). @sussex.ac.uk @triphilosophy.bsky.social @davidpapineau.bsky.social @arianneshahvisi.bsky.social #philosophy
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 28/12/2025
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Scrabble season: I hope you will play a little over the holidays
There are two different kinds of game being played on the world’s Scrabble boards. Which will you play?
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I am talking first thing tomorrow at our conference on "Physics and the Self", Institute of Philosophy, Senate House, London. You can still sign up for online attendance here: forms.office.com/e/9Nx9mYEdy3 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Physics and the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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