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Erich Hatala Matthes

@ehatmat.bsky.social
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Philosophy professor at Wellesley College

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Debates in Aesthetics @aestheticsdebates.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📢📢📢We are very happy to announce the publication of Debates in Aesthetics 20.2! You can read it here: debatesinaesthetics.org/debates-in-a...
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Debates in Aesthetics, Vol. 20, No. 2 – Debates in Aesthetics
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Sukaina @sukaina.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My take for @dissentmag.bsky.social about the politics of adaptation and why, even though Nolan’s Odyssey is flawed, scholars like (my wonderful colleague) @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social have too quick to dismiss what Nolan is trying to do
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The Odyssey Belongs to All of Us - Dissent Magazine
In many ways, Christopher Nolan’s film is not a faithful adaptation. But it takes seriously both what the text is doing and how it has been read since. Why, then, have Emily Wilson and other scholars ...
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Krista K. Thomason @kkthomason.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Friends, I am helping to organize this year's APA chairs workshop. Perhaps you are starting your first stint as department chair. Maybe you would like to hear from folks who have been there before. If so, the chairs workshop is for you! Register here: www.apaonline.org/event/chairs...
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American Philosophical Association
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Josh Habgood-Coote @impractknow.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I wrote about 19th century silk weavers growing flowers, hobby obsessions, and the choice between revolutionary and reactionary nostalgia in Aeon aeon.co/essays/the-r...
Background picture of tools, text: Skill nostalgia
Is all the beekeeping, baking and leatherwork just escapist fantasy or the start of a radically human approach to work?
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Cailin O’Connor @cailinmeister.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Philosophers! Craig Callender and I are circulating an open letter calling for better COI disclosure in our journals. If tech companies fund and employ philosophers working on AI, we need to know and to be thinking about the impacts 1 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy
*For full list of signatories, updated every few hours, please click here.* In recent years, philosophical writing on areas such as climate change, technology, misinformation, and artificial intellige...
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 09/06/2026
"today's news" on X
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emmie malone 🏳️‍⚧️ @emmiemalone.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
my paper, “Practicing Screaming: Aesthetic Explanations, Aesthetic Value, and the Screamed Vocals Problem” has now been published online! it’s in Contemporary Aesthetics (an open access journal), so it’s free to read! Here’s the link: contempaesthetics.org/2026/05/29/p...
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Practicing Screaming: Aesthetic Explanations, Aesthetic Value, and the Screamed Vocals Problem – Contemporary Aesthetics
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
My paper "The Ethics and Aesthetics of True Crime" is now out in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism! It's currently available for free as an "Editor's Choice" article, so grab it while you can! doi.org/10.1093/jaac... @wellesley.edu @academic.oup.com @amersocaesthetics.bsky.social #philsky
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The Ethics and Aesthetics of True Crime
Abstract. True crime is an incredibly popular genre of entertainment that crosses many forms of media including books, movies, TV shows, and podcasts. Is t
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C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It’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.
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Alex Plakias @alexplakias.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
If you are looking for a gift that will really get inside someone’s head and subtly undermine their confidence (and who isn’t?!), might I recommend gifting them a copy of ‘awkwardness’ with zero context or explanation? Now on sale for $17, but hurry— only 9 copies left! a.co/d/bw2KIaS
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Awkwardness: A Theory
Amazon.com: Awkwardness: A Theory: 9780197683606: Plakias, Alexandra: Books
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Brian Weatherson @bweatherson.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Angela Sun argues that consent must always be revocable. Even when someone intends their consent to be binding "no matter what," revocation dissolves the permission. This protects bodily integrity even when we're not in a "sound state of mind." journals.publishing.umich.edu/phimp/articl...
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Can Consent Be Irrevocable?
This article argues that consent must be revocable. I present two arguments for this conclusion. On the argument from informed consent, irrevocable consent lacks validity because it cannot be sufficie...
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
My one holiday shopping plug for my books. Super cheap now (under $15) *What to Save and Why* is "a clear, accessible, thought-provoking book" per the NYRB *Drawing the Line* "feels like a friend talking you through different angles on a problem that's been bothering you for years" per the LARB
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Paul Schofield @pschofie79.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Coming soon(ish)
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
"There is no playbook for reducing exposure when people’s homes are being sprinkled with lead dust from the sky." A sobering piece from the NYTimes on the dire consequences of the international trade in recycled lead for front-line communities in Africa. #energysky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People (Gift Article)
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
And then there's Eddie Izzard on the "American slang" use of donut with a more positive valence: youtube.com/watch?v=1GaDAjHKYC4&themeRefresh=1
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I AM A DONUT - Eddie Izzard
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The Routledge Handbook of Nature and Environmental Aesthetics is now out. Lots of great stuff, including a chapter by me on Beauty and Love of Place. Check it out, and ask your library to get a copy! #philsky
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Routledge Handbook of Nature and Environmental Aesthetics
This handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of philosophical thinking about the aesthetics of the natural and human-made environments, exploring the topic's foundations, key ideas, and cur...
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Zoe Drayson @zoedrayson.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions
AI Overview: "Dental realism"refers to the philosophical debate about whether teeth exist independently of human perception, a concept rooted in metaphysical realism. While realism asserts an objective reality for teeth, idealist philosophies contend that teeth's existence is tied to our consciousness and perception. Philosophers use this idea, for example, to discuss the ethics of tooth extraction, examining whether a procedure impacts a real entity or merely a subjective experience.
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
My revised and expanded entry on the Ethics of Cultural Heritage is now live in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy! Appropriation, repatriation, monuments, and more, as well as a new section on the nascent aesthetic injustice literature. #philsky plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethi...
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The Ethics of Cultural Heritage (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Grateful to Carolyn Korsmeyer for her thoughtful review of What to Save and Why in Mind! #philsky academic.oup.com/mind/advance...
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What to Save and Why: Identity, Authenticity, and the Ethics of Conservation, by Erich Hatala Matthes
Scavenging in the recesses of an attic, I recently came across a pair of shoes I hadn’t worn since university. I debated saving them as a relic of bygone f
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
One of the conclusions of my discussion of cancel culture in Drawing the Line is that it's generally a bad idea to cancel artists and performers (or most anyone, really) for things that they *say* (in contrast with things that they *do*). Sadly seeing more evidence for why this is true. #philsky
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This paper from 7 years ago suddenly relevant again in the face of Trump's new "review" of Smithsonian exhibitions. #philsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Who Owns Up to the Past? Heritage and Historical Injustice | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core
Who Owns Up to the Past? Heritage and Historical Injustice - Volume 4 Issue 1
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
If anyone on here still wants a copy of What to Save and Why but hasn't gotten one yet, you can grab it on Amazon for $10 and change! www.amazon.com/What-Save-Wh...
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Characteristically great piece by @add-hawk.bsky.social. Makes me wonder how many of us studied creative writing and yet somehow ended up... here. dailynous.com/2025/07/15/b...
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Beyond Argument: The Creative Craft of Philosophy Writing (guest post) - Daily Nous
"I want to talk about the part of philosophy writing that comes after the argument part: the bit where you work on expressing your idea clearly, delicately, even personally. I want to talk about the v...
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Fantastic to see What to Save and Why reviewed in the New York Review of Books! #philsky
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Sobering piece in @nytimes.com compares China's advances in clean energy to the U.S.'s retrenchment in fossil fuels. Hard to read at a moment when the U.S. is giving up on a more affordable, healthier, and more sustainable future. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
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Opinion | Will America’s National Parks Survive Trump?
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I keep thinking the price on What to Save and Why can't possible get lower, but it's now down to $13 and change. Good time to grab a copy if you haven't! #philsky www.amazon.com/What-Save-Wh...
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What to Save and Why: Identity, Authenticity, and the Ethics of Conservation
Amazon.com: What to Save and Why: Identity, Authenticity, and the Ethics of Conservation: 9780197744550: Matthes, Erich Hatala: Books
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Nice to see What to Save and Why in the TLS! @wellesley.edu @oupphilosophy.bsky.social
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Check me out in The Saturday Evening Post for Earth Day! #philsky
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The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Who we are is defined in part by the things that we think are worth caring for, and whether we care for these things, in turn, shapes our sense of self.
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Our World Needs More Stewards | The Saturday Evening Post
In a society brimming with things worth preserving, how do we decide what to save?
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Beth DeSombre @bethdesombre.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Woo hoo!!! My amazing @wellesley.edu ES colleague, @jayturner.bsky.social has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship, for his excellent upcoming project: www.gf.org/stories/anno...
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Announcing the 2025 Guggenheim Fellows — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists
Since 1925, the Guggenheim Foundation has given Fellowships to exceptional artists, writers, scholars, and scientists, empowering them to pursue meaningful work under the freest possible conditions.
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
@xphilosopher.bsky.social this looks so cool! law.yale.edu/yls-today/ne...
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Seminar Probes the Intersection of Law and Cognitive Science
Students are digging into questions about psychopathy, addiction, and more in a seminar that explores the legal relevance of topics in cognitive science.
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Timely in light of NEH cuts... @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social #philsky www.zocalopublicsquare.org/right-now-th...
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Right Now, the World Needs More Caretakers | Essay
Support and Steward What You Love—Whether It’s Nature or Culture
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
What to Save and Why is on sale for just $21.90! As one Amazon reviewer wrote: "Yes, it is philosophy, but it is written in a way that engages anyone with an interest in these issues." Anyone could include you! #philsky www.amazon.com/What-Save-Wh...
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What to Save and Why: Identity, Authenticity, and the Ethics of Conservation
Amazon.com: What to Save and Why: Identity, Authenticity, and the Ethics of Conservation: 9780197744550: Matthes, Erich Hatala: Books
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
but somehow people think that being able to multiply large numbers mentally should mean that you get to decide whose grandma gets healthcare or something and it turns out that's actually a very stupid thought
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Reports of yet another battery project on the rocks: Freyr Battery is canceling plans for its $2.6B gigafactory in Georgia, which promised 723 jobs and 34 GWh of annual battery manufacturing capacity. This project did not have a DOE loan. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/02/06/f... 🔌💡 🔌🚗
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Freyr Battery scraps plans for $2.5 billion factory in Coweta County, Georgia official says
Freyr Battery has pulled the plug on building its first American factory in Coweta County.
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I wrote about 5 books I would save from my personal library for The New Books Network newsletter. newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/truth-matt...
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Truth Matters
Exciting news for e-book readers, Alternative Angles: Creativity, Fast Five, 3 Episodes to Understand Poetry, and Truth Matters: A Conversation with Robert P. George and Cornel West
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Once upon a time, I worked in a museum gift shop. I wrote about an important lesson I learned there for Zócalo Public Square. #philsky #museums #conservation www.zocalopublicsquare.org/right-now-th... Hope @wellesleycollege.bsky.social folks will enjoy. It's very Non Ministrari sed Ministrare.
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Right Now, the World Needs More Caretakers | Essay
Support and Steward What You Love—Whether It’s Nature or Culture
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I was on BBC Radio Scotland this morning to talk about What to Save and Why. I'm sure as heck not going to listen to it, but you can catch it around the 10-minute mark here if you're interested. #philsky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Sunday Morning - with Zara Janjua - BBC Sounds
Isolationism, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and Robert Burns' poetry
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Happy to share that Drawing the Line is now out in paperback! I think the book works really well for undergraduate courses in ethics or philosophy of art (it's been taught at over 20 colleges and universities, including UCLA, UVA, UT-Austin, Holy Cross, Harvard, and MIT). #philsky
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
What to Save and Why in The Irish Times! #philsky
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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 09/01/2025
An important milestone for me: first time writing an introduction (in Chinese) for a book published in Taiwan! It's the translation of @ehatmat.bsky.social 's Drawing the Line, which I heartily recommend, in any language! My intro: philpapers.org/rec/LIAVGE
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Shen-yi Liao, 在藝術和道德的交叉點 - PhilPapers
Foreword to the Traditional Chinese translation of Erich Hatala Matthes's Drawing the Line: What to Do with the Work of Immoral Artists from Museums to the Movies, published as 《大師失格:如何在人品與作品之間劃出界線?》(...
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Cover for the new Traditional Chinese translation of Drawing the Line! #philsky
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
So exciting to see What to Save and Why @harvardbookstore.bsky.social last night!!
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
If you'd liked to learn more about What to Save and Why, check out my interview with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #philsky newbooksnetwork.com/what-to-save...
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Erich Hatala Matthes, "What to Save and Why: Identity, Authenticity, and the Ethics of Conservation" (Oxford UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
A starter pack for folks who want to follow @wellesleycollege.bsky.social faculty and staff. Happy to add more folks: just let me know.
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
OK team, this is my one holiday shopping plug for my books. They're written for a general audience, so anyone can enjoy them! They are smol and adorable and can fit in your back pocket. Give your loved ones the gift of reading and thinking! #philsky
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Oof, this dude in the focus group is really hurting the name-brand of Erichs.
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Elsewhere in the Hatala Academic Universe... Great work, Kevin!
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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
oh wow, possibly one of the best citations of my work ever.
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