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Jes Lynning Harfeld

@harfeld.bsky.social
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Associate professor of applied philosophy - animal and environmental philosophy #Aalborg University

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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am knee deep in 18th Century animal philosophy these days, so a 'happy birthday' (286) to Nicolas de Condorcet (1743-1794) seems to be in order: que ton humanité s'étende même sur les animaux (let your humanity extend even to animals).
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.
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The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hello, #AcademicSky! We are a highly collaborative philosophy group interested in the life sciences—esp. #evobio, #cellbio, #devbio, #PaleoSky, #ethology, #cogsci & #AI. Follow us for research updates & the work catching our eye across #philosophy & science! www.theramseylab.org #philsci #HPbio 🧪
Logo of The Ramsey Philosophy of Biology Lab. The main visual element on the page is a large, black-and-white woodcut illustration of a rhinoceros by Albrecht Dürer. The rhino has armor-like plates with ornate patterns, textured skin, and a small second horn on its back. It stands in profile facing right, drawn in a stylized, almost fantastical manner typical of early European depictions of exotic animals.
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Greg McElwain @gsmcelwain.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I’m excited to share that my new book on Mary Midgley is available to preorder! It’s due out December 10: www.bloomsbury.com/us/mary-midg... #marymidgley #philsky @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We are shocked and immensely saddened to hear of the sudden passing of our friend and Pluto author Peter Fleming. A brilliant social theorist and educator, Peter approached his work with a rare mix of incisive analysis and clever wit. From analysing the absurdities of corporate culture to...
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Talking to (mainly) ethologists/biologists about the history of animal welfare, focusing on C. W. Hume's early thoughts on fruitful doubt as both moral and scientific necessity. At Science for Animal Welfare Centenary Conference in London #SCIFAW100 #senatehouse #universityoflondon
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers: A New Web Site Presents the Contributions of Women Philosophers, from Ancient to Modern
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The Encyclopedia of Women Philosophers: A New Web Site Presents the Contributions of Women Philosophers, from Ancient to Modern
In a conversation with Julian Baggini on why there are so few women in academic philosophy, Mary Warnock once noted that “of all the humanities departments in British universities, only philosophy dep...
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
An excellent opportunity for an interesting philosophy postdoc. at Aarhus University. If I were a (much) younger man, I would apply to go work with Nicolai and his group. www.au.dk/om/stillinge...
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Postdoctoral position in Social Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Filosofi, fag, Aarhus Universitet
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Teaching environmental philosophy @aau.dk has become much more enjoyable since I started taking my own ideas about field philosophy seriously. Happy that my students also see the point of it - even with below freezing temp turning feet into popsicles. #appliedphilosophy #environmentalphilosophy
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A great opportunity to hear about carnivores from some of the smartest people around ... and me. We would love to see all those interested in carnivores at our upcoming conference: “Small and Medium Sized Carnivore Conference” taking place on April 8–9, 2026 - here at @aau.dk. www.smcc.bio.aau.dk
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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Paul Feyerabend was born OTD in 1924. Knowledge is not a body of consistent theories converging on truth. It is “an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible … alternatives, each single theory, each fairy tale, each myth … forcing the others into greater articulation.” 🧪🦋🦫 #PhilSci #STS
Photo of Feyerabend, www.pkfeyerabend.org.
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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
New Year’s Resolution 🎆 I will finish my first article on Frederik Christian Eilschov (1725–1750) and his fabulously titled book: “Philosophical Letters – On Various Useful and Important Matters.” He argues against eating meat, while still supporting hunting as a form of just war. #animalphilosophy
ChatGPT created image of a 18th century academic. There are no known images of F.C. Eilschov. The text bit is from his book and says (in Danish) that we can kill animal enemies, but that this does not mean that we can kill animals in general to eat them.
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
My son (11yo) likes to be given LEGO tasks. Yesterday, I told him to 'make me a philosopher in the style of The School of Athens for my office at the university.' I love how he even captured some Diogenes-like too-cool-for-school. And of course a couple of really excellent NPUs going on. #philosophy
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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We have a new book review out, taking an interdisciplinary perspective on Martha Nussbaum's 'Justice for Animals' Coauthored with Lisa Dickel, @suzannetruong.bsky.social, @harfeld.bsky.social & Anna Rademann Read here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1mEjgcF2Ow...
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Great talk yesterday on perspectival flexibility as a virtue by @pasliwa.bsky.social from @univie.ac.at. It was at the annual Hartnack Lecture at the philosophy section of @au.dk and I had brought along some of my students from @aau.dk who said the talk was "difficult but interesting". I agree 😊
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 08/08/2025
My paper ‘Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... has just been published at @the-joap.bsky.social In it, I argue for fostering a sense of wonder at individual nonhuman animals, & for making this the basis of a reverence-based respect.
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Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder
Despite being strong, arguments for animal rights often fail to motivate. One reason for this is that rights are associated with concepts, such as respect, that are difficult to apply to nonhuman ani...
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Dr Beth Ventura @bethologist.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
The GOAT @goatswhostare.bsky.social sharing some inspiring and fascinating insights on how to more cleverly understand the clever inner lives of livestock in opening this morning’s @applied-ethology.bsky.social #ISAE2025 session
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I've been interviewed about public philosophy by Mara-Daria Cojocaru for the 'Philosophy Going Wild!'-project open.substack.com/pub/thedryno...
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“How could this be real philosophy?”
Interview with Jes Lynning Harfeld
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Always fun to be a bit out of my depth academically. This time talking about hunting in the nexus between philosophy and Danish literature at 'Nordspråk' summer course in front of Nordic language teachers. Tak til @lottepraetorius.bsky.social for invitation og foto. nordspraak.com/2024/12/19/s...
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I samarbejde med Folkeuniversitetet i Aalborg afholder jeg 2x #Filosofaen her i efteråret. Det er godt, skønt og fyldt med mulige sandheder at være med til filosofiske samtaler. Så kig forbi Café Ordgeist til oktober. www.linkedin.com/posts/folkeu...
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Her er det nye program 🥳 | Folkeuniversitetet i Aalborg
Her er det nye program 🥳 I slutningen af juli lander det i postkasserne, men du behøver ikke vente så længe, for allerede nu kan du kigge i den online version her: http://bit.ly/4nlxAPU Til efterår...
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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
There's a common pattern where the early works in a new format are stunning, then it slows down, and people say "oh they got the low hanging fruit" - but I think that's a bad metaphor. It's more that magic happens when people are free to innovate format and content at the same time...
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Sabrina Brando and I wrote an article 10 y ago about the lack of animal welfare friendly food in zoos. Recently, I was at Aalborg Zoo and was a bit disheartened by the lack of progress there. So, I wrote an opinion piece for the local paper (sorry, in Danish). www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 26/05/2025
This is the most perfect description of Jordan Peterson I‘ve ever read.
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Pop by Aarhus University on Saturday the 14th of June for our seminar on human-animal studies. Hear examples of what it (might) be, and where it (might) be heading :-) #animalphilosophy #andmuchmore www.linkedin.com/events/human...
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Human-Animal Studies – Now and in the Future | LinkedIn
Minding Animals Danmark er nu klar med vores første event, som forhåbentlig bliver startskuddet til mange flere. Vi har inviteret en række spændende talere, som vil fortælle om deres forskning i forh...
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Congrats to Thomas Kainberger - and thanks for letting me collaborate on this little project. Great working on moral epistemology in animal philosophy again and learning from the young-and-upcoming :-) (in collaboration w. Herwig Grimm) #animalethics #murdoch #shame link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Attending with Shame to the Animal Crisis: On the Contributions of Murdoch and Deleuze to a Politics of Sight - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
In Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory (2022), Alice Crary and Lori Gruen diagnose a crisis in human–animal relations, emphasizing its political nature and critiquing the limited scope of orthodox an...
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Every year the same duck uses our little pond area in the atrium at @aau.dk as a nesting ground. And every year she's stuck there with her little bunch of ducklings. The kind people from AAU Facility Service must then gently guide them through the building and out on the other side. #mixedcommunity
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Great department and great people. 5* Would recommand :-) anivet.au.dk/om-institutt...
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Postdoctoral researcher position at the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Husdyr- og Veterinærvidenskab - ANIVET Management og Modellering (MAMO), Aarhus Universitet
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Michael Bang Petersen @m-b-petersen.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
US researchers, help me out: More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety. What is your sense? How do Europe best support you?
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LSE Philosophy @lsephilosophy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will open a new research centre to study animal sentience in autumn 2025! The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience will be lead by #LSEPhilosophy Professor Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...
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New centre to study animal sentience opens at LSE
LSE is launching its new research centre in autumn 2025. The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience is made possible by the Jeremy Coller Foundation. LSE Philosophy Professor Jonathan Birch will…
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
There are few greater joys in teaching than old students returning and presenting their research to our current students here at Applied Philosophy, Aalborg University @aau.dk. Thanks to Mads Hansen, postdoc. at @bristoluni.bsky.social, for introducing us to the contemporary debate on teleology.
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
På mandag gæster filosof og kropsligt væsen, Jacob Aremark, Filosofaen til en samtale om filosofiens forhold til kroppen og kroppens forhold til filosofien. Det er noget med en hammer - men uden Nietzsche. Og der er tapas og vin. Vi ses! #kropsfilosofi #anvendtfilosofi fuaalborg.dk/aalborg/prog...
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Filosofaen: kroppen i filosofien - filosofien i kroppen
Filosofaen er et ”Talk Show”, hvor en lektor i filosofi taler i
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Jeff Sebo @jeffsebo.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is thrilled to be hosting an online panel with Heather Browning and Oscar Horta on March 19 at 12pm ET! This event will settle once and for all the question whether wild animal welfare is net positive or negative. RSVP below :) sites.google.com/nyu.edu/wild...
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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
The time has come! We finally start coverage of early modern philosophy (17-18th centuries) on the #HoPWaG podcast, beginning with an episode on the concept of "Enlightenment." www.historyofphilosophy.net/introduction... #philsky #earlymodern #podcasts #enlightenment
Philosophers at a salon
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I have had the happy opportunity to be part of some meaningful conceptual engineering on ‘animal welfare’. “Flourishing through positive mental states, resilience and competence” @liftcostaction.bsky.social #PositiveAnimalWelfare #AppliedPhilosophy royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare | Biology Letters
The concept of animal welfare is evolving due to progress in our scientific understanding of animal biology and changing societal expectations. Animal welfare science has been primarily concerned with...
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Carsten Fogh Nielsen @filoffen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Fra ‘All's Well That Ends Well’, Act 4, Scene 3.
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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Our new study on the diet of one of Europe's more controversial animals, racoon dog provides no evidence that it is a threat to ground-nesting #birds nor to endangered #amphibians🐾🦆🐸 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #racoondog #mesopredator #alienspecies #dknatur
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Diet of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Danish wetlands with focus on ground-nesting birds and amphibians - European Journal of Wildlife Research
In European countries, raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) are believed to impact ecosystems and potentially threaten native species. In this study, the stomachs of 525 raccoon dogs culled in Dani...
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Mickey Gjerris @mickeygjerris.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
#ATSPolitiken vinder internettet i dag 😂
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Hannah Winther @hannahwinther.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I det nyeste nummeret av Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, som også markerer tidsskriftets 40-årsjubileum, bidrar Bjørn Myskja og jeg med en artikkel om både Genteknologiutvalget og spørsmålet om hvorvidt genredigering av oppdrettslaksen kan være svaret på miljø- og velferdsproblemene i oppdrettsnæringen.
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Kristin Gjesdal @kristingjesdal.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
As a philosophy student in Scandinavia in the 1990s, the University of Aarhus was the place to be for post-Kantian thought – thanks, in no small part, to the legendary Justus Hartnack. Needless to say, I’m thrilled to give the 2024 Hartnack Lecture on Dec. 10. #Philsky #Aarhus #WomenInPhilosophy
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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
@Animals&Society is closing down. It has been one of the important connection hubs in human-animal studies for decades. www.animalsandsociety.org/news/asi-clo...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
There are too many Institutes for Advanced Studies. I’m seeking funding for my new Institute for Studies So Out There, Forget About It!
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Once upon a time I worried about people 'stealing my ideas'. But in the areas I work, anyway, no one has time enough even to write up their own ideas, let alone working on someone else's.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Successful academic writing: That’s goodness that’s finished. Oh no, peer review comments. Phew, done. Oh no, copy editors comments. Phew done. Oh no proof reading. Phew done. Published!! (Reads it again. Thinks to self: Who wrote this rubbish?)
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Carsten Fogh Nielsen @filoffen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
1/ Kandidatudvalget er kommet med deres afsluttende rapport om fremtidens kandidatuddannelser: ufm.dk/publikatione... I rapporten fremlægger udvalget sine anbefalinger til, hvordan folketingsforliget om ændringer af de danske universitetsuddannelser skal implementeres #uddpol #dkpol
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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Schopenhauer said that we should address each other not as "Mr" or "Mrs", but as "fellow sufferer, companion in misery" - thinking of trying this out.
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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
So excited to receive the advance copies of our forthcoming book 'What Are Zoos For?'. Available for preorder now: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-a...
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