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James Harold

@harol006.bsky.social
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I teach philosophy at Mount Holyoke College: aesthetics, ethics, some classical Chinese and ancient Greek philosophy. commons.mtholyoke.edu/jharold

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James Harold @harol006.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Really thrilled to be co-organizing this conference with @politephilosopher.bsky.social on the work of Marcia Muelder Eaton next summer (July 23-25). Please submit, and share widely! philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Brandon Polite @politephilosopher.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm excited to announce that @harol006.bsky.social and I are co-organizing a conference on the work of and issues dealt with by Marcia Muelder Eaton here at Knox College, her alma mater, next summer: July 23-25. The CFP is below. Please consider submitting something, or at least sharing the CFP!
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Philosophical Threads in the Work of Marcia Muelder Eaton
Call for Papers: Philosophical Threads in the Work of Marcia Muelder Eaton Marcia Muelder Eaton (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, emerita) is former President of the American Society of Aestheti...
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James Harold @harol006.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Had fun writing up this blog post for the American Philosophical Association on humor, morality, and incongruity in song, featuring one of my favorites, Tom Lehrer's "Poisoning the Pigeons in the Park." blog.apaonline.org/2026/08/17/i...
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Incongruity, Humor, and Morality in Song | Blog of the APA
In the 1940s and 1950s, as part of a federal pest and rodent control program, pigeons in Boston were fed corn that had been laced with strychnine. This incident inspired Tom Lehrer to write one of his...
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