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An independent publisher specialising in philosophy, psychology, religion and politics. Publisher of the Journal of Consciousness Studies and History of Political Thought.

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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How does Habermasian communicative rationality compare with Confucian moral philosophy and relational ethics? In a new Journal of Sortition paper, Baogang He explores this question and reflects on his pivotal encounter with Habermas. Read the paper: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/...
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The latest issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, 'The Heart-Brian Conneciton' is out now! Check out the table of contents below! 📚 Read the issue online here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... 💌 Subscribe here: imprint.co.uk/product/jcs/
This issue is a mixed issue, with some regular papers and a symposium on eric schwitzgebel’s book the weirdness of the world. Regular papers include: 'Emotion, Consciousness, and the Heart–Brain Connection: A Quantum Biological Perspective', by José Luis Díaz-Palencia & Celia Ortega-Gómez; and 'Clearing the Air About Psychedelic Spirituality', by Adam Greif & Gabriela Bezáková.Further regular papers include: 'How Meaning Turns Out-of-Body Experiences into Life Change: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study', by Jenny Moix & Claudia Rodríguez Rodríguez; 'The Metaphysics of Self-Causality', by Chris Nelson; 'The Near-Death Experience as an Instance of Higher-Dimensional Phenomenal Consciousness?', by Pekka Rechardt; 'Cross-Modal Experiences and the Problem of Phenomenal Overlap', by Zhiwei Yang; and 'Representational Adequacy, Natural Selection, and Quantum Ontology: Against a Three-Dimensionally Spatial Reality', by Lyu Zhou.The symposium includes: 'Précis of The Weirdness of the World', by Eric Schwitzgebel; 'Flights of Fancy: Comment on Eric Schwitzgebel’s The Weirdness of the World', by Edouard Machery; 'AI Weirdness and Distributive Gaming', by Luke Roelofs; 'Is a Data Centre Conscious? The Quantum Weirdness of Substrate', by Susan Schneider; and 'How Weird the World Is: Replies to Machery, Roelofs, and Schneider', by Eric Schwitzgebel & Jacob Barandes.
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岡﨑 晴輝(OKAZAKI, Seiki) @okazakiseiki.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Rose, Jordan (2026) "Electoral Lottocracy: Creating Cohesive Law via a Sub-Majoritarian Elected Legislature and Lottocratic Review Body," Journal of Sortition, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 266-282. aktiv3.sblo.jp/article/1917...
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
my commentary on September / October issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies as part of a symposium on the book. Should be out soon. It's called "Flights of Fancy". Keep an eye on the journal.
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Journal of Consciousness Studies - Imprint Academic
How does the mind relate to the brain? Can computers ever be conscious? What do we mean by subjectivity and the self? These questions are being keenly debated in fields as diverse as cognitive science...
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why does Bob Dylan Matter? Author and Dylan-expert Gary Browning will set out to unravel some of these enigmas, by closely examining his lyrics, and his writings about his life and his art. 🗓️ October 1, 6pm 📍 Summertown Library, Oxford 🎟️ free entry
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
COMING SOON - NEXT ISSUE OF JCS! This issue is a mixed issue, with some regular papers and a symposium on Eric Schwitzgebel's "The Weirdness of the World". Stay tuned for the table of contents! 🧠 Subscribe to JCS here: imprint.co.uk/jcs/ 💌 Sign up for JCS updates here: t.co/ehB4H8m7Fg
A new issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies is coming soon. Volume 33 issue 9-10 is titled "The Heart-Brain Connection".
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
What authority should we give AI? Unknowable Minds author Mark Bailey argues that while AI may provide valuable insights, responsibility still remains with decision makers and any decision requires careful evaluation in an article for Homeland Security Today. Buy the book: imprint.co.uk/unknowable
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Thinking About Artificial Intelligence Minds in the Context of Homeland Security - HSToday
A machine can speak the language of a homeland security professional without sharing that professional’s understanding of the world.
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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Against All Authority books.imprint.co.uk/book/?gcoi=7...
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Against All Authority - Imprint Academic
This volume examines historical and contemporary engagements of anarchism and literary production.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today marks #InternationalDayofDemocracy Is lottocracy the future of democracy? Is it anti-democratic? Why can't lottocrats and their critics communicate? Read the new JoS paper by Eric Shoemaker: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... Join the debate: sortition-agora.co.uk/post/why-can...
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Is it "all about vibrations, man"? Check out our author Tam Hunt on the Rose Woman podcast! Tam discusses his new book, 'The Hippies Were Right!', as well as consciousness, AI, reneewable energy, and tropical panpyschism. Check it out: open.spotify.com/episode/4BiJ... @therosewoman.bsky.social
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Love Is the Physics: Tam Hunt on Resonance, the ʻĀina, and the AI Reckoning
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can faith actually heal you? 💭 In The God Effect, Colin Brewer, a psychiatrist specialising in addictions, argues that the ritualistic nature of religion can have a placebo effect similar to that seen in medicine. Is the placebo effect the basis of faith? 📚 Learn more: imprint.co.uk/brewer
A three-dimensional mockup of Colin Brewer's book "The God Effect: How Suggestion and Ritual Shape Religion and Medicine through Placebo Responses". A caduceus and a church are juxtaposed in the background.
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 09/09/2026
My paper on Russellian physicalism and mereology has been accepted by the Journal of Consciousness Studies! 🥳
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
JCS Article Spotlight 📚 ‘Inferring Affective Consciousness in an Artificial Agent: A Case Study' by Mark Solms et al. Curious? You can read the article here: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/i... @evertb.bsky.social @nicolaskuske.bsky.social
"Inferring Affective Consciousness in an Artificial Agent: A Case Study" by Mark Solms et al., published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 33, issue 7-8.Creatures that display ‘hedonic place preference behaviour’ are thought by many scientists to experience feelings, on the assumption that their attraction to pleasure-producing substances which lack nutritional value (e.g. cocaine, morphine) cannot easily be attributed to unconscious instinctual behaviour. In this paper, we discuss how a simple artificial agent that instantiates attributes of an affective system engaging in felt uncertainty about its intrinsic needs in relation to environmental resources can similarly display hedonic place preference behaviour — through an apparently subjective form of information processing — while simultaneously being entirely deterministic. We outline some implications of this artificially engineered behaviour for our understanding of the physical basis of consciousness and the experience of free will.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
OUT NOW 🎉 Revisit Bob Dylan and his songs and explore the many facets of the performer and songwriter in Gary Browning's newest book, "Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice: Another Side of Interpretation". Get your copy here: imprint.co.uk/bob-dylan #BobDylan #Music
A review by Bob Dylan Books. The quote from the review reads as follows: "refreshingly original ... Gary Browning's thoughtful revisionism will make many readers think twice about Dylan's art".
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
JCS Article Spotlight 📚 ‘Superintelligent Zombies' by Justin Tiehen and Ariela Tubert Curious? You can read the article here: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/i... #ConsciousnessStudies #JournalofConsciousnessStudies
"Superintelligent Zombies' by Justin Tiehen and Ariela Tubert", published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 33, issue 7-8.It is hard to say with any certainty what the exact relationship is between intelligence and consciousness, and so hard to say whether systems that achieve artificial superintelligence (ASI) would be conscious. We are attracted to the view that they probably won’t be: they will be superintelligent zombies. This is because we find it plausible that there is a kind of negative correlation between intelligence and consciousness such that across all physically possible systems, those that are capable of at least human-level intelligence will tend not to be conscious, and furthermore, the very most intelligent of such systems are the least likely to be conscious.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
How can we make sense of Bob Dylan and his songs? Described as "refreshingly original", Gary Browning's Don't Think Twice offers a fresh look at Dylan's songbook, presenting him as a multifaceted performer and songwriter, whose songs are not to be reduced to prevailing contexts and influences.
Gary Browning's new book "Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice: Another Side of Interpretation" is releasing on September 1.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
JCS Article Spotlight 📚 ‘Is the Problem of Artificial Consciousness a Scientific Problem?' by Tim Bayne Curious? You can read the article here: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/i... #ConsciousnessStudies
"Is the Problem of Artificial Consciousness a Scientific Problem?" by Tim Bayne, published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 33, issue 7-8.Is the problem of artificial consciousness a fundamentally scientific problem, one that we should attempt to address by means of scientific discovery? Although a positive answer to this question is widely assumed, there has been surprisingly little explicit discussion of this question. That neglect is unfortunate, for the issue is central to how we approach the challenge of artificial consciousness. This paper examines the claim that we ought to defer to science in determining which (if any) artificial systems are conscious. I ask what exactly that claim involves, whether it is justified, and what its implications might be.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
COMING SOON - WHAT IS YOUR MIND? BY MICHAEL J. DAW 💭 What is consciousness? Is your mind just your brain or is the whole universe is conscious? What is Your Mind? explores some of the most intriguing theories of consciousness, offering an accessible guide to one of science's last great frontiers.
Imprint Academic is publishing a new book called 'What is Your Mind?' by Michael J Daw on November 3, 2026.An endorsement by Julia Mossbridge. The endorsement reads as follows: 'a symphony of stories and essential ideas from which to draw as we work towards a more conscious humanity, and (if we choose it) more conscious machines'.
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Dylan Books @dylanbooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
REFRESHING NEW BOOK INVITES YOU TO THINK AGAIN ABOUT DYLAN Bob Dylan — Don't Think Twice: Another Side of Interpretation is a refeshingly original reappraisal of Dylan’s songbook. It invites you to think deeply about the work. Scarlet Rivera endorses it in her Foreword.
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Dylan Books @dylanbooks.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’m looking forward to reading Gary Browning’s new book, Don't Think Twice - Another Side of Interpretation, to be published on 1 Sept. It will “take Dylan himself to be a good guide to how he is to be taken. He is neither a philosopher nor, despite the Nobel Prize, primarily a literary figure.”
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
JCS Article Spotlight 📚 ‘Do Stochastic Parrots Pine for Residual Fjords?: Why Conscious LLMs Would Be Playwrights Not Characters’ by Jonathan A. Simon Curious? You can read the article here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... #ConsciousnessStudies
"Do Stochastic Parrots Pine for Residual Fjords?: Why Conscious LLMs Would Be Playwrights Not Characters" by Jonathan A. Simon, published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 33, issue 7-8.Many wonder whether LLMs are the characters they seem to be or, instead, role-playing ‘actors’. There are several aspects to this question. One is edge-case prediction: what is the best predictive model of what the LLM is most likely to do in extreme circumstances? Another is user-interface interpretation: what are the best ways for ordinary users to think of LLMs for ordinary interaction? A third is mechanistic interpretation: how best to understand the mechanisms that explain what is going on under the hood? A fourth is intentional attitude attribution: what kinds of beliefs, desires, goals, and intentions, if any, do entities associated with LLMs have? Here I have a fifth aspect in mind: the question of phenomenal consciousness: what, if anything, is it like to be (a process of server instances of) an LLM?
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The latest issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, 'Consciousness in Current AI' is out now! Check out the table of contents below! 📚 Read the issue online here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... 💌 Subscribe here: imprint.co.uk/product/jcs/ #ConsciousnessStudies
This issue is a special issue on consciousness in current ai, guest edited by Patrick Butlin, Derek Shiller, and Jonathan A Simon. Papers include: Introduction, by Patrick Butlin, Derek Shiller & Jonathan A. Simon, and Inferring Affective Consciousness in an Artificial Agent: A Case Study, by Mark Solms, St John Grimbly, Bruce Bassett, Evert Boonstra, Rowan Hodson, Nicolas Kuske, Kival Mahadew, Benjamin Rosman, Charel van Hoof & Jonathan Shock.Further papers include: The Stream of Computation: Temporal Continuity as a Missing Ingredient for Artificial Consciousness, by Ryota Kanai, Yuwei Sun & Manuel Baltieri; A Case for AI Consciousness: Language Agents and Global Workspace Theory, by Simon Goldstein & Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini; Superintelligent Zombies, by Justin Tiehen & Ariela Tubert; Chuck, Wilson, and the Emergence of Artificial Minds in Human–AI Conversations, by Geoff Keeling & Winnie Street; and Do Stochastic Parrots Pine for Residual Fjords? Why Conscious LLMs Would Be Playwrights Not Characters, by Jonathan A. Simon.Additionally, this issue also includes the following papers: What Bing Really, Really Wants: Zigazig Ah, by Helen Yetter-Chappell; Is the Problem of Artificial Consciousness a Scientific Problem?, by Tim Bayne; and AI Consciousness, Pluralism, and Anthropocentrism, by Geoffrey Lee.
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岡﨑 晴輝(OKAZAKI, Seiki) @okazakiseiki.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Rose, Jordan (2026) "Electoral Lottocracy: Creating Cohesive Law via a Sub-Majoritarian Elected Legislature and Lottocratic Review Body," Journal of Sortition, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 266-282. ハイブリッド二院制を提唱した論文。著者は、法案を「提案」する選挙制議院と、法案を「決定」する抽選制議院というハイブリッド二院制の構想を提示する。…… aktiv3.sblo.jp/article/1917...
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
COMING SOON - BOB DYLAN: DON'T THINK TWICE 🎸 How can we make sense of Bob Dylan and his songs? Neither philsopher nor literary figure, Dylan is primarily a musician and song writer. His songs reflect many influences - but they are meant to be listened to. Pre-order here: imprint.co.uk/bob-dylan/
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
OUT NOW! Drawing on his own research in electromagnetic field theories of consciousness, Hunt shows how the hippies’ intuitive understanding that ‘it’s all vibrations, man’ points toward revolutionary discoveries about the workings of consciousness and the brain. Order here: imprint.co.uk/hippies/
A quote from Jonathan Schooler, UC Santa Barbara, about "The Hippies Were Right!". The quote reads as follows: "Not only is his science top notch, but his ability to write for a popular audience is impeccable".
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Why is the UK government proposing to curtail jury trials just as citizens' juries and other randomly-selected political forums are on the rise? Explore this striking paradox in the new JoS symposium! Read the symposium here (via the fast-track tab): www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/...
A symposium, titled "The Jury on Trial", has been published in the Journal of Sortition. The symposium features contributions by Ethan Leib, Nancy Marder, Nichola ARch, Michael Beloff KC, Barbara Goodwin JP, and Oliver Dowlen.A quote from Ethan Leib's introduction to the symposium. The quote reads as follows: “Ultimately, the jury is but one node in a systemic network that includes trial courts, appellate judges, evidentiary rules, and constitutional checks to achieve a fair trial. Thus asking whether the jury should be preserved, contracted, or abolished — and in which cases — is really a question about the optimal division of deliberative labour across criminal justice, and about what we might lose when we redirect cases from one node to another".Contribute to the discussion at sortition-agora.com.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
COMING SOON - NEXT ISSUE OF JCS! This issue is a special issue on consciousness in current AI. Stay tuned for the table of contents! 🧠 Subscribe to JCS here: imprint.co.uk/product/jcs/ 💌 Be the first to know of any JCS updates by signing up to our newsletter here: t.co/ehB4H8m7Fg #Consciousness
A new special issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies is coming soon. Volume 33 issue 7-8 is titled "Consciousness in Current AI".
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
JCS Article Spotlight 📚 ‘Transcending the Biological Body: Yoga, Transhumanism, and the Future Visions of Consciousness’ by Ramala Sarma Curious? You can read the article here: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/i... #consciousnessstudies #psychology #philosophy #transhumanism
"Transcending the Biological Body: Yoga, Transhumanism, and the Future Visions of Consciousness" by Ramala Sarma, published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 33, issue 5-6.By putting together two widely separated frameworks — the classic spiritual path of the self toward liberation and contemporary reimagining of the techno-based self — in the comparative frame of analysis, this study restates unresolved questions regarding the nature of consciousness, constraints of embodied experience, and the ethics of self-transcendence, including autonomy and moral responsibility. The exploration of the differing approaches toward enhancing the human condition culminates in the vital question of what it means to be human.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What if the hippies were right about the nature of reality all along? 💭 Part memoir, part scientific investigation, part cultural analysis, Tam Hunt's new book reveals how psychedelic experiences, Eastern philosophy, and neuroscience are converging on a new understanding of consciousness.
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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
History of Political Thought Vol. 47. No. 2 (2026) www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... @imprintacademic.bsky.social @markfisher.bsky.social @kajokubala.bsky.social
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🚨 NEW ISSUE ALERT 🚨 Volume 47 Issue 2 of the History of Political Thought journal is out now! 📚 Read the issue here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... 🏛️ Subscribe here: imprint.co.uk/product/hpt/ #politicalthought
Volume 47 issue 2 of the History of Political Thought journal features the following contributions: "Compelling Justice: Translating Necessity in Thucydides’ Melian Dialogue" by Mark Fisher; "‘Like a Master:’ Aristotle on Tyranny, Slavery and the Longing for Supremacy" by Jordan Jochim; "Slavery by Disposition and by Categoricity: Revisiting Politics and Nature in Aristotle’s Nature-Based Justifications of Enslavement" by Aemann Lin-McCornack, and "Marsilius’ Defensor Pacis and the University of Paris" by Kajo Kubala.Additionally, this issue of the History of Political Thought also features: "‘Commerce’ and ‘Commonwealth’ in France and England, 1550–1615" by Gabriel Osborne; "Montesquieu on Legislators and as a Legislator: A Reconsideration of his Particularism and Universalism" by Vickie B. Sullivan; "Sovereignty and Government in the French Revolution" by Dan Edelstein and Stephen W. Sawyer as well as book reviews.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Today marks #AIAppreciationDay AI is everywhere and constantly evolving, so let's take a moment to reflect on its development. How should we think about AI and our relationship with it? What are we building towards? Curious? Check out Unknowable Minds! www.imprint.co.uk/product/unkn...
A quote from Mark Bailey. The quote reads as follows: "We must acknowledge that the future impact of AI is far from clear".
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Which side are you on - the poachers or the gamekeepers? A review of Terry Bouricius's book "Democracy Without Politicians" is available online now via our fast-track system. Read the review here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... Join the debate: sortition-agora.co.uk/post/on-poac...
A new paper from the Journal of Sortition is available online now. The paper is a book review, titled "On Poachers and Gamekeepers: Review of Terry Bouricius, Democracy Without Politicians: Government by the People" and was written by Keith Sutherland.The quote from the article reads as follows: “Bouricius’s book is unusual in that the name, just like Ronseal, ‘does exactly what it says on the tin’ (rather than reflecting the priorities of the publisher’s marketing department). The book also draws on the author’s ‘lived experience’, as he served time as an elected lawmaker (in the Vermont House of Representatives). Unlike the present reviewer — the author of the first volume cited above (who now considers his juvenilia more suitable for bücherverbrennung) — Terry is a classic example of the gamekeeper turned poacher. Apostasy can go either way (as neoconservatives will testify).”Contribute to the discussion at sortition-agora.com.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
JCS Article Spotlight 📚 ‘Religious Panpsychism: The Ecological Stakes of Sacralizing the Earth’ by Arianne Conty Curious? You can read the article here: www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/i... #consciousnessstudies
"Religious Panpsychism: The Ecological Stakes of Sacralizing the Earth" by Arianne Conty, published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 33, issue 5-6.In showing that matter (nature) is sentient or conscious (culture), the tendency to treat nature as a valueless commodity for human appropriation and exploitation can no longer be defended, opening up ways of generalizing the respect shown to human culture to the entire biosphere. In this sense, panpsychism is intrinsically environmental, and can provide important vectors for addressing the harms of the climate crisis.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
COMING SOON - 'THE HIPPIES WERE RIGHT' BY TAM HUNT 💭🌈 Consciousness researcher Tam Hunt traces his path from a childhood in a 1980s commune to career in science, arguing the counterculture’s core insights about consciousness, vibration, and love align remarkably with cutting-edge neuroscience.
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Le Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ) @lecre.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Jonathan Simon (UdeM) publiera prochainement plusieurs nouveaux travaux, notamment un article dans le Journal of Consciousness Studies, ainsi que deux chapitres: l’un dans l’anthologie Grounding Consciousness et l’autre dans l’ouvrage collectif The Importance of Being Conscious. Pour plus d’infos:
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Plusieurs nouvelles contributions de Jonathan Simon
Jonathan Simon publiera prochainement plusieurs nouveaux chapitres et articles.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Our #wordoftheweek for this Friday is #anarchism! 👀 Keep an eye out for more in this post series, and check out Against All Authority at www.imprint.co.uk/product/against-all-authority/
The word of the week is "Anarchism", which is defined as a political philosophy and movement that stands against institutions perpetuating hierarchy, authority and coercion, seeing them as harmful and controlling. A fun fact about anarchism is that the word originates from the Greek word "anarchos", which means "without authority". Our further reading recommendation is Against All Authority, by Jeff Shantz. In this book, Shantz explores expressions of anarchism within literary production, looking into historical examples and contemporary writing, uncovering common themes and values.
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Thomas Heichele @thomasheichele.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
„The really hard problem of consciousness is the problem of experience. When we think and perceive, there is a whir of information-processing, but there is also a subjective aspect. As Nagel (1974) has put it, there is something it is like to be a conscious organism. This subjective aspect is experience. […] It is undeniable that some organisms are subjects of experience. But the question of how it is that these systems are subjects of experience is perplexing. […] It is widely agreed that experience arises from a physical basis, but we have no good explanation of why and how it so arises. Why should physical processing give rise to a rich inner life at all? It seems objectively unreasonable that it should, and yet it does.“ 
CHALMERS, DAVID (1995): Facing up to the problem of consciousness In: Journal of Consciousness Studies 2 (3), 200-219, hier: S. 201.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨 EARLY ACCESS ALERT 🚨 A new paper on electoral lottocracy is available online now via our fast track system! Read the paper here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... Join the discussion of this paper over at the Sortition Agora: sortition-agora.co.uk/post/elector... #sortition #lottocracy
A new article from the Journal of Sortition has become available. The article as written by Jordan Rose and is titled "Electoral Lottocracy: Creating Cohesive Law via a Sub-mjajoritarian Elected Legislature and Lottocratic Review Body".The quote from the article reads as follows: "the tyranny of the majority has been a persistent structural problem of government systems since the dawn o fthe era of democratic liberalism. While there exist many mechanisms to mitigate it, they risk providing a way for the opposite to occur - tyranny of the minority. This paper suggests a mechanism to bypass this tension altogether".Contribute to the discussion at sortition-agora.com.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The latest issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, 'Religious Panpsychisim' is out now! Check out the table of contents below! 📚 Read the issue online here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... 💌 Subscribe here: imprint.co.uk/product/jcs/
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
JCS Article Spotlight 📚 ‘What Is It Like to Be a Bot?’ by Michael Huemer Curious? You can read the article here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... #consciousnessstudies #artificialintelligence
"What Is It Like to Be a Bot?" by Michael Huemer, published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 33, issue 5-6.Non-reductive functionalism implies that it should be possible to produce consciousness in a non-living machine, provided that one makes the machine implement the right computer program. The failure of non-reductive functionalism does not rule out this possibility, but it renders the possibility less likely. We know that some property or set of properties of the brain is causally relevant to consciousness, since our brains are in fact giving us conscious experiences. This property might be reproducible in silicon or some other artificial substrate, but then again it might not be. It may be that the cause of consciousness is inherently biological.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The launch event of Colin Brewer's "The God Effect" was two weeks ago, and we're still thinking about it! 📚✨📷 A huge thank you to everyone who attended such a wonderful evening and celebrated the launch with us and Colin ❤️ #ThrowbackThursday
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岡﨑 晴輝(OKAZAKI, Seiki) @okazakiseiki.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Lafont, Cristina and Nadia Urbinati (2024) "Defending Democracy Against Lottocracy," in Geoffrey Grandjean, ed. Against Sortition? The Problem with Citizens' Assemblies, Imprint Academic, pp. 157-171. ラフォンとウルビナティがロトクラシーを批判した共著論文。著者によれば、…… aktiv3.sblo.jp/article/1909...
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Longtail News @longtail-news.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Feed: "Imprint Academic" By: Len on Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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Table of Contents – JCS Vol. 33, No. 5-6, May/June 2026
Journal of Consciousness Studies: controversies in science & the humanities 3 About Authors Refereed Papers 7 Religious Panpsychism: The Ecological Stakes of Sacralizing the Earth, by Arianne Conty 31...
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岡﨑 晴輝(OKAZAKI, Seiki) @okazakiseiki.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Delannoi, Gil (2025) Politics of Random Selection: Making Good Use of Soetition, Imprint Academic. 選制を理論的に考察した小著。著者によれば、現代の「抽選民主主義」(sortive democracy)は、古代の直接民主主義、近代の間接民主主義とは区別された第三の民主主義の類型である。抽選制の主たる活用法(uses)は…… aktiv3.sblo.jp/article/1917...
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The latest issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, 'Religious Panpsychisim' is out now! Check out the table of contents below! 📚 Read the issue online here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... 💌 Subscribe here: imprint.co.uk/product/jcs/
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our #wordoftheweek for this Friday is #panpsychism! 👀 Keep an eye out for more in this post series, and check out Consciousness and its Place in Nature at www.imprint.co.uk/product/strawson/ #consciousness
Our word of the week is Panpsychism, which is defined as the theory that consciousness is a fundamental part of the structure of the physical universe. A fun fact about panpsychism is that the word comes from the Greek words "pan", meaning "all" and "psyche", meaning "mind". Our recommendation from further reading is "Consciousness and its Place in Nature", by Galen Strawson. This new edition of Strawson’s book further explores his study of panpsychism. Including updated contributions from original commentators, it pushes the discussion forward.
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚨 EARLY ACCESS ALERT 🚨 The countdown for the upcoming issue of the Journal of Sortition is on and while autumn may still seem quite far away, we do have a little treat to tide you over - the review symposium on James Fishkin’s "Can Deliberation Cure the Ills of Democracy" is available online now!
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
COMING SOON - NEXT ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES! This issue is a regular issue with various articles or a wide range of topics. 🧠 Subscribe to JCS here: imprint.co.uk/product/jcs/ 💌 Be the first to know of any JCS updates by signing up to our newsletter here: t.co/ehB4H8m7Fg
A new issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies is coming soon. Volume 33 issue 5-6 is titled "Religious Panpsychism".
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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
OUT NOW 🎉 The God Effect is the first book to explore the power of placebo effects in religion, medicine and other fields. 🔗 Grab your copy here: www.imprint.co.uk/product/brew...
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