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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Texte qui tombe à point de Vincent Brousseau-Pouliot. Le texte a au moins le mérite de rappeler que l'on peut s'opposer aux interdictions caquistes tout en défendant la nécessaire laïcité de l'État. www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/chr...

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

« This new illiberal industrial complex is as multifaceted as that wretched cube. In recent years a slew of websites, magazines, institutes, think-tanks, conferences and educational outfits have sprung up to influence the discourse not just in Hungary, but across the European Union. »

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Viktor Orban’s illiberal intellectual patronage system

The Budapest Megaphone blares populism to the world

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Duncan Ivison @duncanivison.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

An extraordinary career & life and a remarkable contribution not just to our field but to European public culture more generally. I always appreciated his synthetic approach to the big questions. I tried to summarize his contribution recently: theconversation.com/jurgen-haber...

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Jürgen Habermas is a major public intellectual. What are his key ideas?

German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, now 94, is a thinker of global significance. Duncan Ivison explains two of his most important ideas.

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Engaging with Habermas’ sophisticated philosophical system was incredibly formative when I was a graduate student and junior scholar. I am grateful to all my professors who encouraged me to step outside the analytic philosophy canon and engage with thinkers like Habermas.

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Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96

The German philosopher died on Saturday March 14, 2026, at the age of 96 in Starnberg, a spokesperson for the Suhrkamp publishing house said.

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Finishing reading @davidedmonds100.bsky.social ‘s excellent book on the Vienna Circle: “At some stage two FBI men visited him at his home. To show that he was no Russian spy, [Philipp] Frank went to his bookshelf, took out a copy of Lenin’s Materialism and Empirio-Criticism,

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Michael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Had a terrific time discussing grief, immortality and griefbots with @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social and other colleagues at McGill. Also enjoyed a picture perfect Montreal winter's day!

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Rémi Auclair @roclair.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

@jocelynmaclure.bsky.social a raison: une réforme constitutionnelle exige légitimité, délibération et coopération. La CAQ n’a ni le processus ni l’autorité morale pour engager une telle démarche au Québec. #polqc www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...

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Être à la hauteur de la politique constitutionnelle

La Constitution est la loi fondamentale d’un État. Elle énonce des principes et des modalités institutionnelles qui permettent d’établir quelle est la nature du régime politique. Dans une démocratie l...

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Karina Vold @karinavold.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Our upcoming December workshop on the Ethics of Griefbots has a poster! Looking forward to hosting the event with @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social and @hugocl.bsky.social at @UofTEthics.bsky.social Thanks to our sponsors @UofT-IHPST.bsky.social @forea-virtue.bsky.social and @torontosri.bsky.social

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

1ère journée de réflexion Horizons démocratiques le 30 mai à l’Université McGill. L’événement est le résultat d’une collaboration avec les collègues @patrickturmel.bsky.social et N. Hamrouni. Il y aura des présentations sur les chambres d’écho, la radicalisation et la pensée conspirationniste,

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

« But others had uncharitably interpreted his Nazi-seeming salutes as Nazi salutes: “They really are trying every angle to get me.” » www.ft.com/content/0c6e...

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Elon Musk’s painful departure

The Tesla founder’s much-heralded war on government waste has had uncertain results

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Martin Kusch @martinkusch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Would you like to teach philosophy of science and technology in Vienna? #philosophy #STS jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Technology

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Visionnement obligatoire. Présenter constamment les immigrants et les autres minorités comme des problèmes peut mener jusque là.

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Martin Pâquet @martinpaquet.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

"Où est donc passé l’esprit de solidarité ayant mené à l’accueil des réfugiés de l’Asie du Sud-Est il y a 50 ans ?" Telle est la question posée par Rima Elkhouri dans La Presse, à laquelle Rémi Chhem et votre humble serviteur tentent de répondre. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/c...

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Accueil de migrants | À la recherche de la solidarité perdue

Où est donc passé l’esprit de solidarité ayant mené à l’accueil des réfugiés de l’Asie du Sud-Est il y a 50 ans ?

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Next week at McGill University: a truly interdisciplinary discussion on our future with AI, bringing together computer science, philosophy, geography and sociology. Open to all but registration required. With Joelle Pineau, Renee Sieber, Matissa Hollister and me.

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Karina Vold @karinavold.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

📣The @UofT Centre for Ethics has a call for applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in on the topic of Algorithm Bias. Please share 🙏 ➡️ includes teaching opportunity and position is renewable up to 3 years @ihpst-uoft.bsky.social @uoftethics.bsky.social ethics.utoronto.ca/postdoctoral...

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Postdoctoral Fellowship In Algorithm Bias | Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Je ne suis pas un expert en matière de zombies, mais si j’ai bien compris les quelques épisodes de Walking Dead que j’ai écoutés, le zombie typique n’a pas d’esprit (“mind”); il ne peut donc pas être “fanatisé”. MBC doit faire preuve de plus de rigueur conceptuelle.

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Some solace:“Mr Trump still delights many hard-right European leaders. But for Ms Meloni and Ms Le Pen, the American president could become a serious headache. Europeans don’t like him: a tiny 6% of French and 8% of Italians told a poll in March that Mr Trump is “a friend of Europe”.(Same in Canada)

economist.com

Trump is a problem for Europe’s most important hard-right leaders

His antics are causing headaches for Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Ce constat de @mfbazzo.bsky.social sur les effets de certains grands conglomérats médiatiques privés à travers le monde devrait être accepté par toutes les personnes sérieuses, par-delà les orientations politiques: “Bolloré applique exactement la même technique que Murdoch aux États-Unis…

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

How it started / how it's going.....

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Delighted that this paper co-authored with A. Morin-Martel is out in Digital Society. Building in pre-AI work in applied ethics, political & legal philosophy, we argue in favor of a two-pronged institutionalist approach to the regulation of AI technologies.

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Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill University @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New article by RGCS faculty member Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social and Alexis Morin-Martel, previously presented at the RGCS WIP: "AI Ethics’ Institutional Turn" rdcu.be/edrKf

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AI Ethics’ Institutional Turn

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Alasia Nuti @alasianuti.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

A great workshop at MANCEPt this year organised by Gabriele Badano and @neufeld.bsky.social

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Next week at the Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology: work-in-progress session on Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre's paper "Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning".

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I finally listened to the latest E. Klein interview on AI. If you didn’t listen to it, don’t be fooled by the headline. There is 0 argument for the view that AGI is fast approaching. Unless we count ‘’many people working in AI are convinced that AGI is around the corner‘ as a weighty consideration.

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The Government Knows AGI is Coming

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-03-04 · 1h 6m

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Should we worry about AI Welfare? Roundtable Discussion with Heather Alexander and Jonathan Simon on March 21. My own answer is no; my colleagues disagree. www.mcgill.ca/jarislowsky-...

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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Trump did not end the Russian war of aggression in 24 hours. But he brought most Europeans together in less than 48 hours.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...

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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)

America hurt itself badly today.

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Samuli Reijula @samulireijula.net · 25/02/2025

Institutional Epistemology Workshop 2025, June 18-19, University of Helsinki. Our invited speakers this year are Helen Beebee, Jessica Brown, and @kevinzollman.com . We look forward to receiving your abstracts by March 10. More information here: www.institutionalepistemology.net #philsci #philsky

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Institutional Epistemology – INES2025

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Très beau texte. À lire, en particulier pour ceux qui, comme moi, connaissent mal la vie et l’œuvre de Marc Bloch.

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I was so appalled by Vance’s Munich speech that I overlooked his cringe joke on G. Thunberg. ‘´If American democracy can survive 10 years of Greta Thunberg scolding, you guys can survive a few months of Elon Musk’´. Wow, who’s the snowflake now.

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Observatoire de la liberté d'expression @libobs.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Texte important du professeur @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social. Il nous invite, notamment, à " repenser les conditions de la rationalité, du savoir et de la discussion libre dans les circonstances qui sont les nôtres".

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Nouveau texte dans La Presse+: l’autonomie rationnelle et la pensée critique sont souvent présentées comme des antidotes à la désinformation, à la manipulation et aux chambres d’écho.

lapresse.ca

Repenser la pensée critique ?

L’auteur se demande dans quelle mesure l’esprit des Lumières survit à notre époque où le savoir scientifique est à la fois fragmenté et spécialisé.

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Joelle T @tjoelle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

"Nous devons nous réconcilier avec notre dépendance épistémique radicale, c-à-d le fait que nos croyances dépendent lourdement du témoignage des autres et des savoirs produits par les institutions. La dépendance épistémique nous rend vulnérables." @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social in @lapresse.ca

lapresse.ca

Repenser la pensée critique ?

L’auteur se demande dans quelle mesure l’esprit des Lumières survit à notre époque où le savoir scientifique est à la fois fragmenté et spécialisé.

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This is why we need trained philosophers in public policy, both inside and outside academia. ‘´Contrary to the claim once made by Milton Friedman, positive analysis (what is) cannot be separated from normative claims (what ought to be).´

ft.com

How to provide evidence in turbulent times

Hostility to researchers’ analysis is undermining reasoned policymaking

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

38 lectures over the last dozen years about the values, institutions, and principles of a free society, at @rgcs-mcgill.bsky.social .

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Been waiting all my adult life for a new Golden Age in Arts and Culture.

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

“One way of saying this is that until just the other day there was really no such thing as U.S. manufacturing, Canadian manufacturing or Mexican manufacturing, just North American manufacturing — a highly efficient, mutually beneficial system that sprawled across the three nations’ borders.”

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𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚑 @abizadeh.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Giving online talk on “Ethics in Academic Publishing” at the SJ Center for Business Ethics on Feb. 10 at 5pm EST. I’ll be discussing the crisis of for-profit academic journal publishing, the emerging diamond open access alternative, and what we can do. You can register to attend online here:

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Ethics in Academic Publishing. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Prof. Arash Abizadeh from McGill University will be discussing the ethics and inequities in academic publishing, focusing on exploitation by commercial publishers and barriers to accessing knowledge. ...

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The Journal Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques has a CFP for a special issue on AI Safety and Public Policy in Canada. Research coming from all relevant disciplines are welcome. I was asked to serve on the guest editorial committee to advise on AI Ethics papers.

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Jocelyn Maclure @jocelynmaclure.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

As far as I can tell from this interview, I don’t fully share Mark Lemley’s views on LLMs, but this is this is the right kind of attitude :

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