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Philosopher at the University of Exeter working in phenomenology, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and AI | joelkrueger.com

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Don't have confirmation from all affected departments, but... #Philosophy at #Exeter has avoided compulsory redundancies, and so have the other disciplines I've heard from so far. They've wrecked our summer, and bullied beloved colleagues into "voluntary" redundancy. But we're still here.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 03/08/2026
If you’re looking to be loved, Simone de Beauvoir would warn you to look away from AI.
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You can love an AI but can it love you back? Philosophy has the answer
If you’re looking to be loved, Simone de Beauvoir would warn you to look away from AI.
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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"AI can’t give us authentic love. It can only offer devotion. And while this devotion can feel good, if we’re looking for real love – authentic love – we’ll need to look elsewhere" - @lucyosler.bsky.social and Joel Krueger for @uk.theconversation.com 💕 theconversation.com/you-can-love...
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You can love an AI but can it love you back? Philosophy has the answer
If you’re looking to be loved, Simone de Beauvoir would warn you to look away from AI.
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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Spent the last 2 days bingeing all 8 episodes of the latest season of The UnMute Podcast with Myisha Cherry, and every one is a banger! Honored to be interviewed on one of the OG philosophy podcasts, "where philosophy and real-world issues collide" www.unmutepodcast.com/all-episodes...
Flyer for the latest season of the UnMute Podcast with Myisha Cherry, featuring photos of Stephen Darwall, Robin Dembroff, Nick Buccola, Remy Debes, Joel Krueger, Maria Acosta-Lopez, Olivia Bailey, Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, & Dan Kelly
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Alex Madva @madva.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Very exciting to learn what leading thinkers like Remy Debes, Nick Buccola, Maria Acosta Lopez, @joelkrueger.com, Robin Dembroff, @phronimouse.bsky.social, and Stephen Darwall have been up to, not to mention my co-authors @dryan149.bsky.social & @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social (@mitpress.bsky.social)
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 15/07/2026
"Humanities are being extinguished by university bosses across the country. We desperately need an emergency rescue package to stop the death-rattle of Britain's great universities." @drjogrady.bsky.social in the Guardian 👇 www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"What drives these cuts is not financial necessity [...]. What drives these cuts is strategy and executive choice – the judgment of university leaders that HASS subjects can be (almost) as successful with 25% fewer staff."
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is cultural suicide and intellectual vandalism. In an era where humanities-illiterate tech bros have unearned god-like powers, we need historians, philosophers, ethicists, classicists more than ever. Please sign. (Reposting without 404) www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We're on Bluesky now! 🦋 Follow us here for updates, we're just getting started. @ucu.org.uk @exetergreens.bsky.social @exeterlabour.bsky.social Here are our six key messages:
'EXETER UCU: OUR SIX KEY MESSAGES

1. EXETER UNI'S FINANCES ARE STRONG. WE'VE LARGE CASH RESERVES (£200M IN 24/25). NEVER HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS 'CRISIS' IS MANUFACTURED.
2. EXECUTIVE PAY AT EXETER IS OUT OF CONTROL. IF JUST THE 16 HIGHEST-PAID EXECS CAPPED THEIR SALARY AT £120K, WE'D SAVE MORE MONEY THAN ALL THE CUTS TO ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY!
3. NO MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION, BUT A CONFUSED MESS: FAULTY AND INSUFFICIENT DATA, NO REAL DISCUSSION, AND AN IMPOSSIBLE, INSULTING AND UNREASONABLE TIMETABLE TO PUSH THIS THROUGH OVER THE SUMMER.
4. AN ALL-STAFF MEETING OF 600 STAFF RESOUNDINGLY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN VICE CHANCELLOR LISA ROBERTS (WHOSE PAY IS PUSHING £400K). WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE VOTE BY ANY UNI STAFF IN THE HISTORY OF UK HE.
5. REDUNDANCIES ARE A MANAGEMENT CHOICE, NOT A FINANCIAL NECESSITY. THEY EVEN HAVE ALTERNATIVE COSTED PLANS WITH NO CUTS, BUT THINK IT'S EASIER TO GO FOR JOB LOSSES.
6. EXETER IS A FANTASTIC UNI, WITH WORLD CLASS RESEARCH, CREATIVE AND INSPIRING TEACHING, THOUGHTFUL AND IMAGINATIVE COMMUNITY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.'

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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
#DefendExeterUni
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The crisis in UK higher education is worsening week by week — Exeter University is one of the best in the UK, with superb lecturers (and several You’re Dead To Me guests), but it’s planning massive job cuts in History, Archaeology, Classics — see the petition below to lend your voice in support
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UCU Commons @ucucommons.org · 26/06/2026
PETITION: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I am heartbroken by University of Exeter’s decision to endanger the majority of staff in philosophy and qualitative social science, including #Egenis @exeterspspa.bsky.social No warning, no consultations, just an email dropped into inboxes announcing redundancy. c.org/zKbPJFDwBq #philsci #sts #hps
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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
they’re pushing through approx 25% compulsory redundancy focused on humanities & social science without anything close to a financial justification. The only reasonable interpretation is ideological motivation. I am both heartbroken and embarrassed. Sign please. www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
There's a petition to fight the redundancies at Exeter. Anthropology is among the most targeted disciplines in the whole uni, with over half of us slated to lose our jobs. We do better than the university average on both student satisfaction and rankings which makes it feel ideologically targeted...
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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
@uniexecec.bsky.social have announced that 200 people will be made compulsorily redundant, with over 500 in scope and most of those in Humanities and Social Sciences. The branch has asked for the key financials to support this case, but this has been denied. Complaint is in with CAC #vandalism #ucu
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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Stop the vandalism at the University of Exeter! 200 staff at risk of losing their jobs just before Christmas, after having worked out their three months notice by teaching out term one!?! Lunacy
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Francesca Stavrakopoulou @proffrancesca.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I’d love it if you’d sign this. It might not prevent me and my colleagues losing our jobs, but it will draw attention to the ideological vandalism being perpetrated by the wealthy execs running our university. Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter - sign the petition below! c.org/NpvY4sR9gH
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If you asked me, off the top of my head, to name a non-Oxbridge university in England synonymous with excellence in the Humanities - I would probably think of Exeter first. This feels like a very deliberate, targeted and ideological Bonfire of the Humanities
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Exeter Green Party @exetergreens.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Exeter Green Party stands in solidarity with the Exeter University and College Union in condemning the University of Exeter’s announcement of sweeping job cuts. These plans will recklessly imperil the University’s vital contributions to the social, cultural, and economic life of the city. 1/4
Graphic which reads: Statement of solidarity with Exeter University and College Union.
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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The Philosophy department at Exeter is exceptional. It has both a concentration of world leading researchers in the philosophy of the biological and cognitive sciences, and a unique departmental profile in the UK. It would be a catastrophic loss to the UK philosophy scene.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Latest papers: Zamir Kadodia & Joel Krueger draw on frameworks such as the neurodiversity paradigm and niche construction theory to reframe the concept of epistemic injustice as a distributed phenomenon in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Our volume For, Against, Together is officially available online with Cambridge University Press! Together our incredible contributors rethink antagonistic political emotions in our current climate. www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... Here’s a taste of what’s inside 🧵
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For, Against, Together
Cambridge Core - Social Psychology - For, Against, Together
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Fred Cooper @histloneliness.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Brand new edited volume!! Loneliness in Our Time: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Edited by Axel Seemann, Emily Hughes, Tom Roberts and Joel Krueger. Open access! www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Exeter’s got a two-year teaching stint for someone into philosophy of data and related - the job’s pretty plush as far as non-permanent ones go - and Exeter is an amazing place to do this kind of philosophy - please pass around! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ094/l... #philsci
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Lecturer in Philosophy or Sociology of Data and Artificial Intelligence at University of Exeter
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David Ekdahl @ekdahlprimafacie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New paper in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social exploring autistic adults embodied experiences of offline and online sociality. The paper is co-authored with @joelkrueger.com, and funded by @carlsbergfondet.dk. #Autism #Neurodiversity #Phenomenology #Embodiment journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Just one week til our “Social AI: A Philosophy Workshop” 🌟We will be joined by Pii Telakivi, Rob Clowes, Kris Goffin, Shahd Omar, Kesavan Thenagopal, Mike Barnes, Mercedes Corredor, Ben White, Leda Bario, Allister Lee, Àger Pérez Casanovas, Shane Glackin, Tom Roberts, & Joel Krueger 🌟
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Social & Political Science, Philosophy, Anthropology @exeterspspa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Chatbots don’t just make things up—they generate and spread gossip, complete with negative evaluations and juicy rumours that can cause real-world harm, according to new analysis by @joelkrueger.com and @lucyosler.bsky.social from the University of Exeter @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social
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Feral AI gossip with the potential to spread damage and shame will become more frequent, researchers warn
“Feral” gossip spread via AI bots is likely to become more frequent and pervasive, causing reputational damage and shame, humiliation, anxiety, and distress, researchers have warned. Chatbots like Cha...
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The AI gossip paper @joelkrueger.com and I wrote got picked up by Vice! We argue that chatbots generate gossip about people and consider how this gossip becomes ‘feral’ without the social constraints that usually moderate human rumor-spreading 🗣️🤖💬🫢 www.vice.com/en/article/a...
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AI Chatbots Are Quietly Trading Gossip About People With Zero Fact-Checking
AI chatbots already say questionable things to humans. Now, they may be swapping those same questionable takes with each other.
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
AI chatbots are increasingly generating and spreading gossip, which can lead to reputational harm, anxiety, and social unrest as these outputs circulate widely and unchecked. doi.org/hbgmbz
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Feral AI gossip with the potential to spread damage and shame will become more frequent, researchers warn
"Feral" gossip spread via AI bots is likely to become more frequent and pervasive, causing reputational damage and shame, humiliation, anxiety, and distress, researchers have warned.
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Pablo Fernandez Velasco @pfvelasco.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Really excited to be organising this one. Such a fantastic group of speakers. I can’t wait to discuss with them about what atmospheres are, how they unfold and why they matter. With @lucyosler.bsky.social @keithallenyork.bsky.social @reaveyp.bsky.social @joelkrueger.com @reaveyp.bsky.social
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Our sense of reality is intimately entwined with our interactions with other people. What happens when those interactions are instead with social AI? See my piece on (so-called) ‘AI-induced psychosis’ in The Conversation theconversation.com/ai-induced-p...
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AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together
We’ve always relied on friends and family to confirm our sense of reality. Now we’re increasingly expecting AIs to do it instead.
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Deadline for abstracts: 28 Nov 2025 Full call for abstracts info and form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Social AI: A Workshop - Abstract Submissions
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 28 November 2025 Dates: 10 & 11 February 2026 Location: Byrne House, University of Exeter (in person) The rise of Generative AI in recent years has, not surprisingl...
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
✨CFA✨ I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract! Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Really excited to be starting this new chapter at Exeter and to continue exploring (giving myself anxiety about) the social and affective implications of AI If you want to see the pre-print of the paper, check it out here: arxiv.org/abs/2508.08143
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AI Gossip
Generative AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini routinely make things up. They "hallucinate" historical events and figures, legal cases, academic papers, non-existent tech products an...
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🎉 What a lovely way to celebrate my first day at Exeter! This fun conversation with Jim Baxter @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social about a paper my now-colleague @joelkrueger.com and I wrote on AI Gossip is now up! In the podcast we discuss how AI systems might engage in gossip-like behaviour 🙊
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Cheetah House @cheetahhouse.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Coming up soon! You don't want to miss this very special course from scaffolding expert, Dr. Joel Krueger on the research and benefits of objects and technology in our environment.
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Excited to be editing this SI on affective injustice with @alfredarcher.bsky.social and @joelkrueger.com for EPSSE’s open access journal Passion. Submissions open until 30 September, so if you need a break from your summer break, do think about sending us something! #philsky
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Many of these examples came together in our new chapter on Lonely Objects and Obsolete Affordances (@tomroberts.bsky.social and @joelkrueger.com)! Thanks so much for the inspiration ❤️ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) Lonely Objects and Obsolete Affordances
PDF | While loneliness is typically conceived of as a psychological state experienced by agents, people often describe objects and places as lonely.... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
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Adam Toon @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
TL;DR? Good news! You can now read a (brief) précis of Mind as Metaphor (OUP, 2023) in Philosophical Psychology. Available here: doi.org/10.1080/0951... @journalphp.bsky.social @journalphp.bsky.social #philsky #philmind #cogsci
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Defending mental fictionalism: A précis of Mind as Metaphor
Mind as Metaphor develops a new approach to the mind. This approach is called mental fictionalism. It claims that our concept of mind is fundamentally metaphorical: we project the “outer world” of ...
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Imperfect Cognitions @imperfectcognitions.com · 15/05/2025
How can AI be utilised in dementia care? This week, Joel Krueger explores how AI can be used as cognitive extenders, promoting safety, wellbeing and cognitive support in dementia care. imperfectcognitions.... #philsky #philpsy
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Home as Mind: AI Extenders and Affective Ecologies in Dementia Care
A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.
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Adam Toon @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
We're hiring! Lecturer in Philosophy (Artificial Intelligence and Data). Deadline for applications: 17th April 2025 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML775/l... #philsky #philmind #cogsci #philsci
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Lecturer in Philosophy (Artificial Intelligence and Data) (Education and Research) at University of Exeter
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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Thrilled to share the call for papers for our Passion SI on Critical/Feminist Philosophy of Emotions guest edited by the amazing Laura Silva, Federico Lauria, and @arinapismenny.bsky.social ✨ Join contributors Arina Pismenny, Ronald de Sousa, Laura Silva, Marie Wuth, and Denish Jaswal
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4rthurlg.bsky.social @4rthurlg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
So— just attended a fab talk about 'AI Gossip' by @joelkrueger.com. Joel, I hope you get to see this! Did some more jailbreaking of ChatGPT and got it to say some pretty mean gossip-y stuff about @kevinroose.com... in fact, it got pretty out of hand. It told me I wasn't safe— see below!
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Durham Institute for Medical Humanities @durhamimh.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
👂Registrations are now open for our Narrative and Cognition Lab talk on AI and Gossip! Can AI Gossip? Join our speaker @joelkrueger.com online or in-person on 20 Feb (1-2.30PM) as he explores the hows and harms of AI gossip. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-gossip-... #medhums
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AI Gossip
NCL Passport talk on Artificial Intelligence and Gossiping by Joel Krueger
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Tom Roberts @tomroberts.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
New article in the BJA! (With special thanks to Lucy Osler, Joel Krueger, and Gareth Roberts) academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics...
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Voice, Rhyme, and Aesthetic Injustice
Abstract. Some lines of poetry rhyme to certain readers and not to others because of how their words are pronounced in different accents. And because the a
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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Deadline: 30 September 2025 Submissions: between 6-9,000 words (excl. refs) Editors: @lucyosler.bsky.social @alfredarcher.bsky.social @joelkrueger.bsky.social
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