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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 1h

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 1h

New epistemology just dropped

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Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 4h

SEN. ERIC SCHMITT: Do these texts not prove that a shrimp fried this rice?

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 4h

It's official. CMU is going to Miami. I'm going to need a new wardrobe

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Sander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In the 1930s, a group of European philosophers fled fascism and reshaped American philosophy. Why did logical positivism have such an impact on US thought? And why did it play a central role in the culture wars of the 1950s and 1960s? Released today! Logical Positivism: An American History (1/3)

Cover of Logical Positivism: An American History

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 17h

See what students are saying about our programs

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 21h

This years fellows include the wonderful @felipedebrigard.bsky.social ! Congrats, Felipe! This is also huge for philosophy, which rarely sees recipients of this fellowship #philsky

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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 18h

Looking for a postdoc in comp neuro and human brain imaging? Interested in foraging? Join our international collaboration with Jon Rubin, @jyotikab.bsky.social, & @davidrobbe.bsky.social be.bsky.social to study the neural basis of foraging behavior! cmu.wd115.myworkdayjobs.com/CMU/job/Pitt...

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Postdoctoral Research Associate – Cognitive Axon Lab – Dietrich College

The Cognitive Axon Lab, in the Department of Psychology and Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute, seeks applications for a multi-year Postdoctoral Research Associate at Carnegie Mellon University. T...

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 18h

Hell yeah losers of the world unite we got jokes

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Stuart Presnell @logopetria.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm currently hearing it in the voice of a skeptical 30's Chicago hoodlum "Don't worry, I got Chancey's money for him, I just need a couple'a days for it to get to me" "Yeah, and there's a chicken on the sidewalk in Brooklyn"

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Rochelle @uberwensch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

sometimes you walk past a philosophy classroom and the professor has written "firetrucks.... red things" on the board and everyone is nodding like its real school

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 29/09/2026

A friend and I like to collect sentences that were said as literal assertions but sound like euphemisms. This is definitely one. What would it mean as a euphemism?

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 29/09/2026

Vonnegut's Hocus Pocus came out 30 years too early

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 29/09/2026

I come up with so many funny retorts to spam emails and texts. All those bangers will be lost to time

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The resistance:

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Angela Potochnik @apotochnik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm very excited to visit northwest Arkansas to give a talk at University of Arkansas. I grew up nearby in Rogers, so U of A was my hometown university. The lecture (3pm Friday 10/2) is open to the public, so feel free to attend if you are in the area and interested! #philsci #philsky 🧪

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Philosophy Department Presents the Spellman Lecture in the History of Science

Join us for the Lynne and James Spellman Lecture in the History of Science, featuring Dr. Angela Potochnik, professor of philosophy, head of the Philosophy Department and founding director of the Cent...

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

it is a little grating the performative scoffing at anyone ever finding that general product useful tho. i am happy that you are evidently perfectly adapted for modern life and find shit like reading emails from your insurance provider about which providers are in network deeply enriching. i do not.

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great list of papers with plenty to think about for a philosopher of science

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University of Cincinnati, Department of Philosophy @ucphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We’re hiring for two positions! One is TT in Ancient, the other an open-rank TT position in mind, science, or ethics. Please share widely! See more on PhilJobs: TT Ancient: philjobs.org/job/show/32273 Open-rank Mind, Science, or Ethics: philjobs.org/job/show/32265

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Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Cannot emphasize enough how patriotic and also hungry this makes me.

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Mikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GODDAMN IT THIS IS AMERICA

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Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tired: Wish there was an edit button to fix typos Wired: Typos are all mine; 100% organic, human-generated Inspired: I'll sprinkle my LLM-generated text with typos to signal authenticity Retired: I'm never writing or engaging with written word ever again

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Philosophy of Science Association @philsci.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The PSA invites submissions of course syllabi that showcase effective and creative teaching of the philosophy of science that reaches beyond the mainstream! 🧵

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Sarah Wieten @sarahwieten.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For the first time since 2018 (!?!?) I am going to the PSA in San Diego in November! The program looks amazing. Really looking forward to the new work and seeing everyone. psa26.oa-event.com

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Promoting research, teaching, and free discussion of issues in the philosophy of science from diverse standpoints.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I enjoyed this conversation between @edouardmachery.bsky.social and @kevinzollman.com on social epistemology of science, nice way into issues people in the field are thinking about and how some of us think about them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpv...

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Conversations at the Center - Social Epistemology and Pluralistic Ignorance

YouTube video by Center for Philosophy of Science

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Roope Kaaronen @roopekaaronen.net · 27/09/2026

Did you know humans around the world have made string figures (cat's cradles)? And even stranger, the exact same figures to surprising degrees of complexity. In the thread below, we try to unravel this mystery:

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 26/09/2026

I don't get what all the fuss is about. If you want something to drink at an interview, just bring a juice box

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

(Also one of the really nice things about getting a job is it’s made all of my many stories of my job market indignities much funnier for me)

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

one thing to say more generally is that in loose labor markets, prospective employers wind up sorta looking for ways to eliminate qualified candidates (because there's too many and a decision needs to be made), so as a job seeker you want to eliminate job-irrelevant ways of standing out

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026

Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 25/09/2026

Wake up babe, new Gettier problem just dropped en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettier...

Gettier attempts to illustrate by means of two counterexamples that there are cases where individuals can have a justified true belief regarding a claim but still fail to know it because the reasons for the belief, while justified, turn out to be false.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Simpsons once again mysteriously calling the present news cycle

Homer Simpson leaving a lesbian bar as he says "Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies."

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 24/09/2026

I think the intuitive pull of this argument are the last remnants of dualism. If we can describe something using math, it can't be what we do because what we do is ineffable

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Nvidie @dervine7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am very skeptical that LLMs think, but one of the more tiresome arguments I see against LLM thinking is that what they’re doing is “just matrix multiplication”, bc there a straightforward sense in which your brain is doing matrix multiplication at various levels

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The old line that analytic philosophy is answering questions that come naturally to toddlers via methods that come naturally to lawyers remains undefeated.

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 24/09/2026

I disagree

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 24/09/2026

If someone mostly replies by QT, that tells you they are more interested in performing for an audience than having a conversation

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Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

terminator reboot but it’s humans going back to 1999 to make sure Y2K happens so the internet dies forever

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think it’s very analogous to alcohol in terms of the social aspect: it’s obviously bad for you in many ways, but it also can be geniunely a meaningful social lubricant that expands your life in positive ways in terms of new relationships and experiences you wouldn’t otherwise have.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What a time to be alive

Per a note to Boston Globe staff today, the lesbian bar story generated 1,000 subscriptions to the paper yesterday. The Globe’s managing editor said it was “by far our best performing story of the year,” and appears to be “on pace to shatter all sorts of Globe records.”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

when he is on the ballot, he is dangerous and chaotic after a defeat. when other people are on the ballot? "sucks to suck i guess"

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What do you mean these NERDS are asking me to define my terms and then poking holes in my definitions. This is an outrage!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

great advice in general but doubly so if you're going to spend any significant amount of time on social media

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 23/09/2026

What's the most philosophical thing you could say about philosophy?

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

‘Sure Ironman, your suit has always worked… before’—Metainducer, the main Phase 5 villain

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 23/09/2026

If this was in Pittsburgh, I would pay serious money for a picture

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Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 22/09/2026

Dreaming of being one of these, but certain that I'm the other

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bluesky as a university dormitory: you wander the halls overhearing snippets of ridiculous conversations, some folks are studying, some watching sports, tankies are tanking, foodies are fooding. People up past their bedtimes. Sometimes, you overhear a truly great joke. Everyone is procrastinating.

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