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Bennett McNulty

@mbmcnulty.bsky.social
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Associate Prof of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Residential Fellow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science – Philosophy, Running, Classical Guitar, Baking, History – He/Him

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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 4h
READ THIS, and then call or write to your representatives, the governor, the UMN President and Regents. And vote in November for people who will fund higher ed. If you don't live in MN, this is happening or is going to happen to your public university soon.
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Sander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is US analytic philosophy a product of McCarthyism?
 In this blog ⬇️, I return to the archival material I studied for my book (departmental records, correspondence, newspapers, personnel files) and argue that the answer is ‘no’. Blog dailynous.com/2026/09/29/a... Book academic.oup.com/book/63149
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Analytic Philosophy and McCarthyism: A New Look (guest post) - Daily Nous
To what extent is the “the story about the analytic turn” in philosophy a story about politics? There’s been an increased discussion in recent years […]
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The HOPOS Journal @hoposjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our Fall issue has just published! HOPOS volume 16, number 2 includes articles on evolutionary thinking east and west, two each on Kant and Duhem, the philosophy of experimentation, the Copenhagen Interpretation of QM, and constructive empiricism.
HOPOS Volume 16 number 2 Fall 2026 cover, University of Chicago Press
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Herbert Feigl in a 1973 interview, anticipating our current moment: "We can build you a machine now that will compose music.... then you better build a machine that will appreciate that kind of music."
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
this is the kind of innovation that got me in the Canvas Hall of Fame
Thumbnail of Canvas course listing with image of Immanuel Kant with laser eyes. Text underneath reads "PHIL 8090 (001) Seminar: History...
PHIL 8090 (001)
2026 Fall (8/10/2026-01/06/2027)"
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Sander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The book will be launched with an online symposium featuring comments by Richard Creath, Christian Damböck, @profess.bsky.social, and @bweatherson.bsky.social, hosted by @flpadovani.bsky.social *Online Book launch* Wed. Sep. 9, 17.00-18.30 CEST (UTC+2) Registration: tiny.cc/haa9101 (2/3)
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Registration book launch Logical Positivism
Book launch: Logical Positivism: An American History Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Time: 17.00-18.30 CEST (UTC+2) Location: Online
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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
alex guerrero, noted member of the not fucking around crew
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Legal documents released today show federal law enforcement officials extensively surveilled public meetings and activists during the ICE surge, and created dossiers on political enemies. I've been busy, but will post some takeaways on this thread soon: (1) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Attorney: Homeland Security spied on Minnesotans who spoke out against ICE
Defense attorney Kevin Riach alleges that just four days after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents, that Homeland Security Investigations launched Operation Puppet Master. The agency cou...
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
i would encourage our discipline to reject LLM word association plagiarism from scholarly journals
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My daughter just said “H2O is the scientific name for water.” Shit’s about to go down.
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rose novick @rosenovick.com · 28/07/2026
hilary putnam with speech bubble down
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Michael Walschots @michaelwalschots.com · 27/07/2026
Deadline Extended (until Aug. 17)! TWO postdoc positions in Milan (for two years each) on 18th-C British/German ethics (18ethics.unimi.it). Fluency in Italian is NOT required. See here for more details and share widely! www.unimi.it/en/node/54703
18ethics.unimi.it
Homepage - 18ETHICS
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Paul Feyerabend in correspondence with Grover Maxwell, excited about his new typewriter.
mathematician who h as deterioated into philosophy and is very much interested into classical physics and the pos ibilities of formalization there, role of definitions, theory of measurement (he is developing a theory of
particle
measurement for classical particle nechanics with the help of signals of infinite speed), theory of observation etc.
Forgive this short letter, I really do not feel very well - all the best
Paul 

P.S.: My typewriter contains now the following impressive symbols
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Narrator: “It was, in fact, not ‘coming home.’”
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Man, Spence has been *fantastic* for England the last few games.
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Unicorn Riot @unicornriot.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
"When they say we’re coming for anti-fascists, what they’re calling Antifa is a boogeyman that doesn’t exist. What they’re doing is they’re going after anybody who says no to them," said union electrician & activist Cal Robinet after being indicted with the Minnesota 15 on conspiracy charges.
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
USMNT’s Pyrite Generation
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Manuel Neuer?? More like Manuel Alter. Heyyyyooooooooooo
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Excited to be on my way to Columbus for the 2026 HOPOS conference! I’ll be presenting on the philosophical backdrop to Cronbach & Meehl’s watershed 1955 construct validity paper. See y’all there. #HOPOS #HPS
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Cat Saint-Croix @catsaintcroix.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"Zetetic and Epistemic Deference in Standpoint Epistemology" is now actually out in Phil Studies! :D link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Zetetic and epistemic deference in standpoint epistemology - Philosophical Studies
The Advantage Thesis is the centerpiece of standpoint epistemology. According to this thesis, standpoint occupants—those who bear a particular sort of epistemically fruitful relationship to marginaliz...
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John Attridge @johnattridge.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Academic writing should be addressed neither to the public nor to other academics. It should be addressed to a single interlocutor with whom you have a petty rivalry and whose work you are trying to discredit
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
High quality volume from excellent editors!
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
My paper "Reflections on Crisis Science," was accepted for presentation at PSA26, this November in San Diego. Here's the preprint for those interested! philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29859/
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Reflections on Crisis Science - PhilSci-Archive
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
lmao
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“Elmo is capital” should enter the discourse
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Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Watch now! The 2026 Giere Memorial lecture in philosophy of science recording is now on the MCPS YouTube channel. Thank you to Dr Roman Frigg! buff.ly/yfRXxh4 @lsephilosophy.bsky.social #philsci
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Giere Memorial Lecture in Philosophy of Science 2026
An evening with Dr Roman Frigg Cyclones, Forecasts, and Uncertainty: How Model-Ensembles Can Be an Effective Guide to Anticipatory Action"
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
editorial manager frame with "my reviewer number" listed as "2" for six different submissions
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Atlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
found a good one.
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
2 of the first 3 philosophy of science papers I've graded have referenced the TV show Big Bang Theory
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
my computer trying to shame me about me email responsiveness
Computer screen text, which reads as follows: 
"All inboxes
Filter by: Unread (9,223,372,936,854,773,568 messa..."
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
nah nah nah you got the wrong guy
Email message. From "Tea from IntechOpen" to "Michael Bennett McNulty." Subject: "Respected Researcher - Approaches to Teaching and Learning Mathematics - open for submissions." First line of the email reads "Dear Respected Researcher,"
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
“”””scheduled””””
Error webpage reading “Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance. Check back soon”
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Lmao now google docs shoves its Gemini Clippy in your face immediately as you write
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I’m at the “I had a dream about finding a complete manuscript that I had forgot I had written” stage of my writing process
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Michela Massimi @michelamassimi.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Forthcoming in @hoposjournal.bsky.social! I discuss the systemic injustice that saw women banned from scientific education in Victorian Britain through the lenses of how artisanal knowledges like weaving and knitting were severed from mathematical knowledge. #philsci philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29274/
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Knots and Knitting: On the Dangers of Epistemically Severing and Trademarking Artisanal Knowledges from Science - PhilSci-Archive
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American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New association alert: APA Central Division past president Valerie Tiberius is the inaugural president of the International Society for Moral Psychology (ISMP). APA member John Doris is a co-project director. ISMP membership is free for a limited time. dailynous.com/2026/04/13/n...
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New: International Society for Moral Psychology - Daily Nous
The International Society for Moral Psychology (ISMP) is a new association that aims to be an “interdisciplinary and international home for moral psychology, aimed at fostering deeper engagement…
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Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Registration now open for HOPOS 2026, the 16th Biennial Congress of HOPOS (The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science). Ohio State University, Columbus (OH) 22 to 25 June 2026 buff.ly/SNV412s
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HOPOS 2026
Early-bird registration is now open. To register for HOPOS 2026, navigate to the registration page by clicking here.The
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Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science @mcps-philsci.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
3 more PSA Office Hours this semester! All at 12pm EDT. April: Scientific Epistemology:KareemKhalifa, Pitt/UCLA: 8 April; May: Philos of Ecology:KarenKovaka (UC SanDiego)&CarlosSantana (UPenn): 7 May; May: Philos of Linguistics:GabrielDupre (UC Davis)&Ryan Nefdt (U CapeTown): 20 May
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PSA Office Hour - Philosophy of Science Association
The PSA Office Hour aims to facilitate interactions between our graduate student membership and prominent philosophers of science, and in a more controlled, accessible, and carbon-conscious setting…
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
youtu.be/JCQhygMdFr4?...
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Succession - We here for you.
YouTube video by MakeMineMovies
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Oh fuck off
Email from the University of Minnesota that reads as follows: 

Office of Information Technology
Hello,

You are receiving this message because you have opted in to use Gemini with your University of Minnesota Google account. 

Starting today, you will begin to see Gemini features integrated into Docs, Slides, and Forms. These features were previously only available for those with a Gemini Pro License. Please note that it may take up to two weeks for these new features to appear. 

Once the rollout is complete, you will see the Gemini icon in the top right corner of your screen when accessing these apps. Selecting the icon will open a side panel that lets you leverage AI within the application to summarize, refine, or generate content
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Second time in a week that a student had asked me if I am majoring in philosophy
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a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .
Alt: a man with curly hair and glasses is making a funny face and saying huh .
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Carl Elliott @carlelliott.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
To 99% of ICE-occupied Minneapolis, the line between good and evil over the past two months has been absolutely clear. Yet the #UMN administration has consistently picked the wrong side. www.startribune.com/politics-uni...
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Opinion | At the University of Minnesota, neutrality has become censorship
"In theory, neutrality policies protect free debate by allowing the community to disagree on controversial matters. But in practice, these policies are easily weaponized to achieve the opposite — cens...
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Dear Kant Scholar friends: do you know of any texts in which Kant reflected on the Russian occupation of Königsberg during the Seven Year’s War? Starting a course on Kant next week and trying to make it more relevant to the current events in (occupied) Minneapolis. #philosophy #kant
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
we're so back #hopos
screenshot of email from Steve Fuller to the HOPOS listserv with content that reads "Scholasticism on overdrive"
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
media.tenor.com
a cartoon character from king of the hill is standing next to a man in a room .
Alt: Bobby Hill from King of the Hill turning to reveal purple pants with “cutie” on the butt.
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Magneto perfection meme: on the left are three images, of Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas is you," Dean Martin's "Let it snow," and Mannheim Steamroller's "Christmas." On the right are captions "I want traditional christmas music," "I said traditional christmas music," and "perfection"
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
google is out of control. google docs' auto grammar check just told me I should split my infinitive. 😡
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Bennett McNulty @mbmcnulty.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
philosophers out here just hiring anyone these days smh
website text reading "Appointments in Philosophy: New;  GRLpGpAG has been appointed as Mr. at GRLpGpAG (1) starting in 2026. Doctorate: 1, GRLpGpAG. Current position: Mr. at GRLpGpAG. AOS: 555. 1967
Category: Junior/Other    Posted: November 9, 2025"
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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
UMN administration has not taken this simple step.
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Yoshinari Yoshida @yoshinariyoshida.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
3 year PhD position at U of Copenhagen for a philosophical analysis of animal models in translational neuroscience. Those with MA in HPS, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, STS, etc. are welcome to apply. Application deadline is Oct 31 #HPS #STS employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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PhD Project in Philosophy of Science: Philosophical Perspectives on Animal Models in Translational Neuroscience
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