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Philosopher who got a gig as political theorist at University of Amsterdam; also known as Ghent Zeppelin. I have a daily substack: digressionsimpressions.substack.com…

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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 14h
Free PR for ASU
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 18h
digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/functional... Functional analysis of mechanism design; (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 8)
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Functional analysis of mechanism design; (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 8)
Spinoza is one of those authors who is not inclined to devote most words to the most important topics.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 15h
The visitor eduroam at Geneva airport works better than at many universities.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 18h
Some allusions in Herzog and Ravelstein
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 18h
Maybe amusing to @axdouglas.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 18h
digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/functional... Functional analysis of mechanism design; (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 8)
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Functional analysis of mechanism design; (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 8)
Spinoza is one of those authors who is not inclined to devote most words to the most important topics.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 18h
Isn't he lurking in bellow?
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Neville Morley @nevillemorley.eurosky.social · 19h
It is notable that Anne Carson is the fourth Nobel laureate whose work has included serious engagement with Thucydides, and the second in ten years: Albert Camus, Czesław Miłosz, Peter Handke. (More debatable in the cases of Winston Churchill and Bob Dylan).
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Eloise Davies @eloisedavies.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What an excellent week for new books! Today’s congratulations to my brilliant former colleague @tmbejan.bsky.social. Excited to read. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Okay I have credirs to spend at OUP. Tell me which book I should buy, especially if it's paperback, and yours.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Clearly they didnt bribe him enough
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On Ebner-Landy on the Character Sketch in Philosophy, pt. II digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-ebner-l...
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On Ebner-Landy on the Character Sketch in Philosophy, pt. II
The Fame of Cicero flourishes at present; but that of Aristotle is utterly decay’d.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I wonder how many historians of philosophy have sold their services to Open AI to put the field out of its misery.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Maybe amusing to @kristenrosec.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @manongarcia.bsky.social
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
On Ebner-Landy on the Character Sketch in Philosophy, pt. II digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-ebner-l...
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On Ebner-Landy on the Character Sketch in Philosophy, pt. II
The Fame of Cicero flourishes at present; but that of Aristotle is utterly decay’d.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am actually looking forward to seeing that poster (please include Le Guin, comrade) circulate online even if it means the presidency of the liberal-international cabal gets taken away from me!
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I am looking forward to that poster (do include Le Guin, please) even if it means the presidency of the liberal-international cabal gets taken away from me!
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think Spinoza is best read with others. But if alone read the Ethics in unusual order: first read all the prefaces and conclusions of each part. That will give you sense of what that book is about. Then read the correspondence. Let me know that goes for subsequent instructions
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Lincoln School of Political Economy as Social Theory of the Great Orders: response to Aris Trantidis (& @drnickcowen.bsky.social) with shout outs to @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @kevinzollman.com, @lastpositivist.bsky.social, digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-the-lin...
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On the Lincoln School of Political Economy as Social Theory of the Great Orders: a response to Aris Trantidis.
Regular readers will have noticed the surprising density of guest posting here at D&I.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@ryanmuldoon.bsky.social and @serenekhader.bsky.social you both get shout outs. Maybe amusing to @kristenrosec.bsky.social @erwindekker.bsky.social @karenilsehorn.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Lincoln School of Political Economy as Social Theory of the Great Orders: response to Aris Trantidis (& @drnickcowen.bsky.social) with shout outs to @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @kevinzollman.com, @lastpositivist.bsky.social, digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-the-lin...
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On the Lincoln School of Political Economy as Social Theory of the Great Orders: a response to Aris Trantidis.
Regular readers will have noticed the surprising density of guest posting here at D&I.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
[Guest post by Meena Krishnamurthy:] Cornell’s Students Make the Case for a Basic Right to Safety and Security on Campus digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/guest-post...?
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[Guest post by Meena Krishnamurthy:] Cornell’s Students Make the Case for a Basic Right to Safety and Security on Campus
Safety is a basic right, and Cornell and the State of New York owe its protection to the students
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Anna Meine @meineanna.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Los geht's in Passau beim Zweiten Theoriekongress für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte. Drei Tage voller Denken und Diskutieren warten auf alle ... zumindest auf alle, die sich bis Passau durchschlagen.... @theoriekongress.bsky.social @dvpwtheoriesektion.bsky.social
STADTANSICHT PassauPoster for the conference
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maybe of interest to @walterveit.bsky.social given his recent blogging
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Perhaps of interest to @kevinzollman.com @cailinmeister.bsky.social @nescio13.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com

A Morality Evolutionary Game Theory Can Model

Mikhail Volkov

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Evolutionary game-theoretic (EGT) models of morality face powerful under-addressed objections. Critics claim the simulations fail to specify their explanandum, muddying their explanatory value. Additionally, morality is suggested to be not computationally representable, jeopardising the method’s general applicability. This paper explicates and addresses the objections. I argue at least one concrete explication of morality, emotionism coupled with functionally understood emotions, can be a plausible subject of EGT explanations. I demonstrate how fixing this explanandum assuages the methodological objections and provide a computational model as proof of concept. If successful, the contribution placates serious long-standing criticisms of evolutionary game theory as a meta-ethical tool.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maybe of interest to @dailynous.com @liberalcurrents.com
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
[Guest post by Meena Krishnamurthy:] Cornell’s Students Make the Case for a Basic Right to Safety and Security on Campus digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/guest-post...?
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[Guest post by Meena Krishnamurthy:] Cornell’s Students Make the Case for a Basic Right to Safety and Security on Campus
Safety is a basic right, and Cornell and the State of New York owe its protection to the students
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Catholic Bentham, i think
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Had cause to think back to an old blog post I wrote bitterly cos I lost an argument with my colleagues during a hiring meeting. Arguments in philosophy are overrated! sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2023/09/argu...
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Arguments in Philosophy
One thing that is supposed to be distinctive of analytic philosophy is the dedication to providing rigorous argumentation in favour of cle...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh yes. Still love it
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The Cambridge School @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Katie Ebner-Landy gave an excellent talk at our seminar last year.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am semi pro AI use because, in principle, it levels playing field for non native speakers. But now, while i am reading other people's drafts, in the margins, I often find myself berating claude or astra for the use of stock phrases at load-bearing points that thereby detract from closing the loop.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@drnickcowen.bsky.social @erwindekker.bsky.social
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/guest-post... [Guest post by Aris Trantidis] What Is the Lincoln School of Political Economy, and What Is Different About It?
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[Guest post by Aris Trantidis] What Is the Lincoln School of Political Economy, and What Is Different About It?
A reflection on State Capacity Liberalism, and on the premises of an emerging programme.
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-ebner-l... On Ebner-Landy on the Character Sketch in Philosophy, pt. 1
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On Ebner-Landy on the Character Sketch in Philosophy, pt. 1
Back on September 2, 2013, I used the phrase ‘purported boy-wonders in our midst’ at NewApps. A day later (so on 3 September, 2013), I reported that my use was in a “satirical context.” The 3 Septembe...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
digressionsimpressions.substack.com/p/on-ebner-l... On Ebner-Landy on the Character Sketch in Philosophy, pt. 1
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On Ebner-Landy on the Character Sketch in Philosophy, pt. 1
Back on September 2, 2013, I used the phrase ‘purported boy-wonders in our midst’ at NewApps. A day later (so on 3 September, 2013), I reported that my use was in a “satirical context.” The 3 Septembe...
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New from @maschwar.bsky.social Melissa Schwartzberg, in response to Danielle Allen's repeated serious misreading of the moment and of the Trump administration's bad faith with respect to higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/dani...
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Danielle Allen Is Wrong About Trump
Dealmaking under duress is always undemocratic.
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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 29/09/2026
For the first time in a while, a philosophy professor has been awarded one of the MacArthur genius grants...
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A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows - Daily Nous
Felipe De Brigard, professor of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, principal investigator at the Imagination and Modal Cognition Lab, and core faculty of […]
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The AI revolution has been great for the citation scores of Plato's Phaedrus (judging by NYT op-ed pieces)
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Selfie
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