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Nino Kadic

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Postdoc at the Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb | PhD, King’s College London | Primarily working on mind and metaphysics 💭

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Imprint Academic @imprintacademic.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The latest issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, 'Consciousness in Current AI' is out now! Check out the table of contents below! 📚 Read the issue online here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... 💌 Subscribe here: imprint.co.uk/product/jcs/ #ConsciousnessStudies
This issue is a special issue on consciousness in current ai, guest edited by Patrick Butlin, Derek Shiller, and Jonathan A Simon. Papers include: Introduction, by Patrick Butlin, Derek Shiller & Jonathan A. Simon, and Inferring Affective Consciousness in an Artificial Agent: A Case Study, by Mark Solms, St John Grimbly, Bruce Bassett, Evert Boonstra, Rowan Hodson, Nicolas Kuske, Kival Mahadew, Benjamin Rosman, Charel van Hoof & Jonathan Shock.Further papers include: The Stream of Computation: Temporal Continuity as a Missing Ingredient for Artificial Consciousness, by Ryota Kanai, Yuwei Sun & Manuel Baltieri; A Case for AI Consciousness: Language Agents and Global Workspace Theory, by Simon Goldstein & Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini; Superintelligent Zombies, by Justin Tiehen & Ariela Tubert; Chuck, Wilson, and the Emergence of Artificial Minds in Human–AI Conversations, by Geoff Keeling & Winnie Street; and Do Stochastic Parrots Pine for Residual Fjords? Why Conscious LLMs Would Be Playwrights Not Characters, by Jonathan A. Simon.Additionally, this issue also includes the following papers: What Bing Really, Really Wants: Zigazig Ah, by Helen Yetter-Chappell; Is the Problem of Artificial Consciousness a Scientific Problem?, by Tim Bayne; and AI Consciousness, Pluralism, and Anthropocentrism, by Geoffrey Lee.
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 09/09/2026
My paper on Russellian physicalism and mereology has been accepted by the Journal of Consciousness Studies! 🥳
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 05/09/2026
What a great idea, I think I’ll try outlining my next paper with this! #philsky
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PhilMaps
Free, classroom-tested lessons in argument visualization, practice arguments, and Because — a free browser editor for argument maps.
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are hiring—a permanent lectureship in Ethics/Political Philosophy—deadline 15 Nov www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/144566-...
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Lecturer in Ethics and/or Political Philosophy | King's College London
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In "Self-Respect Is Incomplete Without Respect for Others", Qing Zhao claims that […] disrespect towards others is the opposite of self-respect […] and respect for others is a constitutive part of the Kantian duty of self-respect. All CJP articles are open access, free of charge. #philsky
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Self-Respect Is Incomplete Without Respect for Others - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Qing Zhao, Department of Philosophy and Science, Southeast University, Nanjing, PR China Abstract: In Kantian ethics, self-respect is a fundamental duty to oneself, embodying the commitment to uphold ...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 17/08/2026
No context movie recommendation: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes) 🌧️
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 02/08/2026
You could be someone arguing for the most fanciful idealist metaphysics, but when you get a toothache, you suddenly turn into a radical materialist, eagerly awaiting for the dentist’s snip that severs the nerve, bringing near-instant relief. This is the Toothy Principle 🦷
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Last night I had a simple but brilliant idea. Everyone who would like to write about philosophy or spirituality, especially to make some kind of grand statement about the nature of the body and the so...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 28/07/2026
My essay for the King's College London's AKC programme won the Leathes Prize! I explore whether philosophy could be a third mode of thinking beyond problem-solving and critique, one where thought itself becomes the thing worth thinking about 💭
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Thinking, thanking, and philosophy
My AKC essay on the role of philosophy as a mode of thinking
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Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · 25/07/2026
“There is no honour for the humanities in regaining their standing through the attention of #AI companies, if they engage only on the technology industry’s terms. In that case, they will have become important in exactly the wrong way.“ #AIEthics #PhilTech
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The newest issue of the Croatian Journal of Philosophy (volume 27, issue 77) is now fully available online. It contains six new standalone articles on self-respect, slurs, experiences of music and texts, Athenian democracy, etc... All articles in CJP are open access, free of charge. #philsky
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Archive - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Current Issue — Vol. 26 No. 77 Articles Dehumanisation Through Slurs Y. Sandy Berkovski Repeatable Experiences of Music and Texts Carola Barbero and Fabrizio Calzavarini Athenian Democracy: A Debate b...
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In "Deliberation, Action and Freedom", Davor Pećnjak presents a cumulative argument for libertarianism concerning free will and mainly from a theistic perspective, which he connects with St Anselm's view on freedom of the will... All CJP articles are open access, free of charge. #philsky
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Deliberation, Action and Freedom - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Davor Pećnjak, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia Abstract: In this article, I try to present a cumulative argument for libertarianism concerning free will and mainly from a theistic perspective...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 12/07/2026
This is potentially a more appealing alternative to monadic and Leibnizian panpsychism. If it could retain all the advantages while doing away with the idea that everything has to be conscious, it would be obviously better. Congratulations on the publication! 😉 #philsky
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
In "Two Kinds of Conceptual Engineering", Walter Veit and Heather Browning provide a distinction between two different and often conflicting kinds of conceptual engineering: naturalist conceptual engineering and moral conceptual engineering. All CJP articles are open access, free of charge. #philsky
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Two Kinds of Conceptual Engineering - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Walter Veit, University of Reading, UKHeather Browning, University of Southampton, UK Abstract: The last decade has seen an explosion of meta-philosophical work on conceptual engineering. Beyond simpl...
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Michael Kates @michaelkates.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Philosophers of BlueSky: Does anyone know where GA Cohen makes a remark about the difficulty philosophers face when making "all things considered" moral judgments? I seem to recall him saying that philosophers never get around to doing this because it's too hard, but I can't recall where. #philsky
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In "Enactive Problem Solving and Chatbot Architectures", Riccardo Viale and Shaun Gallagher defend the notion of enactive problem solving (EPS) and they consider how it applies to the use of therapeutic chatbots. All articles are open access, free of charge. #philsky
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Enactive Problem Solving and Chatbot Architectures - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Riccardo Viale, Herbert Simon Society and University of Milano Bicocca, ItalyShaun Gallagher, University of Memphis, USA Abstract: In this paper we review different conceptions of rationality as they ...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 28/06/2026
Talking about how a semantic notion of information could help make sense of panpsychism, at the Contemporary Philosophical Issues 2026 conference, organised by the Croatian Society for Analytic Philosophy and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Rijeka. Many thanks to the organisers! 🙂
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
The newest issue of the Croatian Journal of Philosophy (vol. 26, no. 76) kicks off with a special issue on The Behavioral and Ethical Consequences of Large Language Models (three articles), along with four standalone articles. All articles are open access, free of charge. #philsky
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Archive - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Current Issue — Vol. 26 No. 76 The Behavioral and Ethical Consequencesof Large Language Models Enactive Problem Solving and Chatbot Architectures Riccardo Viale and Shaun Gallagher The Attribution of ...
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Disagreeable Me @disagreeableme.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Tune in tomorrow to see me on Mind Chat! I’ll be talking about why I think functionalists should accept Platonism, and that the mind is a mathematical object. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rz6...
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S05E02 Mark O'Brien: Is the Mind a Mathematical Objecti?
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 23/06/2026
I used to think analytic philosophy writing was too dry and neutral, but there’s character in how papers are structured and ideas are explained. It’s like a little journey through someone’s thinking. Now that AI slop and summaries are common, my opinion has really changed. #philsky
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 22/06/2026
My new publication, "Tallis’s Take on Panpsychism: A Thorough Assessment", is out in Palgrave’s Companion to the Philosophy of Raymond Tallis. I look at Tallis’s objections to panpsychism and argue that the view remains viable. You can also read Tallis’s reply directly in the volume! 🙂 #philsky
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Tallis’s Take on Panpsychism: A Thorough Assessment
I examine Raymond Tallis’s objections to (primarily Russellian) panpsychism, focusing on three key arguments: the subject combination problem, the epistemic challenge of knowing through &#3...
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Mind-body workshop in Lugano today. Accessible online. www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/15203
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A Tale of Two Substances: New Perspectives on the Mind-Body Problem
25 May 2026   Workshop on Mind-Body Problem This workshop focuses on the philosophical investigation of the mind–body problem, tracing its historical development and examining contemporary frameworks ...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 13/05/2026
“In a couple of years, students at the University of Hertfordshire will be unable to take a philosophy course there.” #philsky Please sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/save-the-h...
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Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 05/05/2026
I'm happy to announce that I've been selected as an advisor for the Burroughs Wellcome Fund's AS1 Next Generation Advisory Council, as part of the Conscious Connection project! I'm looking forward to the work ahead! 🙂 #philsky
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BWF Announces Inaugural Cohort of Next Generation Leaders for Consciousness - Burroughs Wellcome Fund
DURHAM, N.C. – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund announced the inaugural cohort of advisors for the As1 Next Generation Advisory Council, a new initiative designed to engage emerging leaders at the forefron...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 17/04/2026
Summer School on Moral Progress and Moral Change — Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb, Croatia — 16-18 June 2026 💭 Extended deadline: 30 April 2026 If you’d like to apply, either as a presenter or attendee, please do so here: mpmc.ifzg.hr #philsky
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Summer School: Moral Progress and Moral Change | Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
In "Sobel-esque Sequences and Felicity…", Adam Michael Sennet and Tyrus Fisher consider reverse Sobel sequences, NPI licensing, and related speaker judgments as they bear on von Fintel-style dynamic approaches to the semantics of subjunctive conditionals. All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky
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Sobel-esque Sequences and Felicity Judgments in Philosophy of Language - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Adam Michael Sennet, University of California, Davis, USATyrus Fisher, Independent scholar Abstract: This paper considers reverse Sobel sequences, NPI licensing, and related speaker judgments as they ...
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In "A Defense of Lexical Accounts of Slurs: Comments on Stojnić and Lepore’s Inflammatory Language", Louise Antony defends a lexical account of slurs and faces it off against Stojnić and Lepore's articulation account. All CJP papers are open acces. #philsky
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A Defense of Lexical Accounts of Slurs: Comments on Stojnić and Lepore’s Inflammatory Language - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Louise Antony, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA and Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA Abstract: I defend a lexical account of slurs against criticisms mounted by Stojnić and Lepore, and present positive reasons for preferring a lexical account over the articulation account they put forward. A lexical account, I argue, explains why articulations of a slur […]
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Evan Westra @evanwestra.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
99% of the time, saying that feature F explains why humans are unique or special is just rhetorical window dressing for something like "F is a thing humans do and I think that's neat."
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Ethan Landes @ethanlandes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Does language have, for lack of a better phrase, a carrying capacity? An upper limit of how many words it can support in its vocabulary given various factors? If no, why aren't languages larger? If yes, why does English have a bajillion words compared to similar languages?
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Yu Kanazawa @knzw783.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
🔓 Fazakas, I., Bois, M., & Gozé, T. (2026). Giving thickness to the minimal self: Coenesthetic depth and the materiality of consciousness. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 25, 409–429. doi.org/10.1007/s110...
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Giving thickness to the minimal self: coenesthetic depth and the materiality of consciousness - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
Contemporary phenomenological psychopathology has raised questions concerning selfhood and its possible alterations in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Although the notion of the self is central to…
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
In 'On the Ethics of the New Conspiracism', Juha Räikkä and Barbora Baďurová explain that a new conspiracism, known for either doubt-sowing or agitation, raises various new ethical problems and its practitioners face new kinds of blames. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky
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On the Ethics of the New Conspiracism - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Juha Räikkä, University of Turku, Turku, FinlandBarbora Baďurová, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Abstract: Conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorizing have raised various ethical qu...
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In 'Words Without Intentions', J.T.M. Miller analyses a standard assumption in metaphysics of language that for a tokening of a word, intentions are jointly or independently necessary or sufficient. Miller offers a counterexample. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky
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Words Without Intentions - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
J. T. M. Miller, University of Durham, Durham, UK Abstract: A commonly held position in the literature on the metaphysics of words holds that intentions are either jointly or independently necessary o...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 05/03/2026
I never expected that I would begin a paragraph in an academic paper with 'In a thread on Steam', but here we are… 😅 #philsky
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 02/03/2026
They should’ve called it ‘metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology’ instead of just ‘metaphysics’ 😔 #philsky
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
In 'Kant on Educating for Disgust...', Serena Feloj discusses the role of digust in Kant's conception of moral education. She argues that digust is valuable pedagogical and cultural tool in the process of human civilization and refinement. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky
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Kant on Educating for Disgust: An Aesthetic and Ethical Tool for Humanity - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Serena Feloj, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Abstract: This paper explores the role of disgust education in Kant, considering its aesthetic and moral implications. Kant distinguishes between physical education, shared with animals, and moral education, which is essential for living according to freedom. Disgust, according to Kant, functions as a defense mechanism against one’s animality […]
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
As a student when on the job market I was all style no substance. Obvs I got a job. I see a lot of candidates out there try the opposite approach, all substance no style. Obvs it's a disaster. When will people learn: reality doesn't matter, appearances do? Just sad that philosophers don't know this.
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 26/02/2026
Do you think that panpsychism manages to escape the idealism charge or not? Can physical structure truly be mind-independent if it is grounded in consciousness? Would admitting that panpsychism is a form of idealism strengthen or undermine the view? #philsky
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Does panpsychism collapse into idealism?
On the difference between grounding and identity
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
To the critics of her book 'The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System' - Andrija Šoć, Monika Jovanović, Ted Kinnaman, and Luigi Filieri (all contained in this CJP special issue) - Lara Ostaric offers an exhaustive response. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky
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Response to My Critics - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Lara Ostaric, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA Abstract: In this article, I give a short précis of my recently published book, The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System, and...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 22/02/2026
A truly excellent video on personal identity and the teleporter scenario! Thanks to XxYwise from Substack for the recommendation! 🙂 #philsky
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El existir | To be (1990) Subtitulado al Español | John Weldon | National Film Board of Canada
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Ramón Alvarado @ramonalvarado.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
🚨 Our Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Computer Simulations in Science is now live. It was a lot of work but I’m proud of this substantial update. I hope it helps those in #philsci interested in the philosophical implications of computational methods. plato.stanford.edu/entries/simu...
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Computer Simulations in Science (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Heard a new term yesterday. Apatheist. Someone who can’t be bothered to form any views pro or anti religion.
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 17/02/2026
Would you personally dare step into the teleporter to Titan? Do you think that you would survive the process? Which theory of personal identity do you find most convincing? #philsky
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Could you survive teleportation?
Examining theories of personal identity
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 13/02/2026
Hope everyone has a lovely Valentine’s Day! 🙂❤️
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 10/02/2026
Consciousness is an echo of an always-already present dasein, meta-narratively representing itself as differánce that haunts being as a spectre of the reified past. I thought this was obvious. #philsky
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Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · 09/02/2026
Gratifying to see that the academic #philosophy community is an identifiable blob! #PhilSky
2D map of Bluesky accounts showing a small identifiable blob for the philosophy community circled
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 09/02/2026
Physicalism says everything is ultimately physical, yet physics only tells us how things relate, not what they are in themselves. Can Russellian physicalism fill that gap with intrinsic physical properties without smuggling in consciousness? #philsky
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What is Russellian physicalism?
A deeply metaphysical attempt at defining the physical
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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Want to read some books? We have free book reviews for you! Follow this thread... #newbooks #philosophy #vol39issue1 #vol39issue2 1/10
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Dr Keith Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · 05/02/2026
A reminder for recent arrivals to Bluesky… #PhilSky #philosophy
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Croatian Journal of Philosophy @crojphil.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In ‘Unity, Freedom, and History…’, Andrija Šoć, building on Lara Ostaric’s thesis, argues Kant’s primacy of the practical makes freedom a transcendental condition even for theoretical cognition, so the moral ‘image’ has real historical-political significance. All CJP papers are open access. #philsky
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Unity, Freedom, and History: The Primacy of the Practical and Lara Ostaric’s “Moral Image Realism” Thesis within Kant’s Critical System - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Andrija Šoć, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Abstract: In this paper, I explore the concept of unity in Kant’s system, as laid out by Lara Ostaric. One of the key claims Ostaric makes is that...
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Nino Kadic @ninokadic.com · 02/02/2026
If panpsychism starts off as a ‘sober’ theory of consciousness (meant to avoid reductive physicalism and substance dualism), does it lose its appeal when it starts expanding into a systematic worldview about purpose, spirituality, morality, or is that exactly where it was always heading? #philsky
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The State of the Debate on Panpsychism
Between Physicalism and Holism
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Philip Goff @philipgoff.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I interviewed Anil about AI consciousness for my Sub Stack prior to the talk. Subscribe now so you don't miss it! philipgoff.substack.com
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