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Paulina Sliwa

@pasliwa.bsky.social
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Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy at Uni Wien, FWF Cluster of Excellence "Knowledge in Crisis", paulinasliwa.weebly.com

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maxkolbel.bsky.social @maxkolbel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
And my new colleague, Elisa Freschi, is also advertising a praedoc position in sanskrit philosophy: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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University Assistant Praedoc in the research area of Sanskrit Philosophy
University Assistant Praedoc in the research area of Sanskrit Philosophy
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maxkolbel.bsky.social @maxkolbel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There is a postdotoral position (3+3 years) in Sanskrit philosophy in my department, working with the new Professor of Eastern Philosophy, Elisa Freschi: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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University Assistant postdoctoral in the research area of Sanskrit Philosophy
University Assistant postdoctoral in the research area of Sanskrit Philosophy
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Daniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
New publication for your heatwave reading list! My article “What is wrong with denationalization: Citizenship revocation and social equality” is now out in European Journal of Political Theory! #poltheory #philsky #migcitsky journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Today at 4pm! Key researcher, Katharina Kraus (@univie.ac.at), delivers her inaugural lecture, 'Der allgemein menschliche Standpunkt in der Aufklärung und der Moderne'. 📍 University of Vienna’s Große Festsaal ⏰️ 18 June at 4pm #philsky #inaugurallecture
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
🔥 Key researcher, Cathy Mason, was recently re-featured in the Editors' Picks Week Aeon Weekly @aeon.co, where their editors selected Essays that have stood out to them with themes and ideas worth revisiting. Read the essay 'Why love matters most', below👇️ #philsky #irismurdoch #love
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For Iris Murdoch, morality is about love, not duties and rules | Aeon Essays
For Iris Murdoch, morality is not about duties and rules but stopping our ego fantasies and attending to others with love
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Daniel Sharp @deeesharp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Awesome collection of responses to my work on migration blackmail by an amazing group of scholars. Working on my reply, but they have given me a lot to think about. migrationpolicycentre.eu/the-ethics-o...
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Migration blackmail - Migration Policy Centre
Can states resist migration blackmail while protecting migrants? This is the question explored at this new ethical dilemmas section.
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The philosophy department at @univie.ac.at is advertising a permanent senior lectureship position in Ethics/Applied Ethics! Here's the ad: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
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Senior Lecturer für Ethik mit Schwerpunkt angewandter Ethik
Senior Lecturer für Ethik mit Schwerpunkt angewandter Ethik
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Österreichischer Wissenschaftsfonds FWF @fwf-at.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
„Mitmachen. Staunen. Entdecken.“ - am 24.4. findet die Lange Nacht der Forschung statt. Am FWF-Standort wird ein Vortrags- u. Führungsprogramm rund um das 120-Jahre-Jubiläum der Otto-Wagner-Postsparkasse geboten. #LNF26 📅: 24.4.2026, 17-22h 📌: Postsparkasse, 1010 Wien www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/de...
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Lange Nacht der Forschung 2026: Entdecken Sie Wissenschaft und Architektur in der Otto-Wagner-Postsparkasse
Am 24. April lädt die Lange Nacht der Forschung in ganz Österreich zum Mitmachen und Staunen ein. Über 3.000 Programmpunkte erwarten Sie – auch in der Otto-Wagner-Postsparkasse, dem Standort des FWF. ...
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Miguel de la Riva @m-de-la-riva.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Können KI-Sprachmodelle denken, oder handelt es sich bloß um probabilistische Plapperapparate? Für die Wissenschaftsseiten des @derstandard.at habe ich eine Tagung von @ceu-philosophy.bsky.social , @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social & @timcrane.bsky.social besucht. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Philosophisch betrachtet: Wie intelligent kann künstliche Intelligenz sein?
KI-Systeme geben nach vor viel Unsinn von sich: Welche Rolle sie in unserer Gesellschaft spielen sollen, ist nicht nur eine technische Frage
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Keith Raymond Harris @kraymondh.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
philosophie.univie.ac.at/news-events/... deadline extended until April 14 #philsky
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Trust & Cooperation: Vienna Summer School 2026
Accepting applications until March 31!
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
⚡New Episode! Objectivity with Gregor Greslehner (Vienna), Matt Dougherty (CEU) & Guest Sophie Veigl (Vienna) Tune in for a conversation about knowledge, perspective, and whether rethinking objectivity might actually strengthen — rather than undermine — science. 🎧 Listen Now! (see comments)
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E4 — Objectivity (with Sophie Veigl)
Knowledge in Crisis: The Podcast · Episode
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Miguel de la Riva @m-de-la-riva.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
In einem Beitrag auf der Seite "Forschung & Lehre" der FAZ greife ich die Debatte um "Deskilling" durch KI in der Hochschullehre auf, am Beispiel meines Fachs, der Philosophie www.faz.net/aktuell/karr...
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Wird die Philosophie durch KI gefährdet?
Kein Studienfach vermittelt so starke Basiskompetenzen wie die Philosophie. Wird dieser Erfolg durch KI-Sprachmodelle zunichtegemacht?
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The University of Vienna is advertising a number of fully funded PhD positions in the Humanities (4 years), including in Philosophy. If you are interested or know any philosophy MA student who would be interested, please tell them to get in touch! careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
🚨 Podcast Episode 3 OUT NOW! Cathy Mason (CEU) & Matt Dougherty (CEU) speak to Juliette Vazard about Emotions Listen Now! ➜ Spotify buff.ly/wqbEUWj ➜ Apple buff.ly/LysWFOk ➜ YouTube buff.ly/ERFlrU7 What do our emotions actually tell us about the world? #knowledge #emotions #philsky
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
And another job! A 6 year postdoc in Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity at Uni Wien with (newly arrived) Prof. Katharina Kraus. philjobs.org/job/show/30622
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University Assistant Postdoc (full-time, 3 + 3 years, m/f/d), in the research area of Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity, University of Vienna - PhilJobs:JFP University Assistant Postdoc (f...
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Philosophy jobseekers! 6 year postdoc in theoretical philosophy in Saarbrücken.
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
⚠️ TODAY! Conference: Knowledge, Agency & Responsibility A conference organised by Fabio Lampert @flampert.bsky.social, on issues concerning human agency, abilities, and capacities, with a focus on problems about free will and moral responsibility. More info: buff.ly/dccJSiq #philsky #philevent
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Yay, @kraymondh.bsky.social!
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Very excited that the first episode of the @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social podcast is out! Cathy Mason, @flampert.bsky.social, and @kraymondh.bsky.social talking about conspiracy theories. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Huge thanks to @nigelwarburton.bsky.social for advice and encouragement!
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Happening TODAY!!! Last chance to grab your FREE tickets to our World Philosophy Day Screening! Waking Life (2001) by Richard Linklater 📍 5.30 pm at Filmcasino #WorldPhilosophyDay #PhilosophyInFilm #FilmCasinoVienna #ViennaEvents
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Film Screening: Waking Life (2001)
For World Philosophy Day we'll watch & discuss the adult animated surrealist drama written and directed by Richard Linklater.
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
TODAY! Action for Ethicists - A talk with Simon-Pierre Cheverie-Cossette Neues Institutsgebäude @univie.ac.at, Hörsaal 2i, 1.15-2.45 pm. Simon-Pierre is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of Neuchâtel and works on topics in moral philosophy and psychology. #philevent #ethics
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SIMON-PIERRE CHEVARIE-COSSETTE
SIMON-PIERRE CHEVARIE-COSSETTE
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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We'll consider any combination of these specialisms in social and theoretical philosophy. You may have equal levels of research specialism in both, or one may be more dominant; the two areas may reflect two aspects of your work or different non-intersecting areas of interest. Spread the word! 2/2
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Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
📣JOB ALERT📣 Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy
Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
New paper with @tom-mcclelland.bsky.social! What is it to see someone as an object – to perceptually objectify them? We argue that seeing is not just a metaphor. We see others afford doing things with and to. doi.org/10.1111/ejop...
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Seeing Others as Objects: Perceptual Objectification & Affordances
In discussions of objectification, the use of visual language is ubiquitous. It is striking that the literature often talks about treating and seeing someone as an object in the same breath. Yet acc...
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Philosophy job seekers: there is a 6-year postdoc in philosophy of language coming up at the University of Vienna. See advertisement here: philjobs.org/job/show/29670
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Assistant Professor ("Universitätsassistent Postdoc"), University of Vienna - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor ("Universitätsassistent Postdoc"), University of Vienna
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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
"A key legacy of illiberalism turns out to be a series of institutional traps that are difficult to counteract in the short term without resorting to the same methods that established them in the first place." www.journalofdemocra...
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Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland | Journal of Democracy
Restoring liberalism after illiberalism is no easy task: Leaders face hard choices between acting quickly and effectively while maintaining a commitment to democratic procedure. Worse…
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Great review of Tuomo Tiisala's book "Power and Freedom in the Space of Reasons: Elaborating Foucault’s Pragmatism" by David Owen @artsofdenial.bsky.social in Political Theory, which came out as part of @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We’re excited to share that @flampert.bsky.social is giving an invited lecture today at the 2025 Summer School “Climate Change? Let’s Be The Change!”, organized by the Student Network on Climate Action. For more about the program: buff.ly/4ckQiVS
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Ethicists: This is an excellent job at the University of Zurich: full-time, permanent lecturer position, 8 SWS teaching, 30% research. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...
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UZH: Lecturer-Teaching für praktische Philosophie
Rund 80 Mitarbeitende des Philosophischen Seminars, darunter derzeit acht Professor:innen, setzen sich für eine international sichtbare Forschung und für ein attraktives und breites Lehrangebot für di...
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Two permanent Lecturer posts at Birkbeck (equivalent of Assistant Professor). Area of specialisation is open but with teaching needs in ethics & phil of AI, ethics and poli phil, ancient, gender, continental, engaged. Closing date August 28th, start in Jan 2026 'a significant advantage' #philsky
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Lecturer in Philosophy (2216) - Birkbeck, University of London
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Fabio Lampert @flampert.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The Knowledge in Crisis (@knowledgecrisis.bsky.social) discussion panel ‘Propaganda: Shaping narratives in times of war’ is now available as an episode of the podcast Ukraine World: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
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Propaganda: shaping narratives in times of war
This episode is a recording of a public event held by Central European University in Vienna.
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
We're hiring! Do you have a knack for comms & public engagement? We'd love to hear from you: careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-C... @weareceu.bsky.social
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Communications Assistant (f/m/d)
Communications Assistant (f/m/d)
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Uni Wien's STS department is advertising a full prof in Science and Technology Studies!
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Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy @wfap.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚨 We are very pleased to invite you to our upcoming GRADUATE CONFERENCE: 🗓️ Dates: July 3–5, 2025 📍 Venue: Lecture Hall 3D, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG) University of Vienna, Universitätsstraße 7, 3rd Floor, 1010 Vienna For more infos, please take a look at our website (link in bio!) 💻
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The University of Vienna is hiring a full Professor in Philosophy of Mind! Spread the word! philjobs.org/job/show/29293
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Full Professor of Philosophy of Mind, University of Vienna - PhilJobs:JFP Full Professor of Philosophy of Mind, University of Vienna
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The workshop "Conceptual Dogmatism: Epistemology and Ethics of Consciousness Raising" takes place today and tomorrow! Speakers include: @cdutilhnovaes.bsky.social, Rachel Fraser, Hannah Ginsborg, David Plunkett, Julian Ratcliffe, and Tuomo Tiisala. More info:
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News and Events
Conventionalist approaches to areas of discourse such as logic and mathematics were for many years almost universally rejected, but this appears to be changing. Recent years have seen the publication…
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Come work with us (assistant professor [TT] political theory): werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
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Fabio Lampert @flampert.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Looking forward to this fascinating discussion on Propaganda with @teresafm.bsky.social, Volodymyr Yermolenko (@ukraineworld.bsky.social) & @jcaf.bsky.social. Join us in Vienna if you can!
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
We are advertising a permanent senior lecturer position teaching Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Vienna! Please forward to anyone interested. jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Technology
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy of Science and Technology
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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Open workshop on Misinformation and Disinformation at CEU 19 and 20 May: no conference fee, registration essential! Great line up of speakers! philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Misinformation and Disinformation
For the second year in a row, a survey of experts conducted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified misinformation and disinformation as presenting the single greatest global risk in the shor...
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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Somebody should do something! events.ceu.edu/2025-04-30/s... Brought to you by @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social
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Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Looking forward to discussing Echo Chambers at Lund University's Philosophical Society this evening! @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Reminder: come work with our project in a fantastic community of philosophers!
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
KiC Seminar Series kicks off today! We’re excited to begin with a presentation by @flampert.bsky.social titled "Incompatibilism and Intentionality." #PhilSky
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The 2nd AI ethics special issue, American Philosophical Quarterly 61.2, is out! Contributors: • @emratti.bsky.social • @pathumm.bsky.social • @kraymondh.bsky.social - @univie.ac.at • @jonasblatter.bsky.social - @ruhr-uni-bochum.de • @rodrigodiazxphi.bsky.social - @csic.es + more buff.ly/3ELKpRy
Cover of American Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 1, January 2025
Blue letters spell "APQ" at the top of the page on a green rectangle, with a yellow rectangle below separating it from the rest of the red background.
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Paulina Sliwa @pasliwa.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Super interesting analysis of the correlates of increased support for the AfD in German election.
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
. . . and one practical www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/107925-...
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ethics and/or Politics (E&R)
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We are hiring. Two posts. One theoretical . . . www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/107905-...
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Mind and/or Metaphysics and/or Epistemology
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Knowledge in Crisis @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
New publication by @flampert.bsky.social about David Chalmers's argument concerning actuality and knowability More here: buff.ly/3EDdui1
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Rigidity and factivity | Episteme | Cambridge Core
Rigidity and factivity
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Winkler Laboratory @winklerlab.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
📢 It is 5 min before 12❗ "Aufstehen für Demokratie" is committed to fact-based political decisions & democratic processes: www.aufstehenfuerdemokratie.de www.openpetition.de/!ychtb 📅 Join us on Feb 12th at 11:55 am at universities and research institutions in Germany. 🔬 Science needs democracy 🤝
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