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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 4h

That would be awesome. I vote for it!

Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 22h

Very interesting so far. Danielle Layne will be arguing - over the course of the seminar - that Platonism could be a method of self-development that gives us "something more" than Epicureanism and Stoicism, the two schools privileged by wellness culture. Something more than mere emotional control.

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Palinode's free online course on Platonic mysticism goes live soon! Still time to sign up. "This four week seminar explores the basics of Platonism, focusing on its relevance for a life well lived." Reading "Plato’s dialogues [...] as saturated with myth, symbol, and initiatory experiences" #philsky

"Our courses are epic.
Palinode courses are called epics because we believe that learning is a lifelong adventure, which enriches and nourishes our soul.

Each of our offerings invite you to engage with topics that inspire deep philosophical ways of living, drawing upon ancient Platonic wisdom to understand our contemporary life and world.

Our epics are delivered in month-long blocks and provide you with a community to discuss enlivening topics that inspire creative output and transformation."

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Never a side-quest has been so epic! Good job, keep up the good work, and spread the word to the people :) !

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Jodie Russell @jelliedsours.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just wanted to share a picture from this week’s “Self in the Social World” conference in Heidelberg where I had a lot of fun nerding out about RPGs and mental health (so much so, I talked through the Q&A time) Also wearing my critical roll t-shirt to be on brand 💅

It’s a picture of me (the beautiful brunette on the right) in front of a screen with the opening slide of my presentation “Affective Play: Why Collaborative Roleplay is Beneficial for Mental Health”. It has a blue boarder and features a series of different D&D type characters.

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There are things that renew one's faith in humanity. The quality of the subreddit r/AskHistorians is one of them!

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happening later today: an online talk by Jennifer Baker. "Four Unique Features of Stoicism: How They Enable and Hinder Philosophy as a Way of Life". Intriguing premise! September 24, 8 PM (CET). To attend, become a member of the ISPWL for free via the contact form on their website #philtwit #philsky

Poster for PWL International Seminar #5
Jennifer Baker: "Four Unique Features of Stoicism: How They Enable and Hinder PWL"
September 24 | 8 PM (CET) | ONLINE
To attend the session, please become a member of the ISPWL via the contact form on the ISPWL website.

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

One time, I lost my favourite watch in the sea. We were swimming along the beach for a while so I didn't know when & where I lost it. I immediately gave up; it was pointless to try. A friend of my mom - a philosopher who gifted me Spinoza books - went back a few meters, dove in & found it right away

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Alas, it remains all too rare the option to play a Velociraptor

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I've been so mad at Prequel Yoda lately, for being a Wise Man with no wisdom at all. It won't take much for you to convince me to hate Mace Windu too. Although there is the fact that he is said to be more "powerful" than "wise" (anakin quote "..as wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Mace Windu")

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Beautiful. I remember someone saying that this painting was reminiscent of Plato's allegory of the cave. Now I can't unsee it. But what is the emotion displayed by the lady in the light right there? So mysterious. I love this painting.

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Brett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I mean come ON

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They're asking for a brave new vision of Doctor Who But Good this Time; How do We Do Good Things Already? I agree with the sentiment!

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ironically, that's a reason why I draw a comparison with Christianity. A lot of christians just want to go to their local churches & do charity... But at the top of the hierarchy the religion betrays its mission, and so it's on the people at the bottom of the ladder to bear the dissonance... Unfair

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm a big fan of effective altruism. Not a big fan of how it managed to speed-run what happened to Christianity: - becomes a state religion - immediately reverses all of its founding values - no self-consciousness or cognitive dissonance about it whatsoever for the people in power

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Yuri Cath @ywcath.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Listening to the frogs at our local park also helps

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Don't forget to sign up via the website to receive a link! :) (if you're not already a member) I'm so excited about the first talk, after discovering Jennifer Baker's excellent article on "Virtue ethics and practical guidance". Completely rewired the way I think about virtue ethics! #philtwit

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Philosophy as a Way of Life seminar is back, with four talks already lined up. #philsky A monthly online lecture-and-discussion series convened by the International Society for Philosophy as a Way of Life (ISPWL), bringing together scholars to explore philosophy as a way to transform oneself.

Schedule September-December 2026
(Always at 8 PM CET)

September 24
Jennifer A. Baker
“Four Unique Features of Stoicism: How They Enable and Hinder PWL”

October 29
Charles Johnson
“Middle Passage Graphic Novel”
November 19
Leonard Waks
"Formation and the Liberal Arts"

December 17
Maeusz Janik
"Confucian Robes, Jesuit Body On Monism and the Early Modern Origins of Comparative Philosophy”

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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The soul is real and can be tied with a rope according to this graphical abstract. The paper is even weirder! "Quantum evidence of nonlocal consciousness during clinical death" www.cell.com/the-innovati... This is a Cell Press journal... via @pubpeer.com @forbetterscience.bsky.social

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

What is the name of this movie, please? :) I'd like to watch it.

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Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The special issue of Philosophical Quarterly on uncertainty is beginning to appear & I’m so pleased with it how it turned out. Papers by Snow Zhang, Kevin Dorst, Pacy Yan, and Finnur Dellsén & Borut Trpin available at link. Papers by Julia Mosquera, Miriam Schoenfield, and Robbie Williams out soon.

academic.oup.com

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My neighbour called me on the intercom because he had forgotten his keys and I was pretty unhelpful & rude about it. My reaction was "not this again!" because the previous tenant called me too many times with the same line Misanthropy comes from a specific hurt but then extends to the wrong targets

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Something I missed initially - you can download the book entirely open-access:

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Lydia Moland @lydiamoland.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Great news in history of women in philosophy--new book by Alison Stone on Julia Wedgwood, whose "law of imperfect antithesis" is a fascinating alternative to mainstream ethical theory. Watch Alison's terrific video summmary here: www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116... #philsky #womeninphilosophy

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A conversation I kept having in my childhood (and after tbh), which epitomizes the way I am doomed to interact with most people: - Pierrick, what is your favourite colour? - Black. - Black is not a colour! - Yes, it is. Please, think about it. - No. Anyway, why do you wear black all the time? - ...

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The "Alarmibragging" of AI companies. Good point and good word. Let's spread that neologism because that's a really useful word for this weird dynamic of "AI will kill us all, give us money". Although personally I would have said it as "Alarm-bragging"

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I'm playing through Star Wars Zero Company right now and the writers really make it satisfying to play through these periods of historical upheavals. As you point out: this is only possible because the prequels were not scared of establishing real upheaval! Now the writers get to draw on that.

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Nvidie @dervine7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

it’s rather shocking the extent to which psychologists & philosophers will fail to take *the priors and epistemic situations of the people they’re talking about* into account when ascribing irrationality

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Neil Levy @neillevy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Nothing to add I haven't said elsewhere except the examples you cite need to die. When prophecy fails, people tend to say "well, guess I was wrong," and the Kahan gun control study doesn't replicate.

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

here's one sort of example of why i'm not drawn to the 'not really beliefs' views. a common argument (it's been made for religious and political 'beliefs', and it's certainly available for philosophical 'beliefs' too) is that beliefs are, necessarily, evidence-sensitive. if a state is impervious

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Nvidie @dervine7.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

this is something people find intuitive but if you do some introspective phenomenology it’s pretty obviously false? when you’re experiencing pure joy you don’t discern it by comparing it with pain — pain is the furthest thing from your mind!

Pain is part of experiencing joy. If you never experience pain how can you even discern joy? Contrast is what makes something relevant. Without it everything is taupe.

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When the pope said he hoped hell was empty, it was because of his commitment to free speech.

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Diversity Reading List in Philosophy @diversityread.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We know that Academic Philosophy has a diversity problem. Wondering how to go about diversifying your syllabus ahead of the new academic year? Check out this post for 4 models of syllabi diversification👀 Head to our website for more tips! Happy reading! 🧡 #philsky #backtoschool #philosophy #DRL

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just got blocked by ResearchGate because, and I quote, I "surf the web at super-human speed" 🕶️

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Very clear from the last movie that Peter Parker and Frank Castle are "let's-not-talk-about-politics-it-would-make-everyone-upset" kind of friends. Shame. Frank needs to stop killing bikers. Peter should know about the horrors of war. It's called "reaching across the aisle".

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I loved the little allegory in this post by @axdouglas.bsky.social Philosophical *arguments* are akin to safety inspections on a building. But coming up with new philosophical ideas is like creating the building in the first place. And the ability to recognize novelty should not be taken for granted

axdouglas.substack.com

Arguments: Everybody Chill Out

In a flood of demonstrata, I was only trying to plead for the demonstrandum

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm just popping to the shop, does anyone need some Symbolic Logic?

Big stack of issues from the Bulletin of Symbolic Logic and The Journal of Symbolic Logic. Found in a bookstore in France.

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is what happens to you when you constantly talk at random volumes!

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dear Mary Midgley, Philosophical Plumbing sure sounds like a lot of work! When you said "When the concepts we are living by function badly, they do not usually drip audibly through the ceiling or swamp the kitchen floor" we heard you loud and clear! Our steel pipes are different & you get 50% off!

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My nesting partner just now: "Can I explain tax exemption to you?"

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Pierrick Simon @pierricksimon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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