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Rhys Ting

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A former qualitative researcher in public health nutrition policy making the leap into philosophy. [MPH → MA] 3rd-culture thing & skeet bricoleur 🇸🇬x🇲🇾/prev🇺🇸🇦🇺

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Massimiliano Simons @masssimons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1/ 🧵 The history of the philosophy of experimentation isn't really just a history of what philosophers have said about experiments. In a new #HOPOS paper, I argue that it is also a history of what philosophers thought philosophy of science itself was *for*. #philsci
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Nettheatrechannel @nettheatrechannel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Commentaries: The Task of Thinking and Theory between the Digital and the Analog in the Age of AI
Interview with Alexander Galloway
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British Society for Phenomenology @thebsp.org.uk · 29/08/2026
BSP International Symposium: Call for Expressions of Interest in Hosting Events (2027 & beyond) If you are a member of a #phenomenology society or a university with a focus on phenomenology, & based outside the UK, find out some more... www.thebsp.org.uk/2026/08/29/b...
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Terrence Thomson @kosmotheoros.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
My book will be coming out in paperback in September! I have a few hardback copies for anyone wanting to review it (whether for their own Substack/blog or to send to journals/magazines/newspaper). If you’re interested let me know and I can send you a copy! #philosophy #Kant tinyurl.com/53b49j65
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Metaphysics of Nature and Failure in Kant's Opus postumum
Focusing on moments of continuity and rupture, as well as the thin lines of fracture in Critical philosophy itself, Metaphysics of Nature and Failure in Kant's…
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Eugene Y. S. Chua @eugenechua.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Happy to share that recordings of talks from our recent workshop on equilibrium, Finding Balance, are now up on YouTube! Please share with anyone who might be interested: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Already looking forward to planning next year's workshop! #philsci #philphys #philsky
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2026 Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop: Finding Balance - YouTube
Recordings of talks from the 2026 Foundations of Thermodynamics Workshop: Finding Balance held at NTU Singapore 27-28 July 2026.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Joel White on 'Logomachy': thephilosophicalsalon.com/logomachy-or...
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Logomachy, or the Conflict of the Faculties - The Philosophical Salon
Introduction: A Philosophical Crisis In the UK, over the last several years, philosophy has come under sustained state-sanctioned attack. The closure of the University of Kent’s Department of Philosop...
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Epoché Magazine @epochemagazine.org · 07/07/2026
New issue up and running! Come and check it out, with writing on indeterminacy, aging, music, and pop-stoics. Get in it. #philosophy #philsky epochemagazine.org/issues/92/
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June 2026 | Epoché Magazine
A free online philosophy magazine, delivered monthly
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Pluto Press @plutopress.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We are shocked and immensely saddened to hear of the sudden passing of our friend and Pluto author Peter Fleming. A brilliant social theorist and educator, Peter approached his work with a rare mix of incisive analysis and clever wit. From analysing the absurdities of corporate culture to...
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Evan Thompson @evanthompson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Youtube link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dF8...
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LUAR, Episode 3: Does understanding life need a new kind of science?
YouTube video by Life, The Universe, and All the Rest
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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
c.org/JGxvMV2MPq Please sign this petition to save Philosophy and our wonderful colleagues under threat at the University of Dundee.
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Save the Philosophy Programme at Dundee University
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
More staff cuts at Dundee “to recover from the dreadful mistakes of the past” 🔹 Up to 190 more staff to go, after previous cuts of 675 🔹 Proposal to suspend degrees in #Mathematics, #Languages and #Philosophy #UKHE #AcademicSky
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EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University principal reveals plans to suspend degrees in three key areas and merge departments
Professor Nigel Seaton wrote a letter to staff outlining how he plans to overhaul the institution after announcing more job cuts.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Further grim news from the ongoing "changes" at Dundee.
Extract from an all-staff email dated Tue 18 June:

In general terms, the proposals point towards an increased focus on our core activities of teaching and research. Within those there are also changes, as we concentrate on areas of strength and potential.

Our academic provision will stay broadly the same, but there are proposals to suspend degrees to varying levels in some subjects, most notably Mathematics, Languages and Philosophy.

There is no change to our undergraduate course provision for September 2026 entry, and any student who starts in September will be able to finish their degree at Dundee.
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Epoché Magazine @epochemagazine.org · 02/06/2026
From the archive: "Against Consolations, Alain De Botton, and the Demand for Accessibility", by Ranier Abengaña #Philosophy #Philsky
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Against Consolations, Alain De Botton, and the Demand for Accessibility
From the archive: "Against Consolations, Alain De Botton, and the Demand for Accessibility", by Ranier Abengaña
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Matthew Sparkes @sparkes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Exclusive: AI has killed humans. For years we've had rumours, unconfirmed reports, suggestions... Now we know that AI-controlled drones with no human oversight have killed humans on the battlefield. This is a watershed moment in warfare. www.newscientist.com/article/2529...
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Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time
A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casu...
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"Like distressed jeans, the imperfections will be the point, on the implicit theory that humanness now resides in mess rather than mastery." For our new issue, Krzysztof Pelc on the threat of LLMs: lareviewofbooks.org/article/fakes-f…
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Research on Research Association @roration.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We're excited to launch J·ROR, the Journal of Research on Research. A new open-access home for research on how research is funded, organised, conducted, communicated, and evaluated. Our first editorial: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #ResearchOnResearch #MetaScience #OpenScience #STS
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Introducing the Journal of Research on Research (J·ROR): aligning constellations and communities
Published in Journal of Research on Research (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026)
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Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) @core-rwth.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🧬 In our latest blog post, @vdlorenzo.bsky.social explores a new, relational narrative for Synthetic Biology, a transition from control and containment to care and stewardship, rebranding the relationship between humans and the living world. 🔗 Find the post here: khk.rwth-aachen.de/from-control...
Hand wearing white surgical glove holding a monoclonal antibody model between fingers.
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
What if living cells compute in ways that silicon never can? Rather than mimicking computers, the future of biocomputation may lie in harnessing the unique information-processing strategies of evolution. Check this paper by @angelgm.eurosky.social and co. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
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Chris Satoor @nieaufgehenderrest.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The North American Schelling Society Presents (NASS) Kabiri 5. Vol. 5 (2026) Published: 2026-06-02 journals.library.mun.ca/index.php/ka... @kylabruff.bsky.social @marcelagr.bsky.social
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British Society for Phenomenology @thebsp.org.uk · 02/06/2026
Khôra - Special Issue of Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities Call for papers from editors Nicholas Birns & Marina Christodoulou. Also to be published as a book by Routledge in the Angelaki: New Work in the Theoretical Humanities series www.thebsp.org.uk/2026/06/02/c...
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France Culture @franceculture.fr · 30/05/2026
Edgar Morin, grand témoin de son temps, est mort à l’âge de 104 ans. Sociologue et philosophe, il aura traversé le XXᵉ siècle avec une curiosité intacte et la force de ses convictions. Nous vous proposons de redécouvrir une série de cinq grands entretiens ➡️ l.franceculture.fr/Irw
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RMZ HU @hu-rmz.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
we hope to see you at tomorrow's talk
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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Heidegger, Space and the New Translation of Being and Time progressivegeographies.com/2026/05/24/h... Some initial comparison of the different translations on the first theme I worked on in Heidegger, space and spatiality.
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Heidegger, Space and the New Translation of Being and Time
Cyril Welch’s version of Heidegger’s Being and Time: An Annotated Translation has been published by Yale University Press, in the United States in February, and the United Kingdom in May …
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Evan Thompson @evanthompson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My new book When Death Comes: Our Ultimate Transformation is now officially in production at Columbia University Press. The cover will feature this 1887 lithograph by Odilon Redon.
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 19/05/2026
In the latest Theory of Change, I spoke with @jhorganism.bsky.social about the 30th anniversary of his book, The End of Science and the possible limits of science. We talked also about how fragile and beautiful the postwar consensus was, and how many people took it for granted:
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Uncertainty makes science powerful — and incredibly vulnerable - Flux
John Horgan, author of ‘The End of Science,’ on how the biggest threat to science was not its own limitations
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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
How do things - crystals, organisms, humans- come to be the distinct individuals they are? Can we apply the same thinking to technology? Do machines and technical objects have their own evolving reality? Join us Mon. May 18 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
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Select tickets – "Gilbert Simondon's Philosophy": Cécile Malaspina in conversation with Ashley Woodward – Zoom
"Gilbert Simondon's Philosophy": Cécile Malaspina in conversation with Ashley Woodward – Zoom, Mon 18 May 2026 - Join us for an online discussion of the work of Gilbert Simondon (1924–1989), with two ...
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James Crane @jamescrane.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
You asked, we listened! J.E. & I tackle “Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?” in 2 pts: EP16 on the motive & method of the project; EP 17 on how far the book falls short of its own mission re: the Frankfurt School. Tried to keep it civil-ish but as you can see lol www.patreon.com/posts/156140...
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Episode 16: Who Paid The Riddler of Western Marxism? (Part 1) | Critical Theory Working Group
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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 21/04/2026
· #Artificialintelligence · #Slanguage · “The negation form of AI slop…isn't just annoying, it distorts how people process and remember information. Before you get the chance to absorb something meaningful, your attention is already anchored to what is not.”
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Slanguage: Why AI's stylistic negation—'it's not X, it's Y'—is both annoying and doesn't work
If you spend any amount of time on LinkedIn, you'll have certainly come across this type of phrasing: "This isn't a job, it's a calling" or "This isn't marketing, it's a movement" or "This isn't a too...
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Critchley on Heidegger @critonheidegger.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Cover reveal for Heidegger Thinking! Simon Critchley’s Heidegger Thinking: ‘Being and Time’ Explained is a comprehensive, long-form deep dive into what is arguably the most significant philosophical work of the last century. #philosophy #heidegger #heideggerthinking #beingandtime #newbook
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Center for Dewey Studies @deweycenter.siu.edu · 23/03/2026
Now on YouTube! See Kenneth Stikkers lecture, “Max Scheler and John Dewey on ‘Value’ and ‘the Qualitative’."  Link to Video: youtu.be/Nb7jTjFwKZc?si=kgJriGYyy-Y…   Link to Center for Dewey Studies YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCeVLukXw4s…
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Evan Thompson @evanthompson.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Our fantastic podcast conversation with the inimitable philosopher and physicist Michel Bitbol has just dropped. Check it out for a wide ranging discussion of physics, reality, and consciousness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z0N...
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The Blindspot Podcast, episode 22: Physics, Reality, and Consciousness.
YouTube video by The Blind Spot Podcast
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Steven Shaviro @sshaviro.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Thoughts upon reading Jacek Dukaj's monumental novel ICE: www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=2011
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Jacek Dukaj, ICE – The Pinocchio Theory
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Miguel José Paley @glassorbs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Dear all! I'm happy to report that my book: Bergson and Affect is now available for pre-order from @edinburghup.bsky.social ! For those interested on #affect, #intensity, #embodiment, #virtuality, or in #Bergson, #philosophy, and #phenomenology in general. Check it out! Discount code attached ⬇️
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Aldo Houterman @aldohouterman.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Last Friday I successfully defended my dissertation on the French philosopher Michel Serres. You can read the entire dissertation on the university website. @masssimons.bsky.social @drchriswatkin.bsky.social @timhowles.bsky.social @lilian-kroth.bsky.social pure.eur.nl/en/publicati...
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'Our body invents a thousand unexpected figures': Michel Serres's philosophy of the body, movement, and sport
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Epoché Magazine @epochemagazine.org · 30/01/2026
New issue, number #88, if hot off the digi-press. With writing on mathematics, religion, clarity, and revolution. The whole gamut. Dive in at: epochemagazine.org/issues/88/ #philosophy #Philsky
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Ulysses Pascal @ulyssespascal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Our new article on AI and “Uncritical Fabulation” just got published in digital memory dialogues digitalmemorydialogues.com/editions/dia...
Screen shot of the essay with definitions of critical and uncritical fabulation highlighted
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BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Watch Geese make their SNL debut with "Au Pays du Cocaine" and "Trinidad" www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-geese-...
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Watch Geese make their SNL debut with "Au Pays du Cocaine" and "Trinidad"
After having a monster 2025, New York band Geese were Nighted on Saturday, making their SNL debut. They played two songs off Getting Killed: ballad “Au Pays du Cocaine” and more ri...
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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 22/01/2026
A sprawling tale of two Singapores, this short documentary surveys waterways, cycles of development and the transient nature of sand – deceptively sturdy over short timescales but, over decades, quite volatile
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From Michigan to Singapore, a meditation on dreams built on sand | Aeon Videos
A documentary connecting two Singapores: the Asian country expanded on imported sand and a town in Michigan buried by dunes
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Terrence Thomson @kosmotheoros.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Been working on a new book. It's a collection of (highly edited) pieces from my substack. Should be finished in the next month or so. Let me know what you think of the cover! #philsky #continentalphilosophy #kant #heidegger #ocean #shore
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Calum Neill @axisofelvis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Hugely excited to welcome Jeremy Smith to @LacanInScotland next Thursday to talk about Laruelle and Lacan. The event is free and open to all. Please join us. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/en-joui-yo...
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En-Joui Your Symptom: On Non-Psychoanalysis and the Philo-Analytic Complex
Eventbrite - Lacan in Scotland presents En-Joui Your Symptom: On Non-Psychoanalysis and the Philo-Analytic Complex - Thursday, 29 January 2026 - Find event and ticket information.
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British Society for Phenomenology @thebsp.org.uk · 16/01/2026
#Daseinsanalysis in Scientific Discourse: Openness, Critique, Responsibility, Connectedness 23–24 January 2026. Online – free of charge. In English. From the Austrian Daseinsanalytic Institute. Organised by Karl Baier & Stephan Dietrich. www.thebsp.org.uk/2026/01/16/d...
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Adam Frank @adamfrank4.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Nice piece!
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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Medical Technology Series 23: 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐜. 𝟏𝟓𝟒𝟎 from Guido Guidi, "Hippocrates, De vulneribus capitis", MS Latin 6861, cc. 109v-111v, BNF, Paris. #CSMBR #Surgery #Renaissance #Hippocrates #GuidoGuidi #Trepanation #Technology
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Aeon Magazine @aeon.co · 08/01/2026
It took five ill-fated conversations with Jean-Paul Sartre before the Vietnamese philosopher Trần Đức Thảo finally broke with French philosophy. This essay traces Thảo’s life and work, and how he came to be one of the first theorists of the divide between colonised and coloniser
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The tragic life and principled politics of Trần Đức Thảo | Aeon Essays
How the persecuted Vietnamese philosopher became one of the first theorists of the divide between colonised and coloniser
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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Announcing: On Philosophy, Winter 2026!! All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET) featuring Angie Hobbs, Yann Allard-Tremblay, Fannie Bialek, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Kaitlyn Creasy, and so many more! #Philosophy #PhilEvents
On Philosophy - Winter 2026
Free via Zoom - Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET)
Jan. 5 - Why Plato Matters Now - Angie Hobbs with Jon Hawkins and Peter West
Jan. 12 - Indigenous Redirections in Political Thought - Yann Allard-Tremblay with Leila Ben Abdallah
Jan. 19, Feb. 16,   - The Philosopher and the News - Alexis Papazoglou and guests
Jan. 26 - Love in Time - Fannie Bialek with Isabelle Laurenzi
Feb. 2 - What is We? - Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan with Tara Emelye Needham
Feb. 9 - On Loneliness - Kaitlyn Creasy with Kate Warlow-Corcoran
Feb. 23 - TBC
Mar. 2 - Are We Still Human? Günther Anders in the Age of Automation - Christian Dries, Chris Müller and Elke Schwarz with Jacob Blumenfeld
Mar. 9 - Philosophy in a New Era of Climate Change - Travis Holloway and Contributors
Information and registration at thephilosopher1923.org/events
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PhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
New on the Archive: Simons, Massimiliano (2026) What is the history of philosophy of experimentation a history of? The cases of Hugo Dingler and Gaston Bachelard. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27380
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Dr Chris Earl (MOL-BIO) @drcsearl.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🧪Danger of Machine Metaphors in Science I share a personal story of my first formal confrontation with an apparently meaningless, mechanical Universe. I go on to examine how machine metaphors influence nihilism Article free on Substack substack.com/home/post/p-... #philsky #science #existentialism
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The Selfish Gene and the Problem with Machine Metaphors in Biology
How language can obscure understanding and reinforce nihilism
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Robert Heinze @rheinze.myatproto.social · 07/01/2026
Teach Diogenes, become ungovernable
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Epoché Magazine @epochemagazine.org · 31/12/2025
Happy new year all. Issue #87 is out now! With writing on La Boétie, Deleuze & Guattari, Oedipus and the Sphinx, and care and liberalism. With a video on Bergson to boot. Get in it: epochemagazine.org/issues/87/ #Philosophy #Philsky
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December 2025 | Epoché Magazine
A free online philosophy magazine, delivered monthly
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Top 10 of this year's most read pieces — no.6: our post on Blemmyes, mythical headless humanoids whose eyes, nose, and mouth are embedded in their breast: publicdomainreview.org/collection/b... (Full Top 10 here: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12...)
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