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Steve Bland

@stevebland.bsky.social
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Philosopher at Huron University. Social epistemology; philosophy of science. Latest book: Rationality in Context (Routledge, 2024).

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Steve Bland @stevebland.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Congratulations, Mark! Well deserved.
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Rob Sica @robsica.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"Virtuous individuals shouldn't try to maximize their epistemic adaptability."
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Epistemic Virtue, Cognitive Diversity, and the Division of Labor - Erkenntnis
Virtue-first approaches to regulative epistemology describe an ideal that individual inquirers should attempt to approximate, and then specify some of the measures that we can take collectively to pro...
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Thomas Peace @tpcanoe.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Ontario’s public #university system is crumbling. Affiliated universities provide important small, student-focused learning environments & play an important role in the system. Focus on large schools & STEM, though, has caused problems. We need change in #cdnpse #onpoli - lfpress.com/opinion/colu...
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Peace: Affiliated universities like Huron at risk of disappearing
Nolan Quinn announced $750M in new STEM funding, opening about 20,000 new university and college spots for these academic disciplines.
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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
new preprint available! Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified? Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps... Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
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Peggy Sattler @peggysattlerndp.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
In London West, it’s a two-way race between Peggy Sattler and the Ford Conservatives. We can stop Ford, but only if you make your vote count. Keep a strong voice in London West and re-elect Peggy Sattler. #LdnOnt #LdnWest #OnYourSide
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Thomas Peace @tpcanoe.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
The #university sector in Ontario is in trouble, especially for those of us working in affiliated universities. In the attached letter, I outline these threats in response to an #onelxn meeting in #ldnont organized by @uwofa1.bsky.social & @ocufa.bsky.social. hucfa.ca/wp-content/u... #onpoli
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Government transfers to universities per FTE, 1981-82 vs 2022-23.
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Steve Bland @stevebland.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Want to spend 2025 in more humbling environments? Check out my latest blogpost to find out what it would mean to do so.
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 27/12/2024
New blog post on Imperfect Cognitions: Can we become more intellectually humble without any explicit training or instruction? Steven Bland explores the issue, discussed in a recent paper published in Review of Philosophy and Psychology imperfectcognitions.... #philsky
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Imperfect Cognitions @imperfectcognitions.com · 26/12/2024
Happy Holidays! For this week's blogpost, we have part 1 of a 2 part series from Steven Bland discussing intellectual humility and the importance of humbling environments #philsky imperfectcogn...
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Steve Bland @stevebland.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
If you have some spare time over the holidays, I humbly recommend reading my blogpost on intellectual humility. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/12/inte...
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Intellectual Humility and Humbling Environments – Part 1
A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.
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Journal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal
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Steve Bland @stevebland.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thanks, Barrett. Would you please add me to the list?
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Steve Bland @stevebland.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thanks, Nathan! Would you mind adding me, please?
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Steve Bland @stevebland.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Well said, Tom!
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
Like individuals, we argue that collectives can possess intellectual humility. Our new paper explains who groups can achieve better decisions by catching each other's biases, expressing dissent, and more. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Steve Bland @stevebland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hi everyone! I’m a philosopher who works primarily at the intersection of epistemology and psychology. My latest book offers a new framework for understanding the empirical literature on epistemic rationality.
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