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Matthew J Brown

@thehangedman.com

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Boydston Chair of American Philosophy, Director, Center for Dewey Studies at SIU Carbondale. @deweycenter.siu.edu Editor: @hoposjournal.bsky.social Dewey, Pragmatism, HPS, HOPOS, values in science, TTRPGs, comics. Website: thehangedman.com

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 23/08/2025

Fake small-town "Autumn Festival" shirts at the outlet mall.

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 10/08/2025

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 09/07/2025

Workshop tomorrow on New Directions in Science Funding. DM me and I'll send you the Zoom link. #philsci

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 05/07/2025

The platform of the most popular Democratic president of all time.

SECOND BILL OF RIGHTS

EVERY AMERICAN HAS THE RIGHT TO: 1. A JOB

2. AN ADEQUATE WAGE AND DECENT LIVING

3. A DECENT HOME

4. MEDICAL CARE

5. ECONOMIC PROTECTION DURING SICKNESS, ACCIDENT, OLD AGE OR UNEMPLOYMENT

6. A GOOD EDUCATION

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 30/05/2025

Definitely no one banging ghosts or weird glowing lights from space, either.

Dr Beverly Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation getting freaky with a glowing green ghost.

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 08/04/2025

I can't believe this is actually happening. link.springer.com/book/9783031... #philsci

Values, Pluralism, and Pragmatism: Themes from the Work of Matthew J. Brown
Book
Jul 2025
Latest edition
Overview
Editors:
Jonathan Y. Tsou, Jamie Shaw, Carla Fehr
Offers 18 original historical and philosophical essays focused on values in science, scientific pluralism and pragmatism
Engages with different aspects of Brown's philosophical research on scientific values as well as his historical research
Showcases a broad range of history and philosophy of science perspectives
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science (BSPS, volume 347)

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 16/01/2025

What are your favorite fictional depictions of actual philosophers? I like Plato, Aristotle, and Diogenes in Reign: The Conqueror.

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 15/12/2024

"Centrist" is not the same as "unbiased" or "impartial" AT ALL. One can be heavily biased towards a centrist position. This basic mistake is ubiquitous, e.g., in these stupid "media bias" charts. Whatever biased-unbiased means (if anything), it is orthogonal to left-center-right.

Media bias charts placing media on a Left-Right spectrum where the center is equated with lack of bias.

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 28/11/2024

I'm having a pretty good time in China!

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 24/11/2024

On my flight headed to China! Looking forward to visiting Fudan University and ECNU in Shanghai and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. I'll be talking about John Dewey, #philsci, #cogsci, and much else! And hopefully a little sightseeing. See you in 16+ hours.

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 21/11/2024

Southern Illinois University Carbondale would like to submit these two very pragmatic dogs, who are also research assistants at the @deweycenter.siu.edu

Two dogs sharing a dog bed, on the left a terrier-type mutt, on the right an elder greyhound, both looking at the camera.

Two dogs sharing a dog bed, on the left a terrier-type mutt, on the right an elder greyhound, both completely zonked out. The greyhound's head is laying on the floor rather than on the bed (classic).

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 03/10/2024

Everything I've been told is a lie.

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 18/09/2024

LOL

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 16/09/2024

A perfect album that came out the day I turned 21.

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 15/01/2024

My session at the APA Eastern is Thursday 11:00am-12:50pm (assuming I make it with the weather delays). The app doesn't have all the session information, but the full details are in the full program - its an author-meets-critics session on my Science and Moral Imagination. #philsky #philsci

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 07/10/2023

Does anyone know who this is a picture of? Is it George Axtelle?

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Matthew J Brown @thehangedman.com · 07/09/2023

Quite disturbed by this list, posted by @medievaliste.bsky.social, of academic institutions that PAID a company to surveil student and faculty social media. nitter.net/medievaliste... More info: pulitzercenter.org/stories/trac... (Yes this is almost a year old. But I missed it before.)

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