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Andreas Vrahimis

@avrahimis.bsky.social

Assistant Prof. of Philosophy, University of Cyprus. Humboldt fellow, HU Berlin and Paderborn University (2025). History of analytic philosophy (and the 'divide' from 'continental' others); HOPOS; Aesthetics. https://sites.google.com/view/andreasvrahimis

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Here is the short and pretty version of a paper I published at the beginning of the year in which I argue that sleeping is valuable aesthetically, interpersonally and intrinsically. Happy to say that a short book on this topic is forthcoming with Princeton U press. #philsky #philosophy #sleeping

04.12.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Joy of Chinese Philosophy This book introduces some central ideas and themes in ancient Chinese philosophy through a detailed analysis of one famous passage – the happy fish dialogue – in the Zhuangzi , one of the two founding...

New open access book on Chinese philosophy by Mike Beaney, focusing on the wonderful "happy fish" passage from the Zhuangzi!

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

#philsky #daoism #zhuangzi #philosophy #openaccess

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Join us! We are hiring an assistant professor in political and social philosophy at Maastricht University with a focus on contemporary challenges to European democracy

Feel free to contact me, if you have questions #philsky #philjobs

02.12.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Sixth Biennial Conference of the East European Network for Philosophy of Science - Sciencesconf.org Home

The EENPS 2026 call for papers & symposia is now open! πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

πŸ—“ Submission deadline: 15 Feb 2026
Conference: 18–19 Sept 2026, Bucharest πŸ˜‰

See the conference website for full details!
eenps2026.sciencesconf.org

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Title of the editorial with a black and white and red journal logo.

The Editor in Chief of #HOPOS, Matthew J. Brown, sets out his vision for the future of the journal in a new #openaccess editorial. It is "part manifesto, part call for papers, part love letter to one of my favorite fields of study."

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

26.11.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction Can we do philosophy by writing fiction, drawing, designing a game, or telling a story? Submit work to this special issue honouring the legacy of Helen De Cruz.

Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy

27.11.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Clayton Littlejohn, Disinformation is for Degrading the Value of Information, not Confirming Falsehoods - PhilPapers According to a recent account of disinformation, disinformation is content that β€œgenerates ignorance” (Simion 2024a; 2024b). The view improves upon previous accounts that focused upon the potential fo...

I have news. Wonderful news.

New paper on #disinformation. The title is the thesis. Think of disinformation as content that functions to optimise the decisions of the audience for the disinformant. This doesn't require deception or content that induces false belief.

philpapers.org/rec/LITDIF

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It’s publication day! Spread the word. The perfect Christmas gift for the pessimist in your life.

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In the latest #HOPOS Ivan Ferreira da Cunha "examines the role of imagination and fiction in Otto Neurath’s work, particularly in his scientific utopianism."

Link to the article here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

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Manuel Fasko writes in the latest #HOPOS about ""Mary Shepherd’s Influence on Mary Somerville on Induction."

Link here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

17.11.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Germaine de StaΓ«l with Helena Rosenblatt Podcast Episode Β· Her Place in Theory Β· 11/04/2025 Β· 32m

First episode of a wonderful new podcast--Her Place in Theory--featuring the political #philosophy of Germaine de #StaΓ«l in an interview with Helena Rosenblatt. Learned so much and looking forward to more!
@juliettemarchant.bsky.social #philsky #womeninphilosophy

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

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The Organism-Environment Pairing In this first systematic book-length examination of the organism-environment relationship in the life sciences, Alejandro FΓ‘bregas-Tejeda addresses a crucia...

With great joyβ€”and a touch of nervousnessβ€”I’m thrilled to share that my first academic monograph will be published by @mitpress.bsky.social in May 2026! It examines the organism–environment relationship in biology from an integrated #HPS perspective: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205282... #evosky #philsky

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Visiting Fellowships in Applied Phenomenology

Up to four junior fellowships are available for early career researchers working in applied or interdisciplinary #phenomenology for a one-month stay at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).

www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/11/16/v...

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A Philosophical History of the Concept Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - A Philosophical History of the Concept

Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept - @universitypress.cambridge.org, March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

15.11.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I will be celebrating World Philosophy Day this week by giving a talk in Copenhagen on the profound influence of Kierkegaard’s philosophy on Niels Bohr’s view on the nature of physical reality and the ideal of an open world in his 1950 letter to the UN. Part of this conference openworld.ku.dk/ow25/

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Opinion | Why I Withdrew From My Dream Job At Texas A&M, politicians, not professors, decide what is taught in classrooms.

ICYMI: A philosopher withdrew from a recent tenure-track appointment at Texas A&M and wrote about it in the Chronicle on October 9th.

www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

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bring the lil cypriot goblins home!

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Ya don't say 🫩

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In the latest #HOPOS, Ties van Gemert analyzes a 1968 lecture by the French historian and philosopher of science Suzanne Bachelard (1919–2007), titled β€œEpistemology and the History of the Sciences”.

Van Gemert's paper can be read here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

14.11.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Poster with hopos logo and picture of Feyerabend

Our newest issue culminates #HOPOS's 15th year in publication.
Don't miss the special issue marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Against Method.
Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hopos/20...
#philsky #histsci

12.11.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
SW*IP Germany Jahrestagung 2025 - UniversitΓ€t Ulm

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate my 2nd year in Germany than keynoting the German Society for Women in Philosophy - join us in Ulm to discuss openness & democracy on Thursday 13 November: www.uni-ulm.de/einrichtunge... #philsci

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The next meeting of the online Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy is this Friday, Nov. 14th. Jacqueline Taylor (San Francisco) is speaking about 'Hume on Modesty, Esteem and Self-Esteem, with some insights from Wollstonecraft'. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/10cec3...

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The second in Sander Verhaegh's two part institutional history of American analytic philosophy appearing in the 15th volume of #HOPOS.

"The Analytic Turn in American Philosophy: An Institutional Perspectiveβ€”Part 2"

Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

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Workshop on Friendship, and Friendship with the Morally Bad We invite submissions for a two-day workshop on friendship to be held online, hosted by The University of Salzburg, Austria on the 5th and 6th of March, 2026. In recent years, philosophers have incre...

Philosophers who work on friendship, or something closely adjacent! I'm organising a workshop for March, see details (including on how to submit an abstract) here: philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsky #philosophy

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Climate Change and Global Justice The Department of Philosophy at the University of Washington, Seattle is proud to announce a graduate conference titled Climate Change and Global Justice to be held on the UW Seattle campus on April 1...

If you have grad students working on climate change and global justice, please share with them this call for abstracts for a conference put on by grad students in the University of Washington's philosophy department.

philevents.org/event/show/1...

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My paper 'Hegel, Absolute Knowing and Epiphany' published in the International Journal of Philosophical Studies is now freely available from my institutional repository @openuniversity.bsky.social Here's the link: oro.open.ac.uk/97415/ Feel free to download, and do get in touch with your comments!

04.11.2025 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Professorship in Political Theory and the History of Political Thought @ Friedrich Schiller University in Jena berufungsportal.uni-jena.de?_sc=MTQ1MjY5... Deadline 11/12/2025

04.11.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PSA Around the World 2025 - Philosophy of Science Association

The PSA Around the World 2025 series begins this Thursday, 6 Nov! πŸ”₯πŸŒˆπŸŽ‰

Join us online for sessions highlighting philosophy of science from and about Eastern & Central Europe.

Registration still open β€” fee waivers available!
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www.philsci.org/psa_around_t...

#philsci

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Become a Visiting Fellow or Postdoc!

Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows!

More info and application link is available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/

#PhilosophyOfScience #ResearchFellowship #PostdocOpportunities

29.10.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm still not quite happy with this, and I'm still messing with the readings. But this is where I am landing for a philosophy of music course. Please offer feedback, suggestions, criticisms, etc. This is my first time teaching this, and pulling together a good narrative has been tough

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