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Free philosophy audiobooks Here (this links to Nietzsche books, but you can search any philosophical or other author you want).

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25.11.2025 21:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Open access philosophy books: a thread, part III MOVING TO FRONT FROM OCTOBER 7 The last thread had 22 submissions, so I thought it’s time for a third thread. Instructions as before: In light of the growing number of these volumes, I am go…

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20.11.2025 15:31 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Sexual harassment at Oxford (a continuing saga, alas) Hard-hitting article, which mentions one philosopher, John Tasioulas, who recently stepped down from the “Ethics in AI” project at Oxford to return to his native Australia. (When I ran …

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19.11.2025 23:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Open access philosophy books: a thread, part III MOVING TO FRONT FROM OCTOBER 7 The last thread had 22 submissions, so I thought it’s time for a third thread. Instructions as before: In light of the growing number of these volumes, I am go…

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20.11.2025 15:31 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Sexual harassment at Oxford (a continuing saga, alas) Hard-hitting article, which mentions one philosopher, John Tasioulas, who recently stepped down from the “Ethics in AI” project at Oxford to return to his native Australia. (When I ran …

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19.11.2025 23:43 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Most cited living philosophers with Google Scholar pages working on free will & moral responsibility Some philosophers who would have made the top ten in all likelihood do not have Google Scholar pages (e.g., Carl Ginet, Gary Watson, Susan Wolf). Once again, only those with a clear majority of the…

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19.11.2025 14:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Richard Stillman on the problem of theoretical disagreements This will only interest my legal philosophy readers, but I do want to commend to their attention this paper by Richard Stillman, who trained as a philosopher of language with Stephen Neale before c…

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19.11.2025 22:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Most cited living philosophers with Google Scholar pages working on free will & moral responsibility Some philosophers who would have made the top ten in all likelihood do not have Google Scholar pages (e.g., Carl Ginet, Gary Watson, Susan Wolf). Once again, only those with a clear majority of the…

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19.11.2025 14:50 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

An amusing takedown of the NY Times (related to Mamdani’s campaign in NYC) Nicely written, and it made me laugh at various points. An excerpt: Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say thi…

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18.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Should international PhD students even consider U.S. Ph.D. programs at this point? New international student enrollment at American universities fell 17% this fall, which is hardly surprising given what has been going on. But how should prospective international students think ab…

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18.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Arbitrator orders terminated Portland State faculty reinstated A major victory for the affected faculty there (earlier coverage): “the grievants are to be restored to the positions they held prior to layoff and made whole for any losses sustained.” As philosop…

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18.11.2025 22:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Should international PhD students even consider U.S. Ph.D. programs at this point? New international student enrollment at American universities fell 17% this fall, which is hardly surprising given what has been going on. But how should prospective international students think ab…

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18.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

An amusing takedown of the NY Times (related to Mamdani’s campaign in NYC) Nicely written, and it made me laugh at various points. An excerpt: Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say thi…

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18.11.2025 15:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Most cited living philosophers of science (including physics and biology) with Google Scholar pages As before, some important living philosophers of science who would surely be on the list (like John Earman and Philip Kitcher) do not have Google Scholar pages. Only those with a clear majority of …

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17.11.2025 14:31 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Texas A&M systematizes massive violation of core academic freedom rights of faculty This new policy won’t affect faculty in the natural sciences and engineering, where A&M is strongest, but it will affect faculty across the humanities and social sciences, as well as law.…

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17.11.2025 15:08 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Texas A&M systematizes massive violation of core academic freedom rights of faculty This new policy won’t affect faculty in the natural sciences and engineering, where A&M is strongest, but it will affect faculty across the humanities and social sciences, as well as law.…

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17.11.2025 15:08 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Most cited living philosophers of science (including physics and biology) with Google Scholar pages As before, some important living philosophers of science who would surely be on the list (like John Earman and Philip Kitcher) do not have Google Scholar pages. Only those with a clear majority of …

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17.11.2025 14:31 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Philippe Van Parijs interviewed about global justice… …at Jacobin.

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26.10.2025 18:10 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Why I fear things will end badly for the United States The short answer is this: for 45 years one of the two viable political parties in the U.S. has gotten crazier and crazier. That has led us to the craziest of them all, Donald Trump, a man with noth…

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15.11.2025 18:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Most cited living philosophers working in metaphysics & epistemology with Google Scholar pages (CORRECTED) Once again, some philosophers like to make the list (like Peter van Inwagen and Crispin Wright) did not have Google Scholar pages, but most did. Some philosophers (like Stalnaker, Stanley, Boghossi…

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15.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A framework for preserving authorship and trust in the AI era Philosopher Eli Alshanetsky has been writing about “how we might verify human authorship and accountability in AI-mediated work without shifting the burden onto already overstretched faculty.…

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15.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

In Memoriam: Barry Allen (1957-2025) Professor Allen, who was one of Richard Rorty’s best-known students, was Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University, where he spent most of his career. He wrote w…

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15.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Great moments in obscure “classic” rock ‘n’ roll albums: Humble Pie, “Rock On,” 1971 Steve Marriott, the dynamite vocalist and lead guitarist from The Small Faces teamed up with Peter Frampton in 1969 to form Humble Pie, a heavy blues rock band with a sound rather different than Ma…

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15.11.2025 22:39 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Great moments in obscure “classic” rock ‘n’ roll albums: Humble Pie, “Rock On,” 1971 Steve Marriott, the dynamite vocalist and lead guitarist from The Small Faces teamed up with Peter Frampton in 1969 to form Humble Pie, a heavy blues rock band with a sound rather different than Ma…

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15.11.2025 22:39 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A framework for preserving authorship and trust in the AI era Philosopher Eli Alshanetsky has been writing about “how we might verify human authorship and accountability in AI-mediated work without shifting the burden onto already overstretched faculty.…

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15.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

In Memoriam: Barry Allen (1957-2025) Professor Allen, who was one of Richard Rorty’s best-known students, was Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at McMaster University, where he spent most of his career. He wrote w…

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15.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Most cited living philosophers working in metaphysics & epistemology with Google Scholar pages (CORRECTED) Once again, some philosophers like to make the list (like Peter van Inwagen and Crispin Wright) did not have Google Scholar pages, but most did. Some philosophers (like Stalnaker, Stanley, Boghossi…

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15.11.2025 18:48 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Why I fear things will end badly for the United States The short answer is this: for 45 years one of the two viable political parties in the U.S. has gotten crazier and crazier. That has led us to the craziest of them all, Donald Trump, a man with noth…

leiterreports.com/2025/11/13/why-i-fear-things-will-end-badly-for-the-united-states/

15.11.2025 18:47 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Are the latest “tariffs” on Canada legal? Of course not Law professor Paul Horwitz comments.

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27.10.2025 15:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Philippe Van Parijs interviewed about global justice… …at Jacobin.

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26.10.2025 18:10 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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