Marilù Papandreou

I became a mother in December and I do not believe for a second that the most sleep deprived the happiest, this is just laughable. And I resent the women in my life who lied to me (basically all).

5. The next best thing: multifunctional objects in art and dualizers in the animal kingdom
6. Things gone wrong: failed-art and natural monstrosities
7. On the difference between failures and spontaneously generated beings

These are the sections of my contribution, in case anyone is curious:
1. The concept of παρὰ φύσιν and the art analogy
2. Aristotle’s analogical notion of παρὰ τέχνην
3. Deviations and failures
4. The role of mistakes (ἁμαρτίαι) in deviations, failures and successful outcomes
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On March 11th my paper "Things Gone Wrong: Aristotle on Deviations and Failures in Art and Nature" will appear in this great volume on the concept of "against nature" (παρὰ φύσιν) in Aristotle.

that's sweet and fair!

Hiking in October around Bergen is just phenomenal.

Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit:

Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy "Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy" published on 29 Sep 2025 by Brill.

Miira Tuominen and I edited this new book from Brill with no fewer than 25 chapters on various aspects of ancient and medieval philosophy in Greek, Arabic, and Latin texts. Actually there's a little Persian in there too.

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In animal studies there is a distinction between things that are for the benefit of the user (homes) and things for the benefit of the maker through the harm of the user (traps). I suppose improvement of a trap qua trap is an increase of its potential for harm.

The Norwegian national sport betting company channels its profits to Norwegian sport and culture. Here in Norway this is seen as an improvement for non-addicted users but I’m not sure that it doesn’t also make it more addictive. At least it makes it more attractive.

Marilù Papandreou, Builders and Weavers of the Animal Kingdom: Non-Human Poiêsis in Aristotle and the Ancient Commentators - PhilPapers

Fresh off the press! A paper in a wonderful volume edited by Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social and Miira Tuominen ("Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy"). This has been the most fun I had in writing a paper, as it combines my favourite topics: Aristotle, animals, and artefacts.

So where can you go teach where students are told not to use genAI? It's for a friend

Leaving Academia.edu: ‘AI’ and Information Loss 1. Yesterday I deleted my Academia.edu account. This has a direct impact on my work here. I would like to reflect on this in this post. But first things first: What happened? Already back in May, I no...

"Anyone who works in manuscript studies or philology knows that these are thoroughly digital disciplines. ... Accusations of technophobia ... would therefore be completely inappropriate. It is precisely our technical literacy ... that must make us critical."
@dehypotheses.bsky.social

True, and for long enough time, at least in my experience. I had a short period around 8 years ago where I could hit the high by running a little longer than 1 hour at moderate effort, but I never experienced it anymore since then.

In Norway young men are moving right, not young women

Aristotle, Historia Animalium IX.48 on the case of dolphins discussed by @susanamonso.com in her “Playing Possum” as an instance of animal care behaviors towards individuals in distress.

I'm always trying to come up with child friendly insults for Loki to use and I think "You massive landlord" is a winner.

Amazing photo of Jasmine Paolini at the US Open by Ray Giubilo

Artworks, technical artefacts, and a few other things: a fresh Aristotelian approach - Synthese I advance an Aristotelian approach by which we shall find a unified account of technical artefacts and artworks. The unification is conceptually available to Aristotle not because he does not have a s...

New article (open access!) out in Synthese by @marilupapandreou.bsky.social - arguing for a new Aristotelian approach to artifacts, esp. in the domain of natural philosopher instead of the metaphysician. Looks very good: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Thank you so much!

Artworks, technical artefacts, and a few other things: a fresh Aristotelian approach - Synthese I advance an Aristotelian approach by which we shall find a unified account of technical artefacts and artworks. The unification is conceptually available to Aristotle not because he does not have a s...

I am very pleased that my paper “Artworks, Technical Artefacts, and a Few Other Things: A Fresh Aristotelian Approach” is now published in Synthese! This is my first publication outside ancient philosophy or history of philosophy, so I am particularly satisfied. And it’s Open Access.

It’s called pregnancy

I feel you. Part of my family is Greek but I’m an ancient philosophy scholar and the latter soul always wins

Paolini Musetti! Also curious to see Światek Ruud

More on Greed.
Next week in Bergen!

Ancient philosophy people are so great at labels.

Seeking advice from colleagues and friends #classicssky, #ancientsky: the press that has recently published by book is now asking me to sign a AI addendum that would allow them to include the volume in future AI licensing deals. 1/2

I didn’t sign it, but I also don’t care about boosting the impact of the book.

No, we are dying like mamma Siglinde

She is a hero