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@zoedrayson.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Cognitive Science at UC Davis. Philosophical Shark Jumper ยฎ๏ธ ๐Ÿฆˆ

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Strong alt-text game, as always!

05.08.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nah, all the dudes I reject at conferences will ensure that my bitch reputation persists ๐Ÿ˜‰

04.08.2025 19:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm on both summer break and sabbatical yet somehow advising an undergraduate student in an independent study, because I fell at the same hurdle

04.08.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dude looks like he handles rejection well. What a feminist.

04.08.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up Three Times. Hereโ€™s Where It Happened We kept coming back for more.

Spoiler: it was an annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association. Article does not mention if players were weak or strong.

04.08.2025 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 63    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Photograph of the entryway of a home with William Morris wallpaper and a William Morris rug

Photograph of the entryway of a home with William Morris wallpaper and a William Morris rug

Full disclosure: I am their target demographic ๐Ÿ˜†

04.08.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œHave nothing in your houses that you do not know to be expensive or believe to be signifying your social status.โ€ Thatโ€™s what he said, right? ๐Ÿ˜‰

04.08.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I came here to say: read Crane's The Mechanical Mind for a discussion of this!

04.08.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Phew ๐Ÿ˜…

03.08.2025 18:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ugh, autocorrect. Lande*

03.08.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was about to jump to Kevin Lanceโ€™s defense when I realized you meant the other Aeon article

03.08.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d watch the shit out of Bayeswatch, where Pamela Anderson confounds her fellow lifeguards by being able to figure out whoโ€™s probably in danger.

03.08.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The ex-Harvard professor โ€˜off the leashโ€™ on the trans debate Jimmy Doyle, a British academic who taught philosophy, says transgender rights have provoked โ€˜the most obvious social contagion since the Childrenโ€™s Crusadeโ€™

This one? www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

03.08.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No I am not Alex Rails it was a very long time ago ๐Ÿ˜

02.08.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The first time I watched this was with a philosopher I was dating but sort-of-cheating on with another philosopher. I was feeling awkward enough but then my professorโ€™s face appeared on screen as if to judge me further.

02.08.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tramp stamp of the square of opposition

02.08.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cider slushies are amazing.

02.08.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The world will never be post-Aidan

01.08.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be clear, Iโ€™m fairly confident Guy didnโ€™t write that. I just like hurling accusations. ๐Ÿ˜†

01.08.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Your Daily Nous piece went viral ๐Ÿ˜†

01.08.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jezebel is Alex Rails??

01.08.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

has Usher ever read The Fall of the House of Usher or do you think he is too scared

31.07.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 699    ๐Ÿ” 134    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

JS Mackie (1977) Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong - literally has an argument from queerness!

01.08.2025 03:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Should we be reporting this to your grad advisor?

31.07.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I read this whole thread before realizing it was about the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and not the Irish Republican Army ๐Ÿฅฒ

31.07.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or maybe - hear me out - David Barack is avoiding social media right now because he is Alex Rails

31.07.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks to @okaydaniellle.bsky.social for the investigative work. Now we don't need to add this as one of the fundamental mysteries of contemporary philosophy to this week's list by @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social

31.07.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Word is he's been the victim of some scam/hack and will be back soon

31.07.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where has David Barack gone? I wanted to recommend Uriah Kriegel's 2011 book 'The Sources of Intentionality' as explicitly putting forward an adverbialist theory of propositional attitudes, but his Bluesky account has disappeared...

31.07.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"the metaphysics of belief might look very different than the
semantics of belief ascriptions" *applause*

31.07.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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