Just wanted to share this wonderful news: The Lebowitz Prize went to aesthetics for the first time in its history. Congratulations to @domlopes.bsky.social and Samantha! I can't wait to see what they do together!
www.pbk.org/2025-lebowit...
APA member Ori Simchen's (UBC) research was cited in a recent Supreme Court decision on gun regulation.
Blog post about Aesthetic Injustice. https://epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/01/aesthetic-injustice-epistemic-injustice.html
Rubinoff Sculpture Park, Hornby Island.
It’s not just the password, but the username too. And orcid only sometimes helps.
Abair amadan!
Saw this walking Marco today, and thought it was clever. Then discovered it’s too clever for X.
Please let students know about the upcoming Undergrad Phil Conf at SUU!
Deadline: Jan 9.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
The APA is pleased to announce that Sally Haslanger of MIT has been selected as the winner of the 2024 Quinn Prize. Congratulations! @MITphilosophy https://www.apaonline.org/2024prizes-f#quinn_prize
Prince Edward County.
Are adorable messages painted on small stones a thing everywhere, or just the west end of Vancouver?
UBC Main Mall this morning.
Join the #GivingTuesday movement and celebrate 125 years of philosophical excellence! Donate now: www.apaonline.org/donations/do...
That is the perfect portrait of referee number 2.
Just attended a ceremony at UBC where the wonderful Sarah Polley was made an honorary doctor. She admitted in her address that she suffers from terrible stage fright. Talk about facing your demons!
Absolutely delightful essay that unfolds a mystery about a painting into a story of a man and how history is written.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Et pour les lecteurs français, la traduction de Beyond Art. Vous la trouverez chez Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
Discount code for my new book, Aesthetic Injustice.
The hemispheric terms are not useful though. East and south Asian traditions are so different, philosophy in the tradition originating in Europe is not confined to a “western” hemisphere. I use “Euro” philosophy to refer to that tradition, including its offshoots around the world.
We speak of “eighteenth-century philosophy.” It’s not monolithic either, but it can be a serviceable category.
