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Richard Pettigrew

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Philosopher at University of Bristol πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ he/him https://richardpettigrew.com/ Books: Epistemic Risk and the Demands of Rationality | Choosing for Changing Selves | Dutch Book Arguments | Accuracy and the Laws of Credence | Who Are Universities For?

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Grey cat sticks her head foolishly through the banisters

Grey cat sticks her head foolishly through the banisters

Grey cat balances precariously on the banister

Grey cat balances precariously on the banister

good afternoon

19.10.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Abstract of Birch, PrΓ©cis of The Edge of Sentience.

Abstract of Birch, PrΓ©cis of The Edge of Sentience.

It sounds silly but this new prΓ©cis of The Edge of Sentience is one of my favourite pieces of my own writing. Yes, it's true, you could get chatGPT to summarize my book (and it's open access, so you literally could) - but I do it better! www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/animsent/vol...

16.10.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

When people used to ask on Twitter which historical figure would have been a main character there most often, it always struck me Pierre Bayle was the clear choice

16.10.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/uncollected-writings-9780198927570?cc=gb&lang=en&

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/uncollected-writings-9780198927570?cc=gb&lang=en&

Officially published today! Link in Alt Text.

(Fifth book with my name on (including new editions) published in the last two years, but who’s counting?)

16.10.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Then I present my favoured account, which adapts Rachel Fraser’s account of the wrong of aesthetic injustice. I argue that this allows us to see that certain putative stock examples of testimonial injustices in fact do not fall under the concept.

16.10.2025 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Abstract: In this paper, I aim to identify the wrong that is done by the hearer to the testifier in all cases of testimonial injustice. I introduce the concept of testimonial injustice, as well as the existing accounts of this characteristic wrong, and I argue that the latter don’t work.

16.10.2025 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What is the characteristic wrong of testimonial injustice?* Abstract. In this paper, I aim to identify the wrong that is done by the hearer to the testifier in all cases of testimonial injustice. I introduce the con

This is now out in the special issue of The Philosophical Quarterly on epistemic injustice that Mona Simion edited.

What is the characteristic wrong of testimonial injustice?

academic.oup.com/pq/article/7...

16.10.2025 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

bro just assume the axiom of choice it's fine

16.10.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

they're doing real philosophy of math over on stancilsky

16.10.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
Note on garden wall reading β€˜free quince from our garden’

Note on garden wall reading β€˜free quince from our garden’

unclear why quince is imprisoned in their garden in the first place

15.10.2025 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

[in mary poppins court]
clerk:call the witness for the prosecution
*spoonful of sugar walks in*
medicine: oh, shit

13.10.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The Uncanny Valet

11.10.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 391    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

10.10.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 22542    πŸ” 4491    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 78
Orange cat stares haughtily at the camera with a magnificent ringed tail wrapped about his feet. The sky is blue, the sun bright, and he has recently supped on some kibble from an indulgent shopkeeper.

Orange cat stares haughtily at the camera with a magnificent ringed tail wrapped about his feet. The sky is blue, the sun bright, and he has recently supped on some kibble from an indulgent shopkeeper.

Corfu cat

11.10.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge win for Blofeld

10.10.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

10.10.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3884    πŸ” 791    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 8

Yabba and Doo seem plausible to me in a way that Dabba does not.

09.10.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2
Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

β€œA second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

08.10.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 15974    πŸ” 2804    πŸ’¬ 234    πŸ“Œ 117

Turns out the trick is:

Step 1: come to Albania
Step 2: sit in town square
Step 3: profit

09.10.2025 06:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tiny kitten approaches

Tiny kitten approaches

Tiny kitten meows terrifyingly

Tiny kitten meows terrifyingly

Small? Yes. Fearsome? Also, yes.

09.10.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tabby cat with one paw forward in the middle of the Magic To Do routine from Pippin

Tabby cat with one paw forward in the middle of the Magic To Do routine from Pippin

SarandΓ« cat performs Fosse dance routine

08.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A kinda related story: My grandfather played the lotto every week and the morning after a draw he and his buds would go to the convenience store where they bought tickets and check their numbers together over coffee. Then word came that someone had bought the winning ticket from that store. 1/

08.10.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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I talk about this a bit in my review of Laurie’s book in Mind, where I’m a bit sceptical. But I don’t know of anyone who’s pursued it positively drive.google.com/file/d/1StGY...

08.10.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Shostakovich saw Jesus Christ Superstar and then bemoaned he never wrote anything like it

07.10.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 415    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

apparently Wyatt Earp could have watched a Disney cartoon while eating a cheeseburger

08.10.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you have an inkling you might win a Nobel prize, do you feel some urge to ensure you’re in a really noteworthy inaccessible place when it’s announced so you’ve got a good story about getting the news. β€˜So, it was as our submersible rose from the Mariana Trench when my phone started pinging…’

08.10.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Tolkien could have listened to the first five Black Sabbath albums.

07.10.2025 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 802    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 22

Sorry I’m late for work. I was briefly the prime minister of France…

06.10.2025 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Isn’t it wonderful? Had a really lovely day there and at Perast, which also hosted multiple glorious cats

05.10.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Mysterious black cat sitting on a wall with old town roofs in the background, clearly enjoying the limelight as Halloween approaches

Mysterious black cat sitting on a wall with old town roofs in the background, clearly enjoying the limelight as Halloween approaches

Tabby cat hunched and sitting on a wall with old town roofs in the background.

Tabby cat hunched and sitting on a wall with old town roofs in the background.

Half tabby half orange face with tail like a lemur’s curled in front of them. Looking expectantly but in vain at my pizza slice (out of shot)

Half tabby half orange face with tail like a lemur’s curled in front of them. Looking expectantly but in vain at my pizza slice (out of shot)

Orange and white cat poised to leap

Orange and white cat poised to leap

Kotor promised cats, and Kotor delivered

05.10.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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