I’m one of the coauthors of this new SEP entry on early modern rationalism, having truly broken bad from my empiricist roots plato.stanford.edu/entries/rati... #philosophy

Computer Network Simulations and Early Modern Intellectual Networks The Case of Margaret Cavendish and the Royal Society

📣 📨 New on The Computational Philosopher: a post on Margaret Cavendish and counterfactual knowledge transfer in 17th-century intellectual networks, using simulations built on the Six Degrees of Francis Bacon dataset. @peterwest23.bsky.social
🔗👉 computationalphilosopher.substack.com/p/computer-n...

Hopefully it was clear that I think it's an excellent book!

Readable text available at link in post

Peter West reviews Andreas Vrahimis's book Bergsonism and the History of Analytic Philosophy in #HOPOS.

Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Richard Pettigrew's (@wiglet1981.bsky.social) 2026 Daniel C. Dennett Lecture is now up on youtube!

'Doomsday plane' performs exercises in Fresno, stoking fears as war escalates A Boeing E-6B Mercury, or 'Doomsday Plane,' was seen performing exercises near Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Sunday.

Feels like the wartime equivalent of watching the 6 foot + striker who's only good for one thing warming up on the sidelines

www.latimes.com/california/s...

So much AI AI is ubiquitous.

New substack on (sigh) AI: peterwest1.substack.com/p/so-much-ai

Vague and contradictory Trump says Iran war ‘won’, but not ‘won enough’ After oil prices surged on Monday the US president sought – and failed – to offer a clear vision for when the largest US intervention in the Middle East in years will end

'Won', but not 'won enough' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Other ways of doing philosophy "there's got to be a better way!"

New substack post: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Susan Stebbing on Logic and Analysis This volume contains new scholarly essays on the work of Susan Stebbing and offers fresh perspectives on logic and the philosophy of science

'Susan Stebbing on Logic and Analysis' (ed. S. Chapman) is now out in the Philosophers in Depth series. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology 2026 Join us in Room 224/226, Devon House.

The Daniel C. Dennett Lecture at Northeastern University London, with Richard Pettigrew (@wiglet1981.bsky.social) is this Thursday!

Find more information and register to attend here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-daniel...

🚨 Three week alert! 🚨

On February 19th, Richard Pettigrew will deliver the Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture & Technology at Northeastern University London

Lecture title:'Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education'

Register online/in-person here: tinyurl.com/yc6uax8s

#philosophy

Check out our brand new Virtual Special Issue: "Ten Women Presidents of The Aristotelian Society"

The first ten Inaugural Addresses delivered by the first ten women Presidents of the Aristotelian Society, from 1930-2001.

academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

#philosophy

New AI-Generated Content Derived from Your Work Posted on Academia.Edu “By making any Member Content available through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Academia.edu a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-...

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/new...

too many 'noisy words' out there, everyone quieten down

ok not to be a philosophy asshole but what does Mr. Jones think preparation is?

I attended the Northern Seminar in Late Modern Philosophy last year and it was excellent - do submit especially if you have ideas for work on women in the 'late modern' era

#philosophy #philsky

Ellie Robson (@philosophellie.bsky.social) and I edited a new virtual special issue of the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 'Ten Women Presidents of the Aristotelian Society'

10 papers from the first 10 women to be president of the AS are all available open access here:

tinyurl.com/ufy9ncn9

We're really excited to have Richard deliver our second annual Daniel C. Dennett lecture in Culture and Technology at Northeastern University London

@northeasternu.bsky.social
@nulondonphilos.bsky.social

More info/registration (online and in-person) here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-daniel...

Aeon is featuring an article I wrote on Margaret Macdonald’s idea that a good philosophical theory is like a good story for #worldphilosophyday

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It’s Bernard Mandeville week this week, inspired by @johnjocallanan.bsky.social

A paper of mine has been ‘rewritten‘ (presumably by AI) and ‘published’ on a bogus journal:

thechitranshacadmic.in/wp-content/u...

Needless to say that is not a real paper by me, even though it has my name and email on it. Has this happened to anyone else?

@dailynous.com

#philosophy #philsky

Join us on Mon. Oct. 27 ~ 3pm ET / 7pm UK!
"On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science"

Why women were excluded from these disciplines?
What are the challenges of recovering their work?
What's so important about historical narratives centering on women?
#Philosophy

Register free:

This is happening on Monday!

Christoph and I will be discussing his book - and responses to it including Tim’s - at a book launch on October 28th in London, here at the @nulondonphilos.bsky.social campus!

That's great!!

When a student comes to show you what they are currently reading. Boom! #Impact @peterwest23.bsky.social @inparenthesis.bsky.social #womeninphilosophy #philsky #DorothyEmmet #WomenAtTheDawnOfAnalyticPhilosophy @uniwinchester.bsky.social

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On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy and Science

Looking forward to participating in this conversation about the role of women in science and philosophy, past and present, on October 27th with @cescapeacock.bsky.social and @jennmpark.bsky.social #womeninSTEM www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/on-th...