"We lack a clear understanding of how regret impacts wellbeing. Before invoking the risk of regret to steer decision-making, we must scrutinize the widespread aversion to making regrettable choices and the intuition that we fare poorly when we regret."
“You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.”
― Jodi Picoult
#AcWri #AmWriting #WritingSky #AcademicSky
"Research policy should reward cumulative knowledge-building, not only novelty."
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University students need emotional support as well as intellectual challenge
🗃️From the archive: "Habits can be picked up at any stage of life, but when it comes to academic writing, your formative years can be influential."
#AcWri #AcademicSky
"If we want philosophy to be genuinely global, just, and conducive to the pursuit of truth, we need to be more aware of the invisible labor that many NNES philosophers invest to be heard, and more willing to challenge the structures that may keep them quiet."
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dailynous.com/2025/09/24/t...
Science Without Trust
#philsky #philosophyofscience #academicstudies
Why does having a cover for your book make it feel more official? Thrilled to share mine for Civil Blood: Vendetta Violence and the Civic Elites in Early Modern Italy out Nov 15 with @cornellupress.bsky.social This book has some things to say about the intersections between violence and statecraft.
Advice for surviving your PhD dissertation
Tips for each step of researching, writing, and refining a PhD dissertation
#academicwriting #academia
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/advic...
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[💬 A delightful introduction to seven tips for concise writing]
“Three years into my PhD, I had collected so many rejections, I could have started a bonfire big enough to see from outer space. Not the cute, motivational kind of rejection that makes for inspiring LinkedIn posts either.”
"Ambiguity is not always a problem to be solved. Sometimes, it is what makes a concept worth measuring at all"
Igor Martins explores 'how metrics shape not only how knowledge is evaluated but how it is formed'
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
An annoying reader, actually, in search of every possible weakness
What to call yourself
The single most important thing I want students to learn about academic writing is that your paper is not a mystery novel! Please state your results right there in the introduction! 🕵️♀️ #amGrading #academicWriting #academicChatter #ice515
Stress vs. burnout
#academics #academicsky
Have you ever wondered what “counts” as plagiarism? What about self-plagiarism? You can learn about both at apastyle.apa.org/style-gramma..., which also includes a link to our free Avoiding Plagiarism Guide (PDF).
#APAStyle #APA7 #plagiarism #AcademicWriting
Intellectual Virtues Online – Part 1
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blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
At Aretea Academic, we engage deeply and meaningfully with authors, driving impactful collaborations that amplify their voices and elevate their ideas. Our process begins with a thorough exploration of the author's intentions to grasp the unique nuances behind their insights.
New paper, out today: In the twisted fairytale of human agency, irrational beliefs are the unlikely heroes. Open access in Society link.springer.com/ar... #philsky #philpsy
Build empathy with your students – and grow as an academic
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/build...
“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shovelling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
― Shannon Hale
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Immanuel #Kant was born 301 years ago today. Last year's tricentennial conference in Bonn was originally planned to be in Kant's hometown of Kaliningrad (né Königsberg). We sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to find out how modern-day Kantians dealt with today's politics: youtu.be/GfMd97hMGPM
it may not be the best way to work with a looming and impossible deadline, but it's very satisfying to spend a really long time getting one paragraph just right
The nine "Cs" of academic writing and editing: clarity, coherence, conciseness, correctness, concreteness, consistency, completeness, credibility, and courtesy.
Do you ever sometimes read something and say to yourself, “I recognize this to be philosophy, and even in the same vein as my interests, and I understand every word, and its grammatical, but, alas, I still have no idea what this is trying to say?”
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