Remember: always thank the anonymous reviewer. That way readers know they shouldn’t blame you.

Do you want to Exec Committee Member of the Aristotelian Society?

We are looking for 3 more committee members to join us as of September 2026. More information available in the link below.

Deadline: Friday 27th March 2026.

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A referee once told me that the empirical work attempted in my paper is done more seriously elsewhere.

My paper attempted no empirical work.

This is happening at 18.15 tonight in Senate House!

The Myth of the Informed Citizen What "Public Opinion" Still Teaches Us About Democracy

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“For the real environment is altogether too big, too complex, and too fleeting for direct acquaintance."

Walter Lippmann was right. And because the world is too big and complex, I’ve tried to assemble key passages from his 1922 book, "Public Opinion," that capture why it matters today.

Link below.

Great cover!

Few things make me more despairing about the credibility and future of academic philosophy than reading certain referee reports.

Yes, there definitely are. Including the two discussed in my post, which are great books.

Yep.

I'm very sympathetic with sortition, but Cristina Lafont's book, Democracy Without Shortcuts, provides some really interesting and compelling objections, too. It's one of the best things I've read on the topic.

Why Not Lottocracy? Democracy Without Elections

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Should we ditch elections, cancel politicians, and hand over decision-making power to a small and randomly selected group of fellow citizens?

Here I review the case for and against two proposals: Alex Guerrero’s “lottocracy” and Hélène Landemore’s “open democracy.”

Link in first comment.

Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Special Issue Call for Abstracts: The journal Midwest Studies in Philosophy is putting together a special volume on Political Epistemology. The issue will feature invited contributions from scholars such as Alex Gu...

Michael (@michaelhannon.bsky.social) and I are putting together a Special Issue on Political Epistemology for Midwest Studies. Deadline for the CFA is October 31, 2025.

More details here! philevents.org/event/show/1...

Please share with others who might be interested :)

I love a good epigraph.

Issues | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume | Oxford Academic The official journal of the Aristotelian Society. Publishes the papers read at the Society?s fortnightly meetings in London, covering a range of philosophical issues, including: Epistemology, Philosop...

The Supplementary Volume of the PAS 2025 is finally out!! Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian... #philsky @aristotsoc.bsky.social

Aristotelian Society Virtual Issue: Michael Dummett Centenary Guest edited by Professor Ian Rumfitt, Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford. Introduction Michael Dum

Happy 100th birthday to Michael Dummett! Dummett was born on 27th June 1925. To mark the occasion, the Aristotelian Society have put together a special virtue issue celebrating his contributions to the Society over his lifetime. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

Next Monday 16th June we've got Sarah McGrath from Princeton coming to chat to us about: 'What (if anything) is moral experience?' #philosophy

⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June
📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House
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If you work in Political Epistemology, consider submitting to this Call for Abstracts for a special issue of Midwest Studies in Philosophy.

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ESEARCH!

"Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference"

@michaelhannon.bsky.social challenges the claim that marginalised individuals possess unique epistemic advantages regarding oppression.

Read:https://tinyurl.com/ypu8xut2

#philosophy #deference #standpoint #epistemology

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So proud of @michaelhannon.bsky.social for receiving a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship! ✨ Even though he’d prefer he were still early career…

Project: “Lies of the Electorate: The Role of Insincere Discourse in Politics”

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Woke up to this. Huzzah!

I am pleased to inform you that your submission "Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference" has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies.

PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds) .

Tomorrow (Thursday) 4:30pm in Senate House, London.

PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds)

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Friendship with the Ancients by Helen De Cruz YouTube video by Cambridge University Press

We're delighted share this video about @helendecruz.net's fantastic article, "Friendship with the Ancients," which was published by the Journal of the American Philosophical Association.

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@apaphilosophy.bsky.social

Article here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....

The Practical Origins of Ideas by Queloz.

Interested in writing applied epistemology for a public-facing audience? Apply to be part of our new working group! It'll meet four times over the summer, followed by a capstone in-person event here at UNC in September facilitated by Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Details here:
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Moral Understanding and Moral Motivation | Alison Hills (Oxford) .

This Thursday Alison Hills (Oxford) will be talking about "Moral Understanding and Moral Motivation" at the PPE series in London. Join us!

📍Senate House (Room 243)
🕐 4:30pm
🗓️ March 20

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Do We Know Anything About Politics? Political Humility in the Age of Polarization

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Two months ago, I launched a blog on Political Epistemology, and I've been thoroughly enjoying the writing process. I just published my fifth article, exploring Political Skepticism and Humility.

Link in the comments.

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

University administrations are largely a scam and should be sized down.