Not sure it's the norm, but both places I've worked at now have courses like this. At St Andrews, one also called "Reading Philosophy", and at Glasgow one called "Doing Philosophy" (which we started this year).
First year logic class is *really* short.
JOB! I'm hiring a Senior Research Associate in Social and Political Philosophy as part of the ERC LEAD Project.
Deadline is May 3rd, and candidates would ideally begin in September 2026 or asap after.
Feel free to contact me with any questions - Share widely!
www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
Cool paper. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I disagree! My co-authors and I have another paper forthcoming where we address some of these points.
My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently."
Microsoft: LOL
Exeter’s got a two-year teaching stint for someone into philosophy of data and related - the job’s pretty plush as far as non-permanent ones go - and Exeter is an amazing place to do this kind of philosophy - please pass around! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ094/l... #philsci
Weirdest error (that I've spotted so far) that Springer's proof editor has introduced to my recently accepted paper: changing "Saturday" to "Saturd".
What's the deal with that? #Academia
NEW: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative?
Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn gas & power prices for good
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Astrophysicist @adambecker.bsky.social dispels the ridiculous idea of data centers in space on our latest episode of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000. This was such a fun conversation. Check out episode 73: "Data Centers in Space!?”
(with @emilymbender.bsky.social)
The paper just got accepted. So now I have no complaints with this process!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFDc...
got inspired by some questions from phd students the other day — and also really irritated by senior academics who seem to refuse to get the issues and continue to blame students; hope useful for you! 🩷
olivia.science/cheating
Humanitarian Regime Change?
In our latest post, @jamespattison.bsky.social criticises the humanitarian rhetoric used in the justification of the ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Iran.
Feels like it might be time to suspend the USA team from the World Cup this year.
One I think I would have included: Family (TNG).
As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter
It's depressing that this is news. Grow up. It's a statue.
Unfortunately not - only for the invited speakers and commentors.
I'm organising a workshop in Glasgow in May, about how people should respond to ethically tainted sporting events. I've just made a PhilEvents page. If you've got any questions about it, send me an email!
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#PhilSky #PhilosophyOfSport #Ethics #Boycotts
Final plug for my workshop 'Friendship, and Friendship with the Morally Bad' featuring superstars of bluesky @drjoeslater.bsky.social and @lopezcantero.bsky.social. More details. and registration information, can be found here: philevents.org/event/show/1... #philosophy #philsky
I've seen a huge number of Labour ads for today's by-election (despite living nowhere near). They've been absolutely disgraceful. From cynical claims about electoral calculus to outright smears, they should be ashamed. Hope the Greens batter them. #GortonAndDenton #ByElection
Picture of BBC News, with a reporter. Sign above says "Chevy Chase".
Chevy Chase doesn't look how I remember.
Two stories next to each other: from CNN 'Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop Al guardrails', and from New Scientist: 'Als can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations Leading Als from OpenAl, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases'
Just leaving these two stories next to each other.:
'AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations' & 'Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop AI guardrails'
www.newscientist.com/article/2516... edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/t...
Had the same thought when I saw both of those today. What a world.
And just like that, I was converted back to Firefox.
I made a philosophy cryptic crossword for our postgrad reading party last week. A few people asked about it, so I shared it with @dailynous.com, and it's now available on the Heap of Links: dailynous.com/wp-content/u...
So if you're a special kind of nerd, check it out!
#PhilSky #CrypticCrossword
Man united players warming up.
Football tonight. Come on United! (Quietly, as I'm in the Everton stands.)
