TODAY: Mon. Apr. 20 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"AI and the Digital: The AI Con"
Emily Bender and Alex Hanna with Audrey Borowski.
Thinking that AI will take over the world or put authors and artists out of business is a symptom of AI hype.
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/ai-an...
Sunday read:
"Queer"
Finn Mackay blends history, activism, and theory to unpack the complexity of "queer" as both identity and critique and call for renewed attention to language, power, and the importance of challenging marginalizing systems.
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/the-new...
Is AI going to take over the world?
Is it going to put authors, artists, and others out of business?
Are we entering an age where computers are better than humans at everything?
Can AI actually think?
#Philosophy
Join us Mon. Apr. 20 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
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#Philosophy #AI #Technology
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Check out Emily Bender's book, "The AI Con" and hope to see you on Monday! thecon.ai
Coming up: Mon. Apr. 20 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"AI and the Digital: The AI Con"
Emily Bender and Alex Hanna with Audrey Borowski
Does AI hype help the rich get richer by justifying data theft, motivating surveillance capitalism and devaluing human creativity?
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/ai-an...
TODAY!! Tues. Apr. 14 ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK
"Letter Writing as a Way of Thinking"
Chi Rainer Bornfree and Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan will help us explore the potential of the epistolary form for writing and thinking!!
Still a few spots left!
#Philosophy
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TODAY! Mon. Apr. 13 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"Melancholic Life"
Jonathan C. Williams with Joshua Bartlett on melancholia as a solitary protest against exploitative features of social life, including global commerce and print capitalism.
Register free!
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/melan...
Sunday read
"We Do Not Know What Thinking Is: Five Heideggerian Statements"
Grant Farred examines Heidegger's paradoxical claim that we don't know what thinking is, but can recognize when we're NOT thinking; thinking emerges through speaking.
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/we-do-n...
Writing Workshop: Tues. Apr. 14 ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK
There are still a few seats left for this 90 minute workshop on tackling problems of voice and narration through a shift to epistolary writing to connect memoir and philosophy.
#Philosophy #Writing
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Melancholic social criticism persists even when there's little hope. Melancholic expression can reveal resonances to medical, religious, poetic, and philosophical language as well as 18th C. thinkers.
Join us Mon. Apr. 13 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
#Philosophy
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TODAY! Thurs. April 9th ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK
Ask the Philosopher
Members of the Editorial Team will be joined by Michael Bavidge and Michael Spicher!
Submit any questions in advance to thephilosopher1923@gmail.com and register for free:
#Philosophy
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Join us Mon. Apr. 13 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"Melancholic Life"
Jonathan C. Williams with Joshua Bartlett
How the 18th c. character of minimal efficacy was pivotal for understanding political possibilities that might follow from a melancholic feeling. And...
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/melan...
Coming up next Tues. Apr. 14 ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK
Join two authors for this 90-minute workshop:
"Letter Writing as a Way of Thinking"
When the art of listening is rare, addressing a specific person can transform how--and why--we write.
#Philosophy
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
On philosophy: spring/summer 2026. Events are free via zoom, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK April 13- On Melancholy - Jonathan Williams April 20- AI and the Digital: the AI Con - Emily Bender & Alex Hanna April 27- Data Equals - Colin Koopman May 4, June 1, and July 6- The Philosopher and the News - Alexis Papazoglou May 1 - Philosophies of the South: Decolonizing Knowledge - Radha D'Souza May 18- Gilbert Simondon's Philosophy - Cecile Malaspina May 25- Philosophies of the South: (De)bordering the human - Nandita Shamra Twahirwa June 8- Philosophies of the South: On Indigenous Inhumanities - Mark Minch-de Leon June 15- Towards a Critical Theory of Finance - Paul North June 22- AI and the Digital: Data Equals - Audrey Borowski June 29- Philosophies of the South: Decolonizing the Self: Learning Land, Unlearning Empire - Leny Mendoza Strobel & S. Lily Mendoza July 13- Schopenhauer: Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist - David Bather Woods Information and registration at thephilosopher1923.org/events
Announcing: On Philosophy: Spring/Summer 2026
Events are free via Zoom, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK
featuring Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Jonathan Williams, Emily Bender, Alex Hanna, Colin Koopman, Radha D'Souza, Cecile Malaspina, Nandita Sharma, and so many more!
#Philosophy #PhilEvents
Coming up: Thurs. April 9th ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK
Ask the Philosopher
Members of the Editorial Team will be joined by Michael Bavidge and Michael Spicher!
Submit any questions in advance to thephilosopher1923@gmail.com
See you Thursday!
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/groups-class...
Sunday read:
"On Being and Appearing: Social Reproduction and the Family Form"
Tatiana Llaguno advances a Marxist feminist claim that the family is the capitalist form of appearance of unwaged reproductive labour.
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/on-bein...
Writing Workshop!
Explore writing to another person to add emotional depth, intellectual clarity, and addictive urgency to your prose. Solve problems of voice and narration by focusing on who is listening.
Tues. Apr. 14 ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK
#Philosophy
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
Coming up: Thurs. April 9th ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK
Ask the Philosopher
Members of the Editorial Team will be joined by Michael Bavidge and Michael Spicher!
Submit any questions in advance to thephilosopher1923@gmail.com
See you Thursday!
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/groups-class...
#Philosophy #PhilEvent #Writing #Literature #CreativeWriting
Have a look at the presents' book, and we hope to see you at the workshop! www.alephbookcompany.com/book/the-end...
Workshop Coming up: Tues. Apr. 14 ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK
"Letter Writing as a Way of Thinking"
Chi Rainer Bornfree and Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan
Addressing a specific person can transform how and why we write. Explore the potential of the epistolary form!!
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
TODAY: Mon. Mar. 30 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"Philosophies of the South: Towards Pluralistic Decolonial Humanisms"
Nelson Maldonado-Torres in conversation with Felwine Sarr
Join us to rethink the human beyond the limits of colonial modernity!
#Philosophy
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/philo...
If you are interested in hearing me talk more about my book, the recording of this session I did with Alexis Papazoglou on The Philosophy is now up on Youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-1R...
The video is up in case you missed the talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-1R...
ICYMI: "Habermas and the Public Sphere"
Peter J. Verovšek and Alexis Papazoglou
discuss what Habermas means by the public sphere, its political role, philosophy's role, public intellectualism, and critiquing Habermas.
Please like & subcribe!
#Philosophy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-1R...
Sunday read:
"Marx's Materialism and the Critique of Philosophy"
Andrés Saenz de Sicilia on Marx's break from philosophy to prioritize lived reality over abstract thought and move toward a grasping and changing the conditions of existence.
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What would it mean to rethink the human beyond the limits of colonial modernity?
How do we turn over a new leaf?
How can we reimagine humanity, community, and our relationship to the planet?
Join us Mon. Mar. 30 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
#philosophy #PhilEvent
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/philo...
Just a few spots left!!
THIS Saturday, March 28 ~ 10am ET / 2pm UK
"Beyond Comment Culture: The Socratic Method for Better Judgment"
Michael Spicher's 3-hour workshop on the history and application of the method.
#Philosophy #SocraticMethod
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#Philosophy #Decolonialism #Humanism #Ecology #Environment #FrantzFanon
Have a look at Nelson Maldonado-Torres' "Combative Decoloniality and the Abolition of the Humanities," and we hope to see you on Monday! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
Coming up: Mon. Mar. 30 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"Towards Pluralistic Decolonial Humanisms"
Nelson Maldonado-Torres with Felwine Sarr
How philosophies emerging from histories of colonialism might help reimagine humanity and our relationship to the planet.
www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/philo...