#Philosophy

The internet sucks for women. It’s not just obvious harassment and hate. It’s also the hostile, subtle, passive-aggressive misogynistic conversation tactics used by men — mansplaining, microaggressions, sealioning, gaslighting, endles
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I’ve joined a theoretical biology lab (but still focused on reproduction!) for my postdoc and as part of that dive more into philosophy of biology. We discussed this paper (with
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While the famed image of a centaur is the most recognizable depiction of Sagittarius, for medieval Muslim astrologers this zodiac had hidden depths. A thread on Sagittarius in astrology from
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I have a lot of disagreements with @slatestarcodex, but this is genuinely one of the best essays I’ve ever read about death and personal autonomy:https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/07/17/who-by-very-slow-decay/ The only thing that beats
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I want to explore this crucial insight in more depth.The Doxastic Division of Labour THREAD: https://twitter.com/MyBetaMod/status/1336989558228078599 'Doxastic' is a philosophical term meaning 'relating to an individual's be
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Short thread from Pope St Paul VI."The moral, spiritual and religious supports of the past too often give way without securing in return any guarantee of a place in the
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Jupiter will make its 3/4 square to Uranus Sunday at 1:45 pm pst.We have been feeling this for a couple weeks now but the climax of this powerful aspect is
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"Where is the GOP? Where are the Republicans" on this vandalism/statue/icon destruction?" you ask.2) I'll tell you where.3) For over 30 years, since Reagan's influence waned, we have raised a
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Just finished re-reading this and I have some thoughts: @roderickgraham @DrBretAlderman @sclouse2 1/ For many, “lived experience” is a trendy term that has spurious and ambiguous definitions. Husserl was
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Let's talk about ADHD, Academia, and taking breaks. Before I get started, I want to be clear about this up front: academia's culture of productivity and constant demand that we
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The propensity of many Sikhs (I’ve noticed prominently in the diaspora) to highlight genetics and race in their understanding of Sikh martial heritage underlines a really poor understanding of social
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On #HolocaustRemembranceDay I'd like to share one of the most moving stories of Jewish resistance that I've heard. One of those resistance stories is the story of Henryk Goldszmit,
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“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”-
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In my 2nd edition of "Best Threads on Twitter," I introduce: @mkobach! His content on social media and his webinar singlehandedly transformed my strategy on Twitter and led to one
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A man who hails from both Eastern Europe and American wrote this great message to me last week, it’s worth sharing to show the differences between the two extremes.Here is...THREAD
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Two months ago, @JeremyDarlow and I got together to discuss athlete marketing in the NIL era of collegiate sports.The need for athlete brand-planning, education and measurement has many athletic departments
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