We have another PhD position opening at Umeå. This time with a connection to 'ethics in teacher education'. This can be construed broadly so projects in e.g. social epistemology (like trust and testimony) likely count as long as there is a clear connection to ethics and education. Ad posted below:

Just refereed AI slop for the first time. Great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

I'm told the deadline for this has been officially extended from.thr 6th to the 16th of March.

Andy Peet@andypeet.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We have an open PhD position at Umeå. Current deadline is March 6th which is pretty soon. S Please send this to any promising students who might be interested - especially if they are into the sort of stuff we do at Umeå. Here is the link: www.umu.se/en/work-with...

We have an open PhD position at Umeå. Current deadline is March 6th which is pretty soon. S Please send this to any promising students who might be interested - especially if they are into the sort of stuff we do at Umeå. Here is the link: www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Doctoral student in philosophy

umu.se

Getting Reddit ads for Mensa. Not sure whether to be complemented that the algorithm thinks I'm smart, or insulted that it thinks I'm the sort of weirdo who cares about their IQ (I have a staggeringly low IQ btw).

I especially recommend this for people fleeing dysfunctional higher ed systems in the U.S. and UK. Things seem to run (comparatively) well here.

Andy Peet@andypeet.bsky.social · last yr.

www.umu.se/en/work-with...

We're hiring at Umeå. The position is full professor - but don't be intimidated by the professor title - you don't have to be fancy to apply. I'd say anyone with a potentially tenureable CV has a shot (obviously fanciness is a bonus). Area is pretty open. For details see ad below:

Anyone written on presupposition failures in truthmaker semantics? Here is the issue I'm trying to understand:.....

Has anybody ever come up with a remotely compelling response to Enoch's "Schmagency" argument?

I remember Ted Sider's logic book getting a lot of hate from logicians when it came out. Can anyone remember why people hated it so much?

philjobs.org/job/show/28634 Come work at Umeå. Unlike much of the world I THINK Sweden will still have universities at least for the duration of this postdoc:

Why is every other post on my newsfeed today about Jaegwon Kim?

People love to talk about "work-life balance," but what if the minute you stop working you enter a never-ending anxiety spiral that only ends when you start distracting yourself with work again? What then, wokescolds?

7 year old: Why are you biting your finger? Me: I don't know. 7 Year old: Did you not know you were doing it? Me: Yea I knew I was doing it. 7 year old: Daddy, that makes no sense. I think my child has been reading Anscombe.

We often venerate philosophical contributions that develop clear, systematic, and original arguments for their conclusions. Are there any recent examples of philosophical work that excels instead through creative and insightful synthesis of many different ideas?

If you pay for Overleaf does that make it less shit?

My kid playing under the northern lights at 5pm (ish) this afternoon.

Looking for logic textbook recommendations - self study for a smart masters student who has not done any logic before and just needs the basics. I used Tomassi as an undergrad this is about the right level, but too long and slow for these purposes. Any ideas?

TIL I'm not bright enough to get onto the philosophy PhD programme at Stockholm Uni (probably true tbh).

Erik Angner@erikangner.com · 2y ago

There's no requirement to learn Swedish, although foreign students who make the effort often find themselves more at home. The good news is that it's easy: anyone bright enough to get one of these positions can learn functional Swedish in 3–6 months.

Intriguing exchange imo

249 is rookie numbers.

Agree. When I hear people complain about how bad philosophical writing is I wonder if they have ever read anything produced in other disciplines (pop-sci doesn't count).

Harvey Lederman@harveylederman.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hot take: A lot of philosophical writing is actually pretty great. More stylish than the sciences, clearer and more efficient and than literary non-fiction (and many humanities disciplines).

My controversial opinion is that endnotes are good.

Honestly Duo, that seems low....

Just finished "Pale Fire". Getting referee 2 flashbacks.

Is Relevance Theory still cool? If not, what's cool now - what should I be reading?

I want to understand Kant well enough to be able to vaguely understand writers in the 'Post-Kantien European Tradition'. What should I read? (I tried just reading Kant - it didn't work - he says himself that he's a shit writer in need of a competent expositor).

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