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CRASSH@crasshlive.bsky.social · 2w ago

🎲 Scenes of play in German literature from 1750 10-12 Sept 2026, CB3 9DP Register at https://bit.ly/3TwubDn With speakers from nine countries and fields ranging from architecture to toy history, we’re excited to kickstart Play Studies in the UK and rethink how we play today

Scenes of play in German literature from 1750.
Pablo Hubacher Haerle@pablohh.bsky.social · last mo.

🎉🎉🎉 Publication alert! My paper "Rational Uncertainty and the Success Norm for Inquiry" is out in Mind — and now *open access*! Am I thinking too much? Is there such a thing as excessive inquiry that's not just impractical, but irrational? 1/5

Cambridge Philosophy@cambridgephilos.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📜Congratulations to Dr Will Hornett and co-author Dr Robert Morgan @universityofleeds.bsky.social on the publication of 'Touching Through: The Puzzle of Mediated Contact' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #philsky

Touching Through: The Puzzle of Mediated Contact

It is natural to think that one person touches another when their bodies make direct contact. However, much interpersonal touch is not like this. We often touch people through things like their cloth...

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CRASSH@crasshlive.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Apply for CRASSH events funding! 💫 Have you got an idea that may: - Foster the exchange of ideas across disciplines and cultures? - Forge new collaborations ? - Bring academic research to wider publics? - Explore research and artistic practice? Apply by 17 May 2026 https://bit.ly/3CaV97M

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Joshua Grams@joshgrams.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm only a quarter of the way through, but what a banger of a book. Dense academic prose interspersed with everyday examples for understanding, amusement, and surprise. Bravo. Pity it's > $100, but I that's academic publishing for you.

The cover of Priority & Prejudice: The Epistemology of Salience & Attention, by Jessie Munton. Looking almost like a nebula, I assume it's a network visualization: a nearly black background with clouds of colored points of light. The title is centered in a black box with an orangey-gold border. I was doing an art project so I made some white paper "flowers" as a contrast against the color of the cover.
Rebecca Buxton@rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 5mo ago

FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely! philjobs.org/job/show/30997

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