Chris Cousens
@chrisjcousens.bsky.social
Philosopher writing about harmful speech and political discourse online. Lecturer in moral and political philosophy. He/him https://chriscousensphilosophy.wordpress.com/chris-cousens/
Unlike all the other adaptations, Nolan’s Odyssey features a man of constant sorrow.
England score a mere 6 goals against France; Tuchel must resign.
Enjoyed Troy 2, but not sure it will make so much sense for people who didn’t see the original.
Instead of overturning red cards, could we use VAR to go back and give a red card to every player who wailed and flailed and caterwauled in feigned agony after the lightest touch from an opponent, only to spring up and continue playing as though nothing had happened?
Hotel in Cardiff: This is the middle of the city it can be noisy. Me: I can handle some traffic noise. Garbage playing a live open air show across the street: …
Just a reminder that I'm running the thought experiment competition again, open to any high school student in Australia. If you have any relevant contacts, I'd really appreciate it if you could forward them the link to the competition website. Deadline is July 15th. sites.google.com/view/thought...
Flinders Thought Experiment Competition
Students are invited to submit their ideas to the Flinders Thought Experiment Competition! Competition Deadline: 15th July, 2026 at 6pm. Eligibility: Open to all students attending a high school i...
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Two permanent positions in HPS, Sydney! #hps #philsci
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor to the School of History and Philosophy of Science
2 x full time, continuing positions, located on the Camperdown Campus in the Faculty of Science Build your research and apply your expertise by contributing as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Pro...
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Great funding opportunity for a PhD in Philosophy of Education here at Glasgow www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/soc...
University of Glasgow - Colleges - College of Social Sciences - Student funding opportunities - Postgraduate Research - Latest PhD opportunities
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April 1st lying is going to drive me to virtue epistemology.
I regret to inform you that ‘Dad Rock’ is no longer Led Zeppelin and AC/DC, it’s Kings of Leon and Panic! At The Disco.
Call for Abstracts The British Society for the Theory of Knowledge invites contributions to its 2026 conference (Exeter College, University of Oxford, 2nd-4th 09 2026). bstk.org.uk/events.html Please submit abstracts (500 words, suitable for blind review) to info@bstk.org.uk by April 30 2026.
Partner: ‘Lawyers are so pretentious, using Latin when they don’t have to.’ Me: ‘Do you know this a priori?’
Epistemologists get roasted for calling everything ‘epistemic’ while speech act theorists get away with calling everything illocutionary *and* naming all their papers ‘How to X things with words’.
Me: What shall we watch next? Partner: I picked the last one, it’s entirely up to you. Netflix: Recently added: Hot Tub Time Machine.
There are two kinds of ads in this country: gambling ads, and ‘gamble responsibly’ ads made by the gambling companies.
Thanks to generous funding from the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, John Basl and I are thrilled to be running the AI and Data Ethics summer school in 2026! ~12 graduate students, $10k stipend, 9 weeks to learn about scientific and ethical issues raised by AI. Please apply! aidesummer.org
AIDE Summer
AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics, ethical theory, philosophy of science, metascience, epistemology, or other areas with potenti...
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I am old enough to remember the time, long ago, when not every single ad was for sports betting apps.
Revising this paper is disproving mathematics. I cut 2000 words, and now it’s 500 words longer.
The Platonic form of philosophy is not the platonic Form of philosophy.
This is my PhD thesis I did not ask for this I did not consent to this I did not approve of this I was not compensated for this I would not have advised this I do not like this And worst of all, the number of people who've read my thesis has still not increased.
I had a chat with David Rutledge on the ABC’s Philosopher’s Zone about AI speech acts in the workplace. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... Or for Australians, ABC Radio National June 1 at 5.30 am, repeated June 3 at 1.30 pm and June 5 at five 12:05 am.
Speech acts and AI - ABC listen
Speech acts - utterances that have the power to make things happen in the world - are increasingly being created by AI, especially in certain workplaces where it's not uncommon to receive orders and i...
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Are you a PhD student? Think about applying for one of our £5000 student bursaries for the next academic year (fully funded students do not qualify) Deadline: Monday 9 June 2025 (T&Cs on our website) www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/as-student-b... #philsky #philosophy
AS Student Bursary Application 25-26 – The Aristotelian Society
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2 episodes into Schitt’s Creek and the premise seems to be Arrested Development with less likeable rich people?
Here's a little reminder about the panel "Social and Political Issues in Philosophy of Language", which will be organized by me and @timgrass.bsky.social at this year's MANCEPT Workshops, 3–5 September. Please consider submitting a proposal (Deadline for submission is April 30th)! CFA below:
Social and Political Issues in Philosophy of Language at MANCEPT Workshops 25
Social and Political Issues in Philosophy of Language @ MANCEPT Workshops 25 Convenors: Jesper Olsson (University of Graz) and Tim Grasshöfer (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) In r...
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Best description of the AI ‘assistants’ I’ve been told will revolutionise my work day.
It's like if Clippy were a Captain Planet villain
Movie that takes place where you’re from.
movie that takes place where you're from