Looking forward to this today! @michaelhannon.bsky.social presents new empirical research — and other exciting talks to follow.

Interesting, although it's compatible with GPT users still being more informed than their non-GPT-using counterparts.

Juliet E McKenna@julietemckenna.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"ChatGPT, the most heavily used AI service, gave wrong information in 46% of its answers, including making up an expenses scandal, giving inaccurate replies on voter eligibility rules and getting the date of the election wrong by two months." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Coming up June 5th! Open to all. Please register in advance. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @ip-sas.bsky.social

Factual Polarization and the Politics of Identity

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philpapers.org/rec/WOOCTA-5 📣 New paper arguing that consent isn't (always) necessary for permissible sex. What is the point of having a permanent job if you don't have spicy takes?

Elise Woodard, Consent, Trust, and Sexual Ethics - PhilPapers

No one describes a passionate night using the language of consent. Partners in long-term relationships rarely think of intimacy in terms of permission. If consent is absent precisely when things go .....

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2,700 in limbo for months, with more than 600 expected to lose their jobs. Having been at risk of redundancy last year, I can’t imagine the impact of so many feeling so insecure and devalued. Cruel and destructive. Solidarity to all.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy

📣 PPE Seminar tomorrow at the Institute of Philosophy! 🎤 Ella Whiteley (LSE) 🧠 “Striking-salience and exclusion” Can efforts to highlight marginalized voices sometimes backfire? If so, what can we do about it? Join us tomorrow to find out! 📍Details here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

PPE Seminar | Ella Whiteley (LSE): Striking-salience and exclusion

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Remember: always thank the anonymous reviewer. That way readers know they shouldn’t blame you.

Do you want to Exec Committee Member of the Aristotelian Society? We are looking for 3 more committee members to join us as of September 2026. More information available in the link below. Deadline: Friday 27th March 2026. mailchi.mp/42496ca4d18c...

A referee once told me that the empirical work attempted in my paper is done more seriously elsewhere. My paper attempted no empirical work.

This is happening at 18.15 tonight in Senate House!

Aristotelian Society@aristotsoc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join us next Monday! We've got Sophie Horowitz (Amherst) for a talk on: 'Plans, Learning, and Deferring' 📍Monday 13th October, Woburn Suite, Senate House ⏰ 18.15-19.45 *note new time for this year* 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/sophie-horowitz/

“For the real environment is altogether too big, too complex, and too fleeting for direct acquaintance." Walter Lippmann was right. And because the world is too big and complex, I’ve tried to assemble key passages from his 1922 book, "Public Opinion," that capture why it matters today. Link below.

Few things make me more despairing about the credibility and future of academic philosophy than reading certain referee reports.

Should we ditch elections, cancel politicians, and hand over decision-making power to a small and randomly selected group of fellow citizens? Here I review the case for and against two proposals: Alex Guerrero’s “lottocracy” and Hélène Landemore’s “open democracy.” Link in first comment.

Michael (@michaelhannon.bsky.social) and I are putting together a Special Issue on Political Epistemology for Midwest Studies. Deadline for the CFA is October 31, 2025. More details here! philevents.org/event/show/1... Please share with others who might be interested :)

Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Special Issue

Call for Abstracts: The journal Midwest Studies in Philosophy is putting together a special volume on Political Epistemology. The issue will feature invited contributions from scholars such as Alex Gu...

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I love a good epigraph.

The Supplementary Volume of the PAS 2025 is finally out!! Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian... #philsky @aristotsoc.bsky.social

Issues | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the Aristotelian Society. Publishes the papers read at the Society?s fortnightly meetings in London, covering a range of philosophical issues, including: Epistemology, Philosop...

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Happy 100th birthday to Michael Dummett! Dummett was born on 27th June 1925. To mark the occasion, the Aristotelian Society have put together a special virtue issue celebrating his contributions to the Society over his lifetime. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

Aristotelian Society Virtual Issue: Michael Dummett Centenary

Guest edited by Professor Ian Rumfitt, Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford. Introduction Michael Dum

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Next Monday 16th June we've got Sarah McGrath from Princeton coming to chat to us about: 'What (if anything) is moral experience?' #philosophy ⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/

If you work in Political Epistemology, consider submitting to this Call for Abstracts for a special issue of Midwest Studies in Philosophy. www.politicalepistemologynetwork.com/midwest-stud...

ESEARCH! "Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference" @michaelhannon.bsky.social challenges the claim that marginalised individuals possess unique epistemic advantages regarding oppression. Read:https://tinyurl.com/ypu8xut2 #philosophy #deference #standpoint #epistemology IMG: varpal

So proud of @michaelhannon.bsky.social for receiving a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship! ✨ Even though he’d prefer he were still early career… Project: “Lies of the Electorate: The Role of Insincere Discourse in Politics” www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...

Woke up to this. Huzzah! I am pleased to inform you that your submission "Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference" has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies.

Tomorrow (Thursday) 4:30pm in Senate House, London. PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds) www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds)

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We're delighted share this video about @helendecruz.net's fantastic article, "Friendship with the Ancients," which was published by the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGp4... @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Article here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....

Friendship with the Ancients by Helen De Cruz

YouTube video by Cambridge University Press

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Interested in writing applied epistemology for a public-facing audience? Apply to be part of our new working group! It'll meet four times over the summer, followed by a capstone in-person event here at UNC in September facilitated by Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Details here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

This Thursday Alison Hills (Oxford) will be talking about "Moral Understanding and Moral Motivation" at the PPE series in London. Join us! 📍Senate House (Room 243) 🕐 4:30pm 🗓️ March 20 philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Moral Understanding and Moral Motivation | Alison Hills (Oxford)

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Two months ago, I launched a blog on Political Epistemology, and I've been thoroughly enjoying the writing process. I just published my fifth article, exploring Political Skepticism and Humility. Link in the comments.

University administrations are largely a scam and should be sized down.

On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities

You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a

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New Substack post! Why do so many people accept evidence of widespread political ignorance but deny that we can determine who is politically knowledgeable? I look at some explanations. open.substack.com/pub/michaelj...