Latest papers: Francisco Cruz & André Mata investigate lay perceptions of explainability of psychological phenomena through two studies https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2025.2514626 @psychology #philosophy

The individual is proletarianized even in his relationship to knowledge, thought and action, absorbed by digital regimes which fragment and automate his existence (#Braverman, #Beaud, #Stiegler). #philosophy

l’amoureuse de Sisyphe : le petit cadeau de fiançailles

Self Portrait, Pulling White Rock, Photo by Judy Dater
#books #philosophy #love #photography

Apologies in advance this a one heck of a ramble, about what we should do next in a society where, thankfully, we don't let citizens needlessly die. #MoralPhilosophy #Philosophy #Ethics #Morality #Economics #Society #RedQueen #Malthus #Evolution #Armsrace

We Don't Just Let People Die ~...

Joy isn't a betrayal of grief; we can mourn and still let delight move through us without guilt, and in doing so, bring the water that helps put out the world's fires. full article @ https://www.brichapman.com/p/youre-allowed-to-be-happy-while-the #activism #philosophy #climatesolutions #substack

Never forget that your enemy's enemy is by no means necessarily your friend, they could just be disagreeing about the best way to eat you, or what size portion each will get. #philosophy #politics

Today's meeting of two of the horsemen of apocalypse raises an essential question.

Since one of horseman has never been on a horse, can we still use the term?

I mean, a golf cart could be called a horse because it has horsepower. Also, I'm sure Heidi's* big philosopher brain would easily connect the dots between cruelty as a hobby horse and the apocalypse.

[* Heidegger, history's most overrated German philosopher.]

True Advancement
True advancement requires addressing the cause. Moving forward without doing so is not true advancement.

Brand new video for "An Illness" premiered last week by #TrustTheDocUK on #beneaththeradar.

https://youtu.be/ud7jJHyalig

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/margaret-boden-dead.html #obituary #margaretboden #philosophy #cognitivescience

Does logic exist as a feature of reality, or is it merely a construct of the human mind?

Would extraterrestrial species necessarily share the same understanding of logic that we have?

Latest papers: Caitlin Mace uses optogenetics. Research on memory engrams as a case study to show how researchers ascribe content to neural representations and justify their approach https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2025.2512043 @psychology #philosophy

Arendt's proposal to separate work (survival), from the work/"oeuvre" (art), from action (politics) is a Nietzschean call to creation coupled with an end to work following Jappe and Fromm and tripled with a call to a living democracy (Lefort, Nancy). #philosophy

Fuck Eckart Förster

„If we are inspired only by literature that reflects our own interests, all reading becomes a form of narcissism.“

Terry Eagleton

https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/la-mettrie/eulogy.htm

Frederick the Great's eulogy on Julien Offray de la Mettrie.

Frederick might have fallen out with Voltaire, but note his Voltairean remarks on La Mettrie's clerical critics.

I really must read "L’Homme Machine"

If you were no longer afraid of death would your life be better?

The Mind’s Blind Spots
Free will is only as strong as our ability to see our options clearly.
When the mind’s own shortcuts distort what we see, they narrow the choices we believe we have.
These 20 posts are about finding those blind spots and learning to move beyond them.