Dan Speak
@danspeak.bsky.social
LMU Philosopher. Free Will, Moral Responsibility, Evil (The problem of), Faith, Hope. Servant of the secret fire next time.
https://lmu.academia.edu/DanielSpeak
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Problem_of_Evil.html?id=-75oBQAAQBAJ&source=kp_
https://lmu.academia.edu/DanielSpeak
https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Problem_of_Evil.html?id=-75oBQAAQBAJ&source=kp_
Grateful for the ent-draughts that appear to be strengthening those cleansing the twin cities Shire.
God bless the Minnesota resistance.
January 19, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Grateful for the ent-draughts that appear to be strengthening those cleansing the twin cities Shire.
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Man, Du Bois had some bangers, but for me, it doesn't get much better than his scathing indictment of the "Christianity" of the United States.
Certainly this was all true of the nation in his lifetime. But in my lifetime, his criticisms have never felt so true of the nation right now.
Certainly this was all true of the nation in his lifetime. But in my lifetime, his criticisms have never felt so true of the nation right now.
January 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Man, Du Bois had some bangers, but for me, it doesn't get much better than his scathing indictment of the "Christianity" of the United States.
Certainly this was all true of the nation in his lifetime. But in my lifetime, his criticisms have never felt so true of the nation right now.
Certainly this was all true of the nation in his lifetime. But in my lifetime, his criticisms have never felt so true of the nation right now.
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Tonight at family dinner my 3-year-old asked, “Dad how can we help judges in the penumbra? What can we do to get courts to incorporate morality but still respect the sources thesis? We need to protect America against inclusive legal positivism.”
January 14, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Tonight at family dinner my 3-year-old asked, “Dad how can we help judges in the penumbra? What can we do to get courts to incorporate morality but still respect the sources thesis? We need to protect America against inclusive legal positivism.”
I’m almost embarrassed to admit how hyped up I am for this. Someone with humane moral sensibilities, crisp sports insight… and baking skills (aspirations)!
For anyone wondering why I spent so much time baking last summer....here's why!
Airs Feb 1
Airs Feb 1
January 13, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I’m almost embarrassed to admit how hyped up I am for this. Someone with humane moral sensibilities, crisp sports insight… and baking skills (aspirations)!
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Philly showing up today, even in the rain.
Eli and I are proud to stand with millions around the country as we say “ABOLISH ICE.”
Once again, Philadelphia — “the City of Love” — makes it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. ICE is NOT.
Eli and I are proud to stand with millions around the country as we say “ABOLISH ICE.”
Once again, Philadelphia — “the City of Love” — makes it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. ICE is NOT.
January 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Philly showing up today, even in the rain.
Eli and I are proud to stand with millions around the country as we say “ABOLISH ICE.”
Once again, Philadelphia — “the City of Love” — makes it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. ICE is NOT.
Eli and I are proud to stand with millions around the country as we say “ABOLISH ICE.”
Once again, Philadelphia — “the City of Love” — makes it clear. Immigrants are welcome here. ICE is NOT.
Play-doh and Iceland both need to be worried about the ignorance and incompetence of this regime.
January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Play-doh and Iceland both need to be worried about the ignorance and incompetence of this regime.
Will be co-teaching a course on “ethics of public life” starting in two weeks. May need to make some changes to the draft syllabus…
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Will be co-teaching a course on “ethics of public life” starting in two weeks. May need to make some changes to the draft syllabus…
Book I would take an oath on
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Book I would take an oath on
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, One Alice In Chains
December 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, One Alice In Chains
Nerve struck!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Nerve struck!
Name it and shame it; some insights for our common good from @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
The Moral Lesson Buried in Last Week’s ‘Blue Wave’
America should feel shame again.
sojo.net
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Name it and shame it; some insights for our common good from @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social.
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Have you been wondering about how to develop good intellectual character? Say no more; I’m here for you…
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Have you been wondering about how to develop good intellectual character? Say no more; I’m here for you…
Robin is the best!! A beloved colleague— and a philosophical force-of-nature in her own right.
If you are interested in #Yinyang philosophy or new to Chinese thought overall, definitely check out this episode of HoPWaG featuring Robin R. Wang! Meeting her in Beijing in 2015 had a great impact on how I understand Yinyang and the five phases today.
On today's new #HoPWaG episode we are joined by Robin Wang, who discusses yin-yang theory: she argues it is not so much a piece of doctrine as a whole pattern of thought.
www.historyofphilosophy.net/yin-yang-wang
#philsky #chinesephilosophy #yinyang
www.historyofphilosophy.net/yin-yang-wang
#philsky #chinesephilosophy #yinyang
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Robin is the best!! A beloved colleague— and a philosophical force-of-nature in her own right.
“[i]t is indeed difficult to interpret as hope the idolatry which immense, fascinated masses show for leaders who have previously, by ceaseless propaganda, succeeded in paralyzing not only any critical spirit in their minions, but all true sense of values.”
—Marcel (1945-ish, but still landing)
—Marcel (1945-ish, but still landing)
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
“[i]t is indeed difficult to interpret as hope the idolatry which immense, fascinated masses show for leaders who have previously, by ceaseless propaganda, succeeded in paralyzing not only any critical spirit in their minions, but all true sense of values.”
—Marcel (1945-ish, but still landing)
—Marcel (1945-ish, but still landing)
I wonder if the Columbia leadership realizes (or cares) how much blowback there might be from *within* the academy.
This post, from a Cornell Law professor, is worth reading:
3d.laboratorium.net/2025-07-25-c...
This post, from a Cornell Law professor, is worth reading:
3d.laboratorium.net/2025-07-25-c...
July 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“Buckley spends much of his public life riding into battle on behalf of a League of Extraordinary Assholes…”
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defector.com/william-f-bu...
William F. Buckley's Bill Never Came Due | Defector
Perhaps the highest praise I can offer a book that took 27 years to complete and runs over 1,000 pages is that I can see why, and that it doesn’t feel like it. Sam Tanenhaus’s extremely long and anxio...
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July 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Buckley spends much of his public life riding into battle on behalf of a League of Extraordinary Assholes…”
defector.com/william-f-bu...
defector.com/william-f-bu...
Seems both true and explanatorily powerful:
Brandolini's law (aka the bullshit asymmetry principle):
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
July 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Seems both true and explanatorily powerful:
Viva le France!
July 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Viva le France!
Thrilled to report the good news that Wake Forest’s ECI is funding our “Intellectual Character Initiative” at LMU. Three years of focus on curiosity, open-mindedness, humility, courage, and perseverance in pursuit of knowledge and understanding.
news.wfu.edu/2025/07/11/w...
#philsky
news.wfu.edu/2025/07/11/w...
#philsky
Wake Forest's Educating Character Initiative announces $15.6M in new grants to 33 institutions | Wake Forest News
Thanks to the support of Lilly Endowment Inc. and Wake Forest University, the Educating Character Initiative (ECI) has awarded $15.6 million in Institutional Impact Grants(opens in a new tab) to 24 pr...
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July 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Thrilled to report the good news that Wake Forest’s ECI is funding our “Intellectual Character Initiative” at LMU. Three years of focus on curiosity, open-mindedness, humility, courage, and perseverance in pursuit of knowledge and understanding.
news.wfu.edu/2025/07/11/w...
#philsky
news.wfu.edu/2025/07/11/w...
#philsky
Another cool way to honor and remember Helen De Cruz
New call for papers: think.taylorandfranc... Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction. Deadline: 31 July 2026.
Submit your work! What a lovely way to honour our editorial board member Helen De Cruz who was a philosopher, a musician, an artist, and a fiction writer! #philsky
Submit your work! What a lovely way to honour our editorial board member Helen De Cruz who was a philosopher, a musician, an artist, and a fiction writer! #philsky
July 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Another cool way to honor and remember Helen De Cruz
The early optimism of aspiring U.S. oligarchs
“It won’t be ME who gets attacked by an open window on the fourteenth floor!”
July 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The early optimism of aspiring U.S. oligarchs
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skipping my vacation because chatgpt can simply summarize everywhere I would have visited for me
July 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
skipping my vacation because chatgpt can simply summarize everywhere I would have visited for me
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Cool! Now let's spend as much money on philosophy departments as we do prisons and see what happens then!
Phenomenal news story this and I love how the Mail seems quite supportive of it.
Violence plummets in men's prison after inmates were taught philosophy
Inmates at HMP Wayland, Norfolk, were taught how to live virtuous, peaceful lives based on resilience, rational thinking and self-discipline.
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Cool! Now let's spend as much money on philosophy departments as we do prisons and see what happens then!
Is it just my luck or is everyone falling in love with red pandas in their feed?
July 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Is it just my luck or is everyone falling in love with red pandas in their feed?