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_
Name it and shame it; some insights for our common good from @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social.
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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:
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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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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…”
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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
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#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?
I can’t believe the news today. I can’t close my eyes and make it go away
I read the news today, oh boy
July 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I can’t believe the news today. I can’t close my eyes and make it go away
@shaneclaiborne.bsky.social not holding back. I’m here for it.
July 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
@shaneclaiborne.bsky.social not holding back. I’m here for it.
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Child of Omelas? That’s thinking too small. What if like eight billion people suffered so a few dozen guys could live lives so insane they convinced themselves it’s more likely they’re inside a computer simulation
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Child of Omelas? That’s thinking too small. What if like eight billion people suffered so a few dozen guys could live lives so insane they convinced themselves it’s more likely they’re inside a computer simulation
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The University of Vienna is hiring a full Professor in Philosophy of Mind! Spread the word! philjobs.org/job/show/29293
Full Professor of Philosophy of Mind, University of Vienna
- PhilJobs:JFP
Full Professor of Philosophy of Mind, University of Vienna
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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July 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The University of Vienna is hiring a full Professor in Philosophy of Mind! Spread the word! philjobs.org/job/show/29293
Happy Bobby Bonilla day!
July 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy Bobby Bonilla day!
This is what the internet is for.
(Lots of great stuff in the replies. My own small addition:
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(Lots of great stuff in the replies. My own small addition:
sojo.net/articles/opi...)
June 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is what the internet is for.
(Lots of great stuff in the replies. My own small addition:
sojo.net/articles/opi...)
(Lots of great stuff in the replies. My own small addition:
sojo.net/articles/opi...)
In memory of the remarkable philosopher, Helen De Cruz (and in support of her family):
#philsky
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#philsky
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Donate to Support Helen's Children After Her Passing, organized by Marcus Arvan
Help provide Helen De Cruz's children with a better start in life after her un… Marcus Arvan needs your support for Support Helen's Children After Her Passing
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June 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
In memory of the remarkable philosopher, Helen De Cruz (and in support of her family):
#philsky
www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...
#philsky
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LMU’s new president making a thoughtful and timely appeal regarding senate reconciliation and on behalf of the country’s most vulnerable students.
“These are the very students whose lives are most transformed by the promise of a university education.”
president.lmu.edu/media/letter...
“These are the very students whose lives are most transformed by the promise of a university education.”
president.lmu.edu/media/letter...
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June 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
LMU’s new president making a thoughtful and timely appeal regarding senate reconciliation and on behalf of the country’s most vulnerable students.
“These are the very students whose lives are most transformed by the promise of a university education.”
president.lmu.edu/media/letter...
“These are the very students whose lives are most transformed by the promise of a university education.”
president.lmu.edu/media/letter...
Well, shit. We knew it was coming but it still hits hard. So smart, so kind, such vibrancy.
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Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) - Daily Nous
Helen De Cruz, professor of philosophy at Saint Louis University, has died. Professor De Cruz specialized in philosophy of religion and cognitive science. They were the author of Wonderstruck: How Won...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Well, shit. We knew it was coming but it still hits hard. So smart, so kind, such vibrancy.
dailynous.com/2025/06/20/h...
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Gonna be lots of good stuff here. @unfilosofo.bsky.social (Manuel Vargas) will be killing it, per usual. I’m expecting lots of Sor Juana love.
Coming up: What does #philosophy look like from Mexico City rather than Munich? Josh & Ray question the Mexican philosophical tradition w/ Manuel Vargas from UC San Diego, editor of "The Latinx Philosophy Reader" – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky
June 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Gonna be lots of good stuff here. @unfilosofo.bsky.social (Manuel Vargas) will be killing it, per usual. I’m expecting lots of Sor Juana love.