Fintan Mallory
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Philosopher at Durham University fintanmallory.com
For the 12 hours between 12:00am and 12:00pm Ireland will have no president. I’ll try to keep an eye on the English but I’m very tired.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
For the 12 hours between 12:00am and 12:00pm Ireland will have no president. I’ll try to keep an eye on the English but I’m very tired.
A Ghaelaigh! Tá céist agam. An Caighdeán Oifigiúil has 1st and 3rd person forms for the modh ordaitheach. The best suggestion I’ve heard is that this is for things like ‘let them eat cake!’ but I read this as 2nd person and I would translate this with the modh foshuiteach anyway.
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A Ghaelaigh! Tá céist agam. An Caighdeán Oifigiúil has 1st and 3rd person forms for the modh ordaitheach. The best suggestion I’ve heard is that this is for things like ‘let them eat cake!’ but I read this as 2nd person and I would translate this with the modh foshuiteach anyway.
And here we are. Thanks to everyone who cumulatively worked to make me change the title from Erotetic Injustice to Inquisitive Injustice.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And here we are. Thanks to everyone who cumulatively worked to make me change the title from Erotetic Injustice to Inquisitive Injustice.
Does anyone ever wonder if there’s anything behind this endless flow of sensory perceptions?
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Does anyone ever wonder if there’s anything behind this endless flow of sensory perceptions?
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LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
job-portal.lmu.de
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
LMU Munich is advertising a new W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education. Deadline: 15 Nov 2025. For more information, and to apply, follow this link: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b... #philosophy #education #professorship #academicjob #lmumunich
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Monday morning, time to rise and grind!*
*Cultivate wisdom and compassion.
*Cultivate wisdom and compassion.
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Monday morning, time to rise and grind!*
*Cultivate wisdom and compassion.
*Cultivate wisdom and compassion.
Sometimes philosophy is spending 45 minutes on Zoom with a friend on the other side of the world troubleshooting a single sentence in a paper you've written, rewriting, debating, rewriting, checking sources, and rewriting again until you're both happy.
November 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sometimes philosophy is spending 45 minutes on Zoom with a friend on the other side of the world troubleshooting a single sentence in a paper you've written, rewriting, debating, rewriting, checking sources, and rewriting again until you're both happy.
I wonder how extreme a philosophical position would have to be for you to get a Red Bull sponsorship to defend it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I wonder how extreme a philosophical position would have to be for you to get a Red Bull sponsorship to defend it.
The motivational quotes (?) for the local running event have taken a distinctive theme for Remembrance Sunday
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The motivational quotes (?) for the local running event have taken a distinctive theme for Remembrance Sunday
Got a chance to see my colleague’s slides and Mencius is due a trip to the serious burns unit.
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Got a chance to see my colleague’s slides and Mencius is due a trip to the serious burns unit.
Having a hard time being understood? Just assent to these T-sentences! [Link contains promotional content]
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Having a hard time being understood? Just assent to these T-sentences! [Link contains promotional content]
Finally, a documentary on the making of the documentary on the making of the Lord of the Rings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k68X...
Who made the LOTR Behind-the-Scenes Documentaries?
YouTube video by Pentex Productions
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November 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Finally, a documentary on the making of the documentary on the making of the Lord of the Rings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k68X...
Thinking of becoming one of those philosophers who runs together sense and reference to make the provocative claim that something doesn’t exist when really I’m saying that it is often misconceptualised; like fish, language or the Gulf War.
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thinking of becoming one of those philosophers who runs together sense and reference to make the provocative claim that something doesn’t exist when really I’m saying that it is often misconceptualised; like fish, language or the Gulf War.
Frankenstein should have invested more into research on the reanimated-composite-cadaver value alignment problem.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Frankenstein should have invested more into research on the reanimated-composite-cadaver value alignment problem.
There is so much real estate contained inside mirrors and whoever works out how to monetise that will become richer than God (or drastically collapse the real estate market).
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
There is so much real estate contained inside mirrors and whoever works out how to monetise that will become richer than God (or drastically collapse the real estate market).
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This is worth reading: interaktiv.br.de/ki-bewerbung...
Objective or Biased
An exclusive data analysis by BR (Bavarian Broadcasting) data journalists shows that an AI for personality assessment can be swayed by appearances. This might perpetuate stereotypes
interaktiv.br.de
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is worth reading: interaktiv.br.de/ki-bewerbung...
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This is so embarrassing. I'd laugh if this weren't used in the wild with real nefarious consequences. I'm disappointed they didn't even try to add animal pictures to their training dataset to give their classification accuracy a boost.
November 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is so embarrassing. I'd laugh if this weren't used in the wild with real nefarious consequences. I'm disappointed they didn't even try to add animal pictures to their training dataset to give their classification accuracy a boost.
I had a fun time teaching this paper this year: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had a fun time teaching this paper this year: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Would Mahmood Mamdani get to list Zohran in an academic impact case study? I suppose he's already tenured so it's less of an issue.
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Would Mahmood Mamdani get to list Zohran in an academic impact case study? I suppose he's already tenured so it's less of an issue.
The epigraph for @travislacroix.bsky.social‘s new book is quite good. And I thought Dune was just about magic worms and stuff.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The epigraph for @travislacroix.bsky.social‘s new book is quite good. And I thought Dune was just about magic worms and stuff.
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Might be of interest to philosophy of medicine people:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor Social Studies of Medicine
This is a joint post 65% Sociology, 35% HPS. The Departments of Sociology and History and Philosophy of Science are looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in the Social Studies of Medicine in a
www.cam.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Might be of interest to philosophy of medicine people:
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
British Philosophy of Mind: “Appearing-as as an Efficient Cause of Seeing-that”
American Philosophy of Mind: “New evidence for hierarchical structure in visual working memory”
American Philosophy of Mind: “New evidence for hierarchical structure in visual working memory”
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
British Philosophy of Mind: “Appearing-as as an Efficient Cause of Seeing-that”
American Philosophy of Mind: “New evidence for hierarchical structure in visual working memory”
American Philosophy of Mind: “New evidence for hierarchical structure in visual working memory”
It's that time of the cycle. If you've ever assigned something I've written, please say. Even if you're using it as an example of how not to do philosophy, it can all go in the impact file :)
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
It's that time of the cycle. If you've ever assigned something I've written, please say. Even if you're using it as an example of how not to do philosophy, it can all go in the impact file :)
Reading Quine's review of Ways of Worldmaking by Nelson Goodman.
November 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Reading Quine's review of Ways of Worldmaking by Nelson Goodman.
I just realised that Star Trek fans might be a bit confused when they hear Irish people talking about Section 31 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
A short history of Ireland's Section 31 broadcasting ban
Rescinded 30 years ago this week, the infamous clause of the Broadcasting Act was a contentious issue during coverage of the Troubles
www.rte.ie
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I just realised that Star Trek fans might be a bit confused when they hear Irish people talking about Section 31 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...