Ilir Isufi
@ilirisufi.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD student at the University of Cincinnati & Bird-photographer 🐦⬛ Phil Mind, Anthropology, Embodied Cognitive Science & Phil of Psychiatry. From the most beautiful city in Germany (Giessen).
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Ilir Isufi
@ilirisufi.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Latest papers: Ilir Isufi argues that the recurring practice of self-diagnosis of psychiatric conditions on social media platforms poses a threat to personal autonomy understood as self-governance doi.org/10.1080/0951...
Check out my new paper on self-diagnosis and autonomy in Philosophical Psychology: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Apply to Cincinnati's PhD in philosophy for your last chance to become my colleague! 🤠
The PhD program in philosophy at the University of Cincinnati is excited to invite new applications for the 2026-2027 academic year, please share!
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November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Apply to Cincinnati's PhD in philosophy for your last chance to become my colleague! 🤠
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We’re excited for Melinda Fagan from the University of Utah to give her talk “Explanatory particularism in scientific practice”!
📅 Monday 10/27
🕐 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
📍 Clifton Court Hall 5280
This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there!
📅 Monday 10/27
🕐 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
📍 Clifton Court Hall 5280
This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there!
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We’re excited for Melinda Fagan from the University of Utah to give her talk “Explanatory particularism in scientific practice”!
📅 Monday 10/27
🕐 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
📍 Clifton Court Hall 5280
This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there!
📅 Monday 10/27
🕐 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
📍 Clifton Court Hall 5280
This event is free and open to the public, we hope to see you there!
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📢 New preprint (with Christian de Weerd) on AI Consciousness: philarchive.org/rec/DEWCXE #PhilMind
Christian R. de Weerd & Wanja Wiese, Computation + X: A Constraint-based Approach to Investigating Artificial Consciousness - PhilArchive
Can machines ever become conscious? A central debate in this context concerns the question whether consciousness requires biological states. Within this debate, there exists a fundamental dispute betw...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
📢 New preprint (with Christian de Weerd) on AI Consciousness: philarchive.org/rec/DEWCXE #PhilMind
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Another video in our series: Sarah Stitzlein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at UC speaking about political philosophy, philosophy of education, John Dewey, pragmatism, and much more! Link to full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIff...
Sarah Stitzlein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Prof. of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati
YouTube video by Cincinnati Philosophy
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October 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Another video in our series: Sarah Stitzlein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at UC speaking about political philosophy, philosophy of education, John Dewey, pragmatism, and much more! Link to full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIff...
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Latest papers: Anna Drożdżowicz and J.P. Grodniewicz illustrate how epistemic injustice can arise in psychotherapeutic encounters, and explain how this can threaten one’s ability to achieve self-understanding through psychotherapy in this open access paper doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
September 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Latest papers: Anna Drożdżowicz and J.P. Grodniewicz illustrate how epistemic injustice can arise in psychotherapeutic encounters, and explain how this can threaten one’s ability to achieve self-understanding through psychotherapy in this open access paper doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
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The Philosophy of Science Association makes experts on various topics available for conversation with graduate students anywhere with its "Office Hour" program. Other associations should consider doing this.
The PSA’s “Office Hour” Returns - Daily Nous
The Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) is continuing its excellent expert "office hour" series this semester---a program other academic associations should consider adopting. "The PSA Office Hour aims to facilitate interactions between our graduate student membership and prominent philosophers of science, and in a more controlled, accessible, and carbon-conscious setting than is provided by our
dailynous.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Philosophy of Science Association makes experts on various topics available for conversation with graduate students anywhere with its "Office Hour" program. Other associations should consider doing this.
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The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion
“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-overdi...
“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-overdi...
The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion
“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions
www.psychiatrymargins.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion
“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-overdi...
“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-overdi...
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Thank you to @ilirisufi.bsky.social for this mindful and generous review of our edited volume, Language as an Ecological Phenomenon! ❤️
1/3 Just published my review of Language as an Ecological Phenomenon. 🌿 The volume redefines ecolinguistics by emphasizing “languaging”—the dynamic, social process of creating meaning—instead of abstract theories of language: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Review of sune vork steffensen, stephen cowley, and martin döring (eds.), Language as an ecological phenomenon: languaging and Bioecologies in human-environment relationships, London: Bloomsbury Acade...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences -
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June 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thank you to @ilirisufi.bsky.social for this mindful and generous review of our edited volume, Language as an Ecological Phenomenon! ❤️
Absolutely thrilled to see @samfellowes.bsky.social review my paper on self-diagnosis! So excited and grateful for the kind feedback. Made my day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAl...
May 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Absolutely thrilled to see @samfellowes.bsky.social review my paper on self-diagnosis! So excited and grateful for the kind feedback. Made my day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFAl...
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Watch this interview with Muhammad U. Faruque about his work on the intersections of Islamic and Western philosophy, cosmopolitanism, the self, and the environment at the University of Cincinnati. Link to full video: youtu.be/YW1L5euKz3Q
#Self #Philosophy #EasternPhilosophy #Dialogue #Environment
#Self #Philosophy #EasternPhilosophy #Dialogue #Environment
May 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Watch this interview with Muhammad U. Faruque about his work on the intersections of Islamic and Western philosophy, cosmopolitanism, the self, and the environment at the University of Cincinnati. Link to full video: youtu.be/YW1L5euKz3Q
#Self #Philosophy #EasternPhilosophy #Dialogue #Environment
#Self #Philosophy #EasternPhilosophy #Dialogue #Environment
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Best way to avoid distresing news?? Turn off the portal, buckle up with an awesome book, freshly off the press, about what it means to live with mental distress and how to best to respond to it to lead a flourishing life; and learn that these can all be proper objects of scientific inquiry!
April 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Best way to avoid distresing news?? Turn off the portal, buckle up with an awesome book, freshly off the press, about what it means to live with mental distress and how to best to respond to it to lead a flourishing life; and learn that these can all be proper objects of scientific inquiry!
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Interested in the discussion around medical vs. neurodiversity models? Check out PhD Student Ilir Isufi’s (@ilirisufi.bsky.social) brief open peer commentary in AJOB Neuroscience: www.tandfonline.com/... #philsky
April 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Interested in the discussion around medical vs. neurodiversity models? Check out PhD Student Ilir Isufi’s (@ilirisufi.bsky.social) brief open peer commentary in AJOB Neuroscience: www.tandfonline.com/... #philsky
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All you ever wanted to know about philosophy departments, but were too busy teaching and doing your own research to ask. A new report provides valuable data about departments of philosophy and 13 other humanities fields...
A Trove of Data about Philosophy Departments in the US - Daily Nous
How many philosophy departments are there in the United States? How many people do they employ? How many students are there in philosophy courses each year? How many people major or minor in philosoph...
dailynous.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
All you ever wanted to know about philosophy departments, but were too busy teaching and doing your own research to ask. A new report provides valuable data about departments of philosophy and 13 other humanities fields...
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🚨 Final Reminder: PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍
Submit your abstract until tomorrow (April 13, 11:59 PM PST)! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
Submit your abstract until tomorrow (April 13, 11:59 PM PST)! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
April 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 Final Reminder: PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍
Submit your abstract until tomorrow (April 13, 11:59 PM PST)! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
Submit your abstract until tomorrow (April 13, 11:59 PM PST)! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
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The 253 most-cited works in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: (1) Rawls, A Theory of Justice; (2) Kripke, Naming and Necessity; (3) Parfit, Reasons and Persons; (4) Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia; (5) Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations
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The 253 Most Cited Works in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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March 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 253 most-cited works in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: (1) Rawls, A Theory of Justice; (2) Kripke, Naming and Necessity; (3) Parfit, Reasons and Persons; (4) Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia; (5) Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations
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schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
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Just another reason why Lynch's Dune is the best Dune...
I just learned that the art department for the 1984 version of DUNE paid tribute to David Lynch’s love of Bob’s Big Boy by presenting him with a handmade custom figurine of the BBB mascot wearing an Arrakis stillsuit.
April 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🔔 Reminder: PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍
Submit your abstract until April 13, 11:59 PM PST! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
Submit your abstract until April 13, 11:59 PM PST! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
April 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔔 Reminder: PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍
Submit your abstract until April 13, 11:59 PM PST! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
Submit your abstract until April 13, 11:59 PM PST! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
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I’m full of gratitude for this review.
Reading that Awais sees my book as his ‘new go-to reference for psychiatric diagnostic reasoning’ and that ‘any future conceptual work on this subject would build on or would have to seriously engage with it’ means a lot to me.
#philsky #psysky #psychiatry
Reading that Awais sees my book as his ‘new go-to reference for psychiatric diagnostic reasoning’ and that ‘any future conceptual work on this subject would build on or would have to seriously engage with it’ means a lot to me.
#philsky #psysky #psychiatry
How Psychiatric Diagnostic Reasoning Works
A Review of Adrian Kind's “How Does the Psychiatrist Know?” ( @philpsy.bsky.social )
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/how-psychi...
A Review of Adrian Kind's “How Does the Psychiatrist Know?” ( @philpsy.bsky.social )
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/how-psychi...
How Psychiatric Diagnostic Reasoning Works
A Review of Adrian Kind's "How Does the Psychiatrist Know?"
www.psychiatrymargins.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m full of gratitude for this review.
Reading that Awais sees my book as his ‘new go-to reference for psychiatric diagnostic reasoning’ and that ‘any future conceptual work on this subject would build on or would have to seriously engage with it’ means a lot to me.
#philsky #psysky #psychiatry
Reading that Awais sees my book as his ‘new go-to reference for psychiatric diagnostic reasoning’ and that ‘any future conceptual work on this subject would build on or would have to seriously engage with it’ means a lot to me.
#philsky #psysky #psychiatry
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Philosophers are among those eligible to apply to this postdoc with the Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati. Our department @ucphilosophy.bsky.social would be happy to engage with anyone in the position interested in our work. #philsky
Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences
Taft Research Center Postdoctoral Fellowship, College of Arts & Sciences
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April 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Philosophers are among those eligible to apply to this postdoc with the Taft Research Center at the University of Cincinnati. Our department @ucphilosophy.bsky.social would be happy to engage with anyone in the position interested in our work. #philsky
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Deadline Extended for PSA Around the World 2025! 🌍
More time to submit your abstract—the portal is open until 🗓️ April 13, 11:59 PM PST! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
#philsky #philsci
More time to submit your abstract—the portal is open until 🗓️ April 13, 11:59 PM PST! Open to all PSA members, no matter where you're located or what your topic is—as long as it’s within the philosophy of science!
#philsky #philsci
April 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Breaking GPT-5 news
April 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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🚨 Last day to submit your abstract for PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe!
🗓️ Deadline: Today! (March 31, 2025)
💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available)
More info: philsci.org/psa_arou...
📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...
🗓️ Deadline: Today! (March 31, 2025)
💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available)
More info: philsci.org/psa_arou...
📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...
March 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚨 Last day to submit your abstract for PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe!
🗓️ Deadline: Today! (March 31, 2025)
💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available)
More info: philsci.org/psa_arou...
📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...
🗓️ Deadline: Today! (March 31, 2025)
💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available)
More info: philsci.org/psa_arou...
📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...
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🔔 Reminder: The next PSA Office Hour features an entire panel! Mark your calendars for the April Panel Discussion on Philosophers of Science in Industry: Biotechnology, Medical Affairs, and AI!
📅 Thursday, April 4th, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM EST
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📅 Thursday, April 4th, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM EST
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PSA Office Hour - Student Signup Form
Thank you for your interest in the PSA Office Hour. Please note that this is intended to be a research-focused discussion, not an informal chat or salon style interaction. Please complete all questions fully and accurately and we will be in touch with the results!
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March 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🔔 Reminder: The next PSA Office Hour features an entire panel! Mark your calendars for the April Panel Discussion on Philosophers of Science in Industry: Biotechnology, Medical Affairs, and AI!
📅 Thursday, April 4th, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM EST
🔗 docs.google.com/form...
📅 Thursday, April 4th, 2025
🕛 12:00 PM EST
🔗 docs.google.com/form...
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Just a few more days to submit your abstract for PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe!
🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025
💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available)
More info: philsci.org/psa_arou...
📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...
🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025
💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available)
More info: philsci.org/psa_arou...
📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just a few more days to submit your abstract for PSA Around the World 2025 🌍 Focus: Eastern & Central Europe!
🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025
💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available)
More info: philsci.org/psa_arou...
📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...
🗓️ Deadline: March 31, 2025
💻 Fully online, Nov 6, 14, 22
$50 fee (waivers available)
More info: philsci.org/psa_arou...
📄 Submit here: http://psaatw25.scie...