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Ilir Isufi
@ilirisufi.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD candidate at the University of Cincinnati working on intersections between philosophy of cognitive science & linguistic relativity. From the most beautiful city in Germany (Giessen).
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Check out my new paper on self-diagnosis and autonomy in Philosophical Psychology: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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...
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Latest papers: Annemarie Kalis, August Christensen & Samuel Nikolai Langelaan argue that to understand the aims of folk psychology and to map out similarities and differences between various practices, we need thick descriptions doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy
January 20, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Here is an opinionated overview in press at Philosophy Compass.

Critical 4E cognitive science, as we call this emerging research program, adopts the 4E frameworks and concepts but with a critical lens: questioning its hidden assumptions and leveraging its theoretical resources for social criticism.
Shen-yi Liao & Zoe Brinner, Critical 4E Cognitive Science - PhilPapers
According to 4E cognitive science, our cognitive capacities depend on, and have been transformed by, the environments we have made. Most early works of 4E cognitive science tend to focus on ...
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January 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Interested in studying philosophy of science and public engagement with science? Check out Angela Potochnik’s interview about her work and philosophy at the University of Cincinnati!
Angela Potochnik, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Public Engagement w Science
Meet Angela Potochnik, Professor and Head of Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, Director of Center for Public Engagement with Science in our video series to get to know our Philosophy Department! #PhilosophyOfScience, #PublicEngagementWithScience, #ScienceCommunication, #CenterForPublicEngagemen
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December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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We're hosting a PhD school in Odense, 7-9 January 2026 on Cognitive processes in social settings (will be in English!).

Deadline for registration extended to Friday 19 December at noon.

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Kognitive processer i sociale sammenhænge
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December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!

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2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Delouse and Guitar
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Apply to UC Philosophy's PhD program and check out the next video in our series where professors introduce themselves! Tony Chemero (@tonychemero.bsky.social), Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati.
Full video on YouTube:
Tony Chemero, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, University of Cincinnati
Tony Chemero is a Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati. #4ECognition, #EmbodiedCognition #Enactivism #ExtendedMind #EmbeddedCognition #SituatedCognition #RadicalEnactivism #EcologicalPsychology #dynamicalsystems #cognitivescience #philosophyofmind #PhilosophyOf
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November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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“How science is changing”
Exciting event available to view via livestream on Thursday 20 November from the University of Cincinnati Center for Public Engagement with Science. Alan Love, director of the MCPS, is a panellist!
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How Science is Changing | Panel Discussion | Philosophy of Science Association/PEWS Event
An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion. Join scholars from institutions across North America as they discuss the ways in which science is changing in their fi...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Another video in our series: Helen Meskhidze, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Physics @uofcincy
speaking about philosophy of #Physics, #pedagogy, and why you should apply to grad school in Cincinnati!
Link to full video: youtu.be/qvtuYnL33RM?...
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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
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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!
October 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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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
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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
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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
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September 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion

“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
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June 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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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
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
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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
May 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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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
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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
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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...
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April 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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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!

April 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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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