Jakob Ohlhorst
@jakobohlhorst.bsky.social
Postdoc at the RWTH Aachen's chair of applied ethics
I know about Virtues, Wittgenstein, Extremism, Philosophy of Psychology & Conceptual Engineering
I know about Virtues, Wittgenstein, Extremism, Philosophy of Psychology & Conceptual Engineering
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Jakob Ohlhorst
@jakobohlhorst.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Jakob Ohlhorst, Trust Responsibly: Non-Evidential Virtue Epistemology - PhilPapers
This book offers a defence of Wrightean epistemic entitlement, one of the most prominent approaches to hinge epistemology. It also systematically explores the connections between virtue epistemology a...
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FREE BOOK: It's here, now also the e-book version of Trust Responsibly is freely accessible thanks to SNSF. Spread it far and wide to anyone interested in trust, virtue or entitlement, still tell your libraries to get the hard-cover, read it. If you're interested in reviewing, get in touch!
#Philsky
#Philsky
Hi
Sorry (not sorry)
now that I have your attention, Jason Stanley was kicked out of his own talk for Kristallnacht in Frankfurt
Sorry (not sorry)
now that I have your attention, Jason Stanley was kicked out of his own talk for Kristallnacht in Frankfurt
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hi
Sorry (not sorry)
now that I have your attention, Jason Stanley was kicked out of his own talk for Kristallnacht in Frankfurt
Sorry (not sorry)
now that I have your attention, Jason Stanley was kicked out of his own talk for Kristallnacht in Frankfurt
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Brentano is the grand-father, Heidegger is the weird son that cut ties with the family, Merleau-Ponty is a cousin living in the wood, Sartre is a distant relative writing stories...
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Brentano is the grand-father, Heidegger is the weird son that cut ties with the family, Merleau-Ponty is a cousin living in the wood, Sartre is a distant relative writing stories...
Easy: „Here is a Hand“ & „here is another hand“
Do you have a firmest belief?
I’m texting a friend who just said “X is my firmest belief,” and I don’t mind telling you he sent me into an existential vortex of disbelief and non-meaning because I do not know what the hell my firmest belief is.
I’m texting a friend who just said “X is my firmest belief,” and I don’t mind telling you he sent me into an existential vortex of disbelief and non-meaning because I do not know what the hell my firmest belief is.
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Easy: „Here is a Hand“ & „here is another hand“
‘The Mummies’
(Read this as a dig at my own ancience)
(Read this as a dig at my own ancience)
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
‘The Mummies’
(Read this as a dig at my own ancience)
(Read this as a dig at my own ancience)
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Sidenotes bébé!
November 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Sidenotes bébé!
I've now complained about this on daily nous if you want to co-complain or have some ideas:
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I've now complained about this on daily nous if you want to co-complain or have some ideas:
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Has this happened to you yet?
Reviewing an LLM-written paper (guest post) - Daily Nous
A philosopher noticed something off about the paper he was refereeing for a journal. In the following guest post, Jakob Ohlhorst (RWTH Aachen University) shares his experience and raises some question...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Has this happened to you yet?
I just reviewed a paper.
Abstract: "Oh interesting topic, down my lane."
Intro: "well ok, a bit general, I hope the arguments deliver better"
1. "A bit vague missing important point"
2. "Get to the point"
3. "This is exhausting, I think this is a LLM"
Jump to references: "Oh, I see"
Abstract: "Oh interesting topic, down my lane."
Intro: "well ok, a bit general, I hope the arguments deliver better"
1. "A bit vague missing important point"
2. "Get to the point"
3. "This is exhausting, I think this is a LLM"
Jump to references: "Oh, I see"
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I just reviewed a paper.
Abstract: "Oh interesting topic, down my lane."
Intro: "well ok, a bit general, I hope the arguments deliver better"
1. "A bit vague missing important point"
2. "Get to the point"
3. "This is exhausting, I think this is a LLM"
Jump to references: "Oh, I see"
Abstract: "Oh interesting topic, down my lane."
Intro: "well ok, a bit general, I hope the arguments deliver better"
1. "A bit vague missing important point"
2. "Get to the point"
3. "This is exhausting, I think this is a LLM"
Jump to references: "Oh, I see"
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Liebe Leute, ich zähle auf euch!
Bekommen wie die 10.000 Unterschriften hin? Auch aus anderen Bundesländern darf unterzeichnet werden!
Petition: Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von #Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Unterschreibt, teilt es...
petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...
Bekommen wie die 10.000 Unterschriften hin? Auch aus anderen Bundesländern darf unterzeichnet werden!
Petition: Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von #Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Unterschreibt, teilt es...
petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...
Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
petitionen.landtag-bw.de
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Liebe Leute, ich zähle auf euch!
Bekommen wie die 10.000 Unterschriften hin? Auch aus anderen Bundesländern darf unterzeichnet werden!
Petition: Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von #Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Unterschreibt, teilt es...
petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...
Bekommen wie die 10.000 Unterschriften hin? Auch aus anderen Bundesländern darf unterzeichnet werden!
Petition: Keine Nutzung der Software “Gotham” von #Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Unterschreibt, teilt es...
petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...
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On that note - my Digital Ethics course started this week and students expressed an interest in entshitification, but I can't find any philosophical texts about it. Am I missing something? #PhilSky #Philosophy
I've been off the dating market for over a decade so I'm a bit out of the loop but I'm hearing that in my absence the apps have become thoroughly enshittified but people have nonetheless decided to largely abandon more low tech ways of meeting each other, and like, why would people do that
October 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
On that note - my Digital Ethics course started this week and students expressed an interest in entshitification, but I can't find any philosophical texts about it. Am I missing something? #PhilSky #Philosophy
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ich poste ab jetzt nur noch veranstaltungshinweise
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
ich poste ab jetzt nur noch veranstaltungshinweise
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Running a seminar on panpsychism today (i.e. what is it like to be a bat?)
November 5, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Running a seminar on panpsychism today (i.e. what is it like to be a bat?)
I've tarried with banging the drum for hinge epistemology for a bit:
The TC in Synthese has a bunch of forthcoming papers!
First, close to my heart, more baby logic, maybe rather toddler logic! (Sorry Pawel)
How we can bootstrap hinge commitments:
The TC in Synthese has a bunch of forthcoming papers!
First, close to my heart, more baby logic, maybe rather toddler logic! (Sorry Pawel)
How we can bootstrap hinge commitments:
Conceptual and epistemic bootstrapping of hinge commitments - Synthese
Synthese - Some hinge epistemologists have identified the constraints of innate and hardwired cognitive capacities with hinge propositions. My point in this paper is that they have focused only on...
link.springer.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I've tarried with banging the drum for hinge epistemology for a bit:
The TC in Synthese has a bunch of forthcoming papers!
First, close to my heart, more baby logic, maybe rather toddler logic! (Sorry Pawel)
How we can bootstrap hinge commitments:
The TC in Synthese has a bunch of forthcoming papers!
First, close to my heart, more baby logic, maybe rather toddler logic! (Sorry Pawel)
How we can bootstrap hinge commitments:
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Genauso wie man den deutschen (deutschsprachigen) Sonderweg der Habilitation endlich aufgeben sollte, sollte man die Ausbeutung der Privatdozent*innen durch unentgeltliche Titellehre sein lassen. Sie ist ein Instrument der sozialen Auslese.
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Der Brief und die Möglichkeit zur Unterschrift sind unter folgendem Link zu finden:
chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY
chng.it/VhcP5tDBBY
Diese Kampagne braucht deine Unterstützung
An die Bildungsministerkonferenz: Schluss mit dem Prekariat der Privatdozent:innen!
chng.it
October 7, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Genauso wie man den deutschen (deutschsprachigen) Sonderweg der Habilitation endlich aufgeben sollte, sollte man die Ausbeutung der Privatdozent*innen durch unentgeltliche Titellehre sein lassen. Sie ist ein Instrument der sozialen Auslese.
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
Ich habe unterschrieben. Unterschreib Du auch!
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*Officially* out today: Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy. I’m grateful to my co-editor, Annalisa Coliva, and all our excellent contributors! Link in bio. (Find the volume’s introduction on my website 😈.)
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
*Officially* out today: Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy. I’m grateful to my co-editor, Annalisa Coliva, and all our excellent contributors! Link in bio. (Find the volume’s introduction on my website 😈.)
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1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise
For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
1/n A few days ago, an article appeared in The Atlantic with a bold headline “Left-wing terrorism is on the rise.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Join us - physically or online - on the 1st of October, 10 a.m. CET for this fascinating lecture by Quassim Cassam at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He will explore whether there are cases of benign extremism. Register via the link:
extremebeliefs.com/event/lectur...
extremebeliefs.com/event/lectur...
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Join us - physically or online - on the 1st of October, 10 a.m. CET for this fascinating lecture by Quassim Cassam at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He will explore whether there are cases of benign extremism. Register via the link:
extremebeliefs.com/event/lectur...
extremebeliefs.com/event/lectur...
Some might be interested!
September 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Some might be interested!
Gestern hatte ich einen Artikel in der digitalen FAZ darüber, dass diese Attentate aus einem emotionalen memeifizierten Nihilismus entspringen. Mir wäre weniger so unmittelbar bestätigende Evidenz lieber gewesen.
WOW! WHAT DO YOU KNOW! IT'S LIKE @machete.gay AND I WERE RIGHT AGAIN
September 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Gestern hatte ich einen Artikel in der digitalen FAZ darüber, dass diese Attentate aus einem emotionalen memeifizierten Nihilismus entspringen. Mir wäre weniger so unmittelbar bestätigende Evidenz lieber gewesen.
And that's why you should call them the Greater Hebrides
This is interesting - a thorough Wikipedia explanation of the terminology used to denote “these islands”…
I tend to use “Britain and Ireland”, but accept thats problematical (eg the Isle of Man issue”)
Never in a month of Sundays would I say “the British Isles”
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termino...
I tend to use “Britain and Ireland”, but accept thats problematical (eg the Isle of Man issue”)
Never in a month of Sundays would I say “the British Isles”
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termino...
Terminology of the British Isles - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
And that's why you should call them the Greater Hebrides
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I’ve been training my whole life for this moment
September 22, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’ve been training my whole life for this moment
I just watched Brazil, won’t again.
Also preemptively (never watching) any Cronenberg, half of Crimes of the Future was enough
Also preemptively (never watching) any Cronenberg, half of Crimes of the Future was enough
name a flick other than requiem for a dream that you will never watch again not because you think its trash but more because you just cant put yourself through it again
September 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I just watched Brazil, won’t again.
Also preemptively (never watching) any Cronenberg, half of Crimes of the Future was enough
Also preemptively (never watching) any Cronenberg, half of Crimes of the Future was enough
apparently psychohistory is just warmed over poetry studies and philosophy:
philpapers.org/rec/SELPRO-4
philpapers.org/rec/SELPRO-4
Hari Seldon, Poetry Review of "A Hope" by Ina Donna Coolbrith, PLC (1915-1928), California Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for CA State of Arts Council - PhilPapers
The poetry "A Hope" was written by American poet Ina Donna Coolbrith. Ina Coolbrith was the first Poet Laureate of California and the first poet laureate of any American state. The ...
philpapers.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
apparently psychohistory is just warmed over poetry studies and philosophy:
philpapers.org/rec/SELPRO-4
philpapers.org/rec/SELPRO-4
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We should fine-tune an LLM on Stanisław Lem’s writings and call it an “LLLEM”
Btw, fun fact: Philip K. Dick at the height of his paranoia thought that “Lem” was in fact not a person but a secret collective of Soviet spies smuggling coded messages through sci-fi novels
Btw, fun fact: Philip K. Dick at the height of his paranoia thought that “Lem” was in fact not a person but a secret collective of Soviet spies smuggling coded messages through sci-fi novels
September 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
We should fine-tune an LLM on Stanisław Lem’s writings and call it an “LLLEM”
Btw, fun fact: Philip K. Dick at the height of his paranoia thought that “Lem” was in fact not a person but a secret collective of Soviet spies smuggling coded messages through sci-fi novels
Btw, fun fact: Philip K. Dick at the height of his paranoia thought that “Lem” was in fact not a person but a secret collective of Soviet spies smuggling coded messages through sci-fi novels