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@joelpust.bsky.social
Philosopher at @UDelaware. For free expression, academic freedom, a priori philosophy. Posting entirely in a personal capacity. Pessimism of the intellect, Optimism of the will.
https://philpeople.org/profiles/joel-pust
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"Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?" a deep dive for the law nerds new from me, posted over at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?
The Associated Press reports: Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says WASHINGTON (AP)…
reason.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
"Can ICE Enter a Home To Make an Arrest With Only an Administrative Warrant?" a deep dive for the law nerds new from me, posted over at Volokh.
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
reason.com/volokh/2026/...
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About 90% of instructors surveyed believe that generative AI will diminish students’ critical thinking skills, and 78% said that cheating has increased on their campus since these tools have become widely available. Will AI tools will lower value of academic degrees? https://chroni.cl/3ZkgzuC
Faculty Are Overwhelmed and Conflicted by AI, Survey Shows
One-third of instructors say they’ve dealt with a lot of academic-integrity violations.
www.chronicle.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 PM
About 90% of instructors surveyed believe that generative AI will diminish students’ critical thinking skills, and 78% said that cheating has increased on their campus since these tools have become widely available. Will AI tools will lower value of academic degrees? https://chroni.cl/3ZkgzuC
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"Philosophy is the most productive force ever discovered by human beings..."
A rallying cry for philosophy.
A rallying cry for philosophy.
On Philosophy’s Importance - Daily Nous
"You want to know why philosophy matters? This is the true answer, and the one upon which we must plant our flag: philosophy is the most productive force ever discovered by human beings and we are res...
dailynous.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Philosophy is the most productive force ever discovered by human beings..."
A rallying cry for philosophy.
A rallying cry for philosophy.
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The updated SEP entry on #Hyperintensionality is online!
As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
Hyperintensionality (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
January 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The updated SEP entry on #Hyperintensionality is online!
As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
As the topic has exploded in recent years, might be Daniel and I haven't managed to mention YOUR stuff. Don't be upset: rest assured we've mentioned something intensionally equivalent to that. 😎
plato.stanford.edu/entries/hype...
This discussion with philosopher Hanna Pickard about her new book on addiction was clear, interesting from both a philosophical and a clinical perspective , and deeply humane.
🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT 🚨
In this week's episode hear Dr. Hannah Pickard, addiction philosopher, discuss her new book "What would you do alone in a cage with nothing but cocaine?" (releasing TODAY!) and its implication for science and practice.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1lpk...
In this week's episode hear Dr. Hannah Pickard, addiction philosopher, discuss her new book "What would you do alone in a cage with nothing but cocaine?" (releasing TODAY!) and its implication for science and practice.
Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1lpk...
Spotify – Web Player
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January 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
This discussion with philosopher Hanna Pickard about her new book on addiction was clear, interesting from both a philosophical and a clinical perspective , and deeply humane.
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As the managing editor of the Croatian Journal of Philosophy, I cordially invite you all to check out our archive! All papers are open-access, freely available to download, and you can easily search for what you need by typing in a keyword 🙂 #philsky
In 'Aim of Nature, Aims of Freedom', Luigi Filieri challenges Lara Ostaric’s reading of Kant’s teleological philosophy of history, arguing that the 'aim of nature' is at most a regulative, analogical lens, and not a real driver of moral progress. All CJP papers are open-access. #philsky
Aim of Nature, Aims of Freedom - Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Luigi Filieri, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy Abstract: In these comments, I focus on Chapter 9 of Lara Ostaric’s The Critique of Judgment and the Unity of Kant’s Critical System, titled “Kant’...
cjp.ifzg.hr
January 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
As the managing editor of the Croatian Journal of Philosophy, I cordially invite you all to check out our archive! All papers are open-access, freely available to download, and you can easily search for what you need by typing in a keyword 🙂 #philsky
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I find Gmail’s new “write this for me” feature deeply sinister. They’re trying to convince you that you are dumb and helpless. Don’t let them steal your ability to formulate thoughts and communicate. You were capable of writing an email in 2022 and you’re capable now.
January 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I find Gmail’s new “write this for me” feature deeply sinister. They’re trying to convince you that you are dumb and helpless. Don’t let them steal your ability to formulate thoughts and communicate. You were capable of writing an email in 2022 and you’re capable now.
Just found a new path so my Erdos # is 5 rather than 6.
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Just found a new path so my Erdos # is 5 rather than 6.
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Frequentists take note!
FDA Issues Guidance on Modernizing Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today published draft guidance designed to facilitate the use of Bayesian methodologies in clinical trials of drugs and biologics, helping drug developers make be...
www.fda.gov
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Frequentists take note!
Frequentists take note!
FDA Issues Guidance on Modernizing Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today published draft guidance designed to facilitate the use of Bayesian methodologies in clinical trials of drugs and biologics, helping drug developers make be...
www.fda.gov
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Frequentists take note!
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“current AI systems are a death sentence for civic institutions, and we should treat them as such”
New paper by @jessicasilbey.bsky.social & @hartzog.bsky.social: How AI Destroys Institutions. AI systems erode expertise and short-circuit decisions, undermining the transparency and accountability that civic institutions need to survive. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
How AI Destroys Institutions
Civic institutions—the rule of law, universities, and a free press—are the backbone of democratic life. They are the mechanisms through which complex societies
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January 14, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“current AI systems are a death sentence for civic institutions, and we should treat them as such”
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To celebrate #WorldLogicDay, I once again share the joke I heard Sidney Morgenbesser tell about George Santayana:
"Now there's a guy who asserted both p and not-p, and then drew out all the implications"
"Now there's a guy who asserted both p and not-p, and then drew out all the implications"
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
To celebrate #WorldLogicDay, I once again share the joke I heard Sidney Morgenbesser tell about George Santayana:
"Now there's a guy who asserted both p and not-p, and then drew out all the implications"
"Now there's a guy who asserted both p and not-p, and then drew out all the implications"
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The president of a university actually defends forcing a professor to remove Plato from his course by saying, "We didn't ban ALL Plato." Um, first, no one said you did. Second... dailynous.com/2026/01/13/a...
A Dishonest Response from TAMU President Tommy Williams - Daily Nous
The interim president of Texas A&M, Tommy Williams, has publicly replied to last week's reports of his university telling a philosophy professor to remove readings by Plato and others from the syllabu...
dailynous.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The president of a university actually defends forcing a professor to remove Plato from his course by saying, "We didn't ban ALL Plato." Um, first, no one said you did. Second... dailynous.com/2026/01/13/a...
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So relieved to learn that Texas A&M is not banning Plato altogether, but merely redacting his work to ensure it conforms to accepted state ideology
January 13, 2026 at 4:27 PM
So relieved to learn that Texas A&M is not banning Plato altogether, but merely redacting his work to ensure it conforms to accepted state ideology
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Reminder -- deadline at the end of January.
Call for Papers!
On April 18, 2026, the University of Delaware will host the annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference. Papers (less than 2000 words) may be submitted on any topic of philosophical interest. The deadline for submission is 1/31/26. See additional information on the flyer.
On April 18, 2026, the University of Delaware will host the annual GPPC Undergraduate Conference. Papers (less than 2000 words) may be submitted on any topic of philosophical interest. The deadline for submission is 1/31/26. See additional information on the flyer.
January 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Reminder -- deadline at the end of January.
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What does our small corner of an expansive universe have to say about robust realism? Luke Elson explores in “The Size of the Universe Against Robust Realism” at doi.org/10.1086/738320 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy
The Size of the Universe Against Robust Realism* | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2
Does the vast and empty universe have metaethical upshots, perhaps supporting metaethical nihilism or at least counting against robust moral realism? Philosophers have not been kind to this cliché, an...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
What does our small corner of an expansive universe have to say about robust realism? Luke Elson explores in “The Size of the Universe Against Robust Realism” at doi.org/10.1086/738320 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy
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i feel like we're 1 amanda gorman poem away from a zombie apocalypse
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
i feel like we're 1 amanda gorman poem away from a zombie apocalypse
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the meeting of the Society for Inexact Philosophy will be held some time in 2026 at an university
The meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy will be held 5/20-22/2026 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Paper submissions in all areas of analytic philosophy are welcomed. Deadline 1/30/2026. meta.phil.ufl.edu/host/sep/mee...
Conference Page
meta.phil.ufl.edu
January 10, 2026 at 4:15 AM
the meeting of the Society for Inexact Philosophy will be held some time in 2026 at an university
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“Plato does not agree with the narrative that there are two biological sexes and that everyone should be heterosexual. So it is controversial. But that's the whole point of including him in the syllabus.”
— Martin Peterson, Texas A&M
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— Martin Peterson, Texas A&M
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“Plato does not agree with the narrative that there are two biological sexes and that everyone should be heterosexual. So it is controversial. But that's the whole point of including him in the syllabus.”
— Martin Peterson, Texas A&M
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
— Martin Peterson, Texas A&M
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
Seems like the definition of "mission creep."
In the light of ICE's unjustifiable murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, AAUP President Todd Wolfson has released a statement urging that ICE should suspend all operation in American cities.
Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
Read full statement at link below 👇 and at the graphic in this thread 🧵
#AbolishICE
#AcademicSky
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: ICE Should Suspend All Operation in American Cities
The AAUP stands in solidarity with the family of Renee Nicole Good and all communities that have suffered under ICE occupation.
www.aaup.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Seems like the definition of "mission creep."
A fantastic response.
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A fantastic response.
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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Two great new papers out: one offering further support to the Revelation argument I and others push against physicalism, but another arguing it applies equally to panpsychism! Much to think about...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Why Revelation Cannot Favor Panpsychism Over Physicalism
The revelation thesis, namely the claim that introspection or phenomenal concepts reveal the full essence of conscious states, has recently become a central topic in the philosophy of mind. On the on...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Two great new papers out: one offering further support to the Revelation argument I and others push against physicalism, but another arguing it applies equally to panpsychism! Much to think about...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
philpapers.org/rec/OCOTAF-2...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
philpapers.org/rec/OCOTAF-2...