Bennett McNulty
@mbmcnulty.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, Residential Fellow at the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science – Philosophy, Running, Classical Guitar, Baking, History – He/Him
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To 99% of ICE-occupied Minneapolis, the line between good and evil over the past two months has been absolutely clear. Yet the #UMN administration has consistently picked the wrong side.
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Opinion | At the University of Minnesota, neutrality has become censorship
"In theory, neutrality policies protect free debate by allowing the community to disagree on controversial matters. But in practice, these policies are easily weaponized to achieve the opposite — cens...
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February 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
To 99% of ICE-occupied Minneapolis, the line between good and evil over the past two months has been absolutely clear. Yet the #UMN administration has consistently picked the wrong side.
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Dear Kant Scholar friends: do you know of any texts in which Kant reflected on the Russian occupation of Königsberg during the Seven Year’s War? Starting a course on Kant next week and trying to make it more relevant to the current events in (occupied) Minneapolis. #philosophy #kant
January 12, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Dear Kant Scholar friends: do you know of any texts in which Kant reflected on the Russian occupation of Königsberg during the Seven Year’s War? Starting a course on Kant next week and trying to make it more relevant to the current events in (occupied) Minneapolis. #philosophy #kant
google is out of control. google docs' auto grammar check just told me I should split my infinitive. 😡
December 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
google is out of control. google docs' auto grammar check just told me I should split my infinitive. 😡
philosophers out here just hiring anyone these days smh
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
philosophers out here just hiring anyone these days smh
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UMN administration has not taken this simple step.
While we do not agree on all issues, I want to publicly thank UNC-CH Chancellor Lee Roberts for clearly stating today in Faculty Council that UNC cannot and will not sign Trump's Compact, because it raises irresolvable issues of academic freedom. That was important for faculty & students to hear.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
UMN administration has not taken this simple step.
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3 year PhD position at U of Copenhagen for a philosophical analysis of animal models in translational neuroscience. Those with MA in HPS, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, STS, etc. are welcome to apply. Application deadline is Oct 31 #HPS #STS employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
PhD Project in Philosophy of Science: Philosophical Perspectives on Animal Models in Translational Neuroscience
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September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
3 year PhD position at U of Copenhagen for a philosophical analysis of animal models in translational neuroscience. Those with MA in HPS, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, STS, etc. are welcome to apply. Application deadline is Oct 31 #HPS #STS employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Real @nytpitchbot.bsky.social energy here…
September 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Real @nytpitchbot.bsky.social energy here…
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There's still time to submit to HOPOS 2026 - The Sixteenth Biennial Congress of the International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science.
June 22-26, 2026 at The Ohio State University.
Deadline: 11:59 PM (PDT), September 30, 2025.
hopos2026.dryfta.com/index.php
June 22-26, 2026 at The Ohio State University.
Deadline: 11:59 PM (PDT), September 30, 2025.
hopos2026.dryfta.com/index.php
HOPOS 2026
Paper and symposium proposals for HOPOS 2026 can now be submitted through this web site. For detailed instructions, plea
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September 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
There's still time to submit to HOPOS 2026 - The Sixteenth Biennial Congress of the International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science.
June 22-26, 2026 at The Ohio State University.
Deadline: 11:59 PM (PDT), September 30, 2025.
hopos2026.dryfta.com/index.php
June 22-26, 2026 at The Ohio State University.
Deadline: 11:59 PM (PDT), September 30, 2025.
hopos2026.dryfta.com/index.php
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🎙️ New HPS Pod!
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
S5 E7 - Lydia Patton on HOPOS
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August 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
🎙️ New HPS Pod!
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
I chat with Prof. Lydia Patton about HOPOS — the history of philosophy of science. From her editorship of the journal to the future of the discipline, Patton shares why a historical lens reshapes core philosophical questions.
🎧 Link in bio!
#HOPOS
Nah, you can't do that. That's Ohio State's thing.
August 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Nah, you can't do that. That's Ohio State's thing.
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Unsolicited advice for incoming PhD students:
Be wary of faculty who tend to shit-talk their colleagues in the presence of students. Don't allow yourself to be conscripted into their petty rivalries
Be wary of faculty who tend to shit-talk their colleagues in the presence of students. Don't allow yourself to be conscripted into their petty rivalries
August 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Unsolicited advice for incoming PhD students:
Be wary of faculty who tend to shit-talk their colleagues in the presence of students. Don't allow yourself to be conscripted into their petty rivalries
Be wary of faculty who tend to shit-talk their colleagues in the presence of students. Don't allow yourself to be conscripted into their petty rivalries
Has anyone written on historians of philosophy's propensity to write in present tense about historical philosophical theories? There is some sort of Platonic assumption about the atemporality of the conceptual systems we are engaging with, right?
August 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Has anyone written on historians of philosophy's propensity to write in present tense about historical philosophical theories? There is some sort of Platonic assumption about the atemporality of the conceptual systems we are engaging with, right?
July 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today I’m presenting my talk, “Reflections on Crisis Science” at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social, 14:30–15:00. Come and hear about my take on philosophical accounts of science in times of crisis and reflections on conservation biology! #ishpssb2025 #philsci
July 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Today I’m presenting my talk, “Reflections on Crisis Science” at @ishpssb2025.bsky.social, 14:30–15:00. Come and hear about my take on philosophical accounts of science in times of crisis and reflections on conservation biology! #ishpssb2025 #philsci
UGH the Institute for the Unity of Science had a relationship with both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science. We cannot have one organization with separate relationships with distinct AAAS's. 😠
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
UGH the Institute for the Unity of Science had a relationship with both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science. We cannot have one organization with separate relationships with distinct AAAS's. 😠
so who is going to write a book on the 1947 meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association???
July 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
so who is going to write a book on the 1947 meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association???
So, uh, reading through philosophy of science archives, and... does anyone know anything about Ian Hacking "beating up on a cop" in 1981? That sounds like a good story.
July 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
So, uh, reading through philosophy of science archives, and... does anyone know anything about Ian Hacking "beating up on a cop" in 1981? That sounds like a good story.
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I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
June 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
I swear to God, some Schilpp volume or another comes up in every letter sent among philosophers of science in the 20th century.
June 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I swear to God, some Schilpp volume or another comes up in every letter sent among philosophers of science in the 20th century.
Reichenbach in a 1935 letter to Hempel on Popper’s _Logik der Forschung_. Describes the book as disregarding all problems with shocking naïveté and containing several substantial mathematical errors. Love spicy letters. 🌶️
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reichenbach in a 1935 letter to Hempel on Popper’s _Logik der Forschung_. Describes the book as disregarding all problems with shocking naïveté and containing several substantial mathematical errors. Love spicy letters. 🌶️
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this is the most one-sided two-option poll i can remember seeing. you could probably get 10 percent of americans to respond that installing your air conditioner backwards so that cold air blows outside will fix the environment
"Do you want America to be at war with Iran?"
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
No: 85%
Yes: 5%
YouGov / June 22, 2025
June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
this is the most one-sided two-option poll i can remember seeing. you could probably get 10 percent of americans to respond that installing your air conditioner backwards so that cold air blows outside will fix the environment