Michael Hannon
@michaelhannon.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of Nottingham.
Director of the Aristotelian Society.
Director of the Aristotelian Society.
A referee once told me that the empirical work attempted in my paper is done more seriously elsewhere.
My paper attempted no empirical work.
My paper attempted no empirical work.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A referee once told me that the empirical work attempted in my paper is done more seriously elsewhere.
My paper attempted no empirical work.
My paper attempted no empirical work.
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This is happening at 18.15 tonight in Senate House!
Join us next Monday! We've got Sophie Horowitz (Amherst) for a talk on: 'Plans, Learning, and Deferring'
📍Monday 13th October, Woburn Suite, Senate House
⏰ 18.15-19.45 *note new time for this year*
🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/sophie-horowitz/
📍Monday 13th October, Woburn Suite, Senate House
⏰ 18.15-19.45 *note new time for this year*
🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/sophie-horowitz/
October 13, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This is happening at 18.15 tonight in Senate House!
“For the real environment is altogether too big, too complex, and too fleeting for direct acquaintance."
Walter Lippmann was right. And because the world is too big and complex, I’ve tried to assemble key passages from his 1922 book, "Public Opinion," that capture why it matters today.
Link below.
Walter Lippmann was right. And because the world is too big and complex, I’ve tried to assemble key passages from his 1922 book, "Public Opinion," that capture why it matters today.
Link below.
August 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“For the real environment is altogether too big, too complex, and too fleeting for direct acquaintance."
Walter Lippmann was right. And because the world is too big and complex, I’ve tried to assemble key passages from his 1922 book, "Public Opinion," that capture why it matters today.
Link below.
Walter Lippmann was right. And because the world is too big and complex, I’ve tried to assemble key passages from his 1922 book, "Public Opinion," that capture why it matters today.
Link below.
Few things make me more despairing about the credibility and future of academic philosophy than reading certain referee reports.
August 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Few things make me more despairing about the credibility and future of academic philosophy than reading certain referee reports.
Should we ditch elections, cancel politicians, and hand over decision-making power to a small and randomly selected group of fellow citizens?
Here I review the case for and against two proposals: Alex Guerrero’s “lottocracy” and Hélène Landemore’s “open democracy.”
Link in first comment.
Here I review the case for and against two proposals: Alex Guerrero’s “lottocracy” and Hélène Landemore’s “open democracy.”
Link in first comment.
August 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Should we ditch elections, cancel politicians, and hand over decision-making power to a small and randomly selected group of fellow citizens?
Here I review the case for and against two proposals: Alex Guerrero’s “lottocracy” and Hélène Landemore’s “open democracy.”
Link in first comment.
Here I review the case for and against two proposals: Alex Guerrero’s “lottocracy” and Hélène Landemore’s “open democracy.”
Link in first comment.
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Michael (@michaelhannon.bsky.social) and I are putting together a Special Issue on Political Epistemology for Midwest Studies. Deadline for the CFA is October 31, 2025.
More details here! philevents.org/event/show/1...
Please share with others who might be interested :)
More details here! philevents.org/event/show/1...
Please share with others who might be interested :)
Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Special Issue
Call for Abstracts:
The journal Midwest Studies in Philosophy is putting together a special volume on Political Epistemology.
The issue will feature invited contributions from scholars such as Alex Gu...
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August 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Michael (@michaelhannon.bsky.social) and I are putting together a Special Issue on Political Epistemology for Midwest Studies. Deadline for the CFA is October 31, 2025.
More details here! philevents.org/event/show/1...
Please share with others who might be interested :)
More details here! philevents.org/event/show/1...
Please share with others who might be interested :)
I love a good epigraph.
July 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I love a good epigraph.
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The Supplementary Volume of the PAS 2025 is finally out!! Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian... #philsky @aristotsoc.bsky.social
Issues | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Aristotelian Society. Publishes the papers read at the Society?s fortnightly meetings in London, covering a range of philosophical issues, including: Epistemology, Philosop...
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July 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The Supplementary Volume of the PAS 2025 is finally out!! Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian... #philsky @aristotsoc.bsky.social
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Happy 100th birthday to Michael Dummett! Dummett was born on 27th June 1925. To mark the occasion, the Aristotelian Society have put together a special virtue issue celebrating his contributions to the Society over his lifetime. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian...
Aristotelian Society Virtual Issue: Michael Dummett Centenary
Guest edited by Professor Ian Rumfitt, Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford.
Introduction
Michael Dum
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June 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Michael Dummett! Dummett was born on 27th June 1925. To mark the occasion, the Aristotelian Society have put together a special virtue issue celebrating his contributions to the Society over his lifetime. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian...
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Next Monday 16th June we've got Sarah McGrath from Princeton coming to chat to us about: 'What (if anything) is moral experience?' #philosophy
⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June
📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House
🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/
⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June
📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House
🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/
June 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Next Monday 16th June we've got Sarah McGrath from Princeton coming to chat to us about: 'What (if anything) is moral experience?' #philosophy
⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June
📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House
🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/
⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June
📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House
🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/
If you work in Political Epistemology, consider submitting to this Call for Abstracts for a special issue of Midwest Studies in Philosophy.
www.politicalepistemologynetwork.com/midwest-stud...
www.politicalepistemologynetwork.com/midwest-stud...
Midwest Studies — Political Epistemology Network
www.politicalepistemologynetwork.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If you work in Political Epistemology, consider submitting to this Call for Abstracts for a special issue of Midwest Studies in Philosophy.
www.politicalepistemologynetwork.com/midwest-stud...
www.politicalepistemologynetwork.com/midwest-stud...
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ESEARCH!
"Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference"
@michaelhannon.bsky.social challenges the claim that marginalised individuals possess unique epistemic advantages regarding oppression.
Read:https://tinyurl.com/ypu8xut2
#philosophy #deference #standpoint #epistemology
IMG: varpal
"Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference"
@michaelhannon.bsky.social challenges the claim that marginalised individuals possess unique epistemic advantages regarding oppression.
Read:https://tinyurl.com/ypu8xut2
#philosophy #deference #standpoint #epistemology
IMG: varpal
May 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
ESEARCH!
"Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference"
@michaelhannon.bsky.social challenges the claim that marginalised individuals possess unique epistemic advantages regarding oppression.
Read:https://tinyurl.com/ypu8xut2
#philosophy #deference #standpoint #epistemology
IMG: varpal
"Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference"
@michaelhannon.bsky.social challenges the claim that marginalised individuals possess unique epistemic advantages regarding oppression.
Read:https://tinyurl.com/ypu8xut2
#philosophy #deference #standpoint #epistemology
IMG: varpal
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So proud of @michaelhannon.bsky.social for receiving a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship! ✨ Even though he’d prefer he were still early career…
Project: “Lies of the Electorate: The Role of Insincere Discourse in Politics”
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...
Project: “Lies of the Electorate: The Role of Insincere Discourse in Politics”
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...
Mid-Career Fellowships 2024 awards
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
May 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
So proud of @michaelhannon.bsky.social for receiving a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship! ✨ Even though he’d prefer he were still early career…
Project: “Lies of the Electorate: The Role of Insincere Discourse in Politics”
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...
Project: “Lies of the Electorate: The Role of Insincere Discourse in Politics”
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/mid-...
Woke up to this. Huzzah!
I am pleased to inform you that your submission "Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference" has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies.
I am pleased to inform you that your submission "Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference" has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies.
May 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Woke up to this. Huzzah!
I am pleased to inform you that your submission "Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference" has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies.
I am pleased to inform you that your submission "Social Identity, Understanding, and Deference" has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies.
Tomorrow (Thursday) 4:30pm in Senate House, London.
PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds)
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PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds)
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds)
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April 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Tomorrow (Thursday) 4:30pm in Senate House, London.
PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds)
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
PPE Seminar | Promising to Do Wrong | Erik Zhang (Leeds)
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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We're delighted share this video about @helendecruz.net's fantastic article, "Friendship with the Ancients," which was published by the Journal of the American Philosophical Association.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGp4...
@apaphilosophy.bsky.social
Article here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGp4...
@apaphilosophy.bsky.social
Article here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
Friendship with the Ancients by Helen De Cruz
YouTube video by Cambridge University Press
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April 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We're delighted share this video about @helendecruz.net's fantastic article, "Friendship with the Ancients," which was published by the Journal of the American Philosophical Association.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGp4...
@apaphilosophy.bsky.social
Article here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGp4...
@apaphilosophy.bsky.social
Article here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....
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Interested in writing applied epistemology for a public-facing audience? Apply to be part of our new working group! It'll meet four times over the summer, followed by a capstone in-person event here at UNC in September facilitated by Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Details here:
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
March 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Interested in writing applied epistemology for a public-facing audience? Apply to be part of our new working group! It'll meet four times over the summer, followed by a capstone in-person event here at UNC in September facilitated by Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Details here:
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
This Thursday Alison Hills (Oxford) will be talking about "Moral Understanding and Moral Motivation" at the PPE series in London. Join us!
📍Senate House (Room 243)
🕐 4:30pm
🗓️ March 20
philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
📍Senate House (Room 243)
🕐 4:30pm
🗓️ March 20
philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Moral Understanding and Moral Motivation | Alison Hills (Oxford)
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philosophy.sas.ac.uk
March 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Thursday Alison Hills (Oxford) will be talking about "Moral Understanding and Moral Motivation" at the PPE series in London. Join us!
📍Senate House (Room 243)
🕐 4:30pm
🗓️ March 20
philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
📍Senate House (Room 243)
🕐 4:30pm
🗓️ March 20
philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Two months ago, I launched a blog on Political Epistemology, and I've been thoroughly enjoying the writing process. I just published my fifth article, exploring Political Skepticism and Humility.
Link in the comments.
Link in the comments.
March 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Two months ago, I launched a blog on Political Epistemology, and I've been thoroughly enjoying the writing process. I just published my fifth article, exploring Political Skepticism and Humility.
Link in the comments.
Link in the comments.
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University administrations are largely a scam and should be sized down.
On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
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March 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
University administrations are largely a scam and should be sized down.
New Substack post!
Why do so many people accept evidence of widespread political ignorance but deny that we can determine who is politically knowledgeable? I look at some explanations.
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Why do so many people accept evidence of widespread political ignorance but deny that we can determine who is politically knowledgeable? I look at some explanations.
open.substack.com/pub/michaelj...
March 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New Substack post!
Why do so many people accept evidence of widespread political ignorance but deny that we can determine who is politically knowledgeable? I look at some explanations.
open.substack.com/pub/michaelj...
Why do so many people accept evidence of widespread political ignorance but deny that we can determine who is politically knowledgeable? I look at some explanations.
open.substack.com/pub/michaelj...
I recently started a Substack to try to rediscover the joy of writing. Here’s my third post. I’ve plan to keep writing about knowledge, truth, and politics, so please do consider subscribing! (It’s free.)
open.substack.com/pub/michaelj...
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Is There Truth in Politics?
A modest defense.
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February 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I recently started a Substack to try to rediscover the joy of writing. Here’s my third post. I’ve plan to keep writing about knowledge, truth, and politics, so please do consider subscribing! (It’s free.)
open.substack.com/pub/michaelj...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelj...
The types and quantity of errors that get introduced to a manuscript at the copyediting/proofing stage are truly absurd. Our book manuscript now has entire sentences with no spaces between words, for example.
February 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The types and quantity of errors that get introduced to a manuscript at the copyediting/proofing stage are truly absurd. Our book manuscript now has entire sentences with no spaces between words, for example.
Join us in London next week for Jonathan Benson's @j-benson.bsky.social talk:
"Affective Polarization and the Aptness of Partisan Anger".
"Affective Polarization and the Aptness of Partisan Anger".
Join the next talk in the Practical, Political, & Ethical Series!
Jonathan Benson (@j-benson.bsky.social) presents "Affective Polarization and the Aptness of Partisan Anger"
📆: Thursday, Feb 20
🕟: 4:30 - 6 PM
📍: Senate House, Room 243
Abstract below! Hope to see you there :)
Jonathan Benson (@j-benson.bsky.social) presents "Affective Polarization and the Aptness of Partisan Anger"
📆: Thursday, Feb 20
🕟: 4:30 - 6 PM
📍: Senate House, Room 243
Abstract below! Hope to see you there :)
February 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Join us in London next week for Jonathan Benson's @j-benson.bsky.social talk:
"Affective Polarization and the Aptness of Partisan Anger".
"Affective Polarization and the Aptness of Partisan Anger".
Externalist solutions to skepticism are a cop out and you know it.
February 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Externalist solutions to skepticism are a cop out and you know it.