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Claude, the Therapist, Is In to explain the challenge of academic orthodoxy
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Claude, the Therapist, Is In

How could I not share this pep talk from Claude after a therapy session? 🧐 I conveyed that I am often categorised (and therefore dismissed) as a postmodern philosopher – I rather see myself as post…

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January 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM

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In a 4-minute video, I discuss The Gradient, Chapter 3 of my latest book, A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis.
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#philosophy #video #language #semantics

Language Insufficiency Hypothesis – Chapter 3 Summary

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January 16, 2026 at 3:18 AM

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Call for Minnesota to file murder and reckless endangerment charges against Jonathon Ross.
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#minnesota #minneapolis #ross #good #news #killing #justice

Insurrection Act in Minnesota and a call to action

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January 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM

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I use the Minneapolis ICE murder to emphasise a critique of the legal system more generally. Motive and intent are not facts.
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#philosophy #blog #podcast #metaphysics #history #law #power #violence#psychology #truth #ontology #responsibility #news #ICE #minneapolis

Facts, Intent, and the Afterlife of Metaphysics

I’ve been reading Bernard Williams lately, and I’ve written about his work on Truth and Truthfulness. I’m in the process of writing more on the challenges of ontological moral pos…

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January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM

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In an 8-minute video, I discuss Chapter 2 of my latest book, Structural Limits of Language.
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#philosophy #video #blog #language #limits #history #genealogy #semantics #semiotics #fitness #truth #structure #book

Language Insufficiency Hypothesis: Structural Limits of Language

I share a summary of Chapter 2 of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis. Video: Language Insufficiency Hypothesis: Structural Limits of Language Not much to add. The video is under 8 minutes long – o…

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January 14, 2026 at 6:35 AM

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Mocking up a minimalist cover for my next book, When Language fails. I share an abstract on my blog.
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/13/when-language-fails-abstract/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#book #philosophy #writing #ontology #perspective #language #cover #art #minimalism #blog

January 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM

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I'm wrapping up a monograph on plural social ontologies and the effects this brings to moral psychology. I share some early ideas on my blog. philosophics.blog/2026/01/12/o...
#philosophy #ontology #book #writing #language #ontology #semantics #meaning #society #psychology #monograph #humancondition

Ontologically Speaking

This will be a shorter post than most. I want to continue sharing my thoughts and summaries of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis, but I’m exploring new territories that help to consolidate …

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January 12, 2026 at 5:31 AM

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I share the opening of Chapter 1 and a video summary of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis – plus a TOC. Check it out.
👉 philosophics.blog/2026/01/11/l...
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January 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM

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I discuss A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis, Chapter 1: A Genealogy of Insufficiency – From Ancient Greece through the 20th Century.
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#philosophy #language #video #genealogy #hypothesis #semantics #communication #power #ideology #plato #aristotle #shadows #cognition

Language Insufficiency Hypothesis – Chapter 1 Summary

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January 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM

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A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis, part 2.
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I discuss my latest book.
#books #writing #philosophy #reading #language #video #youtube #communication #law #contracts #author #graph #efficiency #complexity #science #pyjamas #semantics #meaning #trauma #identity

Language Insufficiency Hypothesis - Part 2

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January 10, 2026 at 6:22 AM

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Thanks to Ev Fedorenko, I published the first of 2 essays.
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Cognition is pre-verbal. This is important.
#philosophy #language #morality #emotions #neuroscience #cognition #science #blog #podcast

Language As Interface: Underconstraint, Genealogy, and Moral Incommensurability

I’ve just published an essay following on the work of cognitive neuroscientist Evelina Fedorenko (cover image). It arrives on the heels of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis (LIH). A compani…

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January 10, 2026 at 6:12 AM

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I've been rejected again.
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I've not written about the nonsense of peer review, but these are unadulterated gatekeeping mechanisms antithetical to knowledge dissemination.
#philosophy #journals #credibility #gatekeeping #zenodo #philpapers #writing #letters #blog

Rejection Letter

Dear Author. [REDACTED] does not accept the submission of personal works produced by students, independent researchers, or professionals who have not yet attained a doctoral level. This is a modera…

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January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM

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First clip in a series where I discuss the details of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis.
👉 philosophics.blog/2026/01/08/a...
#book #conceptualcomplexity #Contestables #Fluids #hypothesis #Ineffables #Invariants #language #video #youtube #amazon #LIH #philosophy #promotion #announcement #blog

A Language Insufficiency Announcement

A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis is now available, and I am commencing a series of video content to support it. Video: Language Insufficiency Hypothesis – Part 1 – The Basic Concepts…

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January 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM

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Bien que j’aie rédigé cet essai en décembre, je ne l’ai volontairement pas publié avant aujourd’hui. J’attendais que LIH paraisse en premier. Ce texte prolonge le LIH au-delà des limites de la langue anglaise
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#philosophie #langue #communication #ambiguïté #sémantique #essai

January 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM

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A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis. 📖 a.co/d/3FhE49S
Almost 10 years in the works, I explain why more time and detail cannot improve some forms of communication due to diminishing marginal returns.
#philosophy #language #books #writing #communication #reading #meaning #linguistics #nonfiction

January 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM

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The Melian Dialogue, Trump, and the Persistent Fantasy of Fair Play 👉 philosophics.blog/2026/01/06/t...
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The Melian Dialogue, Trump, and the Persistent Fantasy of Fair Play

We like to believe the world is governed by rules. By fairness. By international law, norms, institutions, treaties, and laminated charters written in earnest fonts. This belief survives not becaus…

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January 7, 2026 at 2:42 AM

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A philosopher reads James. Brilliant.
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#Novel #Reading #AmericanLiterature #Classic #PhilosophicalFiction #Race #Identity #RacialPassing #Belief #Truth #SocialOntology #Appearance #Reality #Power #Perception #blog #podcast #Ideology #Practice #Literature #Philosophy

January 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM

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Analysis of semantic and rhetorical content of politics as administration tries to control language.
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/04/when-words-do-the-work-a-case-study-in-nomenclature-drift/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
#philosophy #language #truth #facts #blog #politics #Venezuela

January 4, 2026 at 11:52 PM

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Speed limits are among the concepts that are never just matters of fact.
👉 philosophics.blog/2026/01/03/j...
I use this as an example to relate to my latest essay.
#facts #truth #philosophy #language #epistemology #ontology #signs #laws #jurisprudence #blog #perception #technology #podcast

Just the Facts, Mum (About Speed Limits)

We tend to think of speed limits as facts. Numbers. Neutral. Posted. Enforced. And yet almost no one treats them that way. Roads are engineered to handle speeds well above the numeral on the sign. …

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January 3, 2026 at 8:37 AM

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Essay: The Fact of the Matter: After Bernard Williams –
Truthfulness, Facts, and the Myth of Immediacy
📝https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18133958
#essay #philosophy #truth #law #epistemology #facts #truth #science #communication #language #perception #metaphysics #objectivity #evidence #jurisprudence

January 2, 2026 at 10:24 PM

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It could have stopped at 'Most likely to Argue', but I'll take the differentiation.
🤬https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/02/a-year-of-chatgpt-2025/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
A blog post about ChatGPT's year in review.
#blog #chatgpt #gpts #ai #philosophy #yearend #newyear #novelty #chat