Brett Karlan
@oldjerryfodor.bsky.social
Assistant professor of philosophy at Purdue University. Cognitive science, AI, epistemology, ethics, other stuff. Producer and consumer of artisenal PDFs. brettkarlan.com
*coughing* Oh shit the shutdown ended?
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
*coughing* Oh shit the shutdown ended?
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I'm thinking of starting a philosophy journal with a 100% rejection rate. It will be the most prestigious journal of all time.
Not sure how I feel about Ergo not allowing major revisions decisions for papers tbh
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm thinking of starting a philosophy journal with a 100% rejection rate. It will be the most prestigious journal of all time.
Not sure how I feel about Ergo not allowing major revisions decisions for papers tbh
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Not sure how I feel about Ergo not allowing major revisions decisions for papers tbh
Guy who hates Harry Potter but primarily because they stop reliably reporting who wins the house cup each year
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Guy who hates Harry Potter but primarily because they stop reliably reporting who wins the house cup each year
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football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
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My more precise view is that things too fancy for me to get should be done by lottery, but things that I do get should abide by strict meritocratic norms
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
My more precise view is that things too fancy for me to get should be done by lottery, but things that I do get should abide by strict meritocratic norms
Gotta admit, I was super into consciousness stuff as an undergrad, realized it was kind of a squishy question, then kinda grew out of finding it interesting. And I always find it weird when people are still super into it tbh
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Gotta admit, I was super into consciousness stuff as an undergrad, realized it was kind of a squishy question, then kinda grew out of finding it interesting. And I always find it weird when people are still super into it tbh
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has anyone considered writing about whether chatgpt is or soon will be conscious? could be pretty interesting...
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
has anyone considered writing about whether chatgpt is or soon will be conscious? could be pretty interesting...
Rereading a paper I assigned for my grad seminar, which I read and liked a lot in grad school myself, but which turns out to be Very Bad and Wrong in myriad ways. Sad for past-me, but glad to see my powers of discernment haven't entirely burned out
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Rereading a paper I assigned for my grad seminar, which I read and liked a lot in grad school myself, but which turns out to be Very Bad and Wrong in myriad ways. Sad for past-me, but glad to see my powers of discernment haven't entirely burned out
While I of course feel for them, the couple behind me in this cafe, who decided to have what seems like a first date at 8:30 in the morning on a Sunday, kinda deserve it going as bad as it is
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
While I of course feel for them, the couple behind me in this cafe, who decided to have what seems like a first date at 8:30 in the morning on a Sunday, kinda deserve it going as bad as it is
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I will not be one of those tenured philosophy professor who goes off and writes novels or composes for the theremin or whatever. I will refuse to let the safety of tenure quell my lack of any work-life balance. What will I do with all the freedom? More analytic fucking philosophy, baybee
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I will not be one of those tenured philosophy professor who goes off and writes novels or composes for the theremin or whatever. I will refuse to let the safety of tenure quell my lack of any work-life balance. What will I do with all the freedom? More analytic fucking philosophy, baybee
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I keep waiting for Aveeno to get embroiled in some controversy so I can tweet 'lotions are now battlefields'.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I keep waiting for Aveeno to get embroiled in some controversy so I can tweet 'lotions are now battlefields'.
"Oceans are now battlefields" - guy who works on conceptual engineering
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"Oceans are now battlefields" - guy who works on conceptual engineering
Iowa football shows how it is possible to be one of the top 20 teams to do something and yet be completely terrible at the thing you're supposed to be doing. Just like some top-20 philosophy departments!
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Iowa football shows how it is possible to be one of the top 20 teams to do something and yet be completely terrible at the thing you're supposed to be doing. Just like some top-20 philosophy departments!
Hey Brett what's your favorite Lewis paper?
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hey Brett what's your favorite Lewis paper?
Hockey is so cool, I wish Canada was real
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hockey is so cool, I wish Canada was real
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I know BlueSky has problems with humour so just to be clear: I, like everyone else, am aware that postdocs aren't real. I'm not spreading misinformation when I refer to them as if they exist, they're jokes and everyone knows that. Chill, ok?
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I know BlueSky has problems with humour so just to be clear: I, like everyone else, am aware that postdocs aren't real. I'm not spreading misinformation when I refer to them as if they exist, they're jokes and everyone knows that. Chill, ok?
Phone took 15 minutes to update this morning, and I didn't have any other screens on during the process. Just sat alone with my thoughts like a goddamn monk. It was awful
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Phone took 15 minutes to update this morning, and I didn't have any other screens on during the process. Just sat alone with my thoughts like a goddamn monk. It was awful
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🚨New Paper!🚨
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching - Topoi
We motivate and lay out the broad contours of a research program, namely that of developing a systematic ethics of code-switching. Such an ethics will articulate the values and norms that should gover...
link.springer.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🚨New Paper!🚨
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Philosophy job: *closes applications at 11:59 pm November 1*
Some random dude on the Philosopher's Cocoon at 9 am on November 2: "QUERY: Anyone heard from [philosophy job]?"
Some random dude on the Philosopher's Cocoon at 9 am on November 2: "QUERY: Anyone heard from [philosophy job]?"
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Philosophy job: *closes applications at 11:59 pm November 1*
Some random dude on the Philosopher's Cocoon at 9 am on November 2: "QUERY: Anyone heard from [philosophy job]?"
Some random dude on the Philosopher's Cocoon at 9 am on November 2: "QUERY: Anyone heard from [philosophy job]?"
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Messed up my back reaching for something this morning (I’m middle aged) so now I’m lying on the floor of the lab while actual psych people are working around me. Achieving my final form as a mid-career Phil postdoc who loiters in a psych lab
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Messed up my back reaching for something this morning (I’m middle aged) so now I’m lying on the floor of the lab while actual psych people are working around me. Achieving my final form as a mid-career Phil postdoc who loiters in a psych lab
