Pablo Magaña
@pmagana94.bsky.social
Political philosopher | IRC postdoctoral fellow at Trinity College Dublin | Animals, future generations, and democratic theory | Also, memes and shitposting.
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Pablo Magaña
@pmagana94.bsky.social
· Nov 12
I am new on Bluesky, so here's a brief (hopefully informative) summary of my research interests:
- The representation of animals and the unborn.
- How (if at all) should theories of political legitimacy take animals into account.
- The "demos" of democratic firms (e.g. workers, stakeholders...?).
- The representation of animals and the unborn.
- How (if at all) should theories of political legitimacy take animals into account.
- The "demos" of democratic firms (e.g. workers, stakeholders...?).
What's wrong with people who go to concert to TALK? And I don't mean a few comments here and there. I mean long conversations spanning several songs. Just go to a pub? It's cheapter and you won't be acting like an asshole.
November 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
What's wrong with people who go to concert to TALK? And I don't mean a few comments here and there. I mean long conversations spanning several songs. Just go to a pub? It's cheapter and you won't be acting like an asshole.
Next Thursday, November 20 (at 1pm CET), Andreas Schmidt (U. of Groningen) will present at the Moral Minds and Ethical Futures online seminar co-organized by @hugoviciana.bsky.social and me. He'll be talking about "Longtermist Political Philosophy." You're welcome to join us! Info below:
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Next Thursday, November 20 (at 1pm CET), Andreas Schmidt (U. of Groningen) will present at the Moral Minds and Ethical Futures online seminar co-organized by @hugoviciana.bsky.social and me. He'll be talking about "Longtermist Political Philosophy." You're welcome to join us! Info below:
link.springer.com/article/10.1... In 2023, over a few beers in Lisbon, Devon Cass and I teamed up to explore whether animals can be subjected to the kinds of wrongs relational egalitarians are concerned with. The result was this paper just published in Philosophical Studies:
Relational equality and the status of animals - Philosophical Studies
Can the ideal of relational equality—or, more generally, the relational approach to justice—be applied to animals? Animals have, across time and place, held different social statuses (e.g. as incarnat...
link.springer.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
link.springer.com/article/10.1... In 2023, over a few beers in Lisbon, Devon Cass and I teamed up to explore whether animals can be subjected to the kinds of wrongs relational egalitarians are concerned with. The result was this paper just published in Philosophical Studies:
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Looking forward to welcoming Professor Bart Streumer from @rug.nl to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today for his talk, ‘How Berkeley Can Go Quasi and Lose His Mind-Dependence’.
More on this term’s series:
🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
More on this term’s series:
🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Looking forward to welcoming Professor Bart Streumer from @rug.nl to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today for his talk, ‘How Berkeley Can Go Quasi and Lose His Mind-Dependence’.
More on this term’s series:
🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
More on this term’s series:
🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
Oh, the Irish Autumn...
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Oh, the Irish Autumn...
The mighty Patterson Hood
October 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The mighty Patterson Hood
"The inventor of the Gantt chart? Please, open. I just want to have a few words with you."
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"The inventor of the Gantt chart? Please, open. I just want to have a few words with you."
Bowles and Gintis: "[R]ecent developments in microeconomic theory have shown that the self-interested behavior underlying neoclassical theory is artificially truncated: it depicts a charmingly Victorian but Utopian world in which conflicts abound but a handshake is a handshake" lol
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Bowles and Gintis: "[R]ecent developments in microeconomic theory have shown that the self-interested behavior underlying neoclassical theory is artificially truncated: it depicts a charmingly Victorian but Utopian world in which conflicts abound but a handshake is a handshake" lol
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Fee waivers are available for UK applicants interested in reading for a PhD in my department. I'd be happy to support potential applicants in my research areas, especially (but not exclusively) research around animals in moral and political philosophy. Short deadline!
Are you interested in reading for a PhD in international relations, politics, history, or philosophy at Loughborough University? Fee waivers are available for competitive UK applicants starting their studies in 2026.
The application deadline is 11 November.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC380/s...
The application deadline is 11 November.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPC380/s...
www.jobs.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Fee waivers are available for UK applicants interested in reading for a PhD in my department. I'd be happy to support potential applicants in my research areas, especially (but not exclusively) research around animals in moral and political philosophy. Short deadline!
"The problem with Thatcherism is you eventually run out of other people's husbands"
October 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"The problem with Thatcherism is you eventually run out of other people's husbands"
Me: Two days of reading double-column articles haven't affected my sight at all.
Also me:
Also me:
October 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Me: Two days of reading double-column articles haven't affected my sight at all.
Also me:
Also me:
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Hugely honored to be the inaugural guest on the Minds Over Matters Podcast! We talked about my book and the timeless and ubiquitous echoes of shamanism. Watch our conversation, in glorious 1080p, here:
We're kicking things off with evolutionary anthropologist Dr. Manvir Singh for a fascinating conversation about a phenomenon that repeatedly appears across human cultures: shamanism. But why is this the case? What is shamanism? Why does it repeatedly develop across societies? Join us to find out.
Seeing Shamanism Everywhere
YouTube video by Minds Over Matters
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Hugely honored to be the inaugural guest on the Minds Over Matters Podcast! We talked about my book and the timeless and ubiquitous echoes of shamanism. Watch our conversation, in glorious 1080p, here:
Reposted by Pablo Magaña
The Leiden Institute for Philosophy is looking for a new colleague in African Philosophy. Spread the word and/or apply!
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy (0.8-1.0 fte)
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy (0.8-1.0 fte)
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Leiden Institute for Philosophy is looking for a new colleague in African Philosophy. Spread the word and/or apply!
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...
careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...
Dear grant-designers, I've no idea what "intellectual mobility" is. No metaphors in applications, please. Be poetic at home if you wish. I don't have the time, nor the willingness, to decipher hieroglyphics. Thanks.
October 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Dear grant-designers, I've no idea what "intellectual mobility" is. No metaphors in applications, please. Be poetic at home if you wish. I don't have the time, nor the willingness, to decipher hieroglyphics. Thanks.
This is a thoughtful essay, which I recommend. In my neck of the woods, some of the most influential literatures (Parfit & population ethics, animal ethics, longtermism, etc.) make strikingly revisionary claims, with many authors claiming precisely that "common sense morality" is inconsistent/wrong.
October 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This is a thoughtful essay, which I recommend. In my neck of the woods, some of the most influential literatures (Parfit & population ethics, animal ethics, longtermism, etc.) make strikingly revisionary claims, with many authors claiming precisely that "common sense morality" is inconsistent/wrong.
youtu.be/MBQXtnyR5Zc?... I am a simple man. I see a new Waxahatchee live video. I click.
Waxahatchee - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
youtu.be/MBQXtnyR5Zc?... I am a simple man. I see a new Waxahatchee live video. I click.
Reposted by Pablo Magaña
If this doesn’t end bonobos’ reputation as the hippies of the great apes I don’t know what will. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Coalitionary intra-group aggression by wild female bonobos
Sonya Pashchevskaya and colleagues document a potentially fatal attack of a male bonobo
by a group of females.
www.cell.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If this doesn’t end bonobos’ reputation as the hippies of the great apes I don’t know what will. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Pablo Magaña
Just published: my review of Ethical Omnivores: Better Eating for everyone, by Samantha Noll.
It's good we now have a sustained philosophical defence of this position. But I suggest that there are lots of places where Noll's arguments fall short.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It's good we now have a sustained philosophical defence of this position. But I suggest that there are lots of places where Noll's arguments fall short.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just published: my review of Ethical Omnivores: Better Eating for everyone, by Samantha Noll.
It's good we now have a sustained philosophical defence of this position. But I suggest that there are lots of places where Noll's arguments fall short.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It's good we now have a sustained philosophical defence of this position. But I suggest that there are lots of places where Noll's arguments fall short.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
‼️How do we think about future generations? And how should we? On October 9 at 1pm CET we’re kicking off the first of a series of online seminars on “Moral Minds and Ethical Futures: Empirical and Normative Perspectives,” co-organized by
@hugoviciana.bsky.social (U. of Sevilla) and me.
@hugoviciana.bsky.social (U. of Sevilla) and me.
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‼️How do we think about future generations? And how should we? On October 9 at 1pm CET we’re kicking off the first of a series of online seminars on “Moral Minds and Ethical Futures: Empirical and Normative Perspectives,” co-organized by
@hugoviciana.bsky.social (U. of Sevilla) and me.
@hugoviciana.bsky.social (U. of Sevilla) and me.
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My new Centre for Animal Sentience is launching on 30 Sept, and you can read more about one of our priority areas - Animals and AI - in this new blog post. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Should you let AI train your dog? The lawless world of AI and animals
Artificial intelligence could transform our relationships with animals, but more must be done to make sure AI works for the interests of other species.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My new Centre for Animal Sentience is launching on 30 Sept, and you can read more about one of our priority areas - Animals and AI - in this new blog post. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...