Rhys Ting
@rhysjamais.bsky.social
A former qualitative researcher in public health nutrition policy making the leap into philosophy. [MPH → MA]
3rd-culture thing & skeet bricoleur
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A new special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of science’s biggest questions: how life begins.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
How life begins and where it might happen again
A recent special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of the biggest mysteries in science: how life first began. Instead of trying to replay Earth’s exact history, the issue’s authors lo...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A new special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of science’s biggest questions: how life begins.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
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What does it mean to say the animal is "poor in world" along with Heidegger? @raeandruth.bsky.social takes a close look at this, showing that his privative method has some legs. I love seeing her take on Derrida and Krell and hold her own! #philsky
Heidegger's captivated animals
Addressing Derrida's objections
substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What does it mean to say the animal is "poor in world" along with Heidegger? @raeandruth.bsky.social takes a close look at this, showing that his privative method has some legs. I love seeing her take on Derrida and Krell and hold her own! #philsky
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My Element on science denial is free to download until December 1st! Get it for free while you can!
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Science Denial
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Science Denial
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November 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My Element on science denial is free to download until December 1st! Get it for free while you can!
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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Team member Philippe van Basshuysen's paper has just been published: Performativity in Science: Past and Future in Philosophy Compass. doi.org/10.1111/phc3...
Performativity in Science: Past and Future
Performativity is the capacity of science to exert influence on the very phenomena it seeks to describe, for instance, when an economic prediction of a recession creates expectations which, in turn, ....
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October 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Team member Philippe van Basshuysen's paper has just been published: Performativity in Science: Past and Future in Philosophy Compass. doi.org/10.1111/phc3...
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New Element in the #PhilBio series—free to download until Nov 17! Is disease an objective biological fact or a value-laden construct? Peter Takacs argues for a hybrid view that unites both sides under an evolutionary notion of dysfunction👇 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsky #philsci #evosky
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New Element in the #PhilBio series—free to download until Nov 17! Is disease an objective biological fact or a value-laden construct? Peter Takacs argues for a hybrid view that unites both sides under an evolutionary notion of dysfunction👇 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsky #philsci #evosky
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Issue #85 is now live! With writing on materialism, analytic philosophy, the paradox of clothing, and the sublime. Dive in~ #philosophy #philsky epochemagazine.org/issues/85/
October 2025 | Epoché Magazine
A free online philosophy magazine, delivered monthly
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October 31, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Issue #85 is now live! With writing on materialism, analytic philosophy, the paradox of clothing, and the sublime. Dive in~ #philosophy #philsky epochemagazine.org/issues/85/
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What happens when you take a handful of scientists and philosophers, stick them in a 500-year-old church in the middle of Tuscany, and ask them to redefine "intelligence"? I had the transformative experience of finding out. nautil.us/what-is-inte...
What Is Intelligence?
What Is Intelligence? At a church in Italy, we sought to shed an old definition for one that could save us.
nautil.us
October 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What happens when you take a handful of scientists and philosophers, stick them in a 500-year-old church in the middle of Tuscany, and ask them to redefine "intelligence"? I had the transformative experience of finding out. nautil.us/what-is-inte...
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Next #DescartesLaboratory⤵️
November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠
The event is online, everyone is welcome
#Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed
Email us for info!
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November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠
The event is online, everyone is welcome
#Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed
Email us for info!
fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Next #DescartesLaboratory⤵️
November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠
The event is online, everyone is welcome
#Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed
Email us for info!
fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠
The event is online, everyone is welcome
#Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed
Email us for info!
fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
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In a week, I’ll be referencing Dilthey, Ranke, Burckhardt, Heidegger, Troeltsch and Benjamin, all in one talk! From historical contemplation as existential consolation to history as a source of existential Angst. Do join!
After Marilynn Johnson's talk this Thursday, our research seminar will already continue next week (30.10) with @hhenriikka.bsky.social's online talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework". More info and the Zoom link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
www.oulu.fi
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In a week, I’ll be referencing Dilthey, Ranke, Burckhardt, Heidegger, Troeltsch and Benjamin, all in one talk! From historical contemplation as existential consolation to history as a source of existential Angst. Do join!
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New book drop 📚 Scam: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds
Our visual feature created with authors @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social and Ling Li details life inside huge scam factories using modern slavery to staff their secret compounds.
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Our visual feature created with authors @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social and Ling Li details life inside huge scam factories using modern slavery to staff their secret compounds.
👉 scam-factories-life-inside....
October 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
New book drop 📚 Scam: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds
Our visual feature created with authors @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social and Ling Li details life inside huge scam factories using modern slavery to staff their secret compounds.
👉 scam-factories-life-inside....
Our visual feature created with authors @ivanfranceschini.bsky.social and Ling Li details life inside huge scam factories using modern slavery to staff their secret compounds.
👉 scam-factories-life-inside....
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October 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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New publication by Leo Bich and Laura Menatti in Biological Theory! 🧬
The paper explores homeostasis and health, challenging the view of regulation as stabilization and proposing one focused on the capacity for change.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The paper explores homeostasis and health, challenging the view of regulation as stabilization and proposing one focused on the capacity for change.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change - Biological Theory
All living systems need to regulate themselves and coordinate the activities of their parts to maintain themselves under changing conditions. Historically, homeostasis is one of the central ideas that...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New publication by Leo Bich and Laura Menatti in Biological Theory! 🧬
The paper explores homeostasis and health, challenging the view of regulation as stabilization and proposing one focused on the capacity for change.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The paper explores homeostasis and health, challenging the view of regulation as stabilization and proposing one focused on the capacity for change.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🚨 New paperback alert! 🚨
Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, edited by Kathryn Lawson and Joshua Livingstone, brings refreshing new insights to Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil's philosophies and their continued relevance.
Order now: https://bit.ly/47ng3AI
Read a preview: https://bit.ly/476hrXq
#philsky
Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, edited by Kathryn Lawson and Joshua Livingstone, brings refreshing new insights to Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil's philosophies and their continued relevance.
Order now: https://bit.ly/47ng3AI
Read a preview: https://bit.ly/476hrXq
#philsky
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🚨 New paperback alert! 🚨
Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, edited by Kathryn Lawson and Joshua Livingstone, brings refreshing new insights to Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil's philosophies and their continued relevance.
Order now: https://bit.ly/47ng3AI
Read a preview: https://bit.ly/476hrXq
#philsky
Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, edited by Kathryn Lawson and Joshua Livingstone, brings refreshing new insights to Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil's philosophies and their continued relevance.
Order now: https://bit.ly/47ng3AI
Read a preview: https://bit.ly/476hrXq
#philsky
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D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer
D’Angelo Dead At 51
Terrible, shocking news: The great soul artist D’Angelo, one of the most gifted and mythic musicians of his generation, has reportedly passed away. TMZ reports that pancreatic cancer was his cause of ...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer
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Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...
Why is New York's literary crowd suddenly in thrall to Hungarian fiction? | Hari Kunzru
Hari Kunzru: The highly educated aspiring writers of New York are looking beyond the English-speaking world for their reading fixes. It must be a sign of the times
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Couldn’t be happier that the Nobel has gone to Laszlo Krasznahorkai. Back in 2012 I tried to astroturf a movement claiming him as the Next Big Thjng but it didn’t take off because he’s too difficult www.theguardian.com/books/2012/j...
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Issue 84 is live and kicking, with writing and multimedia on Maritain, Tolkien, LLMs, Aurelius, Deleuze, theater, fascism, and events. 'Tis bleak and great.
epochemagazine.org/issues/84/
#Philosophy #Philsky
epochemagazine.org/issues/84/
#Philosophy #Philsky
September 2025 | Epoché Magazine
A free online philosophy magazine, delivered monthly
epochemagazine.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Issue 84 is live and kicking, with writing and multimedia on Maritain, Tolkien, LLMs, Aurelius, Deleuze, theater, fascism, and events. 'Tis bleak and great.
epochemagazine.org/issues/84/
#Philosophy #Philsky
epochemagazine.org/issues/84/
#Philosophy #Philsky
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📢 We are excited to announce the program for our lecture series this winter term!
With various speakers, we will explore the topic of digital complexity from different disciplinary perspectives. We look forward to seeing you!
➡️ Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/lecture-seri...
With various speakers, we will explore the topic of digital complexity from different disciplinary perspectives. We look forward to seeing you!
➡️ Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/lecture-seri...
October 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
📢 We are excited to announce the program for our lecture series this winter term!
With various speakers, we will explore the topic of digital complexity from different disciplinary perspectives. We look forward to seeing you!
➡️ Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/lecture-seri...
With various speakers, we will explore the topic of digital complexity from different disciplinary perspectives. We look forward to seeing you!
➡️ Find out more: khk.rwth-aachen.de/lecture-seri...
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Nick Reynolds from #ChiUni has produced a wonderful suite of music based on works by Iris Murdoch. Take a listen!
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Iris Murdoch Suite - YouTube
This is a series of seven short pieces all reflecting an aspect of author Iris Murdoch's work. The music attempts to reflect my feelings and memories about t...
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September 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nick Reynolds from #ChiUni has produced a wonderful suite of music based on works by Iris Murdoch. Take a listen!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Very thoughtful and interesting discussion of my book by Hugh Foley – the kind of engagement an author wishes for open.substack.com/pub/hughfole...
A Personal History of Analytic Philosophy
On Christoph Schuringa's new history of an 'apolitical philosophy', and what counts as 'ideology critique'
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September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Very thoughtful and interesting discussion of my book by Hugh Foley – the kind of engagement an author wishes for open.substack.com/pub/hughfole...
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Silvia Alonso-Pérez presents a look at the physics behind the theremin, the early electronic musical instrument that converts hand gestures into the eerie tones heard in the soundtracks of classic sci-fi films like The Day the Earth Stood Still.
#electronicmusic #physics #acoustics #scifi
#electronicmusic #physics #acoustics #scifi
Playing with electromagnetic waves: The science of the theremin
The physics behind the unique instrument lets players turn hand gestures into music.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Silvia Alonso-Pérez presents a look at the physics behind the theremin, the early electronic musical instrument that converts hand gestures into the eerie tones heard in the soundtracks of classic sci-fi films like The Day the Earth Stood Still.
#electronicmusic #physics #acoustics #scifi
#electronicmusic #physics #acoustics #scifi
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Are you dying to know if Hegel hated ersatz coffee? Then boy do I have the piece for you. Very happy to be part of the JHI blog forum on political economy in intellectual history!
As part of the JHI Blog forum on political economy, Marie Louise Krogh examines Hegel's rare reflections on the 19th century international coffee industry as an entry point into the theoretical stakes of political economy in the midst of European imperialism.
Hegel’s “Brown Rivulet of Coffee”: Colonies, Commodities, and Context
by Marie Louise Krogh
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”
web.sas.upenn.edu
September 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Are you dying to know if Hegel hated ersatz coffee? Then boy do I have the piece for you. Very happy to be part of the JHI blog forum on political economy in intellectual history!
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What is Western Marxism? Why was this one Italian man so mad about it? Ross Wolfe joins us to examine the work of Domenico Losurdo www.patreon.com/posts/139277...
Western Marxism vs. Stalinism: Domenico Losurdo’s Controversial Legacy with Ross Wolfe | Acid Horizon
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September 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
What is Western Marxism? Why was this one Italian man so mad about it? Ross Wolfe joins us to examine the work of Domenico Losurdo www.patreon.com/posts/139277...
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Ricoeur's Early Ethical Philosophy is out now!
Using the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pAzRHU
Preview: https://bit.ly/46OpVmP
Using the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pAzRHU
Preview: https://bit.ly/46OpVmP
September 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Ricoeur's Early Ethical Philosophy is out now!
Using the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pAzRHU
Preview: https://bit.ly/46OpVmP
Using the themes of responsibility and hope, this introduction to the thought of Paul Ricoeur addresses both the beginner and the specialist.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4pAzRHU
Preview: https://bit.ly/46OpVmP