UNLV Philosophy
@unlvphilosophy.bsky.social
Department of Philosophy, University of Nevada Las Vegas (@UNLV.edu).
#Philosophy applies reasoning and argumentation to questions central to human life: What is ethical? What is real? What is knowledge? What is art?
https://www.unlv.edu/philosophy
#Philosophy applies reasoning and argumentation to questions central to human life: What is ethical? What is real? What is knowledge? What is art?
https://www.unlv.edu/philosophy
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I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.
All-time best take on #Philosophy.
#WORLDPHILOSOPHYDAY is Thursday 11/20! Rejoice with your favorite thinkers! Learn more about this @unesco.org celebration at www.unesco.org/en/days/phil.... 🤔🤷♂️🤔🧐🤦♂️🤔😮😱🤔🤓🤷♂️🤔…
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#WORLDPHILOSOPHYDAY is Thursday 11/20! Rejoice with your favorite thinkers! Learn more about this @unesco.org celebration at www.unesco.org/en/days/phil.... 🤔🤷♂️🤔🧐🤦♂️🤔😮😱🤔🤓🤷♂️🤔…
Our seventh @UNLV.edu #Philosophy #Colloquium talk is Friday 11/21 at 3pm in BEH 107. Prof. Brad Armour-Garb from the University at Albany—SUNY will argue “In Defense of the Actuality of Legal Gluts”. www.unlv.edu/event/defens...
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Our seventh @UNLV.edu #Philosophy #Colloquium talk is Friday 11/21 at 3pm in BEH 107. Prof. Brad Armour-Garb from the University at Albany—SUNY will argue “In Defense of the Actuality of Legal Gluts”. www.unlv.edu/event/defens...
Our fifth @UNLV.edu #Philosophy #Colloquium Series talk of the semester is Friday 11/7 at 3pm in BEH 107. #UNLV Philosophy’s own Jesse Fitts and @jawoodbridge.bsky.social will discuss “A Grim Situation for New Theories of Propositions”. www.unlv.edu/event/grim-s...
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our fifth @UNLV.edu #Philosophy #Colloquium Series talk of the semester is Friday 11/7 at 3pm in BEH 107. #UNLV Philosophy’s own Jesse Fitts and @jawoodbridge.bsky.social will discuss “A Grim Situation for New Theories of Propositions”. www.unlv.edu/event/grim-s...
Join some #faculty and an #alumna of @unlv.edu #Philosophy at this educational panel discussion, co-hosted by @fsap-unlv.bsky.social and #SJP-UNLV, on Thur 10/30, 1pm-3pm, in #StudentUnion Ballroom A.
#FreeFood from #TheHalalShack!
Open to students, faculty, and staff.
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#FreeFood from #TheHalalShack!
Open to students, faculty, and staff.
*Active RebelCard required*
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Join some #faculty and an #alumna of @unlv.edu #Philosophy at this educational panel discussion, co-hosted by @fsap-unlv.bsky.social and #SJP-UNLV, on Thur 10/30, 1pm-3pm, in #StudentUnion Ballroom A.
#FreeFood from #TheHalalShack!
Open to students, faculty, and staff.
*Active RebelCard required*
#FreeFood from #TheHalalShack!
Open to students, faculty, and staff.
*Active RebelCard required*
Our fourth @UNLV #Philosophy #Colloquium talk of the semester is Friday 10/24 at 3pm in BEH 107. Prof. Roy Cook from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities will discuss “Inconsistency, Intuitionism, and Excluded Middles”. www.unlv.edu/event/incons...
October 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Our fourth @UNLV #Philosophy #Colloquium talk of the semester is Friday 10/24 at 3pm in BEH 107. Prof. Roy Cook from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities will discuss “Inconsistency, Intuitionism, and Excluded Middles”. www.unlv.edu/event/incons...
Our first #Philosophy #Colloquium Series talk of the semester is on WEDNESDAY 9/10 at 3pm in BEH 103. Avram Hiller from Portland State University will discuss “Hot Hands and Other Statistically-Hidden Causal Factors”.
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“Hot Hands and Other Statistically-Hidden Causal Factors”
Avram Hiller, Dept. of Philosophy, Portland State University—Random processes inevitably produce streaks. Many social scientists have argued that ordinary people have a fallacious tendency to impart m...
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September 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our first #Philosophy #Colloquium Series talk of the semester is on WEDNESDAY 9/10 at 3pm in BEH 103. Avram Hiller from Portland State University will discuss “Hot Hands and Other Statistically-Hidden Causal Factors”.
www.unlv.edu/event/hot-ha...
www.unlv.edu/event/hot-ha...
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Really cool paper
About real life trolley cases. (I’ll note that the paper is a bit confused about what experimental philosophers are interested with moral dilemmas: it is not about predicting behavior but about understanding how people *think* about permissibility.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
About real life trolley cases. (I’ll note that the paper is a bit confused about what experimental philosophers are interested with moral dilemmas: it is not about predicting behavior but about understanding how people *think* about permissibility.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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September 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Really cool paper
About real life trolley cases. (I’ll note that the paper is a bit confused about what experimental philosophers are interested with moral dilemmas: it is not about predicting behavior but about understanding how people *think* about permissibility.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
About real life trolley cases. (I’ll note that the paper is a bit confused about what experimental philosophers are interested with moral dilemmas: it is not about predicting behavior but about understanding how people *think* about permissibility.) osf.io/preprints/ps...
Faculty News: Prof. @jawoodbridge.bsky.social’s new book with @armrgrb.bsky.social, The Deflationary Approach to Truth: A Guide, has just been published digitally by Oxford University Press. The print version will be available on September 3rd. 😁
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academic.oup.com/book/60664
The Deflationary Approach to Truth: A Guide
Abstract. This book presents a detailed, up-to-date, and historically informed survey and critical explication of the deflationary approach to the topic of
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July 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Faculty News: Prof. @jawoodbridge.bsky.social’s new book with @armrgrb.bsky.social, The Deflationary Approach to Truth: A Guide, has just been published digitally by Oxford University Press. The print version will be available on September 3rd. 😁
academic.oup.com/book/60664
academic.oup.com/book/60664
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ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with cognitive philosopher Andy Clark, author of "The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality," is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/t....
#PhilSky #philosophy #neuroscience
#PhilSky #philosophy #neuroscience
This Week: The Power of Predicition
Podcast Episode · Philosophy Talk: Select Episodes · 11/05/2025 · 52m
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May 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast with cognitive philosopher Andy Clark, author of "The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality," is now available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/t....
#PhilSky #philosophy #neuroscience
#PhilSky #philosophy #neuroscience
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You are warmly invited to join us for @UNLV.edu #Faculty #Cares Outdoor Teach-In: Standing with Our #Undocumented and #International Students—Wednesday, May 7th from noon-1pm on the green space by the Rose Garden on campus (across from Ham Hall).
April 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You are warmly invited to join us for @UNLV.edu #Faculty #Cares Outdoor Teach-In: Standing with Our #Undocumented and #International Students—Wednesday, May 7th from noon-1pm on the green space by the Rose Garden on campus (across from Ham Hall).
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Niccolò #Machiavelli was born on this date in 1469. For our episode in 2014, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Natalie Jones, to explore the connections between the 15th-century philosopher and a 20th-century rapper: youtu.be/R2LtW3l1J0I?...
#PhilSky #philosophy #Tupac #2Pac #Makaveli
#PhilSky #philosophy #Tupac #2Pac #Makaveli
Machiavelli: Roving Philosophical Report
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May 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Niccolò #Machiavelli was born on this date in 1469. For our episode in 2014, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Natalie Jones, to explore the connections between the 15th-century philosopher and a 20th-century rapper: youtu.be/R2LtW3l1J0I?...
#PhilSky #philosophy #Tupac #2Pac #Makaveli
#PhilSky #philosophy #Tupac #2Pac #Makaveli
You are warmly invited to join us for @UNLV.edu #Faculty #Cares Outdoor Teach-In: Standing with Our #Undocumented and #International Students—Wednesday, May 7th from noon-1pm on the green space by the Rose Garden on campus (across from Ham Hall).
April 30, 2025 at 10:43 PM
You are warmly invited to join us for @UNLV.edu #Faculty #Cares Outdoor Teach-In: Standing with Our #Undocumented and #International Students—Wednesday, May 7th from noon-1pm on the green space by the Rose Garden on campus (across from Ham Hall).
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Ahead of this Sunday's broadcast with Barry Lam, author of "Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case For Discretion," we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to talk to the people whose lives are perhaps the most governed by rules: youtu.be/uSQog87ldr4
#PhilSky #philosophy @hiphination.bsky.social
#PhilSky #philosophy @hiphination.bsky.social
Are Rules Meant to Be Broken: Roving Philosophical Report
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April 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ahead of this Sunday's broadcast with Barry Lam, author of "Fewer Rules, Better People: The Case For Discretion," we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to talk to the people whose lives are perhaps the most governed by rules: youtu.be/uSQog87ldr4
#PhilSky #philosophy @hiphination.bsky.social
#PhilSky #philosophy @hiphination.bsky.social
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In case you are a huge nerd, I made some lecture notes on Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution for a reading group I am doing with my students. They are very nerdy and opinionated but I dunno maybe some of yinz will care.
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April 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In case you are a huge nerd, I made some lecture notes on Rosa Luxemburg's Reform or Revolution for a reading group I am doing with my students. They are very nerdy and opinionated but I dunno maybe some of yinz will care.
www.liamkofibright.com/uploads/4/8/...
www.liamkofibright.com/uploads/4/8/...
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Register below for the first in a series of panel discussions co-sponsored by Scholars for a New Deal in Higher Ed, the Critical Legal Collective, & the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom.
Monday, April 28!
@sfndhe.bsky.social
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Monday, April 28!
@sfndhe.bsky.social
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April 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Register below for the first in a series of panel discussions co-sponsored by Scholars for a New Deal in Higher Ed, the Critical Legal Collective, & the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom.
Monday, April 28!
@sfndhe.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Monday, April 28!
@sfndhe.bsky.social
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Philosophy on this list like
April 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Philosophy on this list like
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Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare 🎉🎂🥳🎈
April 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare 🎉🎂🥳🎈
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The truth about love
In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really? By @armanddangour.bsky.social
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In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really? By @armanddangour.bsky.social
#philsky
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Meet the woman who initiated Socrates in the philosophy of love | Aeon Essays
In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really?
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April 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The truth about love
In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really? By @armanddangour.bsky.social
#philsky
aeon.co/essays/meet-...
In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really? By @armanddangour.bsky.social
#philsky
aeon.co/essays/meet-...
Our seventh and final #Philosophy #Colloquium of the term is Fri 4/25 at 3pm in CHB C213. Prof. @amyrs.bsky.social will facilitate a discussion with @UNLV.edu students about their research regarding “Crossing Borders through Philosophy for Children”.
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www.unlv.edu/event/crossi...
April 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Our seventh and final #Philosophy #Colloquium of the term is Fri 4/25 at 3pm in CHB C213. Prof. @amyrs.bsky.social will facilitate a discussion with @UNLV.edu students about their research regarding “Crossing Borders through Philosophy for Children”.
www.unlv.edu/event/crossi...
www.unlv.edu/event/crossi...
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At this point I think it's fair to say that "woke" is best understood as a thin proscribing term, it simply means "bad" or "not good". For historical reasons it has connotations of leftwingery or some such, but its actual denotation is merely The Bad, if you judge the semantics by its actual use.
I’m in awe of this passage by Allister Heath. It is the lunatic endgame of anti-“wokery”
April 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
At this point I think it's fair to say that "woke" is best understood as a thin proscribing term, it simply means "bad" or "not good". For historical reasons it has connotations of leftwingery or some such, but its actual denotation is merely The Bad, if you judge the semantics by its actual use.
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Be skeptical of much of cutting edge science. Science often settles very slowly and a large part of what is published won’t stand the test of time (as measured in weeks or months). On this theme see my book Trust Issues. Hopefully out next year.
In the meantime, be very skeptical of people declaring they’ve found any evidence of life on a distant planet. We are just beginning to learn about the remarkable diversity of worlds our galaxy holds, and currently we know very little for certain about any of them. (21/n)
April 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Be skeptical of much of cutting edge science. Science often settles very slowly and a large part of what is published won’t stand the test of time (as measured in weeks or months). On this theme see my book Trust Issues. Hopefully out next year.
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Our next episode is a special #EarthWeek rebroadcast from a few years ago. We sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Holly J. McDede, to talk to former #climate skeptics who are convincing current skeptics to join the fight against global warming: youtu.be/HYltT0CQK-o
#PhilSky #philosophy #beliefs
#PhilSky #philosophy #beliefs
Changing Minds on Climate Change: Roving Philosophical Report
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April 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Our next episode is a special #EarthWeek rebroadcast from a few years ago. We sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Holly J. McDede, to talk to former #climate skeptics who are convincing current skeptics to join the fight against global warming: youtu.be/HYltT0CQK-o
#PhilSky #philosophy #beliefs
#PhilSky #philosophy #beliefs
Every #university everywhere should fight this. #ResistFascism
Expected beliefs sounds like a proactive plan to deport any person who majors in gender studies or similar fields. Outrageously opposed to freedom of thought and expression.
Imagine trying to deport someone for their "expected beliefs"
April 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Every #university everywhere should fight this. #ResistFascism
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Acts of professional kindness (and a poem about John Rawls)
Acts of Professional Kindness - Daily Nous
"Many of us owe our careers to... well-timed acts of professional kindness in the face of bureaucratic mechanisms or capricious supervisors." That's Heather Treseler, a poet and professor of English a...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Acts of professional kindness (and a poem about John Rawls)
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NEW: The University of Southern California is attempting to block faculty from forming a union and it is doing it by using an argument pushed by SpaceX and Amazon: that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
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USC Follows Amazon and Musk’s SpaceX in Calling Labor Board Unconstitutional
To block a union that would represent 2,500 faculty members, the private university echoed a corporate argument.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEW: The University of Southern California is attempting to block faculty from forming a union and it is doing it by using an argument pushed by SpaceX and Amazon: that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
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