Pekka Väyrynen
@vayrynen.bsky.social
Philosophy professor at University of Leeds. Metaethics | academic life | "a satisficer with really high standards" (said by a colleague, fairly) | servant to a cat | vegan (non-preachy) | runs a fair bit | listens to a lot of music. https://vayrynen.org
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#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #hegel #herzog #film
October 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #hegel #herzog #film
CFP: 2026 British Society for Ethical Theory Conference (13-14 July 2026 at University of Leeds).
Keynotes: Krister Bykvist (Stockholm), Jennifer Saul (Waterloo). Paper submission deadline: 1 Dec 2025. More info at www.bset.org.uk.
This is consistently a very high-quality conference! #philosophy
Keynotes: Krister Bykvist (Stockholm), Jennifer Saul (Waterloo). Paper submission deadline: 1 Dec 2025. More info at www.bset.org.uk.
This is consistently a very high-quality conference! #philosophy
British Society for Ethical Theory
2026 Annual Conference: Leeds (13-14 July)
www.bset.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
CFP: 2026 British Society for Ethical Theory Conference (13-14 July 2026 at University of Leeds).
Keynotes: Krister Bykvist (Stockholm), Jennifer Saul (Waterloo). Paper submission deadline: 1 Dec 2025. More info at www.bset.org.uk.
This is consistently a very high-quality conference! #philosophy
Keynotes: Krister Bykvist (Stockholm), Jennifer Saul (Waterloo). Paper submission deadline: 1 Dec 2025. More info at www.bset.org.uk.
This is consistently a very high-quality conference! #philosophy
CFP: The Leeds Analytic Philosophy Graduate Conference, 20-21 April 2026. Abstract submission deadline 15 Nov 2025.
Each speaker will present for 30 minutes followed by a 10-minute faculty response and 20-minute general Q&A.
More info: philevents.org/event/show/1.... Spread the word! #philosophy
Each speaker will present for 30 minutes followed by a 10-minute faculty response and 20-minute general Q&A.
More info: philevents.org/event/show/1.... Spread the word! #philosophy
The Leeds Analytic Philosophy Graduate Conference
The Leeds Analytic Philosophy Graduate Conference (LAP) is the inaugural postgraduate philosophy conference hosted at the University of Leeds, taking place on the 20th-21st of April. We aim to provide...
philevents.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
CFP: The Leeds Analytic Philosophy Graduate Conference, 20-21 April 2026. Abstract submission deadline 15 Nov 2025.
Each speaker will present for 30 minutes followed by a 10-minute faculty response and 20-minute general Q&A.
More info: philevents.org/event/show/1.... Spread the word! #philosophy
Each speaker will present for 30 minutes followed by a 10-minute faculty response and 20-minute general Q&A.
More info: philevents.org/event/show/1.... Spread the word! #philosophy
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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To be clear, the Conservatives, as His Majesty's Official Opposition, have drafted legislation which they propose to use, and which would allow for the deportation of tens of thousands of people from the United Kingdom. And provide arbitrary power to extend the conditions for such deportation.
The Conservatives have drafted the legislation.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
ANY one of the conditions being met leads to ILR being revoked.
If annual income falls below £38,700 for six months (for any reason at all)
The Secretary of State would also have the powers add whatever further conditions they want.
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
To be clear, the Conservatives, as His Majesty's Official Opposition, have drafted legislation which they propose to use, and which would allow for the deportation of tens of thousands of people from the United Kingdom. And provide arbitrary power to extend the conditions for such deportation.
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Astonishing when you see it like this.
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Astonishing when you see it like this.
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The “health surcharge” is an utterly bogus labelling. It’s not hypothecated for health spending and you can’t choose not to pay it and not use the NHS. You could call it an education surcharge or a defence surcharge or anything. It’s just using the sanctified status of the NHS to rip off immigrants.
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The “health surcharge” is an utterly bogus labelling. It’s not hypothecated for health spending and you can’t choose not to pay it and not use the NHS. You could call it an education surcharge or a defence surcharge or anything. It’s just using the sanctified status of the NHS to rip off immigrants.
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"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
October 17, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."
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You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
October 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month
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For anyone working in Cool Philosophy (social philosophy intersected with M&E), this looks like a fantastic opportunity! philjobs.org/job/show/30010
Lecturer or Associate Professor, University of Leeds
- PhilJobs:JFP
Lecturer or Associate Professor, University of Leeds
An international database of jobs for philosophers
philjobs.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For anyone working in Cool Philosophy (social philosophy intersected with M&E), this looks like a fantastic opportunity! philjobs.org/job/show/30010
October 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Great city, great colleagues; if you fit the (quite flexible) profile, you should apply.
📣JOB ALERT📣
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy
Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Great city, great colleagues; if you fit the (quite flexible) profile, you should apply.
📣JOB ALERT📣
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy
Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📣JOB ALERT📣
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2
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Miira Tuominen and I edited this new book from Brill with no fewer than 25 chapters on various aspects of ancient and medieval philosophy in Greek, Arabic, and Latin texts. Actually there's a little Persian in there too.
brill.com/display/titl...
brill.com/display/titl...
Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy
"Animals in Greek, Arabic, and Latin Philosophy" published on 29 Sep 2025 by Brill.
brill.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Miira Tuominen and I edited this new book from Brill with no fewer than 25 chapters on various aspects of ancient and medieval philosophy in Greek, Arabic, and Latin texts. Actually there's a little Persian in there too.
brill.com/display/titl...
brill.com/display/titl...
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Trump is building a personalist regime where every university must bend the knee or lose funding and every business must bend the knee or face tariffs, H-1B fees, and regulatory blackmail. You can't cover each domain in isolation; they are all the same story.
Awarding scientific grants based on scientific merit? That pales in comparison to my strategy, giving grants based on political loyalty
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
September 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Trump is building a personalist regime where every university must bend the knee or lose funding and every business must bend the knee or face tariffs, H-1B fees, and regulatory blackmail. You can't cover each domain in isolation; they are all the same story.
Top-level shitposting.🤌
You can disagree with how Eric Adams ran the City, but you have to admire his integrity and judgment
September 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Top-level shitposting.🤌
Anyone in Athens soon, visit the "Why Look at Animals?" exhibition at EMST. Of course varied, but a high hit rate. I LOVED the 8 conceptually and visually amazing chronophotographs of bird flight paths by Xavi Bou (xavibou.com). His Ornitographies book at home on a lazy Saturday is a real treat. 1/2
September 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Anyone in Athens soon, visit the "Why Look at Animals?" exhibition at EMST. Of course varied, but a high hit rate. I LOVED the 8 conceptually and visually amazing chronophotographs of bird flight paths by Xavi Bou (xavibou.com). His Ornitographies book at home on a lazy Saturday is a real treat. 1/2
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The October 2025 issue of ETHICS is now available on the University of Chicago Press site www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/et/2025/... #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy
Ethics | Vol 136, No 1
www.journals.uchicago.edu
September 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The October 2025 issue of ETHICS is now available on the University of Chicago Press site www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/et/2025/... #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy
Well done Songkick.
September 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Well done Songkick.
I hope more people will come to a long overdue realization that academia dot edu is an utter crap company.
If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I hope more people will come to a long overdue realization that academia dot edu is an utter crap company.
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Finding new, more foolish, ways to make the future of the UK's higher education sector more perilous isn't easy, but somehow the head of the OfS has managed it. The decision to create that organisation was a disaster.
Wait what now the new OfS chair wants to start using the TEF ratings to make consequential decisions about university funding including fee increases? Better make sure it is a very reliable measure
www.thetimes.com/article/8a02...
www.thetimes.com/article/8a02...
September 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Finding new, more foolish, ways to make the future of the UK's higher education sector more perilous isn't easy, but somehow the head of the OfS has managed it. The decision to create that organisation was a disaster.
This is so well done. Pretty much all killer no filler.
"In the weeks since, I’ve found myself unable to commit—grammatically, affectively, institutionally. Where once I might have said, 'I teach,' I now say, 'There are moments in which I find myself adjacent to pedagogy.' Friends have grown concerned. My dog, unfed."
I Got Tenure and Now I Can’t Seem to Form Simple Declarative Sentences
When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a ...
buff.ly
September 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This is so well done. Pretty much all killer no filler.
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Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
July 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
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we would be in a much better state in this country if we stopped focusing on anointing a chosen few working class students into Oxbridge, and instead properly funded all the different sorts of universities that attract students from a wide range of backgrounds already
Oxford University and @cam.ac.uk have each received a £6.25 million gift to expand their outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in STEM subjects.
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Joint donation to Oxford and Cambridge helps young people overcome
The University of Oxford has received a £6.25 million gift to expand its outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
www.ox.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
we would be in a much better state in this country if we stopped focusing on anointing a chosen few working class students into Oxbridge, and instead properly funded all the different sorts of universities that attract students from a wide range of backgrounds already