Ade Webb
@adewebb.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD Student (fictionalism, hermeneutics, narrative & interpretation theory) & PTA @Exeter University, UK. Tech chairman. Former FTSE 250 board director. Jazz guitarist, cyclist, dad, husband, animal lover. Trying hard to live off-grid.
Hallowbe’en and gone
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hallowbe’en and gone
Philosopher Richard Rorty nailed this point…
October 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Philosopher Richard Rorty nailed this point…
Lyla looking a bit like an Escher staircase amid regal nonchalance moments #russianblue
October 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Lyla looking a bit like an Escher staircase amid regal nonchalance moments #russianblue
Of all the AIs, when I need a laugh, Claude rises to the occasion.
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Of all the AIs, when I need a laugh, Claude rises to the occasion.
Wide angle shots of ponies can be disconcerting
September 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Wide angle shots of ponies can be disconcerting
High quality Bladerunner trolling in the Topsham Brewery gents.
September 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
High quality Bladerunner trolling in the Topsham Brewery gents.
I have been responding to a few more cat posts recently. Having never lived with a cat until the age of 60 when my son left his beautiful girl with us to go travelling, I have become a late life besotted convert. Here’s Lyla helping me work #russianblue
September 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I have been responding to a few more cat posts recently. Having never lived with a cat until the age of 60 when my son left his beautiful girl with us to go travelling, I have become a late life besotted convert. Here’s Lyla helping me work #russianblue
Epistemologically-apt pets: goldfish, parakeets, budgies and (speak no evil) monkeys. Affectively-apt pets: poodles, killifish and Persian cats. Philosophical questions abound on the back cover of this pet care series from the 70s #philsky
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Epistemologically-apt pets: goldfish, parakeets, budgies and (speak no evil) monkeys. Affectively-apt pets: poodles, killifish and Persian cats. Philosophical questions abound on the back cover of this pet care series from the 70s #philsky
The day 2 + 3 line ups at Woodstock always leave me stunned when I look at my poster. Every act elevated to the stratosphere by history and nostalgia, maybe, but… wow.
#woodstock
#woodstock
September 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The day 2 + 3 line ups at Woodstock always leave me stunned when I look at my poster. Every act elevated to the stratosphere by history and nostalgia, maybe, but… wow.
#woodstock
#woodstock
There’s a degree of irony in the syntactic mangling in the first sentence of Section 2 of the Cambridge Elements ‘The Philosophy of Linguistics’ 🧐
September 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
There’s a degree of irony in the syntactic mangling in the first sentence of Section 2 of the Cambridge Elements ‘The Philosophy of Linguistics’ 🧐
Some lovely #cloudporn above Devon this evening
August 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Some lovely #cloudporn above Devon this evening
Perfect music and cat #russianblue #thebluenile
August 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Perfect music and cat #russianblue #thebluenile
@aidanmcglynn.bsky.social Ah, the irony… 😂
August 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@aidanmcglynn.bsky.social Ah, the irony… 😂
Sometimes Paul Ricoeur writes sentences so good that they warrant all 4 of my marks: a post-it tag, three ticks, a key and messy underlining. #philsky
August 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Sometimes Paul Ricoeur writes sentences so good that they warrant all 4 of my marks: a post-it tag, three ticks, a key and messy underlining. #philsky
Holidaying at Killarney on the west coast of Ireland. Don’t think I’ve ever taken a more wholesome photo.
August 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Holidaying at Killarney on the west coast of Ireland. Don’t think I’ve ever taken a more wholesome photo.
There’s the argument that deliberate errors and disfluencies in ads create cognitive friction and so Zeigarnik stress (and memorability). As used famously in recent Snikkers ads. www.thebigad.com/wp-content/u...
August 8, 2025 at 11:13 AM
There’s the argument that deliberate errors and disfluencies in ads create cognitive friction and so Zeigarnik stress (and memorability). As used famously in recent Snikkers ads. www.thebigad.com/wp-content/u...
The use of the quotation marks on signs and menus has always fascinated me philosophically. The sort of thing Davidson would have enjoyed. Are the “ … “ conveying a proxy for the staff or is the menu itself speaking to me? Why did the author choose them? 👀 #philsky
August 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The use of the quotation marks on signs and menus has always fascinated me philosophically. The sort of thing Davidson would have enjoyed. Are the “ … “ conveying a proxy for the staff or is the menu itself speaking to me? Why did the author choose them? 👀 #philsky
Thomas Kuhn, Kevin Spacey… separated at birth?
July 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thomas Kuhn, Kevin Spacey… separated at birth?
Lyla’s resting place choices confuse and intrigue top mathematicians #russianblue
July 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Lyla’s resting place choices confuse and intrigue top mathematicians #russianblue
Full Alice-in-Wonderland down a rabbit hole yesterday. Today I’m suspecting my foot shouldn’t look like this…
July 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Full Alice-in-Wonderland down a rabbit hole yesterday. Today I’m suspecting my foot shouldn’t look like this…
Gary Larson illustrating how we naturally treat the contents of a frame (book, cartoon, film) as a fictional world with its own rules. The aesthetician Edward Bullough argued we must insert appropriate psychical distance to put the contents out of gear with everyday life + appreciate aesthetically
July 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Gary Larson illustrating how we naturally treat the contents of a frame (book, cartoon, film) as a fictional world with its own rules. The aesthetician Edward Bullough argued we must insert appropriate psychical distance to put the contents out of gear with everyday life + appreciate aesthetically
Lyla has scratched her cardboard scratchmat with indents that match her body shape. I kid you not. Russian Blue cardboard bed sculpting is this summer’s new craze clearly.
June 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Lyla has scratched her cardboard scratchmat with indents that match her body shape. I kid you not. Russian Blue cardboard bed sculpting is this summer’s new craze clearly.
Was tricky playing two hours of jazz outdoors in 30c yesterday pm. My little band opened the Reigate Music Festival… an audience member snapped the three of us desperately huddled to catch some coolness from our singer’s USB fan.
June 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Was tricky playing two hours of jazz outdoors in 30c yesterday pm. My little band opened the Reigate Music Festival… an audience member snapped the three of us desperately huddled to catch some coolness from our singer’s USB fan.