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Alessandra Tanesini
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A wonderful post on Twitter and on X verification by Shane Ryan and Jen Foster on Open for debate
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An Epistemic Environmentalist Analysis, From Twitter to X
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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October 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Here is part 2 of Lukas Schwengerer' series of posts on intellectual virtues on line for Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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Intellectual Virtues Online – Part 2
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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May 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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I wrote two posts for the Open for Debate blog about intellectual virtues and the Internet. The first one is out today!

Thank you to @ale1808.bsky.social for giving me this opportunity.

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May 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Lukas Schwengerer "Intellectual Virtues Online" for Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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Intellectual Virtues Online – Part 1
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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May 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Spencer Paulson "Digital Techonology and Cognitive Scaffolding" on Open for Debate #philsky #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
Digital Technology and Cognitive Scaffolding
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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April 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Some of you may be interested in this post about humility and oppression by Laura Callahan on Open for Debate. #philosophy #philsky
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A Careful Call for Humility
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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April 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Part 2 of Ian James Kidd on pessimism for Open for Debate #philsky #philosophy
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Being pluralistic about philosophical pessimism (Part 2)
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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March 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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A great post by Ian James Kidd on Pessimism for Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
Being pluralistic about philosophical pessimism (Part 1)
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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March 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Alex Worsnip on psychologising explanations for Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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Samuel Alito and the Ethics of Suspicion
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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March 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Çağla Çimendereli on translation techonologies and linguistic injustice for Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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An Existentialist Challenge to the Babel Fish
Could advanced translation technologies solve linguistic injustice in the world? Activists and scholars hear this question being asked quite often, and sometimes with a slight skeptical tone sugges…
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February 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Felix Bräuer "Data Figleaves: Statistics and their Power to Conceal Racism" on Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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Data Figleaves: Statistics and their Power to Conceal Racism
If you have followed the 2024 US election coverage, you have likely come across the term “migrant crime”. A term coined by Donald Trump to refer to an alleged crime wave spurred by Joe Biden’s bord…
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February 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Rik Peels "Terrorism and Evil" on Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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Terrorism and Evil
On 1 January of this year, an American man drove his pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans (Louisiana, US). Fifteen people were killed and dozens of others injured. The perpetr…
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January 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Jules Holroyd "Oppressive Praise" on Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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Oppressive Praise
Think about the last time you expressed praise. For me this is easy. As a parent of young children, I do it multiple times a day. ‘How kind you are, sharing your teddy!’ ‘Aw, it sounds like you wer…
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January 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Some of you may be interested in this excellent post by
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The “affective” in affective polarization
Public opinion in many contemporary democracies shows increasing signs of polarization. In particular, animosity and dislike across political lines have become increasingly characteristic of Wester…
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December 24, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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Some amazing talks coming up this Friday 13 Dec thanks to @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social, @uconn.bsky.social, @lucyosler.bsky.social, Tracy Llanera & yours truly!

"Cultural Imperialism: A Face of Trans Oppression"

"Transness, Social Media, and Emotion: How Online Spaces Sculpt Trans Affect"

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December 6, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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Some of you may be interested in this post by Ori Freiman on chatbot regulation for Open for Debate #philosophy
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Philosophical Foundations for Chatbot Regulation
In an age where we increasingly converse with artifacts – whose interfaces include AI, a pressing question emerges: Who, or what, are we really talking with? As AI-based chatbots, often terme…
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December 10, 2024 at 9:07 AM
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We’ll be travelling across trans communities, tradwives, endometriosis support groups, metal and baddiecore!

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Digital Transformations: Identity, Gender, and Affectivity
An exploration of the digital aspects of human lives, and the ways in which identities, communities, and collectives form in online spaces.
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November 29, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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I’ve made a starter pack for feminist philosophy adjacent people — please tell me who else to include! #philsky go.bsky.app/Fy5Z6kk
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Part 2 of Bram Vaassen's post on AI regulation for Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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AI regulation and the right to meaningful explanation. Pt 2: How (if at all)?
Earlier, I argued that we should safeguard the right to a meaningful explanation of life-changing decisions, even when such decisions are made by complex AI algorithms. Here, I argue that the compl…
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November 25, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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Some of you may be interested in this post by Bram Vaassen on AI and the right to an explanation for Open for Debate. #philosophy #philsky
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AI regulation and the right to meaningful explanation. Pt 1. Why (not)?
Ask anyone except a gun rights activist, and they will agree that the rise of new technologies requires the implementation of new regulations. Not too long ago, a law against human cloning would ha…
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November 11, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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When can someone be said to truly believe something? A great post by Chris Ranalli on Open for Debate #philsky #philosophy
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True Believers?
Introduction One popular image of the ‘brainwashed’ person is someone who repeats what their leader says and who professes conviction in what they repeat.[1] But do brainwashed people really believ…
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October 28, 2024 at 10:42 AM
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A great post on collective virtues by Steven Bland on Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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How should we lead our intellectual lives?
This question has long preoccupied philosophers, but has recently taken on greater public urgency in response to fears about misinformation, disinformation, bullshit, tribalism, and other perceived…
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October 14, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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How do virtues relate to values? An excellent post by Henry Roe on Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky #psychology
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Values and Virtues in Philosophy and Psychology
During the recent general election campaign in the UK, I received a flyer through my door from a local independent candidate who claimed to value, among other things, humanitarianism. He also wante…
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September 30, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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"Gatekeeping in Science" by Katherine Dormandy for Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky
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Gatekeeping in Science
It’s common in public discourse to see worries about pseudoscience. This is understandable, for the stakes are high. Although science surely can’t tell us about everything, it is our best way to le…
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September 18, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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September 1, 2024 at 3:14 PM