Justin Vlasits
justinvlasits.bsky.social
Justin Vlasits
@justinvlasits.bsky.social
UIC Philosophy. Ancient Philosophy Nerd, dad, lover of fermentation
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February 3, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Which gods have I angered such that I have TWO sets of indices for books to do today?!
November 15, 2023 at 7:50 AM
Has anyone ever collected all of the ancient criticisms of Plato's theory of forms? It seems like that would be a useful resource!
November 4, 2023 at 9:31 PM
8 year old came home from school with the assignment to get faster with single digit multiplication, but had discovered on his own that x^2 = (x+1)(x-1)+1 by working through examples.
October 7, 2023 at 6:22 AM
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Socrates: Philosophers must rule as kings

Glaucon: okay but what if we give them journals and blogs to manage first, to see how it goes?
September 22, 2023 at 7:29 AM
Today I arrived in Tübingen for a year of research leave! I've been teaching or taking care of babies more or less non-stop since 2012, so I'm pretty stoked!
September 1, 2023 at 6:28 PM
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Syllabus, syllabi, syllabusiest, syllabusted
August 23, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Some light math tutoring for the 8 year old.
August 16, 2023 at 12:22 AM
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Google is dead
#RIPGoogle
August 15, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Protagoras on Homer redux
What on earth is going on when people say things like 'enjoy your meal!', 'have fun!', and 'have a good day!'

They're all grammatically imperatival, but there doesn't seem like an obvious speech act verb to gloss them.
August 14, 2023 at 1:58 PM
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What We Do When We Do Philosophy

(a blog post on the masterclass on methodology that I gave yesterday at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)

https://diaryofdoctorlogic.wordpress.com/2023/08/10/what-we-do-when-we-do-philosophy/
August 10, 2023 at 12:12 PM
#philsky
Submitted my translation of a hefty selection (~40k words) of Aristotle's fragments for a new edition of his collected works. About four years in the making, as long as it took to write my PhD! Definitely the hardest project so far in my career, but I also learned a lot.
August 9, 2023 at 11:04 PM
Submitted my translation of a hefty selection (~40k words) of Aristotle's fragments for a new edition of his collected works. About four years in the making, as long as it took to write my PhD! Definitely the hardest project so far in my career, but I also learned a lot.
August 7, 2023 at 9:39 PM