Karl Schafer
@karlschafer.bsky.social
Philosophy professor and occasional philosopher | Kant's Reason (OUP): https://tinyurl.com/kantreason | https://philpeople.org/profiles/karl-schafer
I like to imagine it as a Stempel, like...
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I like to imagine it as a Stempel, like...
Just got page proofs and had to read a bit of my prose.
September 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just got page proofs and had to read a bit of my prose.
Lol what is Gopnik talking about? The Vitruvian Man is an image of precisely the opposite of individualism?
August 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Lol what is Gopnik talking about? The Vitruvian Man is an image of precisely the opposite of individualism?
Really happy to see that this tribute to the work of Béatrice Longuenesse is finally out in the world.
July 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Really happy to see that this tribute to the work of Béatrice Longuenesse is finally out in the world.
I *love* the kids room at the Austin public library, but this time I made the mistake of checking out the philosophy section. And it is bleak. Any one know how to organize donations for this sort of thing?
June 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I *love* the kids room at the Austin public library, but this time I made the mistake of checking out the philosophy section. And it is bleak. Any one know how to organize donations for this sort of thing?
This meme hits different after a thousand hours of Yo Gabba Gabba
June 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This meme hits different after a thousand hours of Yo Gabba Gabba
MacIntyre's critique of Hume and Smith here fails to convince for one simple reason: Neither asks sympathy to do the work he claims. Still there is a real problem for them here. But to respond to it, we need to reinterpret Smithian sympathy in light of Kantian reason, not turn our back on both.
June 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
MacIntyre's critique of Hume and Smith here fails to convince for one simple reason: Neither asks sympathy to do the work he claims. Still there is a real problem for them here. But to respond to it, we need to reinterpret Smithian sympathy in light of Kantian reason, not turn our back on both.
Rereading After Virtue and I had forgotten that it opens like this...
June 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Rereading After Virtue and I had forgotten that it opens like this...
The media environment in question…
June 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The media environment in question…
You know you're using the very best English words, when you check the OED and get this:
June 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You know you're using the very best English words, when you check the OED and get this:
Update: Thanks to Brian for taking a step back from his previous inflammatory language. There's still work to do, but we're making progress.
June 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Update: Thanks to Brian for taking a step back from his previous inflammatory language. There's still work to do, but we're making progress.
Looks like "Lying Brian Leiter" is at it again, ignore his editorial commentary here, certified fake news!
June 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Looks like "Lying Brian Leiter" is at it again, ignore his editorial commentary here, certified fake news!
I'd forgotten about the article in which French neurologist traces Kant's critical turn to "dementia symptomatic of a frontal tumor"
March 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I'd forgotten about the article in which French neurologist traces Kant's critical turn to "dementia symptomatic of a frontal tumor"
I’m kinda a big deal.
February 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I’m kinda a big deal.
Time for an emergency session of Intro to Early Modern Philosophy?
February 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Time for an emergency session of Intro to Early Modern Philosophy?
when "delve" shows up in the referee report
January 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
when "delve" shows up in the referee report
philosophers today
January 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
philosophers today
organizing the history of philosophy around different reasons for hating the word "moist"
January 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
organizing the history of philosophy around different reasons for hating the word "moist"
my wife says NO ONE will get my Mog meets analytic philosophy memes
January 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
my wife says NO ONE will get my Mog meets analytic philosophy memes
Sociology of the profession like
January 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sociology of the profession like