Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα.
Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeithFrankish
Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeithFrankish
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Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
· May 12
In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.
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ive pushed all my drafts to KDP! some of them i want to publish next year tho but dont they look cute all together like that I almost want to make crossovers
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ive pushed all my drafts to KDP! some of them i want to publish next year tho but dont they look cute all together like that I almost want to make crossovers
He is looking down on us
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
He is looking down on us
I don't know who will be the Democratic candidate in 2028, but I do know what their campaign song should be.
youtu.be/ifwtWF485HU
youtu.be/ifwtWF485HU
Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Official Live in London 2008)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I don't know who will be the Democratic candidate in 2028, but I do know what their campaign song should be.
youtu.be/ifwtWF485HU
youtu.be/ifwtWF485HU
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The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
Call for Papers: Book Symposium on "Deflating Mental Representation" by Frances Egan
| Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
philosophymindscience.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The online journal Philosophy and the Mind Sciences is doing a symposium on my book, Deflating Mental Representation, based on my Jean Nicod lectures. See the Call for Papers here:
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...
and a précis of the book here:
philpapers.org/rec/EGAPOD
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Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Can't remember the last time I had Tripe à la Mode
Menu at the Café Royal on Regent Street, June 1942. Only three courses allowed and Kipper sur Toast a mere 2 shillings…
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Can't remember the last time I had Tripe à la Mode
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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My brilliant, funny daughter! Maybe she can't string two sentences together but she's fully qualified to help you fix your back pain and posture! Check it out! Free Walking Toolkit! (plus bloopers!) - Space Alexander Technique youtube.com/shorts/KfCES... via @YouTube
Free Walking Toolkit! (plus bloopers!) - Space Alexander Technique
YouTube video by jlmsings
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November 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My brilliant, funny daughter! Maybe she can't string two sentences together but she's fully qualified to help you fix your back pain and posture! Check it out! Free Walking Toolkit! (plus bloopers!) - Space Alexander Technique youtube.com/shorts/KfCES... via @YouTube
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there was some discussion on here recently about the scientific legitimacy of cognitive dissonance research. as someone who has spent years investigating this literature, i wanted to make a thread to explain why pessimism is not justified by careful inspection of the evidence
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There’s growing evidence that something was going seriously wrong in the classic early work on cognitive dissonance
Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way
But this is not the only one…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way
But this is not the only one…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
there was some discussion on here recently about the scientific legitimacy of cognitive dissonance research. as someone who has spent years investigating this literature, i wanted to make a thread to explain why pessimism is not justified by careful inspection of the evidence
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Hey babe wake up. New periodic table of the elements just dropped
please don't @ me like "actually cerium is unique among the lanthanides for its +4 oxidation state"
⚗️🧪 #chemsky
⚗️🧪 #chemsky
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hey babe wake up. New periodic table of the elements just dropped
If your annual income is $100,000 (a good salary by European standards), then you'd earn a million dollars in ten years. But to earn a trillion dollars, you'd need to work for ten million years--which is about 30 times longer than our species has existed.
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If your annual income is $100,000 (a good salary by European standards), then you'd earn a million dollars in ten years. But to earn a trillion dollars, you'd need to work for ten million years--which is about 30 times longer than our species has existed.
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I appreciated the debate yesterday about how to interpret the results of the cognitive dissonance replication study
Scroll up to read the points made by researchers on both sides
Scroll up to read the points made by researchers on both sides
The whole idea about the paradigm we tested is that manipulation choice rules out the alternative explanations, so it can provide support for the theory, but we didn't find that. We only found effects that can be explained by alternative processes. (Also, I read the paper since I wrote it)
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I appreciated the debate yesterday about how to interpret the results of the cognitive dissonance replication study
Scroll up to read the points made by researchers on both sides
Scroll up to read the points made by researchers on both sides
Once upon a time, reality TV meant scenes like this one, with the wonderful Julie Goodyear:
youtu.be/5Xpw4LCb320?...
youtu.be/5Xpw4LCb320?...
Coronation Street - 16th September 1970 (Episode 1008)
YouTube video by BelgianCorrieFan
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November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Once upon a time, reality TV meant scenes like this one, with the wonderful Julie Goodyear:
youtu.be/5Xpw4LCb320?...
youtu.be/5Xpw4LCb320?...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
I have just deleted my academia.edu account. There are eprints of many of my papers on my website. If you can't find what you want there, email me.
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I have just deleted my academia.edu account. There are eprints of many of my papers on my website. If you can't find what you want there, email me.
Fine acting in this episode from Pat Phoenix and Alan Browning -- Manchester's own Burton & Taylor.
Coronation Street - 9th September 1970 (Episode 1006) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mp...
Coronation Street - 9th September 1970 (Episode 1006) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mp...
Coronation Street - 9th September 1970 (Episode 1006)
YouTube video by BelgianCorrieFan
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November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Fine acting in this episode from Pat Phoenix and Alan Browning -- Manchester's own Burton & Taylor.
Coronation Street - 9th September 1970 (Episode 1006) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mp...
Coronation Street - 9th September 1970 (Episode 1006) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=73mp...
These are excellent!
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
These are excellent!
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On Oct. 21, nearly 350 people visited the Physical Archive to see the collection & learn how the #InternetArchive processes donated materials for access & preservation.
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Full story ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/29/a...
#Wayback1T
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Full story ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/29/a...
#Wayback1T
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
On Oct. 21, nearly 350 people visited the Physical Archive to see the collection & learn how the #InternetArchive processes donated materials for access & preservation.
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Full story ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/29/a...
#Wayback1T
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Full story ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/10/29/a...
#Wayback1T
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Growing up without the distinction between blame and responsibility, the child’s natural tendency to personalize, catastrophize, and engage in black and white thinking is reinforced, which makes one feel that being held accountable is akin to punishment. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/perf...
The Extreme Fear and Pain of Being Criticized
Some fear being held responsible because they fear being blamed and shamed. But responsibility, unlike blame or shame, is fair, just, compassionate, and unifying.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Growing up without the distinction between blame and responsibility, the child’s natural tendency to personalize, catastrophize, and engage in black and white thinking is reinforced, which makes one feel that being held accountable is akin to punishment. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/perf...
Last week I gave a talk to the British Postgraduate Philosophy Association. What advice would you give to philosophy postgraduates in 2025?
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Last week I gave a talk to the British Postgraduate Philosophy Association. What advice would you give to philosophy postgraduates in 2025?
Interesting thread on The Lost King film.
Updated thread on The Lost King film:
I’m digging over old ground but I have to challenge Steve Coogan's line. He claims it’s all true (as has Philippa Langley): Langley will be celebrated for her achievement, Richard Taylor & his personal gripes will be forgotten
So what’s the real story? 1/15
I’m digging over old ground but I have to challenge Steve Coogan's line. He claims it’s all true (as has Philippa Langley): Langley will be celebrated for her achievement, Richard Taylor & his personal gripes will be forgotten
So what’s the real story? 1/15
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Interesting thread on The Lost King film.
Does anyone here remember Minnie Caldwell?
November 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Does anyone here remember Minnie Caldwell?