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Brett Karlan
@oldjerryfodor.bsky.social
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Assistant professor of philosophy at Purdue University. Cognitive science, AI, epistemology, ethics, other stuff. Producer and consumer of artisenal PDFs. brettkarlan.com
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November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Somehow, Fodor returned
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Looks like theism's back on the menu, boys
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Hey Brett what's your favorite Lewis paper?
Logic for Equivocators
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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I am a professional and can be trusted to present research at your university
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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November 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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AI ETHICS QUESTION: Is this good?
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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I kinda want to order this to see what, if anything, I actually receive
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Philosophy is more divided than ever - but how is it affecting our love lives? I spent a year dating empiricists to find out
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The duality of @lastpositivist.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Philosophers when someone on the Bachelor talks about being here for the right reasons
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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JOB MARKET ADVICE: Send this text to search committee members 8 hours after they reject your application
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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TFW your Google Scholar citation count hasn't moved up for 3 weeks
October 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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What I imagine not being a philosopher of AI must feel like right now
The dudes on a couch meme flipped, so that they're cheering when they see a job is posted open/open on PhilJobs, but stop cheering when they see the description of the job and realize it is yet another philosophy of AI ad
September 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Best day of the year
My citations, they grow (compared to last year)
September 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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My office door:
September 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married
It's that same picture of Brandom and McDowell again, motherfuckers
August 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Explaining to my grad seminar the secret to academic success:
A screenshot from Bocchi the Rock where Nijika says "The key is to have fun, even if you suck!"
August 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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JUST LEAVE ME ALONE
A pop up in Firefox I just got today, asking me if I want to "Add an AI chatbot to the Firefox sidebar to quickly summarize pages" (which I very very very much do not).
August 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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When you're an academic in the US in a red state in 2025 and someone asks you why you know so much about this year's job market
That very dumb scene from some Marvel movie where Mark Ruffalo says he's always angry, except here he's saying "That's my secret, Cap: I'm always on the job market"
August 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Me at people on here who reply to my posts but never like them
Some random BBC show poster with a sad lady and the text "WHY DO YOU HATE ME?"
August 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM