Pierrick Simon
@pierricksimon.bsky.social
Philosopher. Working on philosophical exercises, philosophy as a way of life, and political disagreements. Enthusiastic about: #phenomenology, #mindfulness, #hermeneutics and the medical humanities.
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"A philosophical exercise every month!" That's what I do & review on my blog philosophicalexercises.blogspot.com . Whether it be Contemplation of death, Jhana meditation, Postural Yoga, Befriending the Ancients, etc. I identify cool philosophical practices, I try them & I tell you about it
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A short overview of my essay On Eudaimonia and Optimization, which I link at the thread's end
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
A short overview of my essay On Eudaimonia and Optimization, which I link at the thread's end
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If, like me, you often find yourself shocked by the moral failings of others, ruminating for hours upon hours about their irresponsible and vicious conduct, I suggest trying out what @pierricksimon.bsky.social calls the "trustful approach."
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The Trustful Approach: an Introduction
The trustful approach is a philosophical exercise that teaches you peace of mind and confidence in the face of political disagreement and so...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If, like me, you often find yourself shocked by the moral failings of others, ruminating for hours upon hours about their irresponsible and vicious conduct, I suggest trying out what @pierricksimon.bsky.social calls the "trustful approach."
philosophicalexercises.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-...
philosophicalexercises.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-...
Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io. Courtesy of Nasa. "Io’s night side [left lobe] is illuminated by “Jupitershine,” which is sunlight reflected from the planet’s surface." I love the "liminal space" quality of this light.
![During its close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io on December 30, 2023, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured some of the most detailed imagery ever of Io’s volcanic surface. In this image, taken by the JunoCam instrument from about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above the moon, Io’s night side [left lobe] is illuminated by “Jupitershine,” which is sunlight reflected from the planet’s surface.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dhumghyhhtyvtbu2gggg2vt/bafkreih5k2nu6abudeiudjxsb4755cldfitzjatjdsfdsbyebphtjfng2e@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io. Courtesy of Nasa. "Io’s night side [left lobe] is illuminated by “Jupitershine,” which is sunlight reflected from the planet’s surface." I love the "liminal space" quality of this light.
A philosophical exercise every month! While experimenting with the old-school exercise of memorizing philosophical handbooks, I chanced upon an intriguing thesis: the Sermon on the Mount counts as a phil-handbook to learn from & train with #philsky philosophicalexercises.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Sermon on the Mount, learning by heart and trusting the future
In October 2025, I tried to commit philosophy handbooks to memory. Not academic handbooks, but collections of wise sayings produced by ancie...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A philosophical exercise every month! While experimenting with the old-school exercise of memorizing philosophical handbooks, I chanced upon an intriguing thesis: the Sermon on the Mount counts as a phil-handbook to learn from & train with #philsky philosophicalexercises.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
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Après plus de 4 mois, je suis heureux de vous partager le fruit de mon travail avec Victor Fighiera, publié aujourd'hui dans @bonpote.com !
Nous y parlons du Planet-score, un dispositif d'affichage environnemental opaque et biaisé en faveur de la viande rouge.
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Nous y parlons du Planet-score, un dispositif d'affichage environnemental opaque et biaisé en faveur de la viande rouge.
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Planet-Score : l’étiquette qui verdit la viande rouge ?
Le Planet-score entend être à l’environnement ce que le Nutri-score est à la santé : une étiquette encourageant les achats responsables
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November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Après plus de 4 mois, je suis heureux de vous partager le fruit de mon travail avec Victor Fighiera, publié aujourd'hui dans @bonpote.com !
Nous y parlons du Planet-score, un dispositif d'affichage environnemental opaque et biaisé en faveur de la viande rouge.
bonpote.com/planet-score...
Nous y parlons du Planet-score, un dispositif d'affichage environnemental opaque et biaisé en faveur de la viande rouge.
bonpote.com/planet-score...
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This particular passage from Paradise Lost is one of those things that has stuck with me and affects how I see the world constantly. It really feels like it rewired my brain, to use the cliché.
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This particular passage from Paradise Lost is one of those things that has stuck with me and affects how I see the world constantly. It really feels like it rewired my brain, to use the cliché.
Victor Hugo's bed, where the magic happens. Bigger than I remembered. I shouldn't have thrown shade. And also his huge initials on the chimney. Very classy.
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Victor Hugo's bed, where the magic happens. Bigger than I remembered. I shouldn't have thrown shade. And also his huge initials on the chimney. Very classy.
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Merleau-Ponty on falling asleep #philosophy #philsky
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Merleau-Ponty on falling asleep #philosophy #philsky
In the aeroplane over the sea neutral milk hotel cover
YouTube video by Frank Watkinson
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November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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🚨New Paper!🚨
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
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Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching - Topoi
We motivate and lay out the broad contours of a research program, namely that of developing a systematic ethics of code-switching. Such an ethics will articulate the values and norms that should gover...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🚨New Paper!🚨
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do you love authenticity? @ledaberio.bsky.social and I argue that maybe you shouldn't!
We think that everything would be better if we all just got over the idea of true selves and were cooler with the fact that we all contain multitudes.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Edith Stein, a daughter who did some great work but is ignored after her tragic end :(
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Edith Stein, a daughter who did some great work but is ignored after her tragic end :(
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Brentano is the grand-father, Heidegger is the weird son that cut ties with the family, Merleau-Ponty is a cousin living in the wood, Sartre is a distant relative writing stories...
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Brentano is the grand-father, Heidegger is the weird son that cut ties with the family, Merleau-Ponty is a cousin living in the wood, Sartre is a distant relative writing stories...
For this month's philosophical experiment, I am going to get into tarot card reading. If you have good articles (or any other resources) about the philosophy of tarot reading or other divination practices , can you please share it with me? I'd love it, because this is a new one for me. :) #philsky
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
For this month's philosophical experiment, I am going to get into tarot card reading. If you have good articles (or any other resources) about the philosophy of tarot reading or other divination practices , can you please share it with me? I'd love it, because this is a new one for me. :) #philsky
When people perceive the Potential of a technology, they literally perceive it. They watch videos like this and they just mentally subtract all the jarring elements. They think this act of subtraction makes them visionary, and others just don't get it. They don't question their own assumptions.
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When people perceive the Potential of a technology, they literally perceive it. They watch videos like this and they just mentally subtract all the jarring elements. They think this act of subtraction makes them visionary, and others just don't get it. They don't question their own assumptions.
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In the stillness of the night, the world seems to breathe more slowly, and everything that preoccupies us shrinks and is lost in the infinite. The stars shine like old friends, reminding us that we are part of a vast, sparkling universe—far greater and more mysterious than we could ever comprehend.
October 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
In the stillness of the night, the world seems to breathe more slowly, and everything that preoccupies us shrinks and is lost in the infinite. The stars shine like old friends, reminding us that we are part of a vast, sparkling universe—far greater and more mysterious than we could ever comprehend.
Please be kind. Everybody is kung fu fighting a battle you know nothing about.
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Please be kind. Everybody is kung fu fighting a battle you know nothing about.
This was great! Ageing is one of those topics where thinking about it even just a little bit and sharing experiences with others goes a long way to making us way more lucid about it. The default usually is to never think about it unless forced! This book club feels safe & sparks interesting convos.
Interested in feminist approaches to age and mental health?
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Join our new reading group starting October 28th where we will be discussing part 2 of Simone de Beauvoir's "Old Age".
Sign up and and see the schedule here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/09/laun...
Launching: de Beauvoir Reading Group on "Old Age"
Network members Valeria Motta, Andrew Maile and Jodie Russell are excited to announce that start of a new reading group starting October 28t...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This was great! Ageing is one of those topics where thinking about it even just a little bit and sharing experiences with others goes a long way to making us way more lucid about it. The default usually is to never think about it unless forced! This book club feels safe & sparks interesting convos.
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INLAND EMPIRE - Imagine it. An explosion. Of *stars*. Goodbye world of men, money and machines.
October 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
INLAND EMPIRE - Imagine it. An explosion. Of *stars*. Goodbye world of men, money and machines.
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One more outstanding and artistic shot of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) by astro-photographer Marina Prol from the Canary Islands, taken on October 25.
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Credit: Marina Prol
#Astronomy
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www.marinaprol.com/astroandnigh...
Credit: Marina Prol
#Astronomy
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
One more outstanding and artistic shot of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) by astro-photographer Marina Prol from the Canary Islands, taken on October 25.
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www.marinaprol.com/astroandnigh...
Credit: Marina Prol
#Astronomy
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www.marinaprol.com/astroandnigh...
Credit: Marina Prol
#Astronomy
Last night, I practiced the "View from Above" philosophical exercise. I felt overwhelmed by the strangeness & immensity of space. This morning I did a couple of drawings to try to capture the visions I had. Reminiscent of a near death experience Plutarch attributes to a certain Thespesius of Soloi:
October 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Last night, I practiced the "View from Above" philosophical exercise. I felt overwhelmed by the strangeness & immensity of space. This morning I did a couple of drawings to try to capture the visions I had. Reminiscent of a near death experience Plutarch attributes to a certain Thespesius of Soloi:
"A kind of walking trance I have frequently had [...] This has often come upon me through repeating my own name to myself silently till, all at once, as it were, out of the intensity of the consciousness of individuality, the individuality itself seemed to dissolve and" (Alfred Tennyson) [1/2]
October 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"A kind of walking trance I have frequently had [...] This has often come upon me through repeating my own name to myself silently till, all at once, as it were, out of the intensity of the consciousness of individuality, the individuality itself seemed to dissolve and" (Alfred Tennyson) [1/2]
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Looking for #ArgumentMapping tools or software for #TeachingPhilosophy. Is there an overview somewhere? Or do you have specific recommendations? #Philsky
October 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Looking for #ArgumentMapping tools or software for #TeachingPhilosophy. Is there an overview somewhere? Or do you have specific recommendations? #Philsky
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La gorgone Méduse. Elle protège celui qui porte la cuirasse : on racontait que Méduse avait le pouvoir de changer en pierre ceux qui la regardaient dans les yeux.
October 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
La gorgone Méduse. Elle protège celui qui porte la cuirasse : on racontait que Méduse avait le pouvoir de changer en pierre ceux qui la regardaient dans les yeux.
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Est-ce qu'on sait qui est cette petite tête?
October 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Est-ce qu'on sait qui est cette petite tête?
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Updated website, now with links to all PDFs after deleting academia dot edu check it out! karen-ng.com
Karen Ng
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October 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Updated website, now with links to all PDFs after deleting academia dot edu check it out! karen-ng.com