Chiara Russo Krauss
@russokrauss.bsky.social
Professor of history of philosophy at University Federico II, Naples (Italy).
German philosophy of XIX century. Neo-Kantianism.
German philosophy of XIX century. Neo-Kantianism.
Pinned
I fell in love with philosophy in high school tnx to Socrates and the idea that, when we discuss with each other, the correct reasoning leads us all to truth. After 25 years I'm more convinced than ever that this is delusional on so many levels, but can't let go of this idea.
Autumn trip to the Amalfi coast
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Autumn trip to the Amalfi coast
Today there's a political demonstration near the university. When I search for wifi, one new option appears:
"DIGOS (Italy'secret police) wiretapping van"
"DIGOS (Italy'secret police) wiretapping van"
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Today there's a political demonstration near the university. When I search for wifi, one new option appears:
"DIGOS (Italy'secret police) wiretapping van"
"DIGOS (Italy'secret police) wiretapping van"
The Laboratory for the Study of Neo-Kantianism I coordinate at Naples University has the acronym SToNE, and now our email has been bombarded by messages from firms that ask if we're interested in their supply of marble and stone for sinks and other appliances.
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Laboratory for the Study of Neo-Kantianism I coordinate at Naples University has the acronym SToNE, and now our email has been bombarded by messages from firms that ask if we're interested in their supply of marble and stone for sinks and other appliances.
Today I stumbled on a new example of "cursed covers of philosophical books"
Spengler "The decline of the West" as a saga about cowboys.
Spengler "The decline of the West" as a saga about cowboys.
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today I stumbled on a new example of "cursed covers of philosophical books"
Spengler "The decline of the West" as a saga about cowboys.
Spengler "The decline of the West" as a saga about cowboys.
I've watched the last movie by Guadagnino, in which Julia Roberts plays a philosophy professor at Yale.
My main takeaway is that I was glad to learn that even at Yale students are recruited as attendees at academic events in exchange for credits.
My main takeaway is that I was glad to learn that even at Yale students are recruited as attendees at academic events in exchange for credits.
October 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I've watched the last movie by Guadagnino, in which Julia Roberts plays a philosophy professor at Yale.
My main takeaway is that I was glad to learn that even at Yale students are recruited as attendees at academic events in exchange for credits.
My main takeaway is that I was glad to learn that even at Yale students are recruited as attendees at academic events in exchange for credits.
Since I've seen this book was published, I've wanted to read it. Finally I got a copy via mail, thanks to HOPOS journal, for which I will write a review.
October 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Since I've seen this book was published, I've wanted to read it. Finally I got a copy via mail, thanks to HOPOS journal, for which I will write a review.
After three years, the dream of having professor Beiser in Naples for the final Conference of the project on "The neo-Kantian reception of Schiller", inspired by his work, has finally come true.
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
After three years, the dream of having professor Beiser in Naples for the final Conference of the project on "The neo-Kantian reception of Schiller", inspired by his work, has finally come true.
I'd love to go to HOPOS 2026. The last edition in Vienna was great, I had an idea for submission, and I have research founds that can cover the expenses.
But no way I'm setting foot in the USA.
Sorry for all the folks who work and collaborate with @hoposjournal.bsky.social, but it's a pass for me.
But no way I'm setting foot in the USA.
Sorry for all the folks who work and collaborate with @hoposjournal.bsky.social, but it's a pass for me.
September 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'd love to go to HOPOS 2026. The last edition in Vienna was great, I had an idea for submission, and I have research founds that can cover the expenses.
But no way I'm setting foot in the USA.
Sorry for all the folks who work and collaborate with @hoposjournal.bsky.social, but it's a pass for me.
But no way I'm setting foot in the USA.
Sorry for all the folks who work and collaborate with @hoposjournal.bsky.social, but it's a pass for me.
The Conference for the project I've been working on for the last few years is happening soon.
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
September 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Conference for the project I've been working on for the last few years is happening soon.
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
You can access it on streaming: t.co/GjFS3safuQ
Full program: acesse.one/OZJAw
(I can't wait for it to happen, so I can stop having nightmares about something going wrong)
You know you're in Naples when in the morning you stumble on the delivery of firewood for the pizza ovens.
September 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
You know you're in Naples when in the morning you stumble on the delivery of firewood for the pizza ovens.
When you reach the peak of the mountain after a difficult hike and you can finally enjoy the beautiful view from the top.
August 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
When you reach the peak of the mountain after a difficult hike and you can finally enjoy the beautiful view from the top.
Unexpected encounter in an Austrian grocery store.
July 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Unexpected encounter in an Austrian grocery store.
It's probably impossible to establish who is the greatest mind in the history of philosophy.
But I'm pretty sure Leibniz is the greatest out-of-the-box-thinker.
But I'm pretty sure Leibniz is the greatest out-of-the-box-thinker.
July 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's probably impossible to establish who is the greatest mind in the history of philosophy.
But I'm pretty sure Leibniz is the greatest out-of-the-box-thinker.
But I'm pretty sure Leibniz is the greatest out-of-the-box-thinker.
The anthropomorphic concept of God lowers this highest universal concept to a vertebrae in the gaseous state.
(Ernst Haeckel 1892)
(Ernst Haeckel 1892)
July 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The anthropomorphic concept of God lowers this highest universal concept to a vertebrae in the gaseous state.
(Ernst Haeckel 1892)
(Ernst Haeckel 1892)
When I go to a concert I always try to get the setlist as a souvenir. I've had some strange ones over the years (the Dum Dum Girls one written on the back of a communist protest flyer), but King Hannah's setlist written on a paper plate takes the prize.
July 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
When I go to a concert I always try to get the setlist as a souvenir. I've had some strange ones over the years (the Dum Dum Girls one written on the back of a communist protest flyer), but King Hannah's setlist written on a paper plate takes the prize.
Kant taking a stroll everyday at the same time has strong NPC from Strardew Valley energy.
June 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Kant taking a stroll everyday at the same time has strong NPC from Strardew Valley energy.
I cannot handle that the Italian ministry for university and research looks like a character from Mars Attack 😭
June 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I cannot handle that the Italian ministry for university and research looks like a character from Mars Attack 😭
The spread of AI art makes me think of Schiller The Artists
Oh, may a degenerate yearn never
Humble you to be her abject slave!
In industry the bee the palm may bear
In skill the worm a lesson may impart
With blessed spirits your knowledge you do share
But Art, O Man, you have alone!
Oh, may a degenerate yearn never
Humble you to be her abject slave!
In industry the bee the palm may bear
In skill the worm a lesson may impart
With blessed spirits your knowledge you do share
But Art, O Man, you have alone!
March 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The spread of AI art makes me think of Schiller The Artists
Oh, may a degenerate yearn never
Humble you to be her abject slave!
In industry the bee the palm may bear
In skill the worm a lesson may impart
With blessed spirits your knowledge you do share
But Art, O Man, you have alone!
Oh, may a degenerate yearn never
Humble you to be her abject slave!
In industry the bee the palm may bear
In skill the worm a lesson may impart
With blessed spirits your knowledge you do share
But Art, O Man, you have alone!
No context news
March 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
No context news
Musk must have put his fat finger on the scale of Grok AI and now he is a great thinker on par with Aristotle.
February 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Musk must have put his fat finger on the scale of Grok AI and now he is a great thinker on par with Aristotle.
Postcard from my short visit to Düsseldorf
February 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Postcard from my short visit to Düsseldorf
Family tree of socialism
February 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Family tree of socialism
Paying my tribute to the birthplace of Friedrich Engels, favorite figure for the philosophers of all time: the wealthy patron.
February 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Paying my tribute to the birthplace of Friedrich Engels, favorite figure for the philosophers of all time: the wealthy patron.
Little stop in Köln before heading to Wuppertal for the Conference on Hans Vaihinger.
I had to go up the 533 steps of the cathedral tower to make up for the plate of Himmel und Ääd I ate at lunch.
I had to go up the 533 steps of the cathedral tower to make up for the plate of Himmel und Ääd I ate at lunch.
February 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Little stop in Köln before heading to Wuppertal for the Conference on Hans Vaihinger.
I had to go up the 533 steps of the cathedral tower to make up for the plate of Himmel und Ääd I ate at lunch.
I had to go up the 533 steps of the cathedral tower to make up for the plate of Himmel und Ääd I ate at lunch.