Steve Bland
@stevebland.bsky.social
Philosopher at Huron University. Social epistemology; philosophy of science. Latest book: Rationality in Context (Routledge, 2024).
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Steve Bland
@stevebland.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hi everyone! I’m a philosopher who works primarily at the intersection of epistemology and psychology. My latest book offers a new framework for understanding the empirical literature on epistemic rationality.
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"Virtuous individuals shouldn't try to maximize their epistemic adaptability."
Epistemic Virtue, Cognitive Diversity, and the Division of Labor - Erkenntnis
Virtue-first approaches to regulative epistemology describe an ideal that individual inquirers should attempt to approximate, and then specify some of the measures that we can take collectively to pro...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Virtuous individuals shouldn't try to maximize their epistemic adaptability."
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Ontario’s public #university system is crumbling. Affiliated universities provide important small, student-focused learning environments & play an important role in the system. Focus on large schools & STEM, though, has caused problems. We need change in #cdnpse #onpoli - lfpress.com/opinion/colu...
Peace: Affiliated universities like Huron at risk of disappearing
Nolan Quinn announced $750M in new STEM funding, opening about 20,000 new university and college spots for these academic disciplines.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Ontario’s public #university system is crumbling. Affiliated universities provide important small, student-focused learning environments & play an important role in the system. Focus on large schools & STEM, though, has caused problems. We need change in #cdnpse #onpoli - lfpress.com/opinion/colu...
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new preprint available!
Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?
Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social
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Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?
Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social
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Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
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April 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
new preprint available!
Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?
Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
Trust from Mistrust: When is Trust Rationally Justified?
Co-authors @michalk.bsky.social @stevebland.bsky.social @robert-m-ross.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Drawing on insights from Nietzsche's Human All-too-human, we develop a framework for wisely placing trust 🧵
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In London West, it’s a two-way race between Peggy Sattler and the Ford Conservatives.
We can stop Ford, but only if you make your vote count. Keep a strong voice in London West and re-elect Peggy Sattler. #LdnOnt #LdnWest #OnYourSide
We can stop Ford, but only if you make your vote count. Keep a strong voice in London West and re-elect Peggy Sattler. #LdnOnt #LdnWest #OnYourSide
February 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In London West, it’s a two-way race between Peggy Sattler and the Ford Conservatives.
We can stop Ford, but only if you make your vote count. Keep a strong voice in London West and re-elect Peggy Sattler. #LdnOnt #LdnWest #OnYourSide
We can stop Ford, but only if you make your vote count. Keep a strong voice in London West and re-elect Peggy Sattler. #LdnOnt #LdnWest #OnYourSide
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The #university sector in Ontario is in trouble, especially for those of us working in affiliated universities. In the attached letter, I outline these threats in response to an #onelxn meeting in #ldnont organized by @uwofa1.bsky.social & @ocufa.bsky.social. hucfa.ca/wp-content/u... #onpoli
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February 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The #university sector in Ontario is in trouble, especially for those of us working in affiliated universities. In the attached letter, I outline these threats in response to an #onelxn meeting in #ldnont organized by @uwofa1.bsky.social & @ocufa.bsky.social. hucfa.ca/wp-content/u... #onpoli
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Government transfers to universities per FTE, 1981-82 vs 2022-23.
January 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Government transfers to universities per FTE, 1981-82 vs 2022-23.
Want to spend 2025 in more humbling environments? Check out my latest blogpost to find out what it would mean to do so.
Happy New Year! This week's paper is part 2 of Steven Bland's paper on intellectual humility and humbling environments #philsky
http://imperfectcogn...
http://imperfectcogn...
January 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Want to spend 2025 in more humbling environments? Check out my latest blogpost to find out what it would mean to do so.
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New blog post on Imperfect Cognitions: Can we become more intellectually humble without any explicit training or instruction? Steven Bland explores the issue, discussed in a recent paper published in Review of Philosophy and Psychology imperfectcognitions.... #philsky
December 27, 2024 at 8:00 AM
New blog post on Imperfect Cognitions: Can we become more intellectually humble without any explicit training or instruction? Steven Bland explores the issue, discussed in a recent paper published in Review of Philosophy and Psychology imperfectcognitions.... #philsky
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Happy Holidays! For this week's blogpost, we have part 1 of a 2 part series from Steven Bland discussing intellectual humility and the importance of humbling environments #philsky
http://imperfectcogn...
http://imperfectcogn...
December 26, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Happy Holidays! For this week's blogpost, we have part 1 of a 2 part series from Steven Bland discussing intellectual humility and the importance of humbling environments #philsky
http://imperfectcogn...
http://imperfectcogn...
If you have some spare time over the holidays, I humbly recommend reading my blogpost on intellectual humility. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/12/inte...
Intellectual Humility and Humbling Environments – Part 1
A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.
imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:45 PM
If you have some spare time over the holidays, I humbly recommend reading my blogpost on intellectual humility. imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/12/inte...
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Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal
November 27, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Philosophers! Please follow & share our new account with your colleagues - we would ultimately like to move away from Twitter/X. #philosophy #philosophers #appliedphilosophy #philosophyjournal
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Like individuals, we argue that collectives can possess intellectual humility.
Our new paper explains who groups can achieve better decisions by catching each other's biases, expressing dissent, and more.
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Our new paper explains who groups can achieve better decisions by catching each other's biases, expressing dissent, and more.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 2, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Like individuals, we argue that collectives can possess intellectual humility.
Our new paper explains who groups can achieve better decisions by catching each other's biases, expressing dissent, and more.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our new paper explains who groups can achieve better decisions by catching each other's biases, expressing dissent, and more.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hi everyone! I’m a philosopher who works primarily at the intersection of epistemology and psychology. My latest book offers a new framework for understanding the empirical literature on epistemic rationality.
November 19, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Hi everyone! I’m a philosopher who works primarily at the intersection of epistemology and psychology. My latest book offers a new framework for understanding the empirical literature on epistemic rationality.