Richard Pettigrew
@wiglet1981.bsky.social
Philosopher at University of Bristol 🏳️🌈 he/him
https://richardpettigrew.com/
Books: Epistemic Risk and the Demands of Rationality | Choosing for Changing Selves | Dutch Book Arguments | Accuracy and the Laws of Credence | Who Are Universities For?
https://richardpettigrew.com/
Books: Epistemic Risk and the Demands of Rationality | Choosing for Changing Selves | Dutch Book Arguments | Accuracy and the Laws of Credence | Who Are Universities For?
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hear me out: joyce carol oates super bowl halftime appearance
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
hear me out: joyce carol oates super bowl halftime appearance
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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I guess I need to apologize to the writers of Alien: Prometheus. it turns out scientists really do touch everything like that
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I guess I need to apologize to the writers of Alien: Prometheus. it turns out scientists really do touch everything like that
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Me: Ooh, what about a philosophy-themed Mamdani generator meme?
Skynet:
Skynet:
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Me: Ooh, what about a philosophy-themed Mamdani generator meme?
Skynet:
Skynet:
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Just an absolute banger of an animal family
June 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Just an absolute banger of an animal family
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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HOW HAVE I NOT WATCHED THIS SHOW BEFORE
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
HOW HAVE I NOT WATCHED THIS SHOW BEFORE
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The rumours are true: Leeds is hosting BSPS 2026! Make sure you put the date in your calendars (21-23 July) and, while you're at it, consider submitting a symposium proposal (CFS closes on 14th January 2026)! www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...
Annual Conference | 2025
The BSPS Annual Conference takes place on 15-17 July 2025 at the University of Glasgow
www.thebsps.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The rumours are true: Leeds is hosting BSPS 2026! Make sure you put the date in your calendars (21-23 July) and, while you're at it, consider submitting a symposium proposal (CFS closes on 14th January 2026)! www.thebsps.org/news/bsps-an...
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I wrote up a blogpost that riffs on some of the ideas in this paper
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I wrote up a blogpost that riffs on some of the ideas in this paper
I wrote up a blogpost that riffs on some of the ideas in this paper
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I wrote up a blogpost that riffs on some of the ideas in this paper
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Naming my streetcar something normal like "engine #317" or "central line, tram 7", or whatever; looking askance at whoever called theirs "desire".
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Naming my streetcar something normal like "engine #317" or "central line, tram 7", or whatever; looking askance at whoever called theirs "desire".
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I think it's worth noting that u get more time/people/questions & certainly home baking when giving a talk at our Monday morning pol-phi sessions than u do at most conferences. Good to know if contemplating a PhD with e.g. @wiglet1981.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I think it's worth noting that u get more time/people/questions & certainly home baking when giving a talk at our Monday morning pol-phi sessions than u do at most conferences. Good to know if contemplating a PhD with e.g. @wiglet1981.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social
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It occurred to me that someone should make one of those single-page hasandrewcuomoleftnewyorkyet.com websites. I'd do it myself but then I'd have to follow the news about him to maintain it. So instead I'm going to make hassomeonemadehasandrewcuomoleftnewyorkyetyet.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It occurred to me that someone should make one of those single-page hasandrewcuomoleftnewyorkyet.com websites. I'd do it myself but then I'd have to follow the news about him to maintain it. So instead I'm going to make hassomeonemadehasandrewcuomoleftnewyorkyetyet.com
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I’m the consultant off screen coaching cuomo, “smiling should not be apparent in the eyes at all” and guys he’s crushing it
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’m the consultant off screen coaching cuomo, “smiling should not be apparent in the eyes at all” and guys he’s crushing it
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At first glance this seems like pretty lax security until you realise it's done by voice recognition and you have to pronounce it perfectly
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At first glance this seems like pretty lax security until you realise it's done by voice recognition and you have to pronounce it perfectly
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inviting him to my next conference to finally get that strictly proper scoring rules Lego set I keep asking them to make
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
inviting him to my next conference to finally get that strictly proper scoring rules Lego set I keep asking them to make
nothing about this story falls short of outstanding
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
nothing about this story falls short of outstanding
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New paper! 🥳
"Trust in Mathematics", coauthored with Silvia De Toffoli is out now in Philosophia Mathematica.
A thread on what it is about. Please share with anyone who may be interested!
academic.oup.com/philmat/adva...
"Trust in Mathematics", coauthored with Silvia De Toffoli is out now in Philosophia Mathematica.
A thread on what it is about. Please share with anyone who may be interested!
academic.oup.com/philmat/adva...
Trust in Mathematics
Abstract. In this paper we develop a systematic account of trust in mathematics based on Katherine Hawley’s commitment account of trust. We focus on two re
academic.oup.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New paper! 🥳
"Trust in Mathematics", coauthored with Silvia De Toffoli is out now in Philosophia Mathematica.
A thread on what it is about. Please share with anyone who may be interested!
academic.oup.com/philmat/adva...
"Trust in Mathematics", coauthored with Silvia De Toffoli is out now in Philosophia Mathematica.
A thread on what it is about. Please share with anyone who may be interested!
academic.oup.com/philmat/adva...
Getting the baking done for the Monday morning political philosophy meeting with @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social, @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social, and others…
November 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Getting the baking done for the Monday morning political philosophy meeting with @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social, @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social, and others…
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everyone automatically clacks these twice upon picking them up because deep down we all know we’re crabs
February 22, 2024 at 3:14 AM
everyone automatically clacks these twice upon picking them up because deep down we all know we’re crabs
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It came as a huge surprise to me in 2004 when the Abbey National was taken over by Santander
I didn't expect the Spanish acquisition
I didn't expect the Spanish acquisition
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It came as a huge surprise to me in 2004 when the Abbey National was taken over by Santander
I didn't expect the Spanish acquisition
I didn't expect the Spanish acquisition