“by convention colour, but in reality only atoms and void”

New paper out! I defend a functionalist (and reductionist) account in the context of Wavefunction Realism, to show how we can recover three-dimensional entities out of the quantum wavefunction sciencedirect.com/science/articl… (1/4)

If it were possible to torture an AI, would it be morally wrong to do so?

I have aphantasia, meaning that I can't form mental images at will. Nor, in my case, sounds, smells, flavors, tactile sensations, or emotions. When I close my eyes, I enter a blank world. In this thread I'll try to express what that is like for those who don't have aphantasia.

I am genuinely afraid of what El Niño can do to the Pacific coast of South America in 6 months. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Deep

As a foreigner entering the UK to pursue my PhD, the healthcare surcharge (more than £2000 at that time) almost made me cancel everything. I can't even imagine the absolute disgrace that raising (almost doubling) those fees will do for tons of people.

Are you a philosopher confused by anthropologists talking about "ontology"? An anthropologist confused by philosophers talking about "ontology"? We have a new paper for you exploring productive tensions between different ways of appealing to ontology link.springer.com/article/10.100…

WTF!?!? (why the face)

What happened around the year 2000 that dramatically altered youth culture?

Liars

📣 #LetrasRecomienda Te presentamos el artículo «𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞: ¿𝐄𝐫𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨?» 💉🩸 👉 doi.org/10.30920/letra… ✒️ Autores: Franklin Ibáñez y Pyro Suarez 📆 2022

After a few final apps to do this weekend, I’m done with applying for philosophy TT jobs for good. 10 years on the job market has destroyed my mental health. However this pans out, it’s clear that the philosophy community does not value my research enough to ensure me a position.

En este artículo que salió hace poquito, exploro el rol comunicativo que jugaron los famosos "azuzadores" narrados por la prensa peruana durante las últimas protestas. Metaética aplicada: revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/estu…

'Cause grounding is my boyfriend Grounding is a god Grounding is the breeze in my hair on the weekend Grounding's a relaxing thought Aren't you envious that for you it's not? Me and grounding vibe like that

I'm co-organising a meta-metaphysics conference on the aims of metaphysics at Bristol Bristol Philosophy this November, with Pyro and Tommaso Soriani. You can find all the info and the call for abstracts on our website: sites.google.com/view/aims-meta…. Please help us spread the word!

Grounding Supervenience

Finally in my hands!

I'm Brakion.bsky.social in bluesky! Please add me as Im leaving twitter in 7 days ;)

And now the final panel! With Dr. Esa Díaz León @nmcthompson Tuomas Tahko