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I hate it when people say philosophy isn’t useful. Philosophy is very useful for:
• Being sentenced to death (Socrates)
• Being penniless and homeless (Diogenes)
• Being murdered by a mob (Hypatia)
• Being condemned as a heretic (Ockham)
• Being excommunicated by your religion (Spinoza)
• Being exiled from your country (Voltaire)
• Being reprimanded by the authorities (Kant)
• Being barred from teaching (Russell)
• Being removed from your position (Adorno)
• Being jailed for your beliefs (Gramsci)
Andrew Chignell retweeted
All the philosophy students who pursued their passion made a wise decision.
Psychology grads are not doing too badly on the job market either.
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The Economist: “We found that graduates in fields more exposed to AI have suffered markedly worse outcomes.”
Finally...the Humanities strike back.
nytimes.com/2026/05/16/opini…
We're hosting an event @Princeton today on "Audio and Ideas" - can (and ought) you write a scholarly monograph and do a podcast at the same time? uchv.princeton.edu/events/au…
We were watching @cspan and it looked like shots were fired at the White House correspondents dinner.
Attention please... this weekend at 3PR: Attention and the Virtues
pppr.princeton.edu/updatehub…
On the way to Boston for an unusual conference at BU: "Philosophy of Devotion, Existential Commitments, and Ethics" philosophyofdevotion.com/mar…
Looking forward to revisiting our @Princeton panel on "Blockchain and Belief" later today with JT at @EVMavericks and others. #Blockchain
We're hosting 5 Ivy League professors for a "Blockchain and Belief" roundtable live! Live on YouTube and X! Friday Jan. 9th 2pm ET Subscribe at dailydoots.com
Fantastic weekend at @NotreDame. We ended the event last night with a two hour panel of tributes to Karl by his students, colleagues, and friends. He is and will be missed.
NAKS Midwest study group met @NotreDame and featured special sessions in honor of Prof. Karl Ameriks, who taught for decades at ND and died this past April. Karl was a kind and generous mentor to many. A deep loss for Kant and German Idealism scholarship. historyofphilosophy.nd.edu/n…
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Prof Alix Cohen of @NotreDame open the Midwest study group sessions, followed by Maya Krishnan of @UChicago and Mario Schaerli of @HumboldtUni speaking on Kants metaphysics.
Allen Wood of @IUBloomington delivers a keynote lecture on "Kant on Lying" at the NAKS Midwest study group @NotreDame @NAKantSociety
Moderating a public panel later today on some of the intriguing parallels between the long history of religion and the recent history of blockchain.
The DeCenter @Princeton is looking for postdocs in various disciplines whose work could be related to the blockchain. I hope one of them will be in philosophy. Please fwd to good candidates. @thetrocro @resistancemoney @craigwarmke @rettlerb puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHir…
great talk on the Ding an Sich by @sturmundstang earlier today at the @NAKantSociety Biennial in Montreal.
Nicholas Stang @UofT on "How to Think about Things in Themselves" (answer: consistently, categorically, nonschematically, and maybe a little analogically, but above all relentlessly, and accompanied with a gloriously detailed handout)
Fascinating talk with a very controversial thesis, caused a lot of discussion
Maya Krishnan @UChicago on whether the principle of sufficient reason can indeed motivate the principle of complete determination (Krishnan argued that it can't!).
When I was president (2020 to 2023) we almost doubled our membership, overhauled the website, hired a tech person, but ended up with a deficit. Daniel and Robert Clewis made some hard choices but have succeeded in balancing the budget, putting NAKS on sound financial footing.
Huge losses among the older ranks of Kant scholars this year, including the irreplaceable Charles Parsons @Harvard
Beatrice Longuenesse @nyuniversity delivering the DeGruyter keynote in honor of Charles Parsons, who recently passed away.
