Great new paper by Elzė Sigutė Mikalonytė, Julian Savulescu, and Brian D. Earp: "Love and Cause: When is Biomedical Enhanced Love Desirable?" www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The paper engages with some of the most recent interventions on this topic by Emma Gordon and me. #bioethics #philosophy
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During our faculty research day on May 29, one of many presentations was by the PhD student Johannes Reisinger, who presented work-in-progress on "AI Companions and Infidelity". For a short description of what this paper-in-progress is about, see below: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #aiethics
LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty
Conference on July 7 in London on:
Before 'The Pursuit of Happiness': Emotional Flourishing in Early Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Go here to book a place:
www.ticketsource.com/the-institut...
For a counter-philosophy to Versailles, see Voltaire’s gardens and gardening. I’ve a chapter on this in Philosophy in the Garden.
Call for papers (<10K words unpublished) for 2026 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics
Topic: Newton’s Principia & its reception (300th anniversary of 3rd Ed.)
Prize $1,000, workshop, & pub in SHPS
Open to grad students & w/in 5 yrs PhD
Deadline: September 1, 2026
www.duchateletprize.org
#HPS
Peter Adamson
There are now over 2,300 people on my Philosophers list, plus over 250 philosophy groups and organisations in the orgs list! The #PhilosophySky (formerly PhilSky＋) feed is still the best place to catch up with all the latest #philosophy posts on Bluesky. Pin and ❤️ the feed if you find it useful! 🙏
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Coming up tomorrow on #HoPWaG: how did Han Feizi and the other "Legalists" of Warring States China understand human nature? Did they think it could be molded by a strict regime of punishment and reward, or just kept in check?
#philsky #legalism #chinesephilosophy
Just up now!
History of Philosophy in China, episode 55:
More Gain, Less Pain: the Legalists on Human Nature
tinyurl.com/455xzx5f
Did the fa-thinkers recognize that human beings natural have moral capacities or dispositions? How did they try to manipulate human nature?
#philsky #podcasts
An early exit for France in the World Cup would be either comedic or tragic. Either way #HoPWaG has you covered, since in today's new episode and the next one, we're looking at philosophical aspects of the plays of Moliere and Racine!
historyofphilosophy.net/moliere
#philsky #frenchliterature
Coming up on Sunday on #HoPWaG, the first of two episodes on great French playwrights of the 17th century. It's Moliere, followed in the next episode by Racine! We'll look at how both reflected on the philosophical themes current in their day.
#philsky #podcasts
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Faculty Day at the LMU Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies — my poster is up.
The paper (in progress): AI Companions and Infidelity
Even granting that an AI affair and...
Today's episode is one of my favorites among recent topics: a look at the formal French garden, and its surprisingly intricate relationship to philosophy under Louis XIV! (Also look out for a fabulous pun about him.)
www.historyofphilosophy.net/french-garden
#philsky #gardens #philosophy #podcast
Peter Adamson
Resources for philosophers on Bluesky:
1. Starter packs
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2. New PhilSky＋ feed 🦋
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3. Lists
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