Anita Leirfall
@anitaleirfall
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Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen @UiB_philosophy @UiB
Oslo & Bergen, Norway
Joined May 2010
«In philosophy especially, I figure the reader is nearly always gasping for breath, in danger of being swept out to sea, so the writer should do everything in their power to help. » — Penelope Maddy is interviewed by Nathan Ballantyne #philosophy.
dailynous.com
“Pity the poor reader” is one of philosopher Penelope Maddy‘s writing maxims. Maddy is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, and is interviewed about her writing...
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I’ll be talking about Kant and the sublime at this philosophy festival in Bergen on Friday. 📖 #Bergen #philosophy.
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RT @Metternich1981: @AmericanGwyn Borges visiting Ernst Jünger in the latters library in Wilflingen, Bavaria.
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🐦⬛ 🐦⬛.
6. In France, some crows have been trained to pick up cigarette butts on the street. The crows pick up cigarette butts and put them into a machine, where they receive food as a reward.
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Already since childhood I’ve dreamt of a personal library. And the dream came true. (A photo of just a part of the library.) 📚📚❤️📚📚
Does the idea of a personal library still exist?.
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Jonathan Rée · English Philosophy in the Fifties (1993) #philosophy
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English Philosophy in the Fifties Jonathan Ree If you asked me when was the best time for philosophy in England in the twentieth century-for professional, academic philosophy, that is – I would...
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RT @birchlse: The road to better tests for consciousness than we have now is long and daunting - as shown - but we should reject any infere….
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RT @birchlse: Here is "AI Consciousness: A Centrist Manifesto". I've been working on this feverishly because the issue seems to me so urgen….
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In a world obsessed with fairness and impartiality, is it really wrong to favor those closest to us? Traditional moral theories like utilitarianism demand that we count everyone equally. But for moral sentimentalists, this is a radical mistake. #ethics
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In a world obsessed with fairness and impartiality, is it really wrong to favor those closest to us? Traditional moral theories like utilitarianism demand that we count everyone equally, from...
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Laughter is vital. For philosopher Henri Bergson, laughter solves a serious human conundrum: how to keep our minds and social lives elastic and free | by Emily Herring (@EtheHerring) #Bergson #laughter #free #philosophy
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For philosopher Henri Bergson, laughter solves a serious human conundrum: how to keep our minds and social lives elastic
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RT @RIngthorss: Stoked to announce the publication of my book 'A Powerful Particulars View of Causation' @Routledge_Phil. Electronic versio….
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RT @JDHamkins: For your enjoyment, here is the reading list for my undergraduate core seminar this semester in Philosophy, Science, and Mat….
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RT @NeurosurgUCSF: Researchers @UCSF, led by neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD, have used #Neuropixels probes to record activity from hundreds….
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RT @neuro_beyond: 🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨. What If Every Cell Has a Memory? From Cells to Consciousness | Prof. Nikolay Kukushkin. Memory is mo….
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RT @GregBufithis: The neuroscience of peripersonal space explores how you create, defend or relax the buffer zone between you and the world….
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The neuroscience of peripersonal space explores how you create, defend or relax the buffer zone between you and the world
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RT @NTFabiano: The network of neuronal cells in the human brain & the cosmic network of galaxies are strikingly similar. Shaped by similar….
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