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A philosopher employed in a political science department as a political theorist. Also known as the Ghent Zeppelin. I use twitter primarily to share my blog,

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It's the dead of Summer, so time for a🧵on why in Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith does not hold the labor theory of value (LTV). #yeshereistand. 1/.
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Great paper.
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Duncan Bell, “John Stuart Mill on Federation, Civilization and Empire,” History of Political Thought (2025).
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RT @zenahitz: I remember attending a party at Chicago where several people were working on the Hittite dictionary. Knowing Greek and Latin….
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An odd note in Dugald Stewart leads to Thomas More's Utopia and Adam Smith as well as (oops) Ursula Le Guin, Pt 1.
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RT @zenahitz: We got an extraordinary and unprecedented 1500 applications for this fall! More evidence that people are hungry to read and….
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RT @DailyNousEditor: The latest edition of Philosopher's Annual has been released.
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The articles that made it into the latest edition of Philosophers Annual have been announced. The list aims to “select the ten best articles published in philosophy each year—an attempt as simple to...
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Maybe amusing to @ewinsberg.
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Lots of Aristotle, @zenahitz.
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Epistemic Opacity, Aristotle and Synthetic Philosophy (and some Michael Polanyi)
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The expression of credit.
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Remember the days when a philosopher could simply invert a well-known expression and thereby garner credit for a deep insight: "the evil of banality," "the morality of objectivity," "the reference of inscrutability," and so on?. Good times, good times. .
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How can you NOT mention foreign student enrollment; i.e. the visa policies for students, and the imprisonment of students for protected speech?. How College Financial Troubles Could Reshape the Student Experience
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Austerity is coming to colleges boxed in by President Trump’s cuts and their own troubles. As they lay off workers, cut majors and take other steps, the changes may eventually be felt in classrooms.
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Hume's use of Machiavelli, pt 1.
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RT @DrDuncanBell: 👇👇.
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@resistancemoney I should have mentioned you for getting me to take that paper seriously, but i didn't.
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@ewinsberg maybe amusing and you get a shout out.
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@vladtarko you get a shout out.
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On Epistemic Trespassing and Synthetic Philosophy (with some Michael Polanyi and @nathanballan)
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RT @FriedrichHayek: "Walter Lippmann: The Prophet of Liberalism and the Road not Taken" by Eric Schliesser
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A Nitpicky post on Matteo Pasquinelli's The Eye of the Master and its treatment of Adam Smith; with some Babbage and Hodgskin
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@adamsmithworks @LiberalCurrents.
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