Aidan McGlynn

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Glaswegian philosopher based at the University of Edinburgh, mostly working on issues in epistemology and feminist philosophy. Tweeting in a personal capacity. He/him.

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Academic journals are a lucrative scam - and I'm determined to get in on the action 💲💲💲

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"Stupid wars, a chaotic economy, useless rebellions, futile massacres, populations unaccompanied by any improvement in the standard of living, everything in this period seemed to me confusion and marking time" - Beauvoir, 'Force of Circumstance'

I used to enjoy celebrating Prime Day with the family, but it's gotten so commercialised recently

I have a pinched nerve in my lower back, which explains why my Joint Session trip was so miserable and difficult. I now have some serious painkillers for it, and doctor seems to think it'll get better over the next couple of weeks if I'm careful.

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Many congratulations to #UCD Professor Maria Baghramian on her appointment as ERA Chair, and her role in this important and groundbreaking initiative! newsroom.aua.am/2024/07/15/a...

AUA Receives EU Grant for Center for Ethics in Public Affairs (ETICA)newsroom.aua.am To date, Armenia is the first country in the South Caucasus to receive such European Research Area Chair grants.

This week distilled

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Hollyrood Park

Back in Edinburgh. Arthur’s Seat is still here, thankfully.

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Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny, 1885 https://linktr.ee/monet_artbot

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📢📢Call for papers! With K. Bailey Thomas and the Roundtable for Black Feminist and Womanist Theory, I'm organizing this conference on **Audre Lorde's thought and philosophical legacy**, which will be hybrid Oct. 31–Nov. 2. 2-3 page extended abstracts due Aug 9! afeast.org/conferences/ Please boost!

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The Banks of the Seine at the Argenteuil Bridge, 1874 https://linktr.ee/monet_artbot

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IN PLACE OF A DARK LORD YOU WOULD HAVE A QUEEN! NOT DARK BUT BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE AS THE DAWN! TREACHEROUS AS THE SEAS! STRONGER THAN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH! ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR

My cancelled train got uncancelled, but is only going as far as Preston, which is closer to Birmingham than Edinburgh. Train company seems to have adopted a vibes-based approach to getting us home from there.

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Being an academic philosopher means occasional emails from cranks about the meaning of life, or a conspiracy theory about telepathic domination by philosophers of mind (yes, really). Today, it’s a 4500 word email from some weirdo about god & his book about everything. The TOC is really something.

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George Holliday interviewed me for This Mind of Ours on delusions and why they matter! Watch our conversation here: youtu.be/sDVwLS_IKZI?... #philsky

Why delusions matter: Lisa Bortolottiyoutu.be Have you ever wondered if you might be delusional? Or what it means for someone else to be delusional? Lisa Bortolotti is a philosopher of mind who has spent...

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Argenteuil, Late Afternoon, 1872 https://linktr.ee/monet_artbot

Last day of 2024 Joint Session. Still unclear how I’m going to get home later. Next year is in Glasgow thankfully, and the line-up looks great.

My train home tomorrow has already been cancelled. That bodes well.

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The University of Birmingham campus from afar (and up high)

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“It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.” George Elliot

Today is brought to you by Deep Heat™️ spray, which somehow took me from agony and despair to being able to function and get around enough to make it to talks this morning. I get very mixed results from it in general, but this morning it worked miracles.

The University of Birmingham campus from afar (and up high)

Joint session trialing a novel “we don’t need to use microphones people can just talk loud” policy 🙄

Clockboi

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My Joe Rose moment on the way to the Joint Session this morning

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Urgent government action needed, various options available

UK universities face growing struggle to recruit international studentswww.theguardian.com Applications for sponsored visas have plummeted since new restrictions brought in, raising financial fears

My Joe Rose moment on the way to the Joint Session this morning

A sure-fire recipe for a great song is "What if 'Take On Me' was deeply, deeply, crushingly sad?"

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100s of words about character and morals but only vague, brief reference to fact that Trump is adjudicated sexual assailant - rapist, in lay terms - w/ other credible allegations & settlements of sex crimes. The mostly male punditry, like GOP, has collectively decided that rape isn't disqualifying.

New from the New York Times Editorial Board: Donald Trump is unfit to lead (gift link)

Opinion | Donald Trump Is Unfit to Leadwww.nytimes.com He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America. Voters must stand up to him in November.

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We need the higher ed media to better describe what's at stake here. These are not "reforms," they're an authoritarian takeover. They're not "bold" or "sweeping," they're undemocratic and fascist. These aren't normal policy recommendations, they're a dismantling of higher education!

How Project 2025 could radically reshape higher edwww.insidehighered.com The sweeping conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration would dismantle the Education Department, privatize student loans and end all ongoing Title IX investigations. Critics say it’s a ...