Me at philosophy grad school at Oxford years ago: The more theoretical the better. Logic. Language. Maths. Greek. Hard stuff. Applied ethics is kind of for dummies, conceptually not that interesting. Job market ever since: More ethics, especially applied ethics, please.

Turns out I married some kind of genius. David will give the Einstein lecture next week for AIP: aip.org.au/event-5367440

Suggestions for using ChatGPT for teaching and assessment in a philosophy class. Some flippant suggestions: 1/Diagnose a ChatGPT hallucination. 2/Discuss Frankfurt's "On Bullshit" in conjunction with ChatGPT. 3/Discuss ChatGPT4 & Turing Test. 4/Co-write a Platonic dialogue...

Suggestions for being less bored while marking?

Solidarity with everyone taking strike action at Swinburne University today and with everyone on Day 3 of the University of Melbourne strike too.

OUR NEW AD IS LIVE!   You’re the Voice that will make history.   On 14 October, we know we all can stand together with the power to be powerful.   #HistoryIsCalling, so #VoteYes. Are you in? John Farnham is.   #UluruStatement #StayTrue2Uluru #YoureTheVoice #VoteYes

"Any citizen who is appalled by the level of debate we are seeing during this referendum should lobby for more investment in the Humanities. If we want our democratic institutions to deliver justice and truth, that might be the best hope we have." abc.net.au/religion/ferra…

I'm a writer because I want to write. I don't want a machine to do it for me..... what is the point of handing over the job of understanding something more deeply, seeing the pattern that underlies? Why would I want to give up that profound experience? bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

There can be nothing to celebrate about the outbreak of war. Flags of any description should not be waved, buildings should not be illuminated with national colours. Nothing good can come of it, only suffering, destruction, death.

I am going to be mainly a tourist on twitter (X) and spend less and less of my time here. The party is over.

Armita Garavand. 16 years old. Beaten and killed in Iran for not wearing a hejab. #ArmitaGeravand #ArmitaGaravand

sl.nsw.gov.au/collection-ite…

Imagine! A VC! Western Sydney University “I am advocating on behalf of our students, including to do away with the unfair and highly damaging $50,000 cost of Arts degrees. The world needs more writers and philosophers.’ australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur…