Australian philosopher. Emeritus Bertrand Russell Professor & Emeritus Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge. Early roles in @cser.bsky.social and @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social. More: prce.hu/w
Optometry still waiting for its Putnam?
Tim CraneThere is a standard format for general philosophy of mind courses which goes: first there was dualism, then (300 years later) behaviourism (quickly refuted by Putnam) then identity theory (ditto) then functionalism then the problem of consciousness, and maybe intentionality. The end.
Interesting results here for cold fusion fans. “[F]usion yields enhanced by more than 10¹⁸ relative to bare-nucleus (unscreened) expectations. … These results reveal a previously unrecognized regime of low-energy nuclear reactions in solids.”
Enhanced nuclear fusion in the sub-keV energy regime - Nature CommunicationsFusion at very low energies is normally strongly suppressed. Here, authors show that deuterium fusion in palladium and titanium hydrides reaches a finite low-energy yield floor, revealing that solid m...www.nature.com
Do you know this little special issue, celebrating its 50th birthday? www.organonf.com/journal/volu...
Volume 33 (2026), Issue 2Organon F, Volume 33, May 2026, Issue 2 ISSN 2585-7150 (online) Download PDF | Published online: 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Pages 151–237 Editorial ...www.organonf.comSeanThis paper, "The Paradoxes of Time Travel", is my favorite thing David Lewis wrote. I literally think about it once a week or so. Primarily about time travel but applicable to so much more. philpapers.org/archive/LEWT...
❗Job vacancy: Last week to apply for a Teaching Associate in AI and Society/Ethics role here at CFI. Find out more and submit your application by Sunday 19 July: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/teachin...
Teaching Associate in AI and Society/EthicsThe Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH) is seeking a Teaching Associate in the social and ethical study of AI. In our pedagogy and our team, we are committed to engaging with a breadth of posi...www.cam.ac.ukJenann Ismael and I wrote an Introduction for the Tractatus Quanticum by @covoni.bsky.social and @rovelli.bsky.social. #philsky #philsci #quantum
Against Totalitarianism -- Introduction to Tractatus QuanticumTractatus Quanticum (arXiv:2512.06034 [quant-ph]) is described by its authors as 'a re-editing, which takes quantum mechanics into account, of Wittgenstein's famous Tractatus.' The original Tractatus ...arxiv.org
I once went to a session on Effective Teaching Skills at the University’s Centre for Teaching and Learning. The presenter put up a slide with dense list of dot points and said: “I’ll just let you read through those.”
Jo WolffI typically don’t use PowerPoint as I want the audience to look at me, not the screen, and to be able to deviate as the mood takes me. Now wondering if some people have become so dependent on the technology that they prepare slides for a talk with their kids.
There is a standard format for general philosophy of mind courses which goes: first there was dualism, then (300 years later) behaviourism (quickly refuted by Putnam) then identity theory (ditto) then functionalism then the problem of consciousness, and maybe intentionality. The end.
