Micah Edvenson

philosophy graduate student

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

I have made a substack profile to function as a stand-in for a professional website for the time being. Of course, it also (properly) functions as a blog if I ever get around to writing anything.

https://t.co/6mTg2y2hYk

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

@MattNoahSmith It’s maybe a controversial one for an intro course, but i’m partial to Hacker’s “Is there anything it is like to be a bat?” in tandem with Nagel

[Jeremy Lybarger @jeremylybarger]

Obviously it’s foolish to judge a book by its first page. I mean, look at this shit

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

Everyone’s new favorite series is back already! Philosophy Beers episode 2 is out now! I’m joined by @waldenpod and reprising his role, Shane:

https://t.co/9j1xUE6QOr

[Christianity On The Spectrum @ChristianityOn]

They could never make me hate you DBH

[Zito @_Zeets]

Once again making people come over my apartment to read either things they wrote or things that are meaningful to them

[Charles Bukowski Legacy @Bukowskiquot]

when Ernest Hemingway said:

[Philip Goff @Philip_Goff]

"Don't worry, Steve, you're not disordered.

"It's just the orientation that forms a core part of your identity, & the way you feel naturally inclined to express your deep love and commitment to your romantic partner, that are disordered."

A distinction without a difference.

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

A new series on the channel, just for fun: Philosophy Beers

https://t.co/fxDaTdc5vp

[Bloody Disgusting @BDisgusting]

Nick Cutter's horror novel THE TROOP is finally getting a feature film adaptation.

Paramount Primal will adapt the novel.

A troop of boys encounter an intruder who unleashes something far more terrifying than any campfire ghost story.

A brutal struggle for survival begins.

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Cormac McCarthy, straight in my veins

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

@MatthewHartke tbh I think this applies for a lot of the miracle stuff too - reports of those things are by and large historical sources requiring historical analysis and acumen.

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

@MatthewHartke @CounterApologis Well, by his own admission here, he’s not interested in recommending quality history on the resurrection claims as such - just the sources that are most likely to convince people. Responsible scholarship is probably less convincing about these things, I’ll grant.

[Emerson Green @waldenpod]

@majestyofreason Well, it’s your content, but it’s sad to see extremely high quality educational videos about philosophy disappear because they conflict with Catholic beliefs.

[Alex Skopic @alexskopic]

This is just obviously false. The people who feed, clothe, and fuel the world get paid scraps, and die at 45 in a sweatshop or mine, while celebrity "influencers" and hedge-fund managers who produce nothing of any worth get vast fortunes. Who do you think you're fooling?

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

@LeftistBlondie Joe? He was a long time agnostic to
be fair.

[Megan Fritts @freganmitts]

Yesterday, we discovered that our Audible lecture series has been plagiarized by an AI-driven book mill. They not only stole our title word-for-word, they took the structure and content straight from our course, ripped off our cover art, and copied our turns of phrase.

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

@14JUN1995 I think this is more Quine than Wittgenstein - at least the “occasion” part. For LW, broader context, including sustained patterns of usage and social context is important, not necessarily token instances of use themselves.

[Pete Firman @petefirman]

I can make you see colours that don’t exist!

[Micah Edvenson @MicahEdvenson]

Some reason(s) for thinking AI does not (and cannot) reason the way we do:

https://t.co/IrJ1jEZtQy