Alessandra Tanesini

@Ale1808

is Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University, a wine buff, a gourmet and a sailor

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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · May 24, 2021

This arrived today! @OUPPhilosophy @LeverhulmeTrust @cardiffphilos @PublicHumility

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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · May 26

Here is part 2 of Lukas Schwengerer' series of posts on intellectual virtues on line for Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. In my last entry, I praised the advantages of intellectual virtues in an online environment. This time, I briefly consider why too much of a focus on intellectual virtues might not be the best solu…

Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · May 12

Lukas Schwengerer "Intellectual Virtues Online" for Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. For the second year in a row, the World Economic Forum has ranked misinformation and disinformation among the top global risks. And few places provide more opportunities for spreading misinformatio…

Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Apr 29

Spencer Paulson "Digital Techonology and Cognitive Scaffolding" on Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. There is much ambivalence about digital technology. On the one hand, it makes many tasks much more efficient than they would otherwise be. We can do a quick internet search to find a phone number i…

Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Apr 14

Some of you may be interested in this post about humility and oppression by Laura Callahan on Open for Debate. #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. Sit down. Be humble. – Kendrick Lamar, “Humble” Humility is a virtue, right? Many people think so. Many think: we should be mindful of our limitations. We should take care to keep in view th…

Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Mar 31

Part 2 of Ian James Kidd on pessimism for Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. In part one, I argued that the conceptual core of pessimism is the twin judgments that the human condition is very bad and likely to remain so. However, this does not deliver a full philosophical d…

Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Mar 17

A great post by Ian James Kidd on Pessimism for Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. There are many vernacular senses of pessimism. Familiar images of half-empty glasses go with elaborate talk of ours as ‘the worst possible world’. Pessimistic people might be praised as resolute tr…

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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Feb 17

Çağla Çimendereli on translation techonologies and linguistic injustice for Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. Could advanced translation technologies solve linguistic injustice in the world? Activists and scholars hear this question being asked quite often, and sometimes with a slight skeptical tone sugges…

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Welsh Museums Fed.@WelshMuseumsFed · Feb 10

The impact of austerity on museum in Wales “between 2009 - 2019 the total expenditure on local government museums in Wales fell by 31% in real terms” Museums and Austerity - Museums Federation Cymru See full report via link museumsfederation.cymru/museums-and-au…

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Cambridge University Press - Philosophy@CambUP_PHILNYUK · Feb 12

New Cambridge Element The Metaphysics of Gender by @ediazleon is now free to read for 2 weeks! cup.org/3QaC7FB #cambridgeelements #philosophy

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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Feb 3

Felix Bräuer "Data Figleaves: Statistics and their Power to Conceal Racism" on Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. If you have followed the 2024 US election coverage, you have likely come across the term “migrant crime”. A term coined by Donald Trump to refer to an alleged crime wave spurred by Joe Biden’s bord…

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Matthieu Queloz@matthieu_queloz · Feb 3

New book out #OpenAccess from @OUPPhilosophy: The Ethics of Conceptualization: Tailoring Thought to Need. It offers a framework for questioning the authority of concepts over our thought and conduct. Read it here: academic.oup.com/book/59533

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Cambridge University Press - Philosophy@CambUP_PHILNYUK · Feb 2

New Cambridge Element On Believing and Being Convinced by Paul Silva Jr. is now free to read for 4 weeks! cup.org/4gfK32Q #cambridgeelements #philosophy

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Cambridge University Press - Philosophy@CambUP_PHILNYUK · Feb 1

New Cambridge Element Bayesian Models of the Mind by Michael Rescorla is now free to read for 4 weeks! cup.org/4hnpkeP #cambridgeelements #philosophy

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Alexandra Wilson@amwilson_opera · Feb 1

How can a Vice-Chancellor not understand the nature of a subject taught in her own university and use her misunderstanding of the situation as grounds to close that subject down? Yesterday, the VC of @cardiffuni was on the Today programme. I have transcribed her words. /

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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Jan 20

Rik Peels "Terrorism and Evil" on Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. On 1 January of this year, an American man drove his pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans (Louisiana, US). Fifteen people were killed and dozens of others injured. The perpetr…

Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Jan 6

Jules Holroyd "Oppressive Praise" on Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Dec 24

Some of you may be interested in this excellent post by @Agrowoh for Open for Debate #philosophy #philsky blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

Ale1808's tweet card. Public opinion in many contemporary democracies shows increasing signs of polarization. In particular, animosity and dislike across political lines have become increasingly characteristic of Wester…

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Alessandra Tanesini@Ale1808 · Dec 10

Some of you may be interested in this post by Ori Freiman on chatbot regulation for Open for Debate #philosophy blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/…

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