Jon Pike

Here is my latest paper, published today in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport and co-authored with Dr Emma Hilton @fondofbeetles from Manchester University. I would like to thank @OpenUniversity for their ongoing support of my research tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I think this is a terrific idea and I have emailed Justin to this effect. I'd encourage any philosophers who follow me to do the same.

Any philosophers who follow me or @johnmaier_: we would love it if you could ask Justin Weinberg (his email is available on the Daily Nous “About” page) to open a discussion thread on our essay. Among other things, we are curious to see how many requests he is prepared to ignore.

The Barriers to Research on Sex and Gender report shines a spotlight on how universities have failed to protect the academic freedom of gender critical researchers @ProfAliceS @AFAF_freespeech @AFFSUK @SpeechUnion Read our summary of the report here: afcomm.org.uk/2025/07/22/new…

The BBC effectively lying here to its readers that the accused in this case is a woman, rather than a man who identifies as female. Simply not good enough from our national broadcaster, which appears captured by a controversial minority ideology. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

"Among those who can overcome the trauma of having the issue raised, one favored gambit is to act as if it is an unreasonable expectation for academics to know whether or not there are male women." Damning, highly entertaining. Well worth your time. philosophersmag.com/philosophical-…

🤺@USAFencing will implement its new “Transgender & Non-Binary Policy” on Aug 1, 2025—aligning with a USOPC directive and federal executive order from the Trump administration. usafencing.org/transgender-an…

Finally sanity & fairness have prevailed in US Olympic sports. With @EthicsInSPORT 🇨🇦calling its trans athlete guidence now “outdated” when will Canada do the right thing to ensure our female athletes safety & fairness in our sport system? @TeamCanada @vankayak @SportCanada_EN

What A Day! @nytimes even wrote accurately, making it clear that the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee isn’t banning transgender athletes - only males from womens sports. They’re still eligible in the Mens sport category!! #SportForAll #Inclusion #Fairness #Safety #WomensSports

professional blogs, Leiter Reports and Daily Nous, acknowledged the piece. In particular, Justin Weinberg should host a discussion of it. We look forward to being denounced. But the problem we identify isn’t going away on its own. Philosophers must attend to it. @DailyNousEditor

@BrandonWarmke, @LeorSapir, @jdoyleDoyle1 and others at a minimum demonstrates that John and I were successfully channelling a common mood. The profession must be aware of the threat, so that it can combat it. To serve that aim, it would help if at least one of the main … 3/

philosophers’ brief”, we observed, “is noticed by intelligent outsiders, who will then become more sympathetic to philistine kinds of opposition to academics in general, who they reasonably infer cannot be trusted.” The reception of the piece by @Docstockk, @HJoyceGender, … 2/

One point that @johnmaier_ and I stressed in our essay was that the philosophical community ignores reasonable frustration over its mixture of errors and silence on topics like trans at its own peril. “The kind of complacent adherence to progressivism in evidence in the Yale… 1/

Formerly of @BrightonHoveCC's LGBT Safety Forum, Rowland Stuart committed this horrific attack in the heart of our community This domestic abuse murder was not committed by a woman. Reporting it as such distorts & minimises the reality of male violence theargus.co.uk/news/25329510.…