F. Contesi
Philosopher at U. of Cagliari, Fulbright & MSCA alumnus, launched ub.edu/biap/bp/, tinyurl.com/wjjnkvyj, tinyurl.com/aesth-l & https://sites.unica.it/ars/. "Manichean"
- The Lucy Letby seems obviously such a stain on the NHS and British criminal prosecution and judicial systems and an enlightening case study for the way they currently work
- All are welcome! liste.unige.it/wws/arc/aest...
- All are welcome #onlineaccessible
- All are welcome: 16 January 2026, 9:00–11:00 (CET) Luca Marchetti, Francesco Pierini & Enrico Terrone (U. of Genoa), “Communicating Through Experiential Artifacts: Space, Time, and Language” Cagliari & #onlineaccessible (contact me for link) sites.unica.it/ars/events
- I am looking for a [honest] philosopher
- "People write things which should never have been written and which should never be printed. Nobody’s interested. But for them to keep their jobs and get the proper promotion, they’ve got to do it" medium.com/quote-of-the...
- "Some people type fast, others think deep" youtu.be/boq-RzOz-lA?...
- The decline of the West continues unabated youtu.be/oBp96YGStIQ?...
- As I have been saying forever, the problem of contemporary capitalism is deregulation: youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY?...
- Sbagli, Montanari. Pubblicare idee è sempre meglio di non pubblicarle youtu.be/8NjQtvtpmE4?...
- The 'Your Party' debacle shows just how broken Britain is. It breaks my heart
- All are welcome: 16 January 2026, 9:00–11:00 (CET) Luca Marchetti, Francesco Pierini & Enrico Terrone (U. of Genoa), “Communicating Through Experiential Artifacts: Space, Time, and Language” Cagliari & #onlineaccessible (contact me for link) sites.unica.it/ars/events
- Maggioranza bulgara :( youtu.be/26VdNRi1kkQ?...
- Writing a PhD these days really is only a psychological feat of battling with one's fears. There is effectively nothing else besides that, which is partly why academia is in the state it is in (courtesy of the Dunning-Kruger effect)
- Here's a short interview I made last month with Shaun Gallagher that just came out: youtu.be/gq6zXgXY828?...
- Decadence www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPR_...
- This focus on good vs bad journals ignores the fundamental problem, viz. that quality can only be judged by each evaluator who looks at a specific article. DORA's attack on impact factors extends to any non-qualitative assessment of articles including looking at which journal published the article.
- "There are a number of journals, particularly that have been created over the past few years, that aren’t adding value and are just churning out quantity."
- "We’ve got to stop talking about the problem and start doing something about it." retractionwatch.com/2025/10/21/l...
- "We’ve got to stop talking about the problem and start doing something about it." retractionwatch.com/2025/10/21/l...
- "We’ve got to stop talking about the problem and start doing something about it." retractionwatch.com/2025/10/21/l...
- Hobbs "claim[s] [philosophy] helps people discern "the fake news and the conspiracy theories and the snake oil merchants out there". This is a point I'm surprised any member of the philosophy profession can make with a straight face, given ongoing mass delusions therein" unherd.com/2025/10/i-mi...
- Looking for Nobel Prize ideas, Oslo? youtube.com/shorts/WI0Bb...
- Dissatisfaction keeps brewing: "there have never been so many professional philosophers as there are today, yet philosophy has never been so irrelevant. [...] As a result, philosophy deals with artifactual puzzles of no abiding significance" link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
