Rhys Ting
A former qualitative researcher in public health nutrition policy making the leap into philosophy. [MPH → MA]
3rd-culture thing & skeet bricoleur
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- Reposted by Rhys TingDear all! I'm happy to report that my book: Bergson and Affect is now available for pre-order from @edinburghup.bsky.social ! For those interested on #affect, #intensity, #embodiment, #virtuality, or in #Bergson, #philosophy, and #phenomenology in general. Check it out! Discount code attached ⬇️
- Reposted by Rhys TingLast Friday I successfully defended my dissertation on the French philosopher Michel Serres. You can read the entire dissertation on the university website. @masssimons.bsky.social @drchriswatkin.bsky.social @timhowles.bsky.social @lilian-kroth.bsky.social pure.eur.nl/en/publicati...
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- Reposted by Rhys TingA sprawling tale of two Singapores, this short documentary surveys waterways, cycles of development and the transient nature of sand – deceptively sturdy over short timescales but, over decades, quite volatile
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- Reposted by Rhys TingMedical Technology Series 23: 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐜. 𝟏𝟓𝟒𝟎 from Guido Guidi, "Hippocrates, De vulneribus capitis", MS Latin 6861, cc. 109v-111v, BNF, Paris. #CSMBR #Surgery #Renaissance #Hippocrates #GuidoGuidi #Trepanation #Technology
- Reposted by Rhys TingIt took five ill-fated conversations with Jean-Paul Sartre before the Vietnamese philosopher Trần Đức Thảo finally broke with French philosophy. This essay traces Thảo’s life and work, and how he came to be one of the first theorists of the divide between colonised and coloniser
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- Reposted by Rhys TingNew on the Archive: Simons, Massimiliano (2026) What is the history of philosophy of experimentation a history of? The cases of Hugo Dingler and Gaston Bachelard. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27380/
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- Reposted by Rhys TingTop 10 of this year's most read pieces — no.6: our post on Blemmyes, mythical headless humanoids whose eyes, nose, and mouth are embedded in their breast: publicdomainreview.org/collection/b... (Full Top 10 here: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12...)
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- Reposted by Rhys TingNext week is our special (online) Christmas Lecture with Lawrence Blum! Come along! 'Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Emmet, and Bernard Williams: Convergences and Divergences in Counter-Traditions in 20th Century British Moral Philosophy' 17th December, 3pm - 4.30pm BST www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/
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- Reposted by Rhys Ting"Vallor proposes an evocative central metaphor: AI functions less like an alien cognizer than like a mirror that both reflects and distorts our epistemic and moral practices." New in review, Jaehoon Lee reviews Shannon Vallor's The AI Mirror: criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/jaehoon_lee_...
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- Reposted by Rhys TingFriends & Colleagues: I am so excited to share my most recent episode of #TheYoungIdealist Series On Classical German Philosophy & Post-Kantian Thought. Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory, with Distinguished Prof. of German, Dr. Rolf Goebel, UAH. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjev... #adorno
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- Reposted by Rhys TingNew video on our Youtube channel! Watch the talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework" that @hhenriikka.bsky.social gave two weeks ago in our joint research seminar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVZP.... Happy watching!
- Reposted by Rhys TingA new special issue of Philosophical Transactions B takes on one of science’s biggest questions: how life begins. Rather than retracing Earth’s history, the authors look for the universal conditions that could make life possible anywhere, approaching the question from many fields and angles.
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- Reposted by Rhys TingMy Element on science denial is free to download until December 1st! Get it for free while you can! doi.org/10.1017/9781...
- Reposted by Rhys TingTeam member Philippe van Basshuysen's paper has just been published: Performativity in Science: Past and Future in Philosophy Compass. doi.org/10.1111/phc3...
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- Reposted by Rhys TingWhat happens when you take a handful of scientists and philosophers, stick them in a 500-year-old church in the middle of Tuscany, and ask them to redefine "intelligence"? I had the transformative experience of finding out. nautil.us/what-is-inte...
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- Reposted by Rhys TingNext #DescartesLaboratory⤵️ November 11th, with Delphine Antoine-Mahut and Carmine Taddeo to discuss Steven Nadler's The Good Cartesian👌🧠 The event is online, everyone is welcome #Descartes #histsci #histphilo #17thcentury #histmed Email us for info! fbaldassarriphilo.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
- Reposted by Rhys TingIn a week, I’ll be referencing Dilthey, Ranke, Burckhardt, Heidegger, Troeltsch and Benjamin, all in one talk! From historical contemplation as existential consolation to history as a source of existential Angst. Do join!
- After Marilynn Johnson's talk this Thursday, our research seminar will already continue next week (30.10) with @hhenriikka.bsky.social's online talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework". More info and the Zoom link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex.... All welcome!
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- Reposted by Rhys TingVery thoughtful and interesting discussion of my book by Hugh Foley – the kind of engagement an author wishes for open.substack.com/pub/hughfole...
