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- Reposted by J TomPlease help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
- Reposted by J TomFinally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
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- Reposted by J Tom📣John Locke’s Forgotten Manuscript We are thrilled to announce that @davidrarmitage.bsky.social's article on his discovery of a new John Locke manuscript is out now👇 It sheds new light on Locke's practical involvement in political economy & his engagement with Ireland 📜🗃️
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- Reposted by J TomFriends in #BuddhistStudies, do read Oliver Freiberger's fabulous new piece, "Qualities of Distinction," here, the author argues that we need to seriously reconsider what practices were foundational to early Indian Buddhism. Free for download here: www.academia.edu/143337761/Qu...
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- Reposted by J TomCall for Papers – Voltaire in the Baltic World: Circulations, Receptions, Legacies Our colleague Sophie Turner is organising this exciting conference in Tarttu, Estonia, next year, which the Voltaire Foundation is supporting. www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/ca...
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- "..when ideas are neglected by those who ought to attend to them -that is to say, those who have been trained to think critically about ideas- they sometime acquire an unchecked momentum and an irresistible power over multitudes of men that may grow too violent to be affected by rational criticism"
- - Isaiah Berlin in "Two Concepts of Liberty"
