Fenner Tanswell
Philosopher of Mathematics and Logic working at TU Berlin. Also into epistemology, science, Xphi and the philosophy of extinction. Flightfree and carfree fennertanswell.com
- There's my next research rpoject!
- Proof Without Content xkcd.com/3201/
- Reposted by Fenner TanswellJust adding a final passage to an experimental philosophy paper, and I thought I had stopped being upset years ago about the absurd chauvinism of anti-xphi philosophers claiming that we are the only people who actually understood concepts like "knowledge" and "justice". Turns out I'm still upset
- Kicking myself for missing the 28-day return window for 2026.
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- Not clear if the satanic ritual causes Satan to be summoned, or if it is just a constant conjunction.
- "nails hammered through red candles, chalked symbols and red tape in which the words “anti meta physical front” were printed." Defenders of Thomasson from Williamson have gone too far. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- Reposted by Fenner TanswellI see the vandals are yet another group of people who incorrectly interpret Hume as being interested in metaphysics.
- "nails hammered through red candles, chalked symbols and red tape in which the words “anti meta physical front” were printed." Defenders of Thomasson from Williamson have gone too far. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
- Reposted by Fenner TanswellWhen I eventually run for office, my platform will be single issue. The nationalization and dissolution of Elsevier and Springer. Sure, the only people who vote for me will be academics. But by god will their support be fanatical.
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- Reposted by Fenner TanswellHere's a fun pattern in the philosophy journal citation data: papers with short titles get more citations than papers with longer titles. brian.weatherson.org/quarto/blog/...
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- Reposted by Fenner TanswellI got a media request to talk about deepfakes on X the nightmare app and spent half an hour scrolling thinking about it before it fell through. Some things:
- Reposted by Fenner TanswellI've just posted my latest essay w/ @jessicasilbey.bsky.social, titled "How AI Destroys Institutions." We argue that AI systems are designed in ways that degrade & are likely to destroy our crucial civic institutions like the rule of law, universities & a free press. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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- Reposted by Fenner TanswellWe are hiring another Assistant Professor Position at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social, this position is in #STS with clear focus on sustainability and environmental challenges. Feel free to reach out for questions! vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...
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- Reposted by Fenner Tanswell"ChatGPT is Bullshit" has now been viewed one million times! @hikemix.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilTech #PhilSky #ChatGPT #Bullshit
- Epistemology is in, baby. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
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- My favourite 10 second song is topical. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fwu...
- Reposted by Fenner TanswellI've been trying to get deskilling into AI ethics for probably five years, and this Appiah essay trying to do this is a total mess www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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- Despite writing about the details of LLMs, and how they cannot be trusted, I recently got bamboozled by some elaborate hallucinations. 🧵
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- New paper! 🥳 "Trust in Mathematics", coauthored with Silvia De Toffoli is out now in Philosophia Mathematica. A thread on what it is about. Please share with anyone who may be interested! academic.oup.com/philmat/adva...
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- This is a write-up of the talk Alex gave in Cambridge in June. There's a fair bit I disagree with, but it is super interesting.
