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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

Professor, @IllinoisPhil. Father to 8. Areas: mind, language, action, ethics. Influences: Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Anscombe. My books: https://t.co/jVCSsF7Mk0. schwenkler.org Champaign, Illinois, USA Joined December 2018
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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

2 days ago

Everything here applies perfectly to the situation in academic philosophy around sex/gender issues. Unfortunately, the structural incentives against dissent are still so strong that those speaking out under their own names are still a tiny and only very slowly growing minority.

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Megan McArdle @asymmetricinfo

2 days ago

Everything here applies perfectly to the situation in academic philosophy around sex/gender issues. Unfortunately, the structural incentives against dissent are still so strong that those speaking out under their own names are still a tiny and only very slowly growing minority.

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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

2 weeks ago

My go-to line is that no time is a GOOD time to have kids, in the sense of not being a major disruption that strains your life in various ways. Therefore, better to go ahead and do it now, since the risk of putting it off to later is that you never get around to it at all.

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Tim Carney @TPCarney

2 weeks ago

My go-to line is that no time is a GOOD time to have kids, in the sense of not being a major disruption that strains your life in various ways. Therefore, better to go ahead and do it now, since the risk of putting it off to later is that you never get around to it at all.

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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

4 weeks ago

This one, forever. theonion.com/guy-in-philoso…

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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

2 months ago

The thing is, for anyone who knows @byrne_a the idea that HE would be intimidated by this kind of letter is ludicrous. The calm and reasoned approach taken in his reply is right on point, and will be a model for those who face such attacks going forward: web.mit.edu/abyrne/www/Dea….

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Carole Hooven @hoovlet

2 months ago

The thing is, for anyone who knows @byrne_a the idea that HE would be intimidated by this kind of letter is ludicrous. The calm and reasoned approach taken in his reply is right on point, and will be a model for those who face such attacks going forward: web.mit.edu/abyrne/www/Dea….

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Carole Hooven @hoovlet

2 months ago

“A willingness to question assumptions, to seek new evidence, and to resist pressure to conform from our in-group. That is exactly what has been missing from the debate over youth gender medicine, and we liberals must take some blame. The more liberals who can rise above tribal…

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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

3 months ago

I'm excited to be speaking next week to @JoseMTorralba and his colleagues in Navarra. I'll be there in person, but there's a link to join online as well.

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José María Torralba @JoseMTorralba

3 months ago

I'm excited to be speaking next week to @JoseMTorralba and his colleagues in Navarra. I'll be there in person, but there's a link to join online as well.

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Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper

4 months ago

Says something about the priorities of university admins that they mobilized to rapidly enact sweeping institutional changes during the COVID crisis (because it threatened The Money) but not AI, the gravest danger to higher ed in modern history, which merely threatens learning.

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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

5 months ago

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out of context the white lotus @oocwhitelotus

5 months ago

https://t.co/0ke5EuYP5e

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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

5 months ago

In some extraordinary news, we at @IllinoisPhil are excited to have Stephen Finlay joining our department beginning in January 2026. Steve's addition will round out a large group of us working in ethics, action, and practical reason. dornsife.usc.edu/finlay-researc…

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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

5 months ago

I'm excited to be hosting two book workshops later this month, one with Yair Levy and the other with Todd Cronan, Walter Benn Michaels, and Lisa Siraganian. If you are interested in attending, let me know. cc:@IllinoisPhil

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First Things @firstthingsmag

6 months ago

David Solomon’s remarkable gift for friendship, his generosity of spirit, and his extraordinary ability to encourage all those around him have animated the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture’s annual fall conference. firstthings.com/david-solomons…

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John Schwenkler @johnschwenkler

6 months ago

I was honored to be able to join my former classmate Raymond Hain in writing about our friend and teacher David Solomon for @firstthingsmag: firstthings.com/david-solomons…

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