A philosopher employed in a political science department as a political theorist. Also known as the Ghent Zeppelin. I use twitter primarily to share my blog,
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It's the dead of Summer, so time for a🧵on why in Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith does not hold the labor theory of value (LTV).
#yeshereistand.
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I have a distinct feeling @ewinsberg's book will end up annoying everyone. But that may be a good thing
it feels a bit early to turn me into a ''*conservative* writer'
It repeatedly strikes me how clearly left (e.g., @BrankoMilan ) and conservative writers (@nescio13) see this vs. how obdurately centrist commentators (like myself) see authoritarian preferences as fixable indications of policy failures or last-resort expressions of grievances. 2/3
Some objections to treating Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling (pt. 12) digressionsimpressions.subst…
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On Montesquieu and the Honor economy of Science (with a nod to Daniel Greco) digressionsimpressions.subst…
On Montesquieu and the Honor economy of Science (with a nod to Daniel Greco) digressionsimpressions.subst…
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Spinoza’s Federal Union and the Morphology of federalism (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 11) digressionsimpressions.subst…
Spinoza’s Federal Union and the Morphology of federalism (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 11) digressionsimpressions.subst…
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The Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2027-28 Visiting Scholars program.
For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit:
hope.econ.duke.edu/fellowshi…
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Spinoza on the everlastingness of Aristocracies. (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 10) digressionsimpressions.subst…
Spinoza on the everlastingness of Aristocracies. (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 10) digressionsimpressions.subst…
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Some Curmudgeonly Thoughts on the Nature of Rightwing Policy Preferences.
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Some Curmudgeonly Thoughts on the Nature of Rightwing Policy Preferences.
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I'm really proud to work for Hackett. We are a fully employee-owned company, publish excellent books at very affordable prices, and are as much like a family as we are a business. There aren't many small, independent publishers anymore, but I'm glad to be part of this one.
I have been translated into Turkish
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On the presence/absence of Political Nous, and its danger; (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 9) digressionsimpressions.subst…
So do our tech overlords think that once we align AI with whatever they decide, we'll know how to align humans with each other?
On the presence/absence of Political Nous, and its danger; (Spinoza’s Political Theory as Modeling, pt. 9) digressionsimpressions.subst…