philosophy prof @fernunihagen | views are my own | blogging at https://xitter.cf/t.co/v6W7mfQnZ6 | current project: reading as a social practice
Hagen, Germany
Joined March 2015
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"The relatively mild discursive norms characteristic of truth-seeking academic work are quite different from the rough, rude, and highly aggressive discursive norms of the vicious point-scoring typical of today’s politics."
The philosophy-specific analysis of the “Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences" has been released. dailynous.com/2026/10/27/the…
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"The fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 10,000 confirmed cases..
It is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history and nearly half of the 10,060 confirmed to have the virus have died..
The outbreak declared in May is caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus, for which there is no approved vaccine or treatment..
It has spread farther across Africa than any previous Ebola outbreak, reaching three regions with cases recorded in Kenya and Nigeria as well..
In Congo, the disease has spread to 66 health zones across eight provinces..
most of the first cases were confirmed long after people started showing symptoms or after traveling.."
After traveling..
’Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread in African countries’
nbcnews.com/world/africa/con…
Hagener Philosophietage: Zwischen Erkenntnis und Engagement
Wie politisch darf Philosophie sein – und wo endet die ergebnisoffene Suche nach Erkenntnis? Mit diesen Fragen beschäftigten sich Studierende, Absolvent:innen und Lehrende.
fernuni-hagen.de/universitae…
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Auch wenn ich grad aus der Ukraine berichte, geht mein Blick heute natürlich auch Richtung Israel. Das Land wählt. Einer der Top Favoriten hat diesen Wahlspot last minute veröffentlicht und unabhängig davon, wo man sich politisch verortet, das ist einfach gute, zeitgemäße Wahlwerbung..
Speisekarten zu Gedichten!
Vorpolitisch (@vorpolitisch) trifft Martin Lenz. Über Lesen, Textinterpretation und “Alle meine Entchen” (Podcast)
handlingideas.blog/2026/10/1…
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Voll gut! Ultraschall als Kassenleistung jetzt! Hier unterzeichnen:
weact.campact.de/petitions/u…
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Ich bin gottfroh, dass an deutschen Schulen nicht die eine Brecht-Interpretation gelehrt und bewertet wird. Sorry, @Janine_Wissler , sie bestätigen jedes Vorurteil.
Der Artikel beginnt damit, dass der Autor Brechts Dreigroschenoper offenbar nicht verstanden hat. Da die Dreigroschenoper in vielen Bundesländern Teil des Lehrplans ist, werden Sie als Bildungsministerin sicher wissen, wie Brechts Aussage wirklich zu interpretieren ist.
ALT Unter den zahlreichen Sentenzen, die Bertolt Brecht der Welt hinterlassen hat, ist eine besonders freiheitsfeindlich: „Erst kommt das Fressen, dann die Moral." Der Satz rückt den Menschen in die Nähe von Tieren: Er erklärt Moral, Ethik und Verantwortungsbewusstsein zu Luxusgütern - angenehm, aber nicht lebensnotwendig.
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Our project Reading as a Social Practice continues to grow: Irmtraud Hnilica and I have now launched a regular research forum:
reading.fernuni-hagen.de/for…
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Natürlich auch auf YouTube:
Heute: Marting Lenz @Going_Loopy
Wir sprechen über das Lesen, Textinterpretation und "Alle meine Entchen".
youtu.be/zJfSGur3_kE
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It’s now officially confirmed.
Tonight, russia struck Kyiv’s historic centre with an Iskander ballistic missile carrying a cluster warhead.
58 submunitions explode in mid-air, designed to inflict maximum casualties across a 400 × 400 metre area.
“This strike had no military purpose. The goal was to destroy part of the old city and injure as many people as possible,” said a Ukrainian presidential adviser.
No military objective. Just terror.
Our project Reading as a Social Practice continues to grow: Irmtraud Hnilica and I have now launched a regular research forum:
reading.fernuni-hagen.de/for…
International Conference – THOR Project: The Habit of Reading. History, Philosophy and Practice, Venice, December 2–3, 2026
Organised by Valentina Sperotto
facebook.com/groups/readinga…
The kids are alright
Young people actively hate AI.
My two younger daughters are 19 and 18, both at universities - one in the UK the other in Italy. Through them, I happen to know quite a few kids their age.
And ALL OF THEM seem to universally hate AI.
To them it's "something old people invented that we now have to deal with... as if climate change wasnt enough"
AI is cringe. When they introduce me to their friends, they literally say "heyya, meet my dad, he's a software engineer but nonono, NOT IN AI, dont worry, hahah".
They hate it for flooding their social feeds with slop, ruining music, taking phone scams to the next level, also destroying careers & devaluing their hobbies - why become an architect, this skill is about to become worthless? Why learn a musical instrument if session musicians are already obsolete?
The outcome is interesting, though - they're spending less and less time on public social, meeting up IRL, moving their online lives into private group chats with actual verified friends. TikTok and Reels are increasingly cringe-something for old dudes.
Which, I guess, might be a net positive after all...
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Ebola jumps another border.
This outbreak is on track to be the worst ever.
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France: On the island of Corsica, Ghisonaccia has been cut off since just after 15:00 , with every road in and out closed.
EDF Corse says 6,500 homes are without power, and 4,000 of them won't be reconnected before Wednesday morning.
Indeed! See chapter 8: brill.com/display/title/6057…
