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Philosophy Publics · Aug 14, 2026

Philosophy & Theory Roundup - August 14, 2026

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ANNOUNCEMENT

📣 The Feminist Romp Through the History of Philosophy’s great finish comes next Thr, August 20th with Simone de Beauvoir. Then there will be an after-party discussion on August 27th, all participants will be invited. Join us!

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ROUNDUP
  1. Thoughts on atomised society and why atomisation is related to alienation - as opposed to being a distinctive phenomena. By Craig Snelgrove, PhD in Cooper Lee Press.

  2. The Erotics of Intelligence: The Afterlife of a Mind Once Met: Some people have the capacity to change the way we see the world. By Helen Higgins in Helen Higgins.

  3. BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: After the End: Fragments of the Apocalypse Industry [Pre-Order Now]. By Rafael Holmberg in Antagonisms of the Everyday: Philosophy, Culture, Politics.

  4. Philosophy that shaped how we think about thinking, Part 1: Reason is the BEST: Our brains have two superpowers. We only celebrate one. By Erica Lucast Stonestreet in Humaning is Hard, but Philosophy Can Help.

  5. Is Psychology in a Crisis? On Scientific Revolutions: Book Club Part III. By Tim Seyrek in Tim Seyrek.

  6. What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? : Ironically, Mary Oliver’s most famous line isn’t the one that matters most. By Hello, Mortal and Maura McInerney-Rowley in Hello Mortal.

  7. Nothing Draws a Crowd Like the End of the World: Artificial intelligence is a brilliant toy and a useful tool. It is also a debt-fueled $725 billion buildout, sold on the end of the world and metered to the American ratepayer. By Jackie Singh in Hacking, but Legal.

  8. Perfume, Butter, and the Philosophy of Taste and Smell. By Emily Herring in Well-Read Herring.

  9. Reading Notes: Introduction - Renewing the Philosophy of Nature: From Ted Toadvine’s “Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy of Nature”. By Sean Legnini in Sean Is Dwelling.

  10. Slop-doom-ism: A new era for pop music & criticism. By Robin James in It’s Her Factory.

  11. The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 3. By Samuel McCormick in Lectures on Lacan.

  12. #93 Is there a Cure? Rethinking Freud, chemical imbalances, and the power of love via embodied participation: A conversation with neuropsychologist Mark Solms: Also keep a look out for the bonus research conversation with philosopher Hasok Chang for paid subscribers: There’s a link at the end of this email. By @andreahiott and Love and Philosophy in Love & Philosophy.

  13. The Scrapbook — No. 33: What connects Frankenstein’s monster, food riots in Paris, J.M.W. Turner’s blood-red sunsets, and the Mormon Church? By The Humanities Library in The Humanities Library.

  14. A Philosophers’ Run Through Amsterdam: Albert Camus, Baruch Spinoza, René Descartes, and Anne Frank on the cost of freedom. By Skye in Skye Cleary.

  15. The Problem with Liberalism: A philosophy of contradictions. By A. J. Horn in Simplifying Socialism.

  16. The Age of Shamelessness: On Repressive Desublimation and morbid symptoms. By Julian de Medeiros in Julian de Medeiros.

  17. The Second Sex: Week 24. By Megan Burke in Megan Burke, PhD.

  18. [Repost] Political Violence and the Exceptionalism of Public Reason: About the Fragility of One of the Most Significant Human Inventions. By Cyril Hédoin in The Archimedean Point.

  19. The ‘Literacy Crisis’ — More Than You Wanted to Know: Debunking false narratives, correcting my own errors, and trying to get to the root of the problem. By Jared Henderson in Commonplace Philosophy.

  20. Feeling Foreverrrr: Defending Affect Theory (4). By Dan DiPiero in cry baby.

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