Anita Leirfall

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Associate Professor of #Philosophy at the University of Bergen. 🇳🇴 Various philosophical interests. Kant’s theoretical philosophy is my field of specialty. Other interests: arts, science, music, literature, photography, and travels.

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2026-10-14 11:33:10 UTC

Pure consciousness reveals a boundless reality beyond objects
Language cannot capture the deepest level of consciousness [iai.tv/articles/pur...](https://iai.tv/articles/pure-consciousness-reveals-a-boundless-reality-beyond-objects-auid-3702 ) #consciousness #reality #language #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[Pure consciousness reveals a b...](https://iai.tv/articles/pure-consciousness-reveals-a-boundless-reality-beyond-objects-auid-3702 )

2026-10-12 08:46:30 UTC

Fascinating! 🦑 😍
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2026-10-09 12:17:48 UTC

AI for Philosophy: Progress through Capital-Intensive Philosophy (guest post)
“AI systems… will transform the discipline: they will make philosophy more capital-intensive.“ [dailynous.com/2026/10/08/a...](https://dailynous.com/2026/10/08/ai-for-philosophy-progress-through-capital-intensive-philosophy-guest-post/ ) #AI #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[AI for Philosophy: Progress th...](https://dailynous.com/2026/10/08/ai-for-philosophy-progress-through-capital-intensive-philosophy-guest-post/ )

2026-09-30 20:43:10 UTC

Call for Abstracts: SENTIENCE: Science, Ethics, Law
Deadline: 11 December 2026
Conference: 17–18 May 2027
Conference location: Senate House, University of London [www.lse.ac.uk/asset-librar...](https://www.lse.ac.uk/asset-library/Call-for-abstracts.pdf ) #animal #sentience #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[lse.ac.uk/asset-library/...](https://www.lse.ac.uk/asset-library/Call-for-abstracts.pdf )

2026-09-05 16:22:40 UTC

The 2nd International Conference on Thomas Hobbes will take place in Malmesbury (of course) on April 2-4 2027. Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 1st, 2026 #Hobbes #philosophy #philsky #PhilosophySky
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2026-09-02 10:27:49 UTC

C.S. Lewis: The Abolition of Man [www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQdX...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQdXDZJFkVo&t=7s ) #Lewis #humanity #morality #philosophy #philsky #PhilosophySky
[C.S. Lewis, The Abolition of M...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQdXDZJFkVo&t=7s )

2026-08-24 21:27:10 UTC

Does Your Department Have an AI Policy? Here’s Edinburgh’s [dailynous.com/2026/07/29/d...](https://dailynous.com/2026/07/29/does-your-department-have-an-ai-policy-heres-edinburghs/ ) #AI #policy #university #philosophy #philsky #PhilosophySky
[Does Your Department Have an A...](https://dailynous.com/2026/07/29/does-your-department-have-an-ai-policy-heres-edinburghs/ )

2026-08-24 11:40:15 UTC

AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive [www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aek5570 ) #science #sciencesky #philosophy #AI #publication #PhilosophySky
[AI in scientific publishing: S...](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aek5570 )

2026-08-19 19:27:20 UTC

The anguish of choice
In the shattered aftermath of war, Sartre delivered a formidable lecture on freedom and meaning. Its urgency remains | by Skye C Cleary [aeon.co/essays/re-re...](https://aeon.co/essays/re-reading-sartres-lecture-existentialism-is-a-humanism ) #Sartre #choice #freedom #existentialism #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[Re-reading Sartre’s lecture Ex...](https://aeon.co/essays/re-reading-sartres-lecture-existentialism-is-a-humanism )

2026-08-10 12:40:04 UTC

There Is No ‘Hard Problem Of Consciousness’ | By Carlo Rovelli
Consciousness is not separate from the physical world — our “soul” is of the same nature as our body and any other phenomenon of the world [www.noemamag.com/there-is-no-...](https://www.noemamag.com/there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness/ ) #consciousness #PhilosophySky #philsky #philosophy
[There Is No ‘Hard Problem Of C...](https://www.noemamag.com/there-is-no-hard-problem-of-consciousness/ )

2026-08-06 00:11:45 UTC

Immanuel Kant’s Philosophy | Bryan Magee Geoffrey Warnock (1987)
[youtube.com/watch?v=wlEM...](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wlEMkAkGS1I ) #Kant #philosophy #PhilSky #PhilosophySky
[Immanuel Kant's Philosophy - B...](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wlEMkAkGS1I )

2026-07-22 23:47:20 UTC

Robert Stern | "Hegel's Philosophy of Right" JHU Conference | Day 1 [youtu.be/-sOkbwfTwVM?is…](https://youtu.be/-sOkbwfTwVM?is… )[ #Heg](https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Hegel )e[l #PhilosophyOfRig](https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PhilosophyOfRight )h[t #Ste](https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Stern )r[n #philosop](https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy )h[y #phils](https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philsky )k[y #PhilosophyS](https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PhilosophySky )ky
[Robert Stern | "Hegel's Philos...](https://youtu.be/-sOkbwfTwVM?is… )

2026-07-20 22:55:15 UTC

Galileo’s handwritten notes found in ancient astronomy text
Discovery sheds new light on how famed astronomer came to lead a scientific revolution [x.com/sciencemagaz...](https://x.com/sciencemagazine/status/2078912026173129126?s=12 ) #sciencesky #science #Galileo #astronomy #PhilosophySky #philosophy
[Science Magazine (@ScienceMaga...](https://x.com/sciencemagazine/status/2078912026173129126?s=12 )

2026-07-05 16:29:12 UTC

“As allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine writing, while novelists including Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson reflect on the future of fiction in an age of ChatGPT.” [www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...](https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/future-of-fiction-next-great-novel-ai-language-chat-gpt?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other )
[How AI is changing language](https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/jul/04/future-of-fiction-next-great-novel-ai-language-chat-gpt?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other )

2026-07-01 14:52:59 UTC

Kant and the Faculty of Feeling | Edited by Kelly Sorensen and Diane Williamson | Review [simongros.org/2025/01/04/k...](https://simongros.org/2025/01/04/kant-and-the-faculty-of-feeling/ ) #PhilosophySky #philsky #philosophy #Kant #feeling
[Kant and the Faculty of Feelin...](https://simongros.org/2025/01/04/kant-and-the-faculty-of-feeling/ )

2026-06-28 16:40:54 UTC

[ruccs.rutgers.edu/images/perso...](https://ruccs.rutgers.edu/images/personal-zenon-pylyshyn/class-info/Consciousness_2014/Emotions/10-Damasio-OCR.pdf ) #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky #feeling #consciousness #Damasio
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2026-06-25 00:45:39 UTC

Imagination is not escapism, it brings us closer to reality
The serious business of make-believe
imagination is not escapism it brings us closer to reality | by Amy Kind | Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College [iai.tv/articles/ima...](https://iai.tv/articles/imagination-is-not-escapism-it-brings-us-closer-to-reality-auid-3606 ) #imagination #PhilosophySky #philosophy
[Imagination is not escapism, i...](https://iai.tv/articles/imagination-is-not-escapism-it-brings-us-closer-to-reality-auid-3606 )

2026-06-21 20:36:38 UTC

CfA: JUSTLA Mid Conference: “Reimagining Justice in the 21st Century: Normativity, Politics, and Society” at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), São Paulo, Brazil, November 24–27, 2026 justla.eu/mid-conferen... #normativity #politics #society #philosophy #philsky #PhilosophySky
[Call for abstracts - Mid Confe...](https://justla.eu/mid-conference-call-for-abstracts?fbclid=IwY2xjawSlKblleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETExelRmTWJ4VTlQWnBlNUhCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHlO1_ijqmI0-wEmxRr7tsjiHUd1ZJseKeN61tJDNXgKSEWgO2U6hMZYD_z6N_aem_eCJ0u73OPFAEY1rRhXyrYQ )

2026-06-19 12:22:44 UTC

Recent claims we all see the same colors are mistaken.
Is your red my red? iai.tv/articles/rec... #colours #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[Recent claims we all see the s...](https://iai.tv/articles/recent-claims-we-all-see-the-same-colors-are-mistaken-auid-3600 )

2026-06-15 02:09:48 UTC

Thread 🧵 #philosophy #knowledge #science
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2026-05-31 20:03:41 UTC

Navigating the unknown
Philosophers and some of the world's most renowned scientists including Heisenberg & Hawking have concluded that science provides frameworks and models of the world but does not tell us how it ultimately is. [iai.tv/video/naviga...](https://iai.tv/video/navigating-the-unknown?_auid=2020&utm_source=Institute+of+Art+and+Ideas&utm_campaign=c13f0c88de-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_31_11_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f0c88de-47901965 ) #science #physics #philosophy #PhilosophySky
[Navigating the unknown](https://iai.tv/video/navigating-the-unknown?_auid=2020&utm_source=Institute+of+Art+and+Ideas&utm_campaign=c13f0c88de-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_05_31_11_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c13f0c88de-47901965 )

2026-05-28 21:09:32 UTC

Kant's Influence on Biology: A Dialogue with philosopher Andrew Jones [youtu.be/2SbsyYVe7TQ?...](https://youtu.be/2SbsyYVe7TQ?is=pd-dVdfd-KhYqw5O ) #Kant #philosophy #anthropology #philsky #PhilosophySky
[#247 - Kant's Influence on Bio...](https://youtu.be/2SbsyYVe7TQ?is=pd-dVdfd-KhYqw5O )

2026-05-14 21:00:56 UTC

A conversation with Kristi Sweet on her recent book "Kant on Freedom, Nature, and Judgment: the Territory of the Third Critique" (Cambridge UP). [www.podomatic.com/podcasts/the...](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thepoliticaltheoryreview/episodes/2024-01-29T11_26_45-08_00 ) #PhilosophySky #philsky #philosophy #Kant #freedom #nature #judgment
[Kristi Sweet - Kant on Freedom...](https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/thepoliticaltheoryreview/episodes/2024-01-29T11_26_45-08_00 )

2026-05-04 21:13:35 UTC

Wisdom of China: Laozi
This brief documentary introduces Laozi (Lao Tzu), who, according to tradition, was an ancient philosopher who founded Daoism (Taoism) and wrote the Daodejing (Tao Te Ching), the "Classic of the Way and Virtue." [youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?...](https://youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?is=v78qsQ_kaCmqkO5m ) #philosophy #Laozi #PhilosophySky
[Wisdom of China: Laozi](https://youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?is=v78qsQ_kaCmqkO5m )

2026-05-02 20:16:05 UTC

Kant on Peace, Honor and the “Point of View” of Princes, 1755–1795 | By Olivier Higgins [www.cambridge.org/core/journal...](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-intellectual-history/article/kant-on-peace-honor-and-the-point-of-view-of-princes-17551795/403B061BA3B03BCB454CEBDEFE4A84C7 ) #Kant #peace #honour #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[Kant on Peace, Honor and the “...](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-intellectual-history/article/kant-on-peace-honor-and-the-point-of-view-of-princes-17551795/403B061BA3B03BCB454CEBDEFE4A84C7 )

2026-04-27 13:22:06 UTC

How to think about the sublime
An exquisite mix of fear and awe, pleasure and pain, the sublime stretches the imagination and reveals the limits of reason [psyche.co/guides/how-t...](https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-think-about-the-sublime-in-the-natural-world ) #sublime #imagination #philosophy #philsky #PhilosophySky #Burke #Kant
[psyche.co/guides/how-to-...](https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-think-about-the-sublime-in-the-natural-world )

2026-04-27 11:24:37 UTC

Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more
A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives [www.theguardian.com/technology/2...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-alternatives?CMP=share_btn_url ) #bigtech
[Leave big tech behind! How to ...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/how-to-replace-amazon-google-x-meta-apple-alternatives?CMP=share_btn_url )

2026-04-05 16:08:49 UTC

ANDREI TARKOVSKY: MAKING EVERY FRAME A PHILOSOPHICAL STATEMENT
Tarkovsky explores his cinematic philosophy, challenges faced, and deep connections with audiences, seeking to articulate film's unique artistry. [scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/andre...](https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/andrei-tarkovsky-making-every-frame-a-philosophical-statement/ ) #Tarkovsky #film #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[Andrei Tarkovsky: Making Every...](https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/andrei-tarkovsky-making-every-frame-a-philosophical-statement/ )

2026-04-02 22:53:19 UTC

Imagination Isn’t Just Memory Replay — Your Brain Rebuilds It From Scratch
Learn how imagination works in the brain and why it may come from higher-level systems, not just a replay of sensory experiences. [www.discovermagazine.com/imagination-...](https://www.discovermagazine.com/imagination-isn-t-just-memory-replay-your-brain-rebuilds-it-from-scratch-48903 ) #imagination #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[Imagination Isn’t Just Memory ...](https://www.discovermagazine.com/imagination-isn-t-just-memory-replay-your-brain-rebuilds-it-from-scratch-48903 )

2026-03-26 03:22:22 UTC

How reading books regulates your nervous system
Books don’t just stimulate the mind — they trigger physiological changes throughout the body. [bigthink.com/mind-behavio...](https://bigthink.com/mind-behavior/how-reading-books-regulates-your-nervous-system/ ) #reading #NervousSystem #mind #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[How reading books regulates yo...](https://bigthink.com/mind-behavior/how-reading-books-regulates-your-nervous-system/ )

2026-03-21 21:11:33 UTC

Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it. [www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intelligence-neuroscience-problems ) #LLM #AI #language #intelligence #philosophy #PhilosophySky #philsky
[Is language the same as intell...](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/827820/large-language-models-ai-intelligence-neuroscience-problems )