Assistant Professor of Philosophy Likes: Aesthetics, Germans, Woolfhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3mntfusbqhk2bBoy Meets World is one of my greatest aesthetic loves. But it doesn’t really bother me that Ben has decided not to participate in the ‘X Meets World’ franchise his co-stars have built. And maybe this article explains why; respect the move not to participate in the nostalgia industry. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3mntfusbqhk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3mf3bexcdes27If you’re in the Chicago area this weekend, come check out this awesome session on Philosophical Approaches to Woolf! #modernism #aesthetics [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3bexcdes27https://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3m7nv3k4uis23We just rewatched. A totally tragic tale of unled lives, as wonderfully analyzed in Andrew H. Miller’s book on that theme. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nv3k4uis23https://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3m3gcy2rpjc22‘We have also freed our study from the superfluous ballast of citations and references, for they lack any direct methodological significance in studies of a nonhistorical nature […]. For the qualified reader, they are unnecessary, and for the unqualified, useless’. Dang, Bakhtin goes hard. #Goals17 Oct 2025 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3gcy2rpjc22https://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3ltzgwzp7ek2hMore needs to be said (outside Ireland) about Jack B. Yeats. His ‘Men of Destiny’ (1946) is below.15 Jul 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltzgwzp7ek2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3lripppl5ns2fhttps://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/schopenhauers-moral-philosophy/ Here’s a review I wrote of an excellent edited volume investigating themes in Schopenhauer’s ethics. Not sure who of the authors I can shout out on here, but there’s at least @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social, @profcolin.bsky.social13 Jun 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lripppl5ns2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3lqutca3e4c2zhttps://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/adrien-brody-art-eden-gallery-1234744419/?utm_campaign=feed05 Jun 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqutca3e4c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3lqr456ekg22qThere’s nothing that makes me laugh harder than this franchise, and I think it’s because there’s nothing quite like laughing with your friends; and that to me is the guiding truth of this series. Put differently, nothing says I love you like batting a ball at your best pal’s privates. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2025 05:46 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqr456ekg22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3ljkqznr4kk24This is such a great interview for anyone looking for an overview of recent work on aesthetic value. Going right onto my aesthetics syllabus. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkqznr4kk24https://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3lhwchvkkgs2jCome check out all the ASA sessions at the virtual Central later this month! We’ve got a great group presenting as part of the Group Sessions. https://aesthetics-online.org/news/691944/ASA-Members-at-the-2025-APA-Central-Meeting.htm11 Feb 2025 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwchvkkgs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3lfq3mmu2os2kDeadline extended to Jan 20! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jan 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfq3mmu2os2khttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3lerpmhlzo22cPlease let students know about the upcoming Undergrad Phil Conf at SUU! Deadline: Jan 9. https://philevents.org/event/show/12910202 Jan 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerpmhlzo22chttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3ldoncaohoc2jI am sure some of you have loads of reccs for Cat! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2024 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoncaohoc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3lcj5avydns2mX-aesthetics: Does your Spotify wrapped leave you feeling connected to other listeners? Alienated from them? Regretful in your year’s listening? Bored? Does it make you feel like a special or not very special aesthetic snowflake?04 Dec 2024 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcj5avydns2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3lbiushtwjk2rI don’t really understand what is happening here: 500 followers in a day? And many look like fake accounts. I liked it fine when I only had 50 followers and they all were real people.22 Nov 2024 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbiushtwjk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3l4cle2we6d2xI’ve got too many thoughts about having too many thoughts #philsky16 Sep 2024 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4cle2we6d2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/seantmurphyy.bsky.social/post/3l3bxwukwzr2tIf you have an aesthetics/philosophy of art/art theory/lit theory/ paper idea kicking around, email me a ~500 word abstract for consideration at the American Society of Aesthetics session at the 2025 (all virtual) Central APA! Or tell someone you know! Deadline: 9/16 sean.t.murphy.phil@gmail.com03 Sep 2024 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:b55bcu6dm6van6cdpaze7dal/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3bxwukwzr2t