Philosopher, UChicago There's another Agnes Callard bluesky account, was also opened by me, but then I forgot I did that and opened this one and also I forgot the password to the other one so I can't delete it. Sorry. Profile art by Zoë van Dijkhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lji24xqio222New book tour poster, updated with events in UK with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and Jessie Munton, and in Spain with @jordigraupera.bsky.social !03 Mar 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lji24xqio222https://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3ljdtfmuuyc2xindeed [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Mar 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljdtfmuuyc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lj65lnu5e22wI wrote about (a novel about) millenials https://unherd.com/2025/02/the-paradox-of-millennial-perfection/27 Feb 2025 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj65lnu5e22whttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lj4x37kznc2mmy backpack was too subtle so I fixed it27 Feb 2025 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj4x37kznc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lirujuoxyc2sThe best account I've read of the real difference between "no, but..." and "yes, and..." https://x.com/AgnesCallard/status/1893346395106492846/photo/122 Feb 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lirujuoxyc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lipumfunpc2qUpcoming talk, open to the public, at Syracuse University21 Feb 2025 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipumfunpc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3liesy455hc2xVideo of my event with Judith Butler! https://youtu.be/cVO0b6stlf0?si=zNXC3miM-rv38chJ17 Feb 2025 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3liesy455hc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lhyra6rl7s2z"One could hardly make Socratic intellectualism more seductive than Agnes Callard does. Her vision of the philosophical life isn’t just a powerful antidote to confusion and thoughtless existential drift–it also forcefully defies nihilism" My book reviewed in TLS: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/philosophy/history-of-philosophy/open-socrates-agnes-callard-book-review-carlos-fraenkel12 Feb 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyra6rl7s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lhtoxrdqbs2gSometimes people wonder why I talk so much about my divorce in interviews. The answer is: I'm asked about it. A LOT. Interviewers predict that you want to read about it. Prob. correctly, since they're professionals. Don't confuse your voyeurism for my exhibitionism!10 Feb 2025 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtoxrdqbs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lhr3v4zjvc2s"While I was reading [Open Socrates], I often felt like Callard had abducted me & brought me into a dark room, strapped me down into a chair, pinned my eyelids open à la A Clockwork Orange, & forced me to confront the things I was secretly trying to avoid" https://thedispatch.com/article/socratic-method-philosophy-agnes-callard/09 Feb 2025 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhr3v4zjvc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lhjjgr23tc2g"I attended one of her classes, she was teaching Descartes. It was the second class of the semester and she wrote in a corner of the blackboard: “Nothing is certain.” A moment later, she scribbled: “Except this claim.” " https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/philosophy-professor-agnes-callard-believes-in-the-power-of-a-full-blown-argument/06 Feb 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjjgr23tc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lhaggqft6k2yI have a substack now, where I will post event info and updates on new writing, subscribe here: substack.com/@agnescallard https://substack.com/@agnescallard03 Feb 2025 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhaggqft6k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lhagbr3xds2yExcerpt of my book published today... (though do note that the book as a whole is more philosophical, and less biographical, than this excerpt might lead you to believe) https://www.thefp.com/p/what-socrates-teaches-us-about-love-politics-and-death03 Feb 2025 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhagbr3xds2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lh4rlsla4s2wNew profile pic thanks to @creepcaptain.bsky.social01 Feb 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh4rlsla4s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lgssjebld22kI know you are all busy reading my book but you should take a little break to read this essay bc it's really good [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgssjebld22khttps://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lgqjt4jbts24I wrote about this question: Are we progressively liberating people by cultivating new ways of being, or are we finding ever more fine-grained ways to squash them? https://asteriskmag.com/issues/09/where-the-wild-things-arent27 Jan 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqjt4jbts24https://bsky.app/profile/agcallard.bsky.social/post/3lgq6y2wft22pMy book is an editor’s choice pick this week! https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/books/review/8-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html27 Jan 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:csaxs3ut2jb67chlgl43smyv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgq6y2wft22p