friendly neighbourhood moral error theorist philosophy phd student at edinburgh university https://philpeople.org/profiles/declan-o-gara-1 he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mq5mxobkmc23is the lore behind count binface that it’s a mask and he has a giant head or that the bin *is* his actual head08 Jul 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5mxobkmc23https://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3molpbhpu3s2bwe’ve arrived for FrankMeta18 Jun 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3molpbhpu3s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mokyhq3ivk2khow does one even pack for this18 Jun 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokyhq3ivk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mn4pxh7ocs2sthe idea that listening to a word doesn’t count as processing it is quite a take [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 May 2026 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn4pxh7ocs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mn3rqy4nlk2aleague title doesn’t even really count now30 May 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3rqy4nlk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mmvtbooiok2obe right back just gonna teach these nurses about the problems with quasi realism28 May 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvtbooiok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mmshl4ltr223marking these exams won’t kill me (it already has)27 May 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmshl4ltr223https://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mmeetyiw2c2hMy paper ‘Defensive debunking arguments: Why Moorean objections to the moral error theory fail’ is now out open access in phil studies! https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-026-02534-w21 May 2026 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeetyiw2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mlsxxwosvs2cis this a good time for me to start skeeting about politics14 May 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsxxwosvs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mlnv5mtqm22cMy paper ‘On Blackburn’s Response to Mackie’s Moral Error Theory’ is now out open access in Philosophia! rdcu.be/fihkE https://rdcu.be/fihkE12 May 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnv5mtqm22chttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mlhaa7xkf22oexcellent opening paragraph it has to be said09 May 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhaa7xkf22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mlaw3zktrk2cmake sure you get out there and (support your local error theorist submitting his thesis today)07 May 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaw3zktrk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3ml7ojk2hvk2ji reckon if you’re at the point where you’ve come up with a scale for this you’ve probably gone wrong somewhere [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ojk2hvk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3ml6vq7s5ms22Final proof read before I submit06 May 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6vq7s5ms22https://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mkzpz5v5es2kthis is an excellent ‘got to finish my phd’ album04 May 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzpz5v5es2khttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mkpsgo2cmc27is this too on the nose30 Apr 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpsgo2cmc27https://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mko5fa4ox22ejust peeped that I've spelled judgement wrong 170 times in my thesis29 Apr 2026 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko5fa4ox22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mkkv7qxpbk2pactual footage of me trying to change ‘practices’ to ‘practice’ [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkv7qxpbk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mkkuuflcus2ptrying to get the springer proof editor to work feels a lot like how it looks to operate the tardis28 Apr 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkuuflcus2phttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mkihbwdnms2hI've only ever had very quick review times from journals so the reverse gamblers fallacy suggests the next one will take 5 years27 Apr 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkihbwdnms2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mki52bfmi227Pleased to say my paper ‘Defensive debunking arguments: Why Moorean objections to the moral error theory fail’ is now forthcoming in Phil Studies!27 Apr 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mki52bfmi227https://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mkgbtzjaj22qour office building may be falling apart but the view at this time of day is quite something26 Apr 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgbtzjaj22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mkfk7anxuk2uno one else in the office on a Sunday? these guys don't know about thesismaxing26 Apr 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfk7anxuk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/declanogara.bsky.social/post/3mjzamcrovk2feveryone has 9 days to make it in21 Apr 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:tvsj4mcsv5htdrtsddsgludj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzamcrovk2f