Matt McAdam

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Blurbs for After the University. Out in June #book__reviews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">press.jhu.edu/books/title/12…

This book, by the great Sven Nyholm, is out next month, but you can see the TOC and Intro here right now!: hackettpublishing.com/the-ethics-of-… Great for those just starting out with the ethics of AI, and for early-level courses that include the subject. #AI

@_sen_sharmila I remember having a spirited conversation with Hilary Putnam right in that corner about the semantics of the term 'cool'.

Last night I discovered the philosophy library in Harvard Yard! I have been foolishly walking past this room since 1988 and never looked inside.

Come by the @HackettPub table today 10:30 to 6:50 to browse our books and enter to win a set of Aristotle, Complete Works @apaphilosophy #apaeastern

If you missed Jane Austen's 250th birthday last week, fear not -- we're celebrating all year! Visit our press-spanning Austen reading list featuring dozens of journal articles, free to read at Project MUSE thru 31 December tinyurl.com/5dheyrpb Happy birthday Jane! 🥳🎉🎂🎁

@johnmaier_ @d_kodsi @DailyNousEditor Unbelievable that two people working in journalism think it appropriate to use bullying to try to affect the editorial decisions of another publication. An embarrassing & disqualifying lack of professional judgment. Where are the grown ups @philosophersmag & @thetimes?

@d_kodsi @DailyNousEditor lol, the @DailyNousEditor guest post on ‘serious disagreement’ is just too perfect. What a hostage to fortune!

This is shockingly unprofessional behavior from someone who edits a magazine. Editorial discretion is a fundamental principle of publishing. It's baffling to see one publisher try to strongarm another one like this. @d_kodsi, this is an embarrassment to you & @philosophersmag.

“The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power,” writes Jennifer Frey, who created a liberal arts honors college. dailynous.com/2025/07/17/adm…

@vjoshuaadams Set of those on a lowered Cal bug is peak car.

Never stop spotting (Porsche wheels on the VW bus)

New! This debate happened yesterday: Epistemology Debate: Timothy Williamson vs Michael Huemer, Knowledge-Fir... youtu.be/Db-OA0zT648?fe… via @YouTube

We’re not talking enough about how lowsy the weather has been in Baltimore this spring.

The death of Alastair MacIntyre prompts my semi-annual reminder of this incredible fact: Habermas is still alive.

@RColesworthy @JOANNAessayist I hear you, but as you said a cheaper edition still wouldn’t sell much more.

@mxmcadam @JOANNAessayist I did reach out to OUP knowing any options would be a no-go. I get royalties from user downloads, etc. That’s the route they’ve gone: institutional subscription services. Le sigh. I’d 100% give up royalties for a cheaper edition. OUP has good royalties. I’d give them up totally.

many many many many academic books don't sell as many as 200 copies there I said it

After years of work, my book, Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance, is finally available. I hope you read it. I hope it makes you think. I hope it breaks your heart. press.jhu.edu/books/title/53…

@RColesworthy @JOANNAessayist The price-insensitivity of humanities monographs is sadly real and completely baffling to me.

@JOANNAessayist I also think the ramifications you list vary depending on SO MANY factors, you know? If my book were priced for individuals it might sell, I don't know, 10 more copies? But not like HUNDREDS more no matter how much I or anyone promoted it.

Pleased to see this piece out in public. Many thanks to the editors and reviewers @PoPpublicsphere and @tmbejan who encouraged me to keep pursuing this topic.

Anyone else feel completely (and disappointedly) manipulated by Severance?

@RColesworthy I don't know if they read them, but I know they don't buy them.

Not untrue for scholarly books. As an academic friend said to me once: “my friends aren’t reading my books.” Like Gertrude Stein said, scholars write for strangers and grad students. (What? She totally said that)

Join me and @BrandyLJensen as we talk about whether classic books should be dumbed down so that people can read them. (And @SandTClassics The Country of the Pointed Firs.) Take an MLA break. This Thursday, 6pm, Octavia Books, NO, LA. unnamedpress.com/events/pointed…