Twitter and Philosophy

“If I’m stuck for ideas when half way through a paper, a Tweet can generate input from others which gets me through a block,” Dr Carrie Jenkins told the Times Higher Education. “If you think and express yourself for a living, it’s good to get to the heart of the issue as quickly and concisely as possible. That’s what a philosopher does in a lecture or short paper — Twitter is just taking the idea to the limit.” Read the full THE article

• Listen to Carrie Jenkins talk about philosophy and Twitter on the University podcast site
• Go to Carrie Jenkins' tweets
• See a list of people on Twitter with an interest in philosophy (created by John Basl)