Are earthworms sentient? What about microscopic nematode worms? Or single-celled organisms? Here is a deep dive I wrote for Asimov Press magazine about what investigations at the scale of neurons tell us about sentience. www.asimov.press/p/sentience

Have you always wanted to write a drama based on the Lives of Plutarch? Then my friend and former student's publishing house has the competition for you! $2000 prize plus a book contract with 10% royalties, and your play performed on the London stage! oldsovereignpublishing.com/pages/compet...

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @ralphstefanweir.bsky.social & @worksinprogress.blogsky.venki.dev! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe www.worksinprogress.news/p/classical-...

Online version out today worksinprogress.co/issue/were-c...

I had a great time earlier this week speaking to 650+ A Level students about philosophy of religion at Bloomsbury Baptist Church for Academy Learning. Also got in a mention of the amazing philosophy programmes we have here at @uolhumanities.bsky.social.

I am delighted to have received my copy of the inaugural print edition of Works in Progress, featuring my article on whether classical statues really looked like the garish reconstructions one sometimes encounters Works n Progress is an amazing magazine, and I'm extremely proud to be involved

Recent piece in Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

New version of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Dualism is now live! This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030. plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...

@jamesinbrooklyn.bsky.social makes a great observation

Works in Progress is an amazing magazine of new ideas. Defying wider trends in publishing, it is moving from online only to print as well. This will be the most beautiful and intelligent magazine in existence and you should really consider subscribing. worksinprogress.co/print/

Departing Split to end the summer conference season in Rome

Massive congratulations to our brilliant University Challenge team, including two LSHH team members, for winning in Lincoln's first appearance on the show! Looking forward to round 2!! www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...

Does studying philosophy make you a better thinker? Yes! When controlling for baseline differences, philosophy students outperform all other disciplines on tests of verbal and logical reasoning and on a measure of valuable habits of mind

Upcoming conference in beautiful Lisbon this October on "Artistic Networks of Trust: Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy”, organised by LSHH's Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/age...

I will be debating the interaction problem for mind-body dualism with the great philosophy podcaster Ben Watkins at 6pm this evening UK time (1pm EST), hosted by Emerson Green. Please join us! www.youtube.com/live/-P2k1pG...

What Heraclitus a Hindu?? You probably thought no, but I'm going to tell you... maybe! afternature.substack.com/p/was-heracl...

People often suggest that to qualify as *science* a theory must be based on publicly observable evidence. But in fact, neuroscience relies heavily on private experience. Investigators ask people what they can see, how much pain they feel, etc.

LSHH researcher Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan's new book on Armenian architecture, supported by the Barakat Trust, comes out later this year. Read about it here! shorturl.at/729mX

Almost time for the 2025 student edition of the Lincoln Philosophy Salon! Looking forward to public talks on art and morality, personhood, and the quantum measurement problem by three of our brilliant current students

Here I am explaining what the deal is with functionalist architecture at Works in Progress substack.com/home/post/p-...

Congratulations to everyone celebrating their graduation in Uphill Lincoln this lovely evening!

Honoured to feature in Emerson Green's latest episode, in which he gives a great intro to the problem of personal identity over time m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtKg...

I'm a hereditary Crystal Palace fan. Today is a good day.

On 5 May, Jim Cheshire, LSHH cultural historian and Associate Professor will give a lecture on Alfred Tennyson’s fluctuating relationship with the Pre-Raphaelites as part of this year's Festival of History. Reserve seats here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tennyson-a... @jimchesh.bsky.social

‘If the subjects are no one, they can be us’ – Lauren Kane on the figures in the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich who have their backs turned to us

There's a new video clip in which I explain why I think there's no problem of mind-body interaction, ahead of a future debate on the topic with the same channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ziov...

A new special issue of Theologica on death and the afterlife co-edited by Lincoln philosopher Dr Daniel Came and Dr Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode is now available online! ojs.uclouvain.be/index.php/th...

From exploring metaphysics and the nature of reality to joining the Guides and Scouts Society, hear Thomas share his experience of studying BA (Hons) Philosophy at the University of Lincoln. 📚 Discover more: lncn.ac/Philosophy fb.watch/yzHZtKo3IQ/

I am writing a new version of the Stanford article on Dualism. If anyone has thoughts on what needs adding I'd be delighted to hear them

New piece just out: Have AIs Already Reached Consciousness? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...

Had an enjoyable FOUR HOUR discussion on mind and metaphysics with Emerson Green on Walden Pod last week. You can watch it here, or on Spotify/Apple etc. mercifully edited down to just 3.5 hours. www.youtube.com/watch?si=Mn_...

I am looking forward to giving a Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture on "Neuroscience and the Soul" at Keele University Tuesday. Please come if you're in the area www.keele.ac.uk/research/our...

In honour of the new film, here are some completely new thoughts on Bob Dylan afternature.substack.com/p/bob-dylans...

Europe's most exciting philosophers convene in Zagreb

A new post at my fledgling Substack page, please check it out! afternature.substack.com/p/why-dont-w...

Lincoln looking amazing as usual

When someone says something is "more interesting" than the received view, they always go on to present something way less interesting

A great advantage of the East Coast Main Line being down the other day was the resulting opportunity to visit the stunning Peterborough Cathedral

When I first read Gettier, I thought it was supposed to be an example of justified true belief without knowledge, but for reasons which turned out to be mistaken

There's been lots of discussion about students using AI to write essays, but less about us using AI to grade them. So, here's something I have written about the future of AI essay grading in universities advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

Today is the 21st anniversary of Val Plumwood's classic book, Feminism and the Master of Nature. So, here's a thread about the scholarly tradition I call "dualism-blaming", taking Plumwood's book as a case study. 1/19

I am resharing this article because I want everyone to read it

Warsaw is so dramatic

Developed countries are scrambling to build more, and yet most people hate what we build. The solution is rethinking what makes architecture functional, as I definitively prove in the new issue of Works in Progress out today worksinprogress.co/issue/machin...