Jess L
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Philosopher at King's College London.
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
4 days ago
We're hiring! Join us at TRIP as our Institute Manager. The Institute Manager is the senior operational lead responsible for the day-to-day management and administration of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Find out more and apply:
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/vacancy...
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How to Give a Killer Job Talk (guest post) - Daily Nous
"Talks are not merely communication: they are also a performance... So many talks that could have been successful end up flopping because they’re not serious performances." That's one observation abou...
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Lydia Moland
7 days ago
This just in: Mick Jagger admits in a NYT interview that he is reading philosophy, specifically Kant, because it is fashionable. Well, vaguely, but still. Also: so many arguments!
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Lisa Bortolotti
10 days ago
Proud Alex McCowen holding a brand new resource by
@fionamalpass.bsky.social
& Voice Collective at the launch at Mind in Camden on Monday: “When voices speak of suicide”, a booklet on how to be supportive without taking away agency
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#epistemicinjustice
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Starting today!
sites.google.com/view/2026-jo...
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2026 Joint Session
Welcome to the 100th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association!* There's lots of Information for attendees and presenters (including a link to join a WhatsApp group) on the lo...
https://sites.google.com/view/2026-joint-session/
11 days ago
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
13 days ago
The January 2026 issue of our flagship journal, Philosophy, is available online now 📖 🔓 Many articles are open access. Read them here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#philosophy
#journal
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British Society for the History of Philosophy
16 days ago
Featured today: Sara Uckelman's keynote lecture at the BSHP Annual Conference 2026 'What the History of Logic Can Teach Us About the Future of Logic' (25/04/2026)
youtu.be/mElViY9tyQc
Don't miss out on new content! Hit subscribe to the BSHP YouTube channel
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Sara Uckelman, 'What the History of Logic Can Teach Us About the Future of Logic'
YouTube video by British Society for the History of Philosophy
https://youtu.be/mElViY9tyQc
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Never forget the gingerbread King's College Chapel. (Pre-smartphone era photo quality.)
15 days ago
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Anneli Jefferson
16 days ago
Some thoughts on different communicative goals we pursue when blaming the dead.
blog.apaonline.org/2026/07/02/w...
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Why We Blame the Dead | Blog of the APA
Fear not slander, censure rash; Thou hast finished joy and moan: All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. —Shakespeare, Cymbeline A common saying holds that we should not s...
https://blog.apaonline.org/2026/07/02/why-we-blame-the-dead/?amp=1
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Erik Angner
16 days ago
Philosophy job in beautiful Lund 🇸🇪
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#philjobs
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Senior Lecturer in Practical Philosophy
We are seeking a candidate for a full-time permanent position as Senior Lecturer in Practical Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy at Lund University. Workplace and academic environment The Depa
https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:899808
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Philosophy in Prison
18 days ago
Excited to have launched a philosophy podcast on the content hub of one of our partner prisons. The podcast has been devised, recorded and edited by some of our longstanding participants in the prison, in collaboration with
@mmmccabe.bsky.social
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Fixed term lectureship in ethics/political philosophy at KCL đź‘€
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17 days ago
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge
17 days ago
The Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice will be hosting their 2026 conference at our department in two weeks' time. Anyone interested in how we apply the philosophy of science to scientific practice is welcome to attend. đź“… 15-17 July đź”—https://spspcambridge2026.com/program
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Justin Weinberg
18 days ago
The entire editorial team at a journal of a for-profit publisher resigned and formed a new open-access journal. It has now published its first article...
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The New Open-Access Journal Philosophical Logic Is Now Publishing - Daily Nous
Last December, all of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature’s Journal of Philosophical Logic resigned and formed Philosophical Logic, a new "diamond" open-access journal (detai...
https://dailynous.com/2026/06/30/the-new-open-access-journal-philosophical-logic-is-now-publishing/
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Anneli Jefferson
19 days ago
New paper on the relationship between functional explanations and instrumentalist justifications of blame. IX—Working Out How Blame Works
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https://academic.oup.com/aristotelian/article/doi/10.1093/arisoc/aoag024/8721274
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British Society for the History of Philosophy
19 days ago
The BSHP is pleased to announce the latest volume in the BSHP New Texts in the History of Philosophy series: Letters of English Women Philosophers 1902-1951 Edited by Emily Thomas, Oxford University Press, 2026
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Applications are open for UK scholarships for applied philosophy.
www.appliedphil.org/funding/doct...
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Doctoral Scholarships – The Society for Applied Philosophy
https://www.appliedphil.org/funding/doctoral-scholarships/
21 days ago
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British Society for the History of Philosophy
23 days ago
Introducing Maria Cristina Mennuti, a Research and Teaching Fello at the University of TĂĽbingen, and a 2026 Ambassador for the BSHP:
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Aidan McGlynn
almost 2 years ago
Trying to achieve a good work-admin/life-admin balance
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Centre for Philosophy of Time
25 days ago
⌛ Countdown to IAPT XI... 📌 The 11th Annual Conference of the International Association for Philosophy of Time to be held from 25 to 27 July 2026 at Yamaguchi University (Japan). More details to follow soon. See you there!
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Francesca Stavrakopoulou
24 days ago
I’d love it if you’d sign this. It might not prevent me and my colleagues losing our jobs, but it will draw attention to the ideological vandalism being perpetrated by the wealthy execs running our university. Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter - sign the petition below!
c.org/NpvY4sR9gH
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Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
https://c.org/NpvY4sR9gH
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Ben Phillips
25 days ago
A statement from Exeter UCU branch
@ucu.org.uk
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Extending New Narratives
26 days ago
New podcast episode! 🎧 Emily Thomas (Durham) on Victoria Welby: motion, energy, space, time, and a philosophical salon at the heart of an extraordinary intellectual network.
www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/podcast.html
#philsky
#womenphilosophers
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Podcast
The New Voices podcast consists of conversations about women philosophers and individuals from other groups who have been underrepresented in the history of European and Western philosophy: their...
https://www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/podcast.html#
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I am enjoying all of the ads for events and places based purely on the fact that they have air conditioning.
26 days ago
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Michela Massimi
27 days ago
Summer conference season begins for Philosophy at Edinburgh with this conference this week organised by my excellent colleague Dr Jo Wolff with a fantastic line-up of talks on history and philosophy of measurement 🤩. Welcome everyone to Scotland.
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2026 – Second Biennial Conference – The Society for the Study of Measurement
https://measurementsociety.org/2026-second-biennial-conference/
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Inner Worlds
about 1 month ago
"Be more real": Inner Worlds and the possibilities of speculative fiction for exploring and communicating mental and emotional experiences
inner-worlds.ghost.io/be-more-real...
#MentalHealth
#Madness
#CreativeHealth
#SpeculativeFiction
#SpecFic
#SciFi
#Fantasy
#Horror
#Phenomenology
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Mar Hicks
27 days ago
Still better than asking chatgpt
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
29 days ago
Coming soon from TRIP: a new series of Philosophy of Law events. These are for legal professionals who wish to explore the philosophical considerations of their practice - perhaps revisiting past studies in
#philosophy
or
#jurisprudence
. Watch this space for more updates soon.
#PhilosophyOfLaw
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Dundee UCU
about 1 month ago
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Please sign this petition to save Philosophy and our wonderful colleagues under threat at the University of Dundee.
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Helene Scott
about 1 month ago
#philsky
#philsci
Come teach with me! 0.5 FTE for 2 years to start with
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Aristotelian Society
3 months ago
Next Monday we've got Anil Gomes (Oxford) speaking to us about 'Iris Murdoch on God, Good, and Soul'. Free and open to all. ⏰ 18.15, 11 May 2026 📍Woburn Suite, Senate House 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/anil-gomes/
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The symposium on my book, *Thinking of Necessity*, is assembled together in an issue. Thanks again to Sam, Sonia and Naomi!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/sinq20/6...
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Inquiry
Volume 69, Issue 4 of Inquiry
https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/sinq20/69/4
3 months ago
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I just stumbled across this episode on a quiet Wednesday evening. It is quite extraordinarily jam packed with philosophical issues. Would recommend. Fascinating.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0708...
3 months ago
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Franz Berto
about 1 year ago
Spread the word! The Philosophical Quarterly is celebrating the philosopher philosophers love: 'Themes from David Lewis's Metaphysics' will be our next Special Issue, call for papers here:
academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal...
@oupphilosophy.bsky.social
@standrewsphil.bsky.social
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Guy Longworth
3 months ago
JOB: Philosophy at Warwick are advertising two one-year Teaching Fellowships. Come and work with us!
warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
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Teaching Fellow x2 (111540-0426) - University of Warwick
Title: Teaching Fellow x2 (111540-0426). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Fixed Term
https://warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre-ext/brand-4/spa-1/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/3/opp/4106-Teaching-Fellow-x2-111540-0426/en-GB
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British Society for the History of Philosophy
3 months ago
The BSHP annual conference starts today at KCL! We will be kicking off the conference with a keynote by Professor Raphael Woolf (KCL) More details on the programme here 👇
bshp.org.uk/site/assets/...
#philsky
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British Journal of Aesthetics
3 months ago
Postdoc anyone?
british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/po...
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Postdoctoral Award - The British Society of Aesthetics
The British Society for Aesthetics invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral award in philosophical aesthetics, to the value of ÂŁ30,000 per annum with up to ÂŁ3,000 additional geographical allow...
https://british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/postdoctoral-award/
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Michela Massimi
3 months ago
Forthcoming in
@hoposjournal.bsky.social
! I discuss the systemic injustice that saw women banned from scientific education in Victorian Britain through the lenses of how artisanal knowledges like weaving and knitting were severed from mathematical knowledge.
#philsci
philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29274/
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Knots and Knitting: On the Dangers of Epistemically Severing and Trademarking Artisanal Knowledges from Science - PhilSci-Archive
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/29274/
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Aristotelian Society
3 months ago
We're hiring! The Aristotelian Society is recruiting a new Managing Editor. This is a demanding part-time role suitable for a current graduate student to undertake alongside their studies. Deadline: Monday 18th May 2026. Read more here:
mailchi.mp/9ec3fa312725...
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Job Advert: Managing Editor Role at the Aristotelian Society
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Lisa Bortolotti
3 months ago
What are the harmful stereotypes associated with hearing voices? In this open-access chapter, members of the Voice Collective, Fiona Malpass, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies and I explore this issue using an Aesop-style fable
link.springer.com/ch...
#philsky
#EpistemicInjustice
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Challenging Stereotypes About Young People Who Hear Voices
Recent work on clinical communication has highlighted the possibility that vulnerable young people may experience epistemic injustice and have their sense of agency undermined in encounters with mental healthcare providers. In particular, five dimensions...
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-68881-2_2
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Lucy O'Brien
3 months ago
Horrah - this is out. Thanks
@aristotsoc.bsky.social
for asking me to write it. Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds
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Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds
Abstract. What enables me to know that others exist? Nathalie Duddington offers two distinctive, and underexplored, insights into the question. She focuses
https://academic.oup.com/aristotelian/article/doi/10.1093/arisoc/aoag008/8656083
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Aristotelian Society
3 months ago
Next Monday we've got Simon Shogry (Oxford) speaking to us about: 'Stoic Apatheia Reconsidered: The Positive Role of Passion in Moral Progress'. Abstract available below! ⏰ 18.15 -19.45 Monday 20th April 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House 🔗
www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...
Free to all.
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https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/simon-shogry/
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Adrian Currie
3 months ago
Hey gang! Exeter’s looking for a 4-year postdoc in philsci & AI. Sweet gig at a great place - share around :D
#philsci
#philjobs
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow at University of Exeter
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/postdoctoral-research-associate-fellow
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Aristotelian Society
3 months ago
Register for the Joint Session 2026 before our Early Bird prices expire on Friday!
www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-joint-se...
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Philosophy of Grief and Loss at York
4 months ago
Louise Richardson is an invited speaker at this year's
@aristotsoc.bsky.social
Joint Session. She will be responding to Michael Cholbi (
@thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social
) in a symposium on Devotion and the Opacity of Grief.
sites.google.com/view/2026-jo...
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2026 Joint Session - Invited speakers
Inaugural address Vague Beliefs Rosanna Keefe (Sheffield) Symposia Kantian Climate Justice Angela Breitenbach (Cambridge) / Lucy Allais (University of Witwatersrand/Johns Hopkins)Chair: John Callanan...
https://sites.google.com/view/2026-joint-session/invited?authuser=0
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Nick Wiltsher
4 months ago
Apparently we're hiring another two-year postdoc, for Aaron Cotnoir's Unity Project. AOS in Metaphysics, Social Ontology, or Formal Ontology. Apply here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA671/r...
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Research Fellow - AR3263 at University of St Andrews
Discover Research Fellow - AR3263 jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA671/research-fellow-ar3263
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Aristotelian Society
4 months ago
The Call for Registration! The 2026 Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society & the Mind Association is at the The University of Reading 8 - 10 July 2026. Registration is now open. Book now for early bird rates!
sites.google.com/view/2026-jo...
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2026 Joint Session - Registration
Registration for this year's Joint Session is open! You can register here (you will probably need to create an account for the Reading
https://sites.google.com/view/2026-joint-session/registration?authuser=0
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Happy new Lotze book eve! Out officially in print tomorrow 🎉
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https://global.oup.com/academic/product/lotzes-philosophy-of-psychology-9780192869531
4 months ago
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Finnur Dellsén
4 months ago
I'm looking to hire two postdoctoral researchers on The Consensus Project. Full-time research positions for three years. Preferably people in social/formal epistemology and/or philosophy of science. Please share widely! More here:
philjobs.org/job/show/31193
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Postdoctoral fellowships, University of Iceland - PhilJobs:JFP Postdoctoral fellowships, University of Iceland
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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