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Philosopher at King's College London.
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Rachel Handley 🏳️🌈
12 days ago
Come write some weird and philosophical fiction with me at the
@yorklitfest.bsky.social
in March! You know you want to! Tickets:
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Dalia Nassar
2 months ago
very happy to share my review of Naomi Fisher's excellent book "Schelling's Mystical Platonism," in European Journal of Philosophy *A must-read for anyone interested in Schelling*
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Schelling's Mystical Platonism: 1792–1802. By Naomi Fisher Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 248 pp., ISBN: 9780197752883
Click on the article title to read more.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejop.70054
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The British Academy
9 days ago
The International Fellowships 2026 scheme, run with the
@royalsociety.org
, supports international early career researchers to undertake a two-year research career with UK partner organisations. Find out more and apply ahead of 11 March deadline:
https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC
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Anita Leirfall
11 days ago
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy at our Philosophy Department, University of Bergen.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy (294595) | University of Bergen
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy (294595), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, February 27, 2026
https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/294595/postdoctoral-research-fellow-in-philosophy
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
11 days ago
🩺 How does
#philosophy
inform practice and research in
#medicine
? Free TRIP-funded workshop, run by the Philosophy Department at Sussex. With
@davidpapineau.bsky.social
Sarah Sawyer,
@robynrwaller.bsky.social
@drjastockdale.bsky.social
and more. Book here:
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Fiona Macpherson
12 days ago
The British Philosophical Association has launch a new annual prize competition to celebrate the best of British Philosophy:
bpa.ac.uk/prizes/
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#philosophymatters
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BPA Annual Prizes - British Philosophical Association
Welcome to the BPA Annual Prizes, launched in 2026 to recognize and celebrate the best of philosophy in the UK. All the details are below. Applications are welcomed from a nominator for each award. Ca...
https://bpa.ac.uk/prizes/
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University and College Union (UCU)
22 days ago
The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...
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Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield
The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/14380/Union-condemns-continued-docking-of-staff-pay-following-strike
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Clare Moriarty
14 days ago
This looks great!
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NU London Philosophers
16 days ago
🚨 Three week alert! 🚨 On February 19th, Richard Pettigrew will deliver the Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture & Technology at Northeastern University London Lecture title:'Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education' Register online/in-person here:
tinyurl.com/yc6uax8s
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The Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology 2026
Join us in Room 136, Devon House.
https://tinyurl.com/yc6uax8s
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Centre for Philosophy of Time
16 days ago
📣 CFP Extended Deadline (Feb 15, 2026) 🔷 SMS 2026 will take place May 25–27 at the University of Toronto. 💠Keynote: Heather Demarest 💠Presidential Address: Giuliano Torrengo ➡️Submissions welcome on all areas of metaphysics of science. More info:
socmetsci.org
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Aristotelian Society
26 days ago
A reminder! Tonight we've got Lewis Ross from
@lsephilosophy.bsky.social
: 'Are Philosophers Absurd? Progress, Testimony & Dividing Labour' 📍18.15, Woburn Suite, Senate House. Please note: our website is temporarily down and we hope to have it up and running again soon! Apologies.
#philosophy
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Women In Logic
about 1 month ago
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS🚨 Women in Logic workshop July 24-25, 2026 Abstracts should be written in English (max 2 pages excluding references), and prepared using the Easychair style (
easychair.org/publications...
), and uploaded here:
submissions.floc26.org/wil/paper/new
by May 5, 2026.
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Instructions For Authors
https://easychair.org/publications/for_authors
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Aristotelian Society
about 1 month ago
Lewis Ross's abstract is available on our website - follow the link!
#philosophy
#philsky
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Happy World Logic Day! 🥳
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about 1 month ago
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Jeremy Dunham
about 1 month ago
Deadline Jan 16th for abstracts for a conference on late modern philosophy (roughly Hegel to Stebbing) in Durham, UK
latemodernphilosophy.weebly.com
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Keynote Speakers Maria Dimova Cookson (Durham) Mark Textor (KCL)
https://latemodernphilosophy.weebly.com
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The superlative Naomi Thompson, Sam Kimpton-Nye, and Sonia Roca Royes were kind enough to comment on my book. Here are my responses:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
. And here are their papers too:
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Thinking of Necessity: responses to Sam Kimpton-Nye, Sònia Roca Royes, and Naomi Thompson
I offer a brief introduction to my book, Thinking of Necessity, and respond to discussions by Sam Kimpton-Nye, Sònia Roca Royes, and Naomi Thompson. I engage with Thompson on questions concerning t...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0020174X.2026.2613776
about 1 month ago
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Pekka Väyrynen
about 1 month ago
📣JOB ALERT📣 Lectureship in Liberal Arts and Philosophy/Religion at University of Leeds. We are looking for an academic at Philosophy/Religion interface to run our Liberal Arts BA programme. Closing date: 01 February 2026. More info at:
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#Philosophy
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lectureship in Liberal Arts and Religion/Philosophy (Teaching and Research)
Are you an academic with the ambition and proven abilities to carry out research and teaching in Liberal Arts, at the interface of Religion and/or Philosophy? Are you an enthusiastic and innovative ed...
https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=AHCPR1081
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Paulina Sliwa
about 1 month ago
And another job! A 6 year postdoc in Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity at Uni Wien with (newly arrived) Prof. Katharina Kraus.
philjobs.org/job/show/30622
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University Assistant Postdoc (full-time, 3 + 3 years, m/f/d), in the research area of Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity, University of Vienna - PhilJobs:JFP University Assistant Postdoc (f...
An international database of jobs for philosophers
https://philjobs.org/job/show/30622
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Aristotelian Society
about 1 month ago
Come along on Monday for the first Proceedings of 2026! We've got Lewis Ross from LSE 'Are Philosophers Absurd? Progress, Testimony & Dividing Labour' 📍Woburn Suite, Senate House ⏰ 18.15 19 January 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/lewis-ross/
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
about 1 month ago
💡 What is the role of imagination in political communities as democracies? ⚠️ There are just a few tickets left for the London Lecture by Michele Moody-Adams on Imagining Democracy. 🎟️ Get tickets here:
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#politicalphilosophy
#lecture
#philosophy
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Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
about 1 month ago
📌 A reminder that the Department of Philosophy currently has two tenure-track Assistant Professor posts open. Closing dates: 19 & 30 Jan 2026. Details below 👇
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Women In Logic
about 1 month ago
Advances in Modal Logic Amsterdam, June 29 - July 3
events.illc.uva.nl/aiml2026/
Invited Speakers: Aybüke Özgün, Sara L. Uckelman, et al. Abstracts due: 20 Feb 2026
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British Society for the Philosophy of Science
about 1 month ago
We are delighted to announce that the BSPS will be running a doctoral scholarship competition in 2026! The competition will open in February, and the deadline will be 27 March.
www.thebsps.org/funding/doct...
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British Society for the Philosophy of Science Doctoral Scholarships
Doctoral scholarships awarded by the BSPS for doctoral work in the philosophy of science undertaken at any UK university
https://www.thebsps.org/funding/doctoral-scholarships/
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
about 1 month ago
✨ There's lots to look forward to in 2026. Why not come along to one of our
#London
#Lectures
? 🏛️🎤 🎟️ Book tickets for these and other
#philosophy
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Inner Worlds
about 1 month ago
Submissions are open now for our final issue! The theme for this issue is 'endings'
inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-g...
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Submission guidelines
Our next issue will be our last one, so we are looking for stories on the theme of endings. We'd like to read about loss, change, grief, relief, hope, and possibility. What to submit * Sci...
https://inner-worlds.ghost.io/submission-guidelines/
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Anna Alexandrova
about 2 months ago
Thanks to the huge work of
@milenaivanova.bsky.social
history and philosophy of science will now be taught at the Professional and Contunuing Education at Cambridge. Bravo, Milena! Please share so she recuits a strong first cohort to start in autumn 2026.
#philsci
#histsci
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Undergraduate award: Diploma in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Explore the ideas that drive ‘progress’. And the challenges they createAre you gripped by debates on misinformation, AI, and the role of science in public life? This course combines the philosophy of ...
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LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty
2 months ago
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy is hiring two post-doctoral researchers to work on a project on the logic of reasons, under the supervision of Professor Hannes Leitgeb, Chair of Logic and Philosophy of Language. More info below:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/7...
#postdoc
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Postdoctoral Fellow (m/f/x)
https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/777124e956cd99455f9710f930f997f0929ad24b0?fbclid=IwY2xjawOow15leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETBmTldhVDRLMHY4S0d5dElYc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhh3I9llUZcK6D5uV2B9yI7-Td9emXuM8CrLScAtcw5HmWZ-J8YZGZaPaq5E_aem_9GbMJ2TFnIfWvwwLFx1Z6A
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Matilda Carter
about 2 months ago
Exciting news: my monograph is now available on Cambridge Core!
www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...
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Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals
Cambridge Core - Psychiatry - Relating to People Living with Dementia as Equals
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/relating-to-people-living-with-dementia-as-equals/BB75DD339A693BEE46F60D9D030C4568
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Farbod Akhlaghi
about 2 months ago
📣Come and be my colleague! We are hiring two new Assistant Profs in the Dept. of Phil. at Trinity College Dublin: in Value Theory, and in Hist., Phil., and Ethics of Science. I can’t recommend working here enough! Please share with anyone interested – any questions, do get in touch. Ads below!
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David Papineau
3 months ago
New paper out in Synthese—a metaphysical theory of causation designed to explain statistical causal inference. Basically a summary of a 100,000-word book (Causation: Science, Statistics and Metaphysics) that'll go into production with CUP soon. Watch this space
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Causal inference and the metaphysics of causation - Synthese
The techniques of causal inference are widely used throughout the non-experimental sciences to derive causal conclusions from probabilistic premises. This poses a philosophical question. What in the n...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-025-05268-0
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Ethics Untangled
3 months ago
Great blog post by IDEA's Matilda Carter on Power, Status and the Dementia Care Relationship.
cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/powe...
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Power, Status, and the Dementia Care Relationship
One afternoon, having just clocked-in, I sat myself down next to a resident of the care home I worked at in the mid-2010s, and asked her what she thought about the programme she was watching on TV.
https://cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/power-status-and-the-dementia-care-relationship/
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Incredibly shocking, and terribly sad news. Andrew was brilliant and lovely.
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3 months ago
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
3 months ago
"The funding gave me the financial support I needed to complete my PhD."" 🏛️🎓 Did you know? Supported by the Jacobsen Foundation, we offer
#studentships
and
#bursaries
for research in
#philosophy
. Follow us to keep up-to-date on the 2026/27 grant programme when it opens.
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Aristotelian Society
3 months ago
Giulia Felappi is at the Aristotelian Society next Monday! Come along for what looks to be a fantastic talk: "Saving Logic from a Metaphysical Limbo. Susanne Langer on Logical Assertion" ⏰ 18.15, 24th November, 2025 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House 🔗
www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...
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Aristotelian Society
3 months ago
Next week: Malcolm Keating (Smith College) joins us at the Aristotelian Society: Kumārila on the First-Personal Pronoun ⏰ 18.15, Monday 10th Nov 📍 Swedenborg Hall, 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2TH 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/malcolm-keating/
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Aristotelian Society
4 months ago
This is happening tonight, 18.15, Senate Room in Senate House! Free and welcome to all.
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Aristotelian Society
4 months ago
Next Monday we've got Joe Saunders from Durham at the Proceedings! His talk is entitled: What's Wrong with the Master: A Critical Analysis of Hegel's Master-Slave Dialectic ⏰ 18.15-19.45, 27 October 📍 Senate Room, Senate House 🔗
www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...
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Joe Saunders – The Aristotelian Society
https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/joe-saunders/
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LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty
5 months ago
LMU Munich invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Philosophy Education, starting in October 2026. We are looking for candidates with an outstanding research record in philosophy and a strong profile in philosophy education. Deadline: 15 November 2025:
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/b...
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Professorship (W2) of Philosophy Education
https://job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/bb40776f43ef3f2f41c54ce5b1b22fcb9a6ac7020
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Ellen Clarke
4 months ago
@leedsprhs.bsky.social
Our vacancy for a Lecturer or Associate Professor in Social Philosophy has now been advertised:
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
. Please spread the word! The closing date for applications is 5 Nov 2025.
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy
Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...
https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?id=50403&forced=2
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Aristotelian Society
4 months ago
This is happening at 18.15 tonight in Senate House!
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Aristotelian Society
4 months ago
Join us next Monday! We've got Sophie Horowitz (Amherst) for a talk on: 'Plans, Learning, and Deferring' 📍Monday 13th October, Woburn Suite, Senate House ⏰ 18.15-19.45 *note new time for this year* 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/sophie-horowitz/
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Kate Kirkpatrick
4 months ago
JOB: Associate Professor or Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at Merton College. AoS Ethics and/or Political Philosophy, with at least an AoC in Feminist Philosophy.
#PhilJobs
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW474/a...
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Associate Professorship or Professorship of Philosophy - Philosophy APTFC at University of Oxford
Explore an exciting academic career as a Associate Professorship or Professorship of Philosophy - Philosophy APTFC. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities...
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW474/associate-professorship-or-professorship-of-philosophy-philosophy-aptfc
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Inner Worlds
4 months ago
Could you spare a few bob to help a weird little litmag keep going? Here's 3 ways you can support us: 1) Become a subscriber!
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2) Make a one-off donation!
inner-worlds.ghost.io/support-inne...
3) Buy past issues as EPUB & PDF!
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Louis Doulas
5 months ago
*Officially* out today: Susan Stebbing: Analysis, Common Sense, and Public Philosophy. I’m grateful to my co-editor, Annalisa Coliva, and all our excellent contributors! Link in bio. (Find the volume’s introduction on my website 😈.)
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Aristotelian Society
5 months ago
Thanks to the 70+ people that came to watch Lucy O'Brien's Presidential Address of the Aristotelian Society last night! If you missed it, you can listen to her talk "Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds" here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...
#philosophy
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29/09/2025: Lucy O'Brien: Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds,
Podcast Episode · Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society · 29/09/2025 · 50m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/29-09-2025-lucy-obrien-duddington-and-our-awareness/id504195948?i=1000729152996
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Aristotelian Society
5 months ago
This is happening tonight! Join us for the Inaugural Address 2026-5 by Lucy O'Brien (UCL)
#philosophy
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Paulina Sliwa
5 months ago
Philosophy job seekers: there is a 6-year postdoc in philosophy of language coming up at the University of Vienna. See advertisement here:
philjobs.org/job/show/29670
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Assistant Professor ("Universitätsassistent Postdoc"), University of Vienna - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor ("Universitätsassistent Postdoc"), University of Vienna
An international database of jobs for philosophers
https://philjobs.org/job/show/29670
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David Papineau
5 months ago
We're still hiring—Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ599/l...
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy (E&R) at King's College London
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy (E&R) on jobs.ac.uk!
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOQ599/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-ancient-philosophy-eandr
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