“[M]ourning is itself kalon. It is not only good but wondrous that there should be mourning…a distinctively human way of responding to loss. It is a special manner of expressing grief—an insistence that what happened was not a mere change.“ Rest in peace, Jonathan Lear.

A nice box of @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social paperbacks of ‘From Action to Ethics’ has just arrived. I’m not sure my surname is big enough on the front cover, but I’m otherwise very pleased with the results.Order direct from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social for 30% off www.bloomsbury.com/uk/from-acti...

A major problem with the implementation of most AI technology is that it fails the Domino's Pizza Tracker® test: unless a technology is at least as reliable as the Domino's Pizza Tracker®, it should not be used for any task more important than ordering a pizza.

Overheard on train: ‘lentils are still carbs, though’. Keto is going to mess up your health kids, don’t do it.

Struggling to understand who on earth would wish to read (let alone purchase) something like this cinemastersai.com

I just finished reading my advance copy of Malik Al Nasir's Searching for My Slave Roots: From Guyana’s Sugar Plantations to Cambridge (out next week with @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social). I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I you're in the UK, try to catch him on his book tour!

I enjoyed discussing 'From Action to Ethics' on @goodisinthedetails.bsky.social: goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/ethics-actio... The book is out today in pbk from @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social. Yours for just £20.29 when ordering from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 👇 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/from-acti...

Ryan Lake (1976-2025). Such sad news. Ryan was truly the best. RIP my friend. dailynous.com/2025/08/21/r...

It's publication day for the paperback of my @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social book 'From Action to Ethics' (@bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) I introduce the book, along with my favourite non-academic books on human action in this piece I wrote for @shepherdbooks.bsky.social shepherd.com/best-books/h...

Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) – First issue and CFP The inaugural volume of Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) is scheduled to publish this Fall. The contents are listed on the website:  Here is a call for papers for the second volume:…

Bob Dylan circa 1997

My book, 'From Action to Ethics' is out in paperback tomorrow! @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social Pre-order from all good bookshops (RRP £28.99). Copies are also already available at @blackwells.bsky.social in Oxford & Heffers in Cambridge. blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Some writers stale. Others...go mouldy www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Happy to hear that Why Delusions Matter (Bloomsbury 2023) is a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! www.choice360.org/ch... #philsky #philpsy #booksky

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia openletter.earth/open-letter-...

The list of finalists being considered for a £20,000 "transdisciplinary" book prize has been announced...

Happy to see The Edge of Sentience longlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...

Really honoured to see Alan, my and Bart's book longlisted for this alongside some really excellent books #philsky

I wrote a piece on the value of Transdisciplinary Philosophy, to accompany the announcement of this year's longlist for @triphilosophy.bsky.social's Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. constantinesandis.medium.com/transdiscipl...

The longlist for the @triphilosophy.bsky.social 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy has been announced! royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...

Now we just need lecturers to use ChatGPT to mark the work written by ChatGPT and the circle will be closed www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Turns out I wear reading glasses now

He cried and we all cried with him. I'm glad that Ozzy got to enjoy his homecoming farewell bash. #RIPOzzy

35% off when ordering direct from Anthem with discount count SEWPC35

‘Wittgenstein on Other Minds’ by ‘Constantine Sandis’ has been listed as one of ‘The Best Books about Escapes and Returns to an Uncertain Future’ @shepherdbooks.bsky.social. Find out more➡️ tinyurl.com/4rmarzhb @csandis.bsky.social #AnthemPress #books #featured #indiepublisher #academicpublisher

My hard copy of this arrived today and the editorial work by @lynettereid.bsky.social and Michael Campbell is immaculate 👌👌👌Now out with @anthempress.bsky.social #PeterWinch #PoliticalAuthority anthempress.com/political-au...

Grab your copy Now ! This book compiles Peter Winch’s previously unpublished manuscripts on political philosophy. ➡️ tinyurl.com/8y72mvfx #AnthemPress #lynreid #MichaelCampbell @dalhousie.bsky.social @kyotouniversity.bsky.social #books #outnow #indiepublisher #getyourcopy

Michael Campbell and I have edited these papers from the Peter Winch archives. They show a side of Peter Winch that many readers might not realize: how his thinking about language, logic and ethics was deeply intertwined with thinking about political authority and legitimacy.

New Peter Winch just dropped! Out now in @anthempress.bsky.social Studies in Wittgenstein anthempress.com/books/politi...

Found this receipt in my bag and shall now use this simple but effective classification system for everything

New call for papers: think.taylorandfranc... Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! What a lovely way to honour our editorial board member Helen De Cruz who was a philosopher, a musician, an artist, and a fiction writer! #philsky

You can listen to two different conversations about the book, with the wonderful folk at @goodisinthedetails.bsky.social & Seize the Moment (w/ @leonscafe.bsky.social)👇 goodisinthedetails.libsyn.com/2025/01 m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXON...

The paperback of my book 'From Action to Ethics' is out next month with @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social. 10% off pre-orders direct from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/from-acti...

I love the way Outlook lets you pin your own red flags on emails in your inbox

Very pleased to see my new book on Wittgenstein make this @shepherdbooks.bsky.social‬ list of books on ‘Escapes and Returns to an Uncertain Future’ shepherd.com/best-books/e...

Goodbye dearest Helen. I knew this day was coming, but it hits hard.

Self-Portrait on the Border Line between Mexico and the United States, 1932, Frida Kahlo #womensart

Looking for philosophers to follow on Bluesky? Here are over 2,000 of them on my #philosophy (bsky.app/profile/did:...) and philosophy organisations (bsky.app/profile/did:...) lists! #PhilSky

Day 1 of the Animal Welfare Economics conference at the Paris School of Economics and the vegan pastries do not disappoint

My shortest piece to date that isn't a blog post. On Haruki Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart. Out now in the wonderful new book, Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts, edited by Joseph Milburn. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #Murakami #HarukiMurakami

Beware the siren song of AI

Delighted to be part of the Hypatia Cluster on “Wittgensteinian Understandings of Identities”, w/ Anna Boncompagni, Annalisa Coliva, and Daniele Moyal-Sharrock. All of our articles are Open Access and can be found towards the end of the latest issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

We are pleased to announce that legendary OUP philosophy editor Peter Momtchiloff has joined the team at Lex Academic as Associate Publication Consultant. www.lexacademic.com/blog/peter-m...

I couldn't be happier to welcome the one and only Peter Momtchiloff to our team at Lex Academic. In his role as Associate Publication Consultant, Peter shall be advising on book proposals across the humanities and social sciences, deploying 34 years of experience at Oxford University Press.

On my experience writing a PhD-by-papers, with some stabs at advice 🤓 Many thanks to Lex Academic for having me write for them! ✨

If you are interested in Lex Academic providing such services for your journal, publishing house, research institution, or professional body, please do not hesitate to reach out!

re’s a few signed copies of Real Gender left at @blackwells.bsky.social in Oxford, so grab one now before they go!

Please read and share our wonderful new Lex Academic guest blog by @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social on completing her PhD-by-papers in Philosophy.