Final plug for my workshop 'Friendship, and Friendship with the Morally Bad' featuring superstars of bluesky @drjoeslater.bsky.social and @lopezcantero.bsky.social. More details. and registration information, can be found here: philevents.org/event/show/1... #philosophy #philsky

In March I will be talking about friendship break-ups in this online event on ‘Friendship & Friendship with the Morally Bad’, which has many other interesting talks on topics like moral snobbery, CS Lewis being totally wrong, or self-regarding reasons for friendship. Properly excited for this one!

Philosophers! Come to my two day workshop - it's online and free and features OUTSTANDING speakers! dm me if you'd like to register to attend, or email me at aloysiusaquinas.ventham[at]salzburg.ac.at. More details here philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsky #philosophy #ethics

Winter School hosted by the University of Groningen announced! If you're an undergrad thinking about doing a PPE masters, check this out! Of course, this is open to everyone! #philsky #philosophy #ppe

There's still circa one day left to send abstracts to my workshop on friendship, and friendship with the morally bad! Confirmed speakers include Bennett Helm, Sophie-Grace Chappell, Yiran Hua, Jake Wagner, and Bluesky's own @drjoeslater.bsky.social. More details here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

It’s book release day! I’m back on social media! I feel slightly awkward about it because part of the book is about how social media transforms your motivations for communication! But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank.

One of the great things about organising a workshop on friendship is that people who send abstracts for consideration are very, well, friendly!

What independent journalists/outlets have you been enjoying recently? Particularly people doing immigration reporting (any country) but also US/European politics in general. Self promotion welcome!

Happy first Monday back in the office to those of you for whom this is true. I will celebrate by neurotically checking to see if my papers have moved beyond 'awaiting editor decision'. #philosophy #philsky

So a referee commented that I should read Mark Alznauer's 'Hegel's Theory of Responsibility'. I got this book as a Christmas gift and I can't put it down. It's soooo good. Wild that I'm only reading it now. Thanks anonymous reviewer/wife (the buyer of the book). #philosophy #philsky #christmas

Pleased to announce that my Scientific American piece with @hikemix.bsky.social and James Humphries was one of this year's winners of the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Op-Ed Contest. See our cringe bios and the other winners here: www.apaonline.org/page/2025pri...

“At the heart of Schopenhauer’s pessimistic philosophy, [Bather Woods] argues, is a belief in universal solidarity. We are all fellow-sufferers in this absurd unchosen world of pain, and so should feel compassion for one another.” @nigelwarburton.bsky.social @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

Submitted a REVISED application to the FWF... now to start working on applying to the DFG. I love that philosophers have to fund their own jobs these days. #philosophy #philsky

New study finds not only that people have lower perceptions of plant-based meats for no real reason, but that these negative beliefs are stronger in sexist people.

Labour has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

Finally finished writing a draft of my paper on transaction norms in friendship. Tl;dr - don't say 'I'll get the next one' if I buy you a coffee. Heck, don't say it to anyone. #philosophy #philsky

Als @katemanne.bsky.social ihr Buch »Down Girl« öffentlich vorstellen soll, kann sie nur an eines denken: ihren Körper – und sagt ab. In ihrem neuen Buch zeigt sie nun, wie Fettfeindlichkeit unseren Blick verzerrt und wie sie Menschen Fähigkeiten abspricht: shrk.vg/GroesseZeige...

Mitch Green at Philosophia is a God among men for getting this published so quickly after acceptance. Anyway, have a read if normative blackballing is your sort of thing! #philsky #philosophy link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Philosophers! I'm drafting a paper on why scorekeeping-like norms are an affront to friendship (saying things like 'you bought the coffee last time, let me get this'). Does anyone know if there are any good papers on gift-giving, or transaction-norms, in this sort of context? #philosophy #philsky

Please share widely!

You can apply for the workshop here! www.uni-passau.de/en/backslidi...

CFP: Political scientists and political philosophers! Are you working on populist conceptions of democracy and/or populist threats to equality? Apply to be part of this panel I am co-organizing in Passau! www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/do... #philsky #poltheory

We live in a funny world - this little book is now apparently "out", though I haven't seen physical copies or so. Instead, I was alerted by a Mastodon bot written by a colleague that notices new publications by our faculty members. Well, there it is :) www.cambridge.org/core/element...

📣 Call for participation! 4&5 Dec Hybrid Workshop: Analogies, External Validity and the Future of Experimental Modeling Across Sciences. Addressing science questions from an interdisciplinary perspective! ✅ Register Now! buff.ly/mwhmV9s @unisalzburg.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @fwf-at.bsky.social

Just had my normative blackballing and robust relationships paper accepted. Win! #philsky #philosophy

TODAY! Paulina Sliwa (Vienna) @pasliwa.bsky.social has been awarded the honor of giving the annual Hartnack Lecture 2025 in Aarhus. She presents 'Changing Perspectives and the Virtue of Perspectival Flexibility' at 13:15! Read more here >>https://buff.ly/ImrW2oj #philsky #philevent @univie.ac.at

link.springer.com/article/10.1... Katharina Anna Sodoma, “What is the Object of an Empathetic Emotion?” #philsky

Taught the Salzburg and Vienna students Isserow's paper on being friends with bad people this week and I don't think I've ever seen them so animated and engaged. Fantastic way to introduce the philosophy of friendship, and partial relations generally. #philsky #philosophy

Postdoc Position, “Transforming Human Rights” (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) #philsky #polisky #poltheory

Philosophers who work on friendship, or something closely adjacent! I'm organising a workshop for March, see details (including on how to submit an abstract) here: philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsky #philosophy

HEUTE! 💭 Knowledge in Crisis mit Pint of Science Salzburg live im Antiquariat Weinek 🕕18:00. Eintritt frei (mit Reservierung)! Kommt vorbei für Denken, Trinken & gute Gespräche. 🍻🧠 #Salzburg #Philosophie #PintOfScience #kiCEvent

Just listened to the Foo Fighters song 'Everlong' for the first time in years and, man, that percussion track is wild. Dude's cardiovascular system is incredible.

I got an R&R for a paper a while ago and submitted my revisions over a month ago. The manuscript tracker still lists the revised paper as 'awaiting editor processing' - do I just leave it, or should I think about sending an email? #philsky #philosophy

Next year there will be a conference on the phil/o breakups! When I started my PhD there was *nothing* written on break-ups, but since then there has been amazing work on the end of relationships by ppl like Monika Betzler, Chris Crowley, Joe Saunders, or Richard Healy. Already can’t wait for this!

So far this week I've worked 20hrs...it's Tuesday. Luckily for me, I'm having a blast.

Julie Rose and Tom Parr are two fantastic commentators to have!!! Looking forward to the discussion (online, see registration link on the website)! visions-for-the-future.sites.uu.nl/events/speak...

Our joint research project on depolarization now has a little web description! www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei...

Goodbye Rome! I've had a blast. I'll especially miss the seagulls who joined me for breakfast on the balcony every morning.

Today I was invited to an audience with the Pope. I was so overwhelmed when I saw him I literally cried. I didn't get a pic of me shaking his hand, but here's a pic of him doing an initial pass on his Pope Mobile.

Hello from Saint Peter's

Today I have an audience with Pope Leo XIV and I'm required to be at the Vatican 3hrs early... My neuroticism about time is now making me feel that I'm cutting things a but fine...

My part of the @fwf-at.bsky.social project proposal submitted! Now I'm just waiting for Salzburg Uni to stamp it on the system. Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback/listen to me prattle-on about friendship (there are very many of you). #philsky #philosophy

2nd day in Rome and 1st day of conference... So far literally everyone here is signicantly more senior than me, so it's going to be even cooler when I nail my talk (crosses fingers).

On a train to Rome (currently around Trento) listening to the trashiest 90s eurobeats and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

I'm organising a workshop on friendship for March next year and just fired out some speaker invitations. Stay tuned for updates! #philsky #philosophy

Also, The Good Coffee Society branch I'm in is selling Prodigal Coffee... Oh nein, my bank balance...

Good news, everybody. Im working in vienna again so that means I can grab some elite-tier coffees! Today I'm having a thermal shock processed Colombian coffee, roasted by The Coffee Source. Unglaublich!

A short piece of mine has just been published in the @justiceeverywhere.bsky.social blog. If you're interested, check it out! I think I get more nerd points for (only slightly gratuitous) Star Trek references. justice-everywhere.org/education/ll... #PhilTech #NerdPoints #PhilSky #StarTrek

Call for Papers for 8th International Conference in Philosophy and Economics! Keynote speakers include Nancy Cartwright and Elizabeth Maggie Penn. For more info, see: philoeco2026.sciencesconf.org #philosophy #philsky #economics #econsky

Just got a paper cut - it occurred to me as it happened that this happens a lot less than you'd expect given how much I read. Perhaps the first paper cut I've had in around 15 years. Hopefully I can beat that record...