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Hosting and publishing talks on philosophy since 1880.
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Come along to the next PAS with Colin Chamberlain (UCL) next Monday. Colin's paper and abstract are available on our website! 'After the Fall: Malebranche on the Law of the Body' ⏰ Monday 16 February 18.15-19.45 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House
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Colin Chamberlain – The Aristotelian Society
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The Joint Session deadline is TONIGHT
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Prof Angela Breitenbach will be a symposiast at the 2026 Joint Session at the University of Reading
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The 2026 Joint Session – The Aristotelian Society
https://aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-joint-session/the-2026-joint-session/
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Check out our brand new Virtual Special Issue: "Ten Women Presidents of The Aristotelian Society" The first ten Inaugural Addresses delivered by the first ten women Presidents of the Aristotelian Society, from 1930-2001.
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The 100th Joint Session Call for Papers is closing soon. Get your abstracts in by Sunday! DEADLINE: 1 February 2026.
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The 2026 Joint Session – The Aristotelian Society
https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-joint-session/the-2026-joint-session/
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A quick notice: Anna Pakes’ PAS talk has been rescheduled and will now take place 7 Decemeber 2026. So there will be no PAS next Monday (2nd on Feb)
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The 2025-26 Programme – The Aristotelian Society
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A reminder! Tonight we've got Lewis Ross from
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: '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.
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Lewis Ross's abstract is available on our website - follow the link!
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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 call for abstracts for the 2026 Joint Session is now live! Please consider submitting to the Society for Women in Philosophy
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Our second call for papers has been released for the 100th Joint Session this July at the University of Reading, Wednesday 8th to Friday 10th July 2026. Ready to submit an abstract? Visit the official website:https://sites.google.com/view/2026-joint-session/submissions?authuser=0
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Next Monday 8th Dec we've got our final PAS of this term! Rahel Jaeggi (Humboldt) "How to derive ought from is: Re-Thinking Critical Theory" (read Jaeggi's draft paper on our website) ⏰ 18.15 - 19.45 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House 🔗
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https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/rahel-jaeggi/
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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 🔗
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https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/giulia-felappi/
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This is happening tonight! Please note the unusual location...
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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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This is happening tonight, 18.15, Senate Room in Senate House! Free and welcome to all.
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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 🔗
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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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This is happening at 18.15 tonight in Senate House!
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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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5 months ago
Delighted to attend the Presidential Address of friend, philosopher and guide to good things,
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speaking at the
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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...
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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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This is happening tonight! Join us for the Inaugural Address 2026-5 by Lucy O'Brien (UCL)
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Join us for the first Proceedings of the 2025-6 year! Lucy O’Brien (UCL) Inaugural Address: Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds 📍Chancellors Hall, Senate House ⏰ Monday 29 September. 18.15-19.45, followed by drinks reception 🔗
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Lucy O’Brien – The Aristotelian Society
https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/lucy-obrien/
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We're back! The programme for the 2025-26 Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society is out now! You can check it out on our website here:
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The deadline is today!
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Are you planning a philosophy conference in the UK? The deadline for our next round of conference is 1 September 2025, you can apply for up to £500. More info below!
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Conference Grants – The Aristotelian Society
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7 months ago
A fascinating talk and Q&A with
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and Kareem Khalifa at
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#JointSession2025
. What is social science? If we were to start from scratch with categorising our knowledge making approaches, would we end up with the sciences, social sciences and humanities?
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Prof Anna Alexandrova
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@kingscollege.bsky.social
was a symposiast at the 99th Joint Session
@aristotsoc.bsky.social
@uofglasgow.bsky.social
. Read her paper, 'Social Science: A Constructivist Account', here:
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Social Science: A Constructivist Account
Abstract. What sort of inquiry is social science? This question used to preoccupy philosophers, but fell off their agenda due to a stalemate between so-cal
https://academic.oup.com/aristoteliansupp/article/99/1/1/8195949
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Oxford Academic
7 months ago
To mark Michael Dummett’s centenary, @aristotsoc.bsky.social presents a Virtual Issue edited by Ian Rumfitt — featuring key writings and reflections on his legacy in logic, language, and metaphysics. Dive in and discover why his ideas still matter today:
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Ahead of the Joint Session, The Supplementary Volume has been published and will be available to read open access, free of charge from now through to the end of the conference. You can access the full volume here:
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Issues | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Aristotelian Society. Publishes the papers read at the Society?s fortnightly meetings in London, covering a range of philosophical issues, including: Epistemology, Philosop...
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Are you interested in the Joint Session but not able to attend in person? This year, we will be live-streaming the Joint Session symposia so that people who are not at the conference but are interested in hearing those talks can join via Zoom.
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https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Joint-Session-2025.pdf
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8 months ago
Sarah McGrath from Princeton speaking on “What (if anything) is a moral experience ?” at
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Happy 100th birthday to Michael Dummett! Dummett was born on 27th June 1925. To mark the occasion, we've put together a special virtue issue celebrating his contributions to the Society over his lifetime. They're free to access here:
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Aristotelian Society Virtual Issue: Michael Dummett Centenary
Guest edited by Professor Ian Rumfitt, Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford. Introduction Michael Dum
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Jess L
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Happy 100th birthday to Michael Dummett! Dummett was born on 27th June 1925. To mark the occasion, the Aristotelian Society have put together a special virtue issue celebrating his contributions to the Society over his lifetime. Enjoy!
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Aristotelian Society Virtual Issue: Michael Dummett Centenary
Guest edited by Professor Ian Rumfitt, Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford. Introduction Michael Dum
https://academic.oup.com/aristotelian/pages/aristotelian-society-virtual-issue-michael-dummett-centenary
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Don't miss the final PAS for this year - tonight at 5:30pm in Senate House. Free and welcome to all.
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8 months ago
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8 months ago
EVENT! 'Key Questions in Meta-Aesthetics' Speakers: - Celia Coll - Mark Silcox - Clotilde Torregrossa - Jinhui Wang - Alex King In-person: June 10th @UoNHumanities A2 Online: email
[email protected]
Funders
@britaesthetics.bsky.social
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Rebecca Taylor FRSA
8 months ago
Book 74: Middlemarch by George Eliot Was inspired to revisit this classic after reading Lea Sajle’s recent paper on “Artspeak (Or: What Dorothea Learned in Rome)’ via the Aristotelian Society (
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Next Monday 16th June we've got Sarah McGrath from Princeton coming to chat to us about: 'What (if anything) is moral experience?'
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⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/
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Don't forget to register for the Joint Session 2025! Follow this link:
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - Cogito - Joint SessionSearch iconClose menu iconMenu icon bar 1Menu icon bar 2Menu icon bar 3
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Upcoming talk cancelled: Rahel Jaeggi, 2nd June, 2025. Please note, this talk will not go ahead, but will be rescheduled. Information to follow.
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9 months ago
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This is happening tonight! Free and welcome to all.
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Next Monday, Vid Simoniti is speaking at the Aristotelian Society. Come along for his talk 'Thinking without Knowing: a Defence of Aesthetic Cognitivism'. Draft paper on our website! 📍 Senate Room, Senate House ⏰ 17:30 on Monday 19 May 2025 🔗
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Are you a PhD student? Think about applying for one of our £5000 student bursaries for the next academic year (fully funded students do not qualify) Deadline: Monday 9 June 2025 (T&Cs on our website)
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AS Student Bursary Application 25-26 – The Aristotelian Society
https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/as-student-bursary-application-25-26/
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Frisbee Sheffield is speaking at the Aristotelian Society next Monday! Come along for her talk 'Socrates and Dialogue as the Greatest Good'. Draft paper & abstract on our website! 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House ⏰ 17:30 🔗
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The Proceedings – The Aristotelian Society
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This is happening tonight! Note the change in our usual location: Institute of Eduction, 20 Bedford Way, Room 642 Come along!
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10 months ago
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Do you want to join our newsletter? We won't bombard you (promise) but will send helpful reminders of upcoming Proceedings and Joint Sessions 😀 Click the link below to sign up!
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10 months ago
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The deadline for applying for a student subsidy for this years Joint Session is fast approaching!
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