Very pleased to have had this podcast chat with Ricardo Lopes, aka The Dissenter, on all things philosophy of death and dying: nature of death, immortality, grief, suicide, the whole lot! youtu.be/w0YMZl4je-E?...

We feel the moral tug of grief -- but how can there be a duty to grieve the dead? Delighted to have this paper coming out with Jordan MacKenzie, arguing the duty is rooted in 'practical fidelity'. Look for it in Free and Equal in coming months! philpapers.org/rec/CHOGAA-3 @griefyork.bsky.social

International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying will hold its sixth biennial conference on June 9–11, 2026, at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. We warmly invite you to come to Tokyo and join the discussion on the philosophy of death and dying at Waseda.

Roster of exciting new IAPDD events! (1) Call for abstracts for our biennial conference, being held in Tokyo, June 2026. Deadline for submissions is 3 November! www.philosophyofdeath.org/sixth-bienni...

"Without irony, the university would perform better if many of these senior corporate roles would make themselves redundant. They do low level admin work and meetings, and every time they try to do something justifying their salary they fuck it up." www.reddit.com/r/Anu/commen...

REMINDER: Jul 14 is deadline to submit IAPDD group session at January APA meeting in Baltimore!

Abstracts sought for IAPDD group session at APA Eastern meeting in Baltimore, Jan 2026 -- deadline Jul 14. Details below!

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