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Cardiff University philosophy graduate Daisy Onyewu explains what she loved about her degree and how philosophy helps in her career ::
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🎈Book launch! The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy edited by Jonathan Webber Wednesday 12 November 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30 Oat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA Everyone is welcome! No need to register. Just turn up!
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🎈Lansio llyfr! The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy wedi'i golygu gan Jonathan Webber Dydd Mercher 12 Tachwedd 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30 Oat & Bean, 26 Plas y Parc, Caerdydd CF10 3BA Croeso i bawb! Dim angen cofrestru. Dewch draw!
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#PhilSky
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We are very pleased to announce our new degree programme –– 🌟 BA Philosophy, Politics, and International Relations Full details:
bit.ly/CardiffPPIR
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Rydym yn falch iawn o gyhoeddi ein rhaglen radd newydd –– 🌟 BA Athroniaeth, Gwleidyddiaeth, a Chysylltiadau Rhyngwladol Manylion llawn:
bit.ly/CaerdyddAGCR
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A Sad Philosophy Workshop GRIEF, HEARTBREAK, & HALLUCINATIONS Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) Becky Millar (Cardiff) Lucy Osler (Exeter) 13:30-17:30, Friday 26 September 1.57 John Percival Building Cardiff University Free! All welcome! Register here:
bit.ly/CdfGHH#philsky
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Gweithdy Athroniaeth Trist GALAR, TOR CALON, & RHITHWELEDIGAETHAU Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) Becky Millar (Caerdydd) Lucy Osler (Caerwysg) 13:30-17:30, Dydd Gwener Medi 26 1.57 Adeilad John Percival Prifysgol Caerdydd Cofrestrwch yma:
bit.ly/CdfGHH
(Bydd y gweithdy yn Saesneg)
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Jonathan Webber
2 months ago
Coming soon –– The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy edited by me :: available now to pre-order from all good bookshops (and that bad one) :: –– contents pages are in the thread below.
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📣 Places are still available on our MA Philosophy ✨ Optional modules: - Telling, Believing and Knowing - Equality and Injustice - Dimensions of the Mind - New Directions in Aesthetics - Contemporary Feminist Philosophy - Interpersonal Relationships Full information:
bit.ly/CdfMAPhil
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📣 Mae lleoedd ar gael o hyd ar ein MA Athroniaeth ✨ - Modiwlau dewisol: - Telling, Believing and Knowing - Equality and Injustice - Dimensions of the Mind - New Directions in Aesthetics - Contemporary Feminist Philosophy - Interpersonal Relationships Gwybodaeth lawn:
bit.ly/CddMAAthr
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✨Congratulations to our doctoral student Thom Hamer ✨ whose paper ✨ 'A Case for Contingent Absurdity' ✨ has just been published in ✨ European Journal of Philosophy ✨ Llongyfarchiadau, Thom! Gefeliciteerd!
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A Case for Contingent Absurdity
A popular view on existential absurdity holds that if life is absurd, it must be inescapably so. In opposition to this view, I argue that the concept of existential absurdity allows for life to be co...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejop.70021
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✨Congratulations to our doctoral student Thom Hamer ✨ whose paper ✨ 'A Case for Contingent Absurdity' ✨ has just been published in ✨ European Journal of Philosophy ✨ Llongyfarchiadau, Thom! Gefeliciteerd!
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A Case for Contingent Absurdity
A popular view on existential absurdity holds that if life is absurd, it must be inescapably so. In opposition to this view, I argue that the concept of existential absurdity allows for life to be co...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejop.70021
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Cardiff University philosophy graduate Daisy Onyewu explains what she loved about her degree and how philosophy helps in her career ::
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4 months ago
Delighted to have
@daisydixon.bsky.social
and Durre Shahwar kicking off ‘The ‘art’ of research’ Away Day here in Cardiff today, helping us explore new creative routes into our research through images and autofiction 💕
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Daisy Dixon kicked off our workshop on social, political, and manipulative speech this morning by wondering exactly what lying is.
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4 months ago
On Friday (18/07) there's a HYBRID workshop on Social, Political & Manipulative Speech in Cardiff, with some pretty awesome people - feat. keynote by Jennifer Saul! If you happen to be around or want to join online, you can find a registration link (& program!) here
sites.google.com/view/cardiff...
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UK Sartre Society
4 months ago
Thomas Payré comparing descriptions of urban scenes in Sartre’s first novel La Nausée and his unfinished later novel La Reine Albemarle
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Darren Gillies drawing on Sartre’s theory of imagination to argue that bokeh in photography inhibits imaginative participation in the image
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Jonathan Mitchell developing a theory of sensory episodic memory grounded in Sartre’s theory of imagination
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Chris Burdett arguing that Sartre’s seemingly pessimistic theory of romantic relationships is both true and helpful
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"People must see themselves as the authors of their own emancipation." Excellent new open-access article on the dangers of externally induced regime change with particular reference to Iran –– –– coauthored by Cardiff philosopher Patrick Hassan.
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"When Liberation Becomes Subjugation: The Moral Paradox of Regime Change in Iran" By Hossein Dabbagh & Patrick Hassan (keywords: Iran; Regime Change; Anti-Imperialism; Post-Colonial Theory)
Calls for regime change in Iran have surged once again following the June 2025 aerial bombardments by Israel, encouraged by hawkish factions in Washington and Tel Aviv. These military actions, ostensi...
https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/when-liberation-becomes-subjugation-the-moral-paradox-of-regime-change-in-iran-by-hossein-dabbagh
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Lucy Osler
7 months ago
Career goals unlocked 😮😮😮
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Becky Millar
8 months ago
I'm extremely excited to be speaking at this workshop! If you're in the Sydney area, please do come along.
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Book launch! Meaning: A Very Short Introduction by Emma Borg and Sarah Fisher Wednesday, 26 February 2025 18:00-19:00 Cathays, Cardiff Full details ––
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Book launch! Meaning: A Very Short Introduction
Join us to celebrate the publication of a new book co-authored by Cardiff University philosopher Dr Sarah Fisher.
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/community/events/view/2897978-book-launch!-meaning-a-very-short-introduction
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Lansio llyfr! Meaning: A Very Short Introduction gan Emma Borg a Sarah Fisher Dydd Mercher, 26 Chwefror 2025 18:00-19:00 Cathays, Caerdydd Manylion llawn ––
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Lansio llyfr! Meaning: A Very Short Introduction
Ymunwch â ni i ddathlu cyhoeddi llyfr newydd a gyd-awdurwyd gan yr athronydd o Brifysgol Caerdydd, Dr Sarah Fisher.
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/cy/community/events/view/2897978-book-launch!-meaning-a-very-short-introduction
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Cardiff Philosophy and the Kantian Review warmly invite you to an author-meets-critics event with Professor Paul Guyer (Brown University) on April 28th hosted at Cardiff University. All are welcome! Please email Dr. Patrick Hassan (
[email protected]
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Mae Athroniaeth Caerdydd a Kantian Review yn falch i’ch gwahodd chi i ddigwyddiad awdur-a-beirniaid (en Saesneg) gyda’r Athro Paul Guyer (Prifysgol Brown) ar Ebrill 28ain ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd. Croeso i bawb! Cysylltwch gyda Dr. Patrick Hassan (
[email protected]
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Lucy Osler
11 months ago
Tracy Llanera (UConn) is kicking off our workshop on “Digital Transformations: Identity, Affectivity, and Gender” with her talk on White Terror Wolves and their agency
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Dr Louise Richardson-Self
11 months ago
TOMORROW! Heads up; if you're attending online you need to register -- otherwise the Zoom link won't work.
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/online-dig...
@cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social
@uconn.bsky.social
@utas.edu.au
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11 months ago
Looking forward to our evening discussionof tradwives, Barbiecore, TikTok fandom, trans affect, and more at Tramshed tonight! Tickets free and a few still available (eventbrite link below)💫
#cardiff
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Dr Louise Richardson-Self
11 months ago
Some amazing talks coming up this Friday 13 Dec thanks to
@cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social
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@uconn.bsky.social
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@lucyosler.bsky.social
, Tracy Llanera & yours truly! "Cultural Imperialism: A Face of Trans Oppression" "Transness, Social Media, and Emotion: How Online Spaces Sculpt Trans Affect" 1/2
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Jonathan Mitchell
11 months ago
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Ever wondered what Emotions are?
#philosophy
- look no further!
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Emotion as Feeling Towards Value: A Theory of Emotional Experience
Buy Emotion as Feeling Towards Value: A Theory of Emotional Experience by Mitchell, Jonathan (ISBN: 9780192846013) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
https://amzn.eu/d/8kTB7Oh
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Lucy Osler
11 months ago
Stealing some time this morning to read my brilliant colleague
@sarahafisher.bsky.social
’s paper on how LLMs bullshit (and also why they do not have to do so!) 💫
#philsky
#philosophy
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Large language models and their big bullshit potential - Ethics and Information Technology
Newly powerful large language models have burst onto the scene, with applications across a wide range of functions. We can now expect to encounter their outputs at rapidly increasing volumes and frequ...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09802-5
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Alessandra Tanesini
11 months ago
Some of you may be interested in this post by Ori Freiman on chatbot regulation for Open for Debate
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blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
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Philosophical Foundations for Chatbot Regulation
In an age where we increasingly converse with artifacts – whose interfaces include AI, a pressing question emerges: Who, or what, are we really talking with? As AI-based chatbots, often terme…
https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/philosophical-foundations-for-chatbot-regulation/
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In our Show and Tell session today at Cardiff Uni, Daisy Dixon presents her on-going project with Paris Panos on their work on the role of and need for beauty in the city, working with communities in Cardiff 💚
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Lucy Osler
11 months ago
Lovely evening hosted by Cardiff and Swansea’s philosophical societies with Paddy McQueen and
@bexmillar.bsky.social
discussing the question of whether we should grieve forever 💔
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11 months ago
A few more days to our interdiciplinary event on drill rap and social justice! We'll have voices from philosophy, sociology, criminology, linguistics & art! More info here
sites.google.com/view/chillab...
& register here for location details and/or Zoom links
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folks-need...
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Jonathan Webber
11 months ago
I thoroughly enjoyed discussing the philosophical ideas of James Baldwin and Jean-Paul Sartre at How The Light Gets In a couple of months ago. And I'm very impressed that
@iai.tv
have done such a superb job on the production.
#philsky
iai.tv/video/sartre...
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Sartre vs Baldwin: The unknown other
We take it for granted that through language and communication we can learn about the experience of others. But it remains unknown whether we can fully know what it is like to be another human being. ...
https://iai.tv/video/sartre-vs-baldwin-the-unknown-other
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Lucy Osler
12 months ago
Join our hybrid workshop on 13 Dec with the amazing
@geneickers.bsky.social
, Tracy Llanera,
@lvself.bsky.social
, and Francesca Sobande to discuss “Digital Transformations: Identity, Gender, and Affectivity”!
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Cardiff University's new degree programmes in philosophy bring this ancient and enduring subject directly to problems that society faces today.
bit.ly/CdfPhilDeg
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Innovative new BA and MA degrees in Philosophy launched
Students will practice a wide range of communication techniques and learn how philosophical skills and knowledge can inform collaborative problem-solving.
https://bit.ly/CdfPhilDeg
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Mae rhaglenni athroniaeth newydd Prifysgol Caerdydd yn cyfeirio’r pwnc hynafol a pharhaus hwn yn uniongyrchol at y problemau y mae cymdeithas yn eu hwynebu heddiw.
bit.ly/CddAthrRhag
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Rhaglenni BA ac MA Athroniaeth newydd ac arloesol wedi’u lansio
Bydd myfyrwyr yn ymarfer ystod eang o dechnegau cyfathrebu ac yn dysgu sut y gall sgiliau a gwybodaeth athronyddol fod o gymorth wrth ddatrys problemau ar y cyd.
https://bit.ly/CddAthrRhag
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Cardiff University's new degree programmes in philosophy bring this ancient and enduring subject directly to problems that society faces today.
bit.ly/CdfPhilDeg
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Innovative new BA and MA degrees in Philosophy launched
Students will practice a wide range of communication techniques and learn how philosophical skills and knowledge can inform collaborative problem-solving.
https://bit.ly/CdfPhilDeg
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Mae rhaglenni athroniaeth newydd Prifysgol Caerdydd yn cyfeirio’r pwnc hynafol a pharhaus hwn yn uniongyrchol at y problemau y mae cymdeithas yn eu hwynebu heddiw.
bit.ly/CddAthrRhag
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Rhaglenni BA ac MA Athroniaeth newydd ac arloesol wedi’u lansio
Bydd myfyrwyr yn ymarfer ystod eang o dechnegau cyfathrebu ac yn dysgu sut y gall sgiliau a gwybodaeth athronyddol fod o gymorth wrth ddatrys problemau ar y cyd.
https://bit.ly/CddAthrRhag
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12 months ago
More info now on talks etc. available on our website and eventbrite! Free to attend, open to all, but please register for Zoom links or location info :)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folks-need...
sites.google.com/view/chillab...
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Lucy Osler
12 months ago
Cannot wait to moderate this panel event with such incredible scholars working on digital communities, identity, gender, and affectivity! All served up in Tramshed at Cardiff with drinks and canapés 👀
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Royal Institute of Philosophy Cardiff Annual Lecture 2024 :: Quiet as Keep It: On Epistemic Frailty :: – Professor Kristie Dotson – Recording now available to watch on YouTube
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Sefydliad Brenhinol Athroniaeth Darlith Flynyddol Caerdydd 2024 :: Tawel Fel Ei Gadw: Ar Eiddilwch Epistemig :: – Yr Athro Kristie Dotson – Recordio nawr ar gael i'w wylio ar YouTube (en Saesneg)
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Royal Institute of Philosophy Cardiff Annual Lecture 2024 :: Quiet as Keep It: On Epistemic Frailty :: – Professor Kristie Dotson – Recording now available to watch on YouTube
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Sefydliad Brenhinol Athroniaeth Darlith Flynyddol Caerdydd 2024 :: Tawel Fel Ei Gadw: Ar Eiddilwch Epistemig :: – Yr Athro Kristie Dotson – Recordio nawr ar gael i'w wylio ar YouTube (en Saesneg)
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Sefydliad Brenhinol Athroniaeth Darlith Flynyddol Caerdydd 2024 Royal Institute of Philosophy Cardiff Annual Lecture 2024 –– :: Kristie Dotson :: –– Quiet As Its Kept: On Epistemic Frailty Tawel Fel Ei Gadw: Ar Eiddilwch Epistemig Live! Now! Byw! Nawr!
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Quiet as its Kept: On Epistemic Frailty, Kristie Dotson
YouTube video by The Royal Institute of Philosophy
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This evening! (A link to the lecture will be posted here.)
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