@sephilo.bsky.social is launching a mentorship scheme for postgrads and beyond working in European/Continental philosophy. Join for expertise from those further down the academic pipeline! / Join to support those earlier in their careers! #philsky

ADVICE SOUGHT Some of my undergrads are uneasy with the detached, clinical style of much contemporary practical-ethics work. How do you help students engage with it - or provide alternatives that still feel rigorous? Any strategies or readings you’ve found especially helpful? #philsky #ethics

More from the conference this past weekend - Chris Fuchs being sassy! #philsky #philsci 🧪

Attended this fantastic conference over the weekend to mark (~)100 years since the birth of quantum mechanics! #philsky #philsci 🧪

Navigating the Quantum Wonderland - Paul Davies A public talk @oxfordphysics.bsky.social on a century of quantum confusion, for anyone in/around Oxford today! #philsky #philsci 🧪

Accepted an invite to give a talk at a student philosophy society next week. Now realising that that talk must be written… #philsky #academicsky

I'm giving an online talk on Saturday morning with the Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling :: Bad Faith, Bullshit, and Belonging :: mainly Beauvoir and Sartre with some Kierkegaard and Heidegger Everyone is welcome! Booking is here: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb

Schopenhauer’s world and will, represented. Congratulations, David! 🎉 #philsky

My wonderful Worc-place.* *”Worcester College” is often abbreviated to “Worc”. @ox.ac.uk #academicsky #philsky

The big question: What would you prefer - Seth’s book orientation, or Rovelli’s additional mini-signage?

It’s that time of year again - UCAS forms have landed on my desk!

Why do some people write “rôle”? #philsky #academicsky #writing

Finally got round to reading this piece by @timcrane.bsky.social 📖 Always happy to see analytic philosophers pressed to acknowledge and communicate the various conditions (historical, social, institutional, etc.) for their mode of inquiry!

Basically my PhD supervision meetings with Adrian… #philsky

Definitely using this post in a future intro. to phenomenology lecture. #philsky

Looking forward to speaking at this conference today - on neo-Kantianism and quantum information theory. (I just about managed to cut my talk down to 14 minutes!) #philsky #philsci 🧪

Just discovered Wispr Flow, and I think it might be a game changer for commenting on student tutorial essays! #academicsky #philsky #highered #teaching

Wanted to do some writing today. Did no writing today. #academicsky #philsky

The PSA Around the World 2025 series begins this Thursday, 6 Nov! 🔥🌈🎉 Join us online for sessions highlighting philosophy of science from and about Eastern & Central Europe. Registration still open — fee waivers available! 👉 www.philsci.org/psa_around_t... #philsci

Going to watch “Back to the Future” on the big screen tonight, and it’s got me thinking: how should one read “back” and “future” here? #academicsky #philsky #philsci 🧪

Where the members of Pembroke College settle their disputes:

Checked out some Weyl today. (Didn’t read it; checked it out of the library.)

I’ll soon be giving a demonstration Oxford admissions interview, with a brave undergraduate, for 73 school pupils as part of an online session for Worcester College’s outreach program. Looking forward to it!!

It’s here! My first physical copy of my book, out next month. @uchicagopress.bsky.social have a lovely traditional of sending the first copy straight from their offices in branded wrapping paper.

A century ago, philosophers were intellectual stars, called upon by media and government for wise words on social issues beyond academics. It has been decades since any philosopher had that sort of stature. What happened? Watch Professor Regina Rini examine this question: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E

Another journal referee report sent. Feels icky entering it into a textbox instead of uploading a document… #academicsky #philsky

Big fan of Joe and his work - and this paper! #philsky

I look forward to contributing to this with a paper on Ernst Cassirer! #philsci #philsky #HPS

Had some lovely unsolicited (positive!) feedback from a student today that made my day. I love it when that happens! #academicsky #edusky #highered #philsky

PhD scholarship in quantum foundations (esp. Wigner's-friend experiments). #philsky #philsci 🧪

Remember: No one ever rejects a paper based on what's in the last 10 pages

Deadline for these is coming up soon - get in touch if you have questions!

Reminded me of one of my favourite academic jokes: “I used to be a structuralist, but now I’m not Saussure!” #academicsky #philsky

Just had a meeting, scheduled for 2 hours, that ended in 20 minutes. I feel like a time traveller. #academicsky #philsky

My first meeting in the new Schwarzman Centre (i.e., humanities building) at @ox.ac.uk today. #academicsky #philsky

Did you know that Cassirer developed his neo-Kantian account of quantum theory in discussion with Bohr and Schrödinger? And that he can help us make sense of Wheeler’s “it from bit” thesis?

Is “when closed” really necessary here, Thermos?

A lovely (£500 bursary + free proofreading) scheme for dyslexic graduate students. #philsky

Very happy to be starting a new role - Stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy - at Worcester College @ox.ac.uk! What an idyllic workplace! #academicsky #philsky #philsci

My essay ‘Breaking the Chain’ is up at Aeon magazine: aeon.co/essays/why-q... It summarises the argument of my book (A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics, OUP) that the Husserlian underpinnings of a crucial text in the history of quantum physics have been overlooked. #physics #philsci

Here’s my talk on John Wheeler and Ernst Cassirer, delivered at Oxford’s Philosophy of Physics Seminar in June! I suggest that Cassirer’s critical idealism helps us to make sense of the implications of quantum information theory for the nature of physical reality! #philsky #philsci

A fantastic kickoff tonight of the Boston Network for History & Philosophy of Physics, organized by @miguelohn.bsky.social & featuring talk by Peter Galison on his work with the Black Hole Initiative. #HPS ⚛️

Here’s my talk on John Wheeler and Ernst Cassirer, delivered at Oxford’s Philosophy of Physics Seminar in June! I suggest that Cassirer’s critical idealism helps us to make sense of the implications of quantum information theory for the nature of physical reality! #philsky #philsci

This November, the Royal Institution will host two incredible days of talks and discussions with some of the world’s leading minds - featuring Nobel laureate Professor Anton Zeilinger, Professor Jim Al-Khalili, Artur Ekert, Helen Margolis, and more. 👉 Save your place: iop.eventsair.com/qst2025/

CFP: Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory, Dec 9-10, Geneva philevents.org/event/show/1...

What really interests me about this survey is how much physicists (who presumably make up most respondents) and philosophers (in my experience) diverge when it comes to the interpretation of QM. #philsky #philsci

This year quantum physics turns 100, so @nature.com decided to conduct the biggest ever survey of what lies behind it. Do physicists really believe in multiple universes? Can influences happen instantaneously? Is the Copenhagen interpretation all it's cut out to be? ⚛️🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A watershed moment: my first citation!! 🎉🎉🎉 #philsky #philsci

I don't say "public philosophy" or "applied philosophy" because both seem to be trying to carve out a 2nd tier status for what is in fact our discipline at its best, doing what it's always done - speaking to people about questions that matter.