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.

Delighted to be featured by the King's News Centre! Thanks @kingsartshums.bsky.social

Just had an amazing time at #BSPS25 - fantastic talks, great discussions, meeting brilliant new people, and catching up with old friends… …not to mention my first cèilidh! @thebsps.bsky.social #philsky #philsci

This was such an amazing workshop! Now, after a quick pit stop back in Oxford, I’m off to Glasgow for #BSPS25 - talking again about Cassirer’s philosophy of QM. @thebsps.bsky.social #philsky #philsci

Just arrived in Munich for a workshop at @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social on “It from Bit” and the metaphysics of John Archibald Wheeler. Very much looking forward to the talks and discussion! @alyssaney.bsky.social #philsky #philsci

Had an amazing time at the #SEP2025 conference - many thanks to the organisers for a seamless and engaging event, and to @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for hosting! @sephilo.bsky.social #philsky

One hundred years ago today, Werner Heisenberg wrote to Wolfgang Pauli of radical ideas about quantum mechanics. As this special anniversary edition of #CERNCourier shows, a century has not sufficed to fully understand or apply the theory. Read it now: cerncourier.com/p/magazine/

As a Northerner who didn’t set foot in London until I was 21, I can’t help but have this Corrie supercut in mind every time I visit:

Kicking off a busy run of conferences today with the SEP conference @ KCL - I’m speaking on QBism, phenomenology and Hegel. Next stops: Munich and Glasgow, presenting on John Wheeler’s “it from bit” as a critical idealist proposal (à la Cassirer)! Looking forward to it! #philsky #philsci #SEP2025

Thanks for a great first day everyone!

New paper out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Together with Arezoo Islami I discuss @srdfrench.bsky.social's amazing work on London's and Bauer's phenomenological interpretation of quantum mechanics.

@rovelli.bsky.social always gives good interviews but of course I’m duty bound to point out that this is incorrect: “Consciousness never played a role in quantum mechanics, except for some fringe speculations that I do not believe have any solid ground.” #physics #philsci

Brilliant initiative from my former DPhil supervisor!!

Presented on Cassirer and John Wheeler at the Oxford Philosophy of Physics Seminar last week.* Had a great time and I'm grateful for some very helpful discussion. Looking forward to the same in Glasgow and Munich this July!! #philsky #philsci *Recording available soon 🎥

Have a talk at Humbolt U today. This is Hegel’s desk.

Interpretive or interpretative?

Lovely view from @jesusoxford.bsky.social 🏙️

My talk from this is now available - for any interested school students or teachers... (I'm glad all the polling technology worked smoothly!)

Had fun doing philosophy in Denmark last week 🇩🇰 The Nordic Society for Phenomenology puts on a brilliant conference!! And it was great to see so many talks on phenomenology and the sciences - especially physics!! #philsky #philsci #phenomenology

Off to Denmark for a conference! 🇩🇰 I'll be talking about Hegel, phenomenology and QBism. Looking forward to some great discussions!

At a recent outreach conference in Leeds, I asked A-level students whether they agree or disagree with the following statement: "Some actions are right or wrong irrespective of the time, place, or culture in which they are done". Can you guess how they responded? Answer below 👇 #philsky

I'll speak at Oxford's philosophy of physics seminar on 5 June... 🗓️ ...where I'll be trying to make sense of some of the hype around quantum information theory using Ernst Cassirer's neo-Kantianism ⚛️💭🧠 I think it's hybrid, so msg the organisers if you'd like to attend online 💻🌐 #philsky #philsci

THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS IN PUBS 🍻💭🤔 If you're Oxford-based and interested in philosophical thinking, then join us!! Those who haven't studied philosophy before are especially welcome!!

Lecturer in #Sociolinguistics @christianilbury.bsky.social leads the charge against linguistic prejudice in academia. At Speaking Out, researchers & students came confronted #accentbias - that unfairly links how we speak with how we're judged. Read More: edin.ac/3Ei04Zc

For decades, the assumption was that Bohr’s anti-realism triumphed over Einstein’s quest for a deeper reality. But today, realist interpretations of QM constantly emerge &the anti-realist position is far from the mainstream–so if Bohr won, why does almost no one take his side? iai.tv/articles/ein...

🎙️ What makes the master’s dominance over the slave morally wrong? In this episode of Daybreak we sit down with @joe-saunders.bsky.social to break open Hegel's master-slave dialectic 🔥 #philsky #PhilosophyMatters 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/2KPe...

On my way to Leeds to speak at an A-Level conference 🚂 Huge thanks to @triphilosophy.bsky.social for making it possible! 🙏 Looking forward to some great discussions - and to inspiring (hopefully!) some future philosophers 📚👨‍🎓

Excellent!!

Next week I'll be contributing to this excellent initiative for ECRs at Oxford (credit: James Laing) with my working paper on mutual recognition in the philosophy of physics 🫂⚛️💭

New Philosophy Smash Video!!!! Peter Vickers talks about which scientific theories we know are true, and which ones might change in the future. Aimed at KS2-3, and there's lesson plans in the description for use in classrooms! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcBm...

Had a great time today filming a philosophy tutorial for a video project all about Oxford's tutorial system! 🎥 ✨ Huge well done to my brave 1st-yr undergrads who took part - you did brilliantly! 👏 📚 Excited for this sneak peak into how teaching works @ox.ac.uk 👀

For my philosophy of physics friends

I'm speaking at this workshop on John Wheeler's adage, "it from bit", in Munich in July! I'll propose a transcendental interpretation, drawing on the work of Ernst Cassirer (a neglected figure in the philosophy of physics). Can't wait!! @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social #philsci

The most gratuitously formal word I've read in a long time: "eventuate" 🙄

🔵 For our first post on Bluesky, we are delighted to announce that the call for applications for our 2025/2026 Fellowship Scheme is now open: 👥 15 spots are available! ⏳Deadline: Monday 31 March 2025 Find out how to apply 👇 philsci.eu/fellowships/...

The small pleasures of academia: I just cited "Leibniz: Selections" (1951), a translation from P. P. Wiener......

I've been invited to speak at the next annual conference of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology, at the University of Southern Denmark on 28-30 April. I'll be presenting a paper on "Mutual Recognition in the Philosophy of Physics: Hegel, phenomenology, QBism". Looking forward to it!!!