The British Philosophical Association

Great to see lots of online enthusiasm for the BBCs repeat of The Great Philosophers @profangiehobbs.bsky.social!

Remembers... - Professor Angie Hobbs Remembers... The Great Philosophers Professor Angie Hobbs gives a modern view on Bryan Magee’s highly influential series The Great Philosophers, explaining how it inspired her and many others to explore philosophy.

@profangiehobbs.bsky.social on BBC remembering the great philosophers - Bryan Magee's classic TV program which did so much to communicate philosophy to the public!

Watch: tinyurl.com/5n6kxyc8

Enjoy!

#philosophy #philosophymatters #bbc

Videos - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology Some of our essays are available as video presentations, and now all our essays are available in audio format also. Also available as a YouTube playlist. What is Philosophy? by Thomas Metcalf “I think, therefore I am”: Descartes on the Foundations of Knowledge by Charles Miceli Aristotle’s Defense of Slavery by Dan Lowe Marx’s Conception of Alienation by Dan

Have you seen the many amazing videos of many of our essays? They are here; check them out!

1000wordphilosophy.com/videos/

#philosophy #ethics #logic #criticalthinking #teaching #education #learning

Public Philosophy Network just published excellent guides on specific topics for public philosophy!

Including:
👉 migration
👉 food ethics
👉 prison education
👉 philosophy of science
👉 philosophical counselling and consulting

Link: tinyurl.com/2hh2j7jn

#philosophy #philosophymatters

Check out @RIPhilo's archive of articles from Think - useful for students, teachers, and philosophers of all stripes!

Read: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/publications...

#philosophy #philosophers #think #students #re

@theBSHP conference funding deadline is 31 October

👉 major (up to £2000)
👉 standard (up to £1000)

Tto support academic conferences, seminars, and workshops.

Details: bshp.org.uk/funding/conf...

#philosophy #funding #history #historyofphilosophy

The philosophy blogosphere - a useful list of blogs in generalist and specialist areas of philosophy.

dailynous.com/2025/09/18/t...

#philosophy #blogs #philosophers #ideas #people #cool

@mmmccabe.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the value of philosophy in prisons and the work of the Philosophy in Prisons project.

Read: tinyurl.com/4rnm4mk8

More: www.philosophyinprison.com

#philosophy #prisons #prisoners

Society for Women in Philosophy-UK
@SWIPUK

- 1/10/25 deadline
- max £250 per event
- must be members/friends of SWIP-UK

Details: swipuk.org/funding.html

Hegel Society of Great Britain
@HegelSocietyGB

- 1/10/25 deadline
- £100 travel per speaker
- £200 max other costs
- conferences relating wholly or partly to Hegel and/or Hegelianism

Details: hegel-society.org.uk/grants/

FUNDING

British Society of Aesthetics small grants
- 1/10/25 deadline
- up to £4000
- for conferences, podcasts, videos, lectures
- must be members

Details: british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/sm...

The Society for Applied Philosophy funding deadline also 1st September.

➡️ awards up to £3000.
➡️ £6000 in exceptional cases.
➡️ applied philosophy (obvs).
➡️be environmentally sensitive.
➡️ separate grants to aid attendance of delegates with disabilities.

Details: appliedphil.org/funding/even...

FUNDING (1/2)

The deadline for @aristotsoc.bsky.social conference funding is 1st September

➡️ up to £500.
➡️ events must take place in the UK.
➡️ priority to one-off and graduate conferences.

Details: aristoteliansociety.org.uk/editorial/co...

#philosophy #funding #workshops #conference

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Applications are still open for the Mid-Career Fellowships. The scheme allows UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a major project and share their insights with the wider public. Apply now: buff.ly/VOWVPuC

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Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. The scheme provides exceptional UK-based early-career researchers with the chance to enhance their research and teaching experience within an academic setting. Learn more and apply: buff.ly/McS8lRk

Check out their resources:

DRL Blueprints: diversityreadinglist.org/blueprints/

DRL YouTube: tinyurl.com/25jmyxbw

BPA Diversity: bpa.ac.uk/diversity/

#philosophy #diversity

The @diversityread.bsky.social is celebrating its 10-year anniversary!

High quality texts in philosophy written by authors from under-represented groups.

➡️texts
➡️blueprints
➡️events

Web: diversityreadinglist.org.

#DiversityAnniversaryConference
#philosophy #diversity

We offer resources for UG and PG philosophers, early career philosophers, and faculty members.

Read: bpa.ac.uk/resources/

👉research & funding
👉public philosophy
👉learning & teaching
👉the impact of UK philosophy
👉employability
👉philosophy in schools

Check it out ❤️

The @triphilosophy.bsky.social's YouTube channel has recordings of its London lectures, annual lectures, and more!

Themes include:

👉 remembering and forgetting
👉madness and mental health
👉 passions and emotions
👉 the social dimensions of knowledge

Watch:
www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalIns...

What do we do?

👉support academic philosophers
👉represent philosophy to the government
👉resources for early career philosophers
👉support departments
👉coordinate British Philosophy Fortnight
👉support teaching of philosophy in schools
👉advise and consult

Read: bpa.ac.uk/activities/

Who are we?

The BPA works to promote and foster the teaching and study of, and research in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, within higher education and also within the wider community.

About us: bpa.ac.uk/about/

Our history: bpa.ac.uk/history-of-t...

Our constitution: bpa.ac.uk/constitution/

Great to see BBC spotlighting these fab philosophy videos created by @SAPERE_P4C and narrated by Stephen Fry.

Watch: tinyurl.com/ytzbvztn

Ideal for teaching #PSHE and #ReligiousStudies.

#philosophy #P4C #philosophyforchildren #KS2