Will Moorfoot

Looks Unhelpful Abstract. By looking at it you come to know that a thing is an apple. How? A natural answer is that this is down to how it looks—its superficial visual app

Publication news: Will McNeill's paper 'Looks Unhelpful' is now out - and open access! - in Mind. Congratulations Will!
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👋🎓 PhD defense
BIAP student Markel Kortabarria was awarded his PhD on October 21, 2025. Huge congratulations!

📝 Title of his thesis: “Searching for Structure: An Inquiry into Metaphysical Grounding.”

We’re proud of his hard work, dedication, and valuable contributions to the BIAP community. 👏

I am so happy about this. @disagreeableme.bsky.social me is the most impressive case I've ever come across of a self-taught philosopher reaching the point where they can publish in high-quality journals. It's only a shame all of his philosophical views are false.

NOTA Conference 2: The nature of the Objects of Thought and Assertions If you have any question, or would like to join online, please write to Giulia: g.felappi@soton.ac.uk

NOTA Conference 2, 11-12 September, Southampton and online
The Nature of the Objects of Thought and Assertion

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In September, I'll be joining University College London as an associate lecturer (teaching) in Philosophy!

My article, "Objective foundations for the study of mental qualities," forthcoming in Philosophy and the Mind Sciences, is now up in a penultimate version as a preprint on PsyArXiv at

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In July, I'll be at the 99th Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, talking about time travel and physical probability: www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-joint-se...

Creatures and their Minds. Workshop for a Creature-Based Philosophy of Mind and Action Call for registration (in-person or online)Creatures and their Minds. Workshop for a Creature-Based Philosophy of Mind and ActionThursday, May 22, 2025, University of SouthamptonA dominant view in con...

Join us next week for “Creatures and their Minds. Workshop for a Creature-Based Philosophy of Mind and Action” organized by our Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Brice Bantegnie.
Hybrid. Supported by the Mind Association.
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How classical Indian philosophy helps us understand the self | Aeon Essays Ideas from classical Indian philosophy help illuminate the enigmas of selfhood, consciousness and the nature of reality

The tragic death of Anand Vaidya at the age of 48 was a great loss to philosophy. I'd strongly recommend reading this fantastic essay Anand wrote on how Indian philosophy can help with the deepest questions of human existence.
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Will Moorfoot, In Defence of Indeterministic Building - PhilPapers In this paper, I set out a new argument for the coherence of indeterministic building and defend its premises. The argument hinges on the underexplored notion of indeterministic supervenience. First, ...

Forthcoming paper defending indeterministic building from Bennett's recombination argument: philpapers.org/rec/MOOIDO-4

Jeremy Williams’s session on the objectivity of moral wrongs

Henry Taylor presents his new exciting project Philosophy Smash with Henry

Isabel Wollaston discusses the morality of choices in the Holocaust

We hosted an Applied Ethics conference for local schools today, with brilliant talks by Isabel Wollaston, Jeremy Williams, & Henry Taylor. From choiceless choices and animal rights, to the objectivity of moral wrongs, it was a rollercoaster! #philosophymatters #philosophyforeveryone #philsky

Dimensions of corvid consciousness - Animal Cognition Corvids have long been a target of public fascination and of scientific attention, particularly in the study of animal minds. Using Birch et al.’s (2020) 5-dimensional framework for animal consciousne...

Ever wondered what life is like for a crow or magpie? Check out our new paper on corvid consciousness

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I'm excited to be presenting at this conference on metaphysical indeterminacy. I'll be talking about supervenience and modal recombination. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/arche/event/...

Grounding Physicalism and the Metaphysical Exclusion Problem Ground physicalism is the view that higher-level properties, such as phenomenal and normative properties, are fully grounded in the fundamental physical properties. Like other non-identity physicalis...

Congratulations to our PhD student Will Moorfoot, whose 'Grounding Physicalism and the Metaphysical Exclusion Problem' is now out in Ratio. Check it out!
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