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Best UK universities for philosophy – league table The study of how to think about ideas and ask questions about truth, right and wrong – includes ethics, history of philosophy, logic

And we're now in the top 10 of the Guardian league table 🚀 www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

Philosophy at Warwick has checked in at 2nd in the Times Good University Guide 2026 🔥 Thanks for all our staff and students for making @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social a great place to be! www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...

Schopenhauer’s worst of all possible worlds Few are persuaded by Schopenhauer’s argument that ours is the worst of all possible worlds. In this paper, I propose and defend an alternative reading of Schopenhauer’s argument. According to my re...

📣 New publication! 📣

My article, ‘Schopenhauer’s Worst of All Possible Worlds’, is open access in BJHP 🔓

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📢 Calling Warwick Philosophy Alumnae and Alumni 👩‍🎓 You are warmly invited to join us for a reunion on Saturday 22 November. Join us for a day of celebration and reconnection. Book your place here 👉
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Schopenhauer: Living Your Worst Life Are we all just pinging about between suffering and boredom?

TODAY: Josh & Ray question everything between boredom and suffering with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social from @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social, author of "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of #Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist" – 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso....

Coming up: Josh & Ray keep boredom and suffering at bay with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social from @philoswarwick.bsky.social, author of "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist" – Sunday 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & www.kalw.org/show/philoso... #PhilSky

YouTube video by Philosophy Talk Schopenhauer—Living Your Worst Life: Roving Philosophical Report

For our next episode we revisit the life and thought of Arthur Schopenhauer with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social from @philoswarwick.bsky.social. Ahead of the broadcast we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to look for the silver lining in Schopenhauer's dismal view: youtu.be/tG-kN4dG5Y0 #PhilSky

Kant and the Transformation of Natural History Natural history (naturalis historia, Naturgeschichte, histoire naturelle) in the western world began in earnest with Aristotle as an exercise in the des...

Andrew Cooper, Kant and the Transformation of Natural History - Oxford University Press, September 2023
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I've shared this book before; there is now a NDPR review by Steve Naragon
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Later this week we'll be recording an episode with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social, author of the forthcoming book "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist."

Got questions about living your worst life? Let us know below, and we may ask you question on the show!

We're hiring: Teaching Fellow - Philosophy #philsky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

We're hiring: Assistant Professor (Teaching Focussed) - Moral and/or Political Philosophy #philsky warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Department of Philosophy at Warwick celebrates its 60th anniversary in Senate House @uolpress.bsky.social with speeches on why #philosophymatters by Qassim Cassam, Heather Widdows, @guylongworth.bsky.social and @mmmccabe.bsky.social

Giulia Palazzolo from @philoswarwick.bsky.social concludes the #LLGAwayDay with her analysis of the evolution of human syntax #BigQuestions @warwickpsych.bsky.social

🎙️ Episode 6 of Daybreak OUT NOW 🚀 In this special on-the-road episode, we head to San Francisco for the APA Pacific Division to spotlight a groundbreaking panel on Amalia Holst and the vocation of the intellectual woman. Featuring the amazing @dalianassar.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1Ofs...

Matter and Life in Coleridge, Schelling, and Other Dynamical Idealists This book written by renowned historians of philosophy, provides an interdisciplinary work on matter & life in early-modern Germany and Britain (1600–1850)

📖 New Book: Matter and Life in Coleridge, Schelling, and Other Dynamical Idealists, edited by Peter Cheyne. Check out Chapter 14 by Warwick's Andrew Cooper on Coleridge's unexpected contribution to the British biosciences 🚀 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Nietzsche’s Earthbound Wisdom An incisive exploration of Nietzsche as a bold, visionary poet-philosopher.   Today, Nietzsche is justly celebrated for his rich, philosophical naturalism, but Keith Ansell-Pearson warns that we must ...

It's publication today for Emeritus Professor Keith Ansell-Pearson's new book: Nietzsche's Earthbound Wisdom! 🚀 The book alerts us to an overlooked stream in Nietzsche's thought: the need to cultivate a new care of the self and care of life. Don't miss it 👇 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

This week I gave a talk at Warwick Philosophy (@philoswarwick.bsky.social) and had so much fun it still makes me smile two days later. Whether or not philosophy starts in wonder, it is wonderful when it brings so much laughter. (In other words: thank you!)

🎙️ Catch @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social on the latest episode of Daybreak - Schopenhauer and the Frankfurt School 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/3e3X... #philsky

🔥 New episode of Daybreak 🔥 Join our discussion with Johanna Oksala as we uncover Beauvoir’s critical phenomenology, a method that not only describes experience but interrogates power, embodiment, and oppression 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/7kkX... #philsky

Beauvoir and Critical Phenomenology Daybreak · Episode

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Heidegger's Artwork Essay Podcast Episode · Daybreak · 04/07/2025 · 49m

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What if art isn’t just about beauty but about revealing truth itself? Join us for Daybreak Episode 3 for a conversation with @jensensuther.bsky.social on Heidegger's artwork essay. 👉 open.spotify.com/episode/5hWz... #Philsky @chenphilosophy.com

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Next week, 8th April, join us online for the penultimate speaker for our online Seminar Series: Nicola Holt, Oxford University

‘Iris Murdoch, Susanne Langer and the Great Transformer’

For more information on how to join visit our website: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/

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A recent attempt to critically think through Hegel's Master-Slave Dialectic.

Nice interview beforehand too. Thanks guys!

Hegel's Master-Slave Dialectic Unpacked Podcast Episode · Daybreak · 03/31/2025 · 49m

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Hegel's Master-Slave Dialectic Unpacked Daybreak · Episode

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🎙️ 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...

Arthur Schopenhauer An engaging biography of one of the most influential Western philosophers and a thought-provoking exploration of how to live with Arthur Schopenhauer’s pessimism. Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) almos...

It lives!

You can now preorder my philosophical biography of Schopenhauer.

Out in November.

Julia Borcherding, Cambridge University: Towards a History of Philosophy? Early Modern Women Philosophers and the Canon, A case Study. The Diamond, LT 3, 28/03/25, 2.30-4.30pm. The Annual Women in the history of philosophy lecture. All welcome!

The annual Women in the History of Philosophy lecture at Sheffield is this week!

Julia Borcherding on ‘Towards a New History of Philosophy? Early Modern Women Philosophers and the Canon: A Case Study'.

28/03/2025, 2:30-4:30pm, Diamond LT2.
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