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This is happening tonight, 18.15, Senate Room in Senate House! Free and welcome to all.

27.10.2025 11:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Joe Saunders โ€“ The Aristotelian Society

Next Monday we've got Joe Saunders from Durham at the Proceedings!

His talk is entitled: What's Wrong with the Master: A Critical Analysis of Hegel's Master-Slave Dialectic

โฐ 18.15-19.45, 27 October
๐Ÿ“ Senate Room, Senate House
๐Ÿ”— www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

#philsky

20.10.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

This is happening at 18.15 tonight in Senate House!

13.10.2025 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Join us next Monday! We've got Sophie Horowitz (Amherst) for a talk on: 'Plans, Learning, and Deferring'

๐Ÿ“Monday 13th October, Woburn Suite, Senate House
โฐ 18.15-19.45 *note new time for this year*
๐Ÿ”—https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/sophie-horowitz/

06.10.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Delighted to attend the Presidential Address of friend, philosopher and guide to good things, @lucyobrien.bsky.social speaking at the @aristotsoc.bsky.social at Senate House, University of London

29.09.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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29/09/2025: Lucy O'Brien: Duddington and Our Awareness of Othersโ€™ Minds, Podcast Episode ยท Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society ยท 29/09/2025 ยท 50m

Thanks to the 70+ people that came to watch Lucy O'Brien's Presidential Address of the Aristotelian Society last night!

If you missed it, you can listen to her talk "Duddington and Our Awareness of Othersโ€™ Minds" here:

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...

#philosophy #philsky

30.09.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is happening tonight! Join us for the Inaugural Address 2026-5 by Lucy O'Brien (UCL) #philosophy #philsky

29.09.2025 08:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's one lucky student!!

29.09.2025 08:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Lucy Oโ€™Brien โ€“ The Aristotelian Society

Join us for the first Proceedings of the 2025-6 year! Lucy Oโ€™Brien (UCL) Inaugural Address: Duddington and Our Awareness of Othersโ€™ Minds

๐Ÿ“Chancellors Hall, Senate House
โฐ Monday 29 September. 18.15-19.45, followed by drinks reception
๐Ÿ”— www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

#philosophy

18.09.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We're back! The programme for the 2025-26 Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society is out now! You can check it out on our website here: www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

17.09.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The deadline is today!

01.09.2025 09:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Conference Grants โ€“ The Aristotelian Society

Are you planning a philosophy conference in the UK? The deadline for our next round of conference is 1 September 2025, you can apply for up to ยฃ500. More info below!

#philsky
#philosophy

www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/editorial/co...

08.08.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

A fascinating talk and Q&A with @annaalexandrova.bsky.social and Kareem Khalifa at @aristotsoc.bsky.social #JointSession2025. What is social science? If we were to start from scratch with categorising our knowledge making approaches, would we end up with the sciences, social sciences and humanities?

12.07.2025 18:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Social Science: A Constructivist Account Abstract. What sort of inquiry is social science? This question used to preoccupy philosophers, but fell off their agenda due to a stalemate between so-cal

Prof Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social @kingscollege.bsky.social was a symposiast at the 99th Joint Session @aristotsoc.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social.
Read her paper, 'Social Science: A Constructivist Account', here:
academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

14.07.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Michael Dummettโ€™s centenary, Oxford University Press

Michael Dummettโ€™s centenary, Oxford University Press

To mark Michael Dummettโ€™s centenary, @aristotsoc.bsky.social presents a Virtual Issue edited by Ian Rumfitt โ€” featuring key writings and reflections on his legacy in logic, language, and metaphysics.

Dive in and discover why his ideas still matter today: oxford.ly/3TTOibM

#Philsci

22.07.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Issues | Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume | Oxford Academic The official journal of the Aristotelian Society. Publishes the papers read at the Society?s fortnightly meetings in London, covering a range of philosophical issues, including: Epistemology, Philosop...

Ahead of the Joint Session, The Supplementary Volume has been published and will be available to read open access, free of charge from now through to the end of the conference. You can access the full volume here:

academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

#philsky #philosophy

10.07.2025 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Are you interested in the Joint Session but not able to attend in person? This year, we will be live-streaming the Joint Session symposia so that people who are not at the conference but are interested in hearing those talks can join via Zoom.
www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/wp-content/u...

10.07.2025 16:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Sarah McGrath from Princeton speaking on โ€œWhat (if anything) is a moral experience ?โ€ at @aristotsoc.bsky.social

17.06.2025 07:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Aristotelian Society Virtual Issue: Michael Dummett Centenary Guest edited by Professor Ian Rumfitt, Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford. Introduction Michael Dum

Happy 100th birthday to Michael Dummett!

Dummett was born on 27th June 1925. To mark the occasion, we've put together a special virtue issue celebrating his contributions to the Society over his lifetime.

They're free to access here:

academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

01.07.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Aristotelian Society Virtual Issue: Michael Dummett Centenary Guest edited by Professor Ian Rumfitt, Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford. Introduction Michael Dum

Happy 100th birthday to Michael Dummett! Dummett was born on 27th June 1925. To mark the occasion, the Aristotelian Society have put together a special virtue issue celebrating his contributions to the Society over his lifetime. Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

27.06.2025 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't miss the final PAS for this year - tonight at 5:30pm in Senate House. Free and welcome to all.

16.06.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EVENT!

'Key Questions in Meta-Aesthetics'

Speakers:
- Celia Coll
- Mark Silcox
- Clotilde Torregrossa
- Jinhui Wang
- Alex King

In-person: June 10th @UoNHumanities A2
Online: email Jonathan.Robson@nottingham.ac.uk

Funders @britaesthetics.bsky.socialโ€ฌ & @aristotsoc.bsky.socialโ€ฌ

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05.06.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Book 74: Middlemarch by George Eliot

Was inspired to revisit this classic after reading Lea Sajleโ€™s recent paper on โ€œArtspeak (Or: What Dorothea Learned in Rome)โ€™ via the Aristotelian Society (@aristotsoc.bsky.social)

#philsky #artsky #booksky #bookchallenge

02.06.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Next Monday 16th June we've got Sarah McGrath from Princeton coming to chat to us about: 'What (if anything) is moral experience?' #philosophy

โฐ 17:30, Monday 16th June
๐Ÿ“ Woburn Suite, Senate House
๐Ÿ”—https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/

09.06.2025 08:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
University of Glasgow - Research - Research units A-Z - Cogito - Joint SessionSearch iconClose menu iconMenu icon bar 1Menu icon bar 2Menu icon bar 3

Don't forget to register for the Joint Session 2025! Follow this link: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

#philsky #philosophy

02.06.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Upcoming talk cancelled: Rahel Jaeggi, 2nd June, 2025.

Please note, this talk will not go ahead, but will be rescheduled. Information to follow.

#philsky #philosophy

27.05.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is happening tonight! Free and welcome to all.

19.05.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is happening tonight!

12.05.2025 09:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Next Monday, Vid Simoniti is speaking at the Aristotelian Society. Come along for his talk 'Thinking without Knowing: a Defence of Aesthetic Cognitivism'. Draft paper on our website!
๐Ÿ“ Senate Room, Senate House
โฐ 17:30 on Monday 19 May 2025
๐Ÿ”— www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

12.05.2025 09:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
AS Student Bursary Application 25-26 โ€“ The Aristotelian Society

Are you a PhD student? Think about applying for one of our ยฃ5000 student bursaries for the next academic year (fully funded students do not qualify)

Deadline: Monday 9 June 2025 (T&Cs on our website)

www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/as-student-b...

#philsky #philosophy

08.05.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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