Elise Woodard

Important website updates: there's now a dog named "Pecorino" on my homepage, and some new fonts!

elisewoodard.org

Why our sense of smell matters

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would take my partner's name just to avoid this happening so insanely often:

I'm so excited about this!!!

PS Catch Carolina in London in January for the first PPE talk :))

It's only September, but I'm already champing at the bit for the Practical, Political, & Ethical series to kick off next Spring! Also featuring a new pastel color palette 🎨.

More details will be posted here: elisewoodard.org/ppe2026. Hope to see you in Spring 2026!!

CFA: Inquiry Network Worskhop! Looks like a fantastic opportunity.

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Tuesday 9th September, @leaypi.bsky.social will be with us to talk about her new book 'Indignity'.

Tickets cost £6 or £22 with a copy of the book @blackwells.bsky.social

Book your place here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1383672956...

Somebody once said that part of the pleasure in buying a book is the mistaken belief that you're also buying the free time in which to read it...

Just sayin'

Next year's Practical, Political, & Ethical talk series schedule about to drop... couldn't wait to share!!

Against Political Chmess Why too much political philosophy studies a game that nobody plays

New guest essay at 'Conspicuous Cognition' by the great Paul Sagar:
www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/against-po...

What ever happened to corner quotes?

Few things make me more despairing about the credibility and future of academic philosophy than reading certain referee reports.

Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy Call for Papers: Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy   Dates: May 28-29th 2026 Location: Northeastern University London (Devon House, 58 St Katherine’s Way, London) Organiser: Pe...

Call for papers for a conference I'm hosting in London in May 2026 - Women at the Dawn of Analytic Philosophy:

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#philosophy #philsky

Making a lot of progress on my R&R

(choosing what color font to mark the changes in)

In 1873, inspired by Pushkin, Tolstoy wrote to a friend rejoicing that he would finish drafting *Anna Karenina* in 15 days. It took him 4 more years.

He would've been a great academic.

Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Special Issue Call for Abstracts: The journal Midwest Studies in Philosophy is putting together a special volume on Political Epistemology. The issue will feature invited contributions from scholars such as Alex Gu...

Michael (@michaelhannon.bsky.social) and I are putting together a Special Issue on Political Epistemology for Midwest Studies. Deadline for the CFA is October 31, 2025.

More details here! philevents.org/event/show/1...

Please share with others who might be interested :)

If you’re looking for the sharpest new work in epistemology—engaging both classic and contemporary questions—Carolina's papers are a must-read!!

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AI content is like plastic surgery. People think they can spot it because they can identify botched work, but the good cases slip by invisibly.

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...

The Supplementary Volume of the PAS 2025 is finally out!! Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian... #philsky @aristotsoc.bsky.social

Often, when I google women with a public platform, the first autofill option after their name is “husband.” Nothing equivalent has ever happened when I’ve googled a man.

The Limits of Consent I recently participated in a panel on “The Limits of Consent” at a conference on Consent, Trust, and Power at Oxford.

Some lukewarm-to-medium-hot takes for a panel on "The Limits of Consent" for the excellent *Consent, Truth, & Power* at Oxford this week.

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Can't wait to hear today's panels on "Believe Women," "Changing Sexual Norms," & "Accountability" sites.google.com/view/truth-c...

Constraining Consent Rethinking Sexual Ethics in a World of Social Scripts

Because the world needed another philosophy substack. First post! substack.com/home/post/p-...

PPE Seminar | Sam Shpall (University of Sydney) .

🗓️ Join us TODAY for the next talk in the PPE series!

Sam Shpall (Sydney) will be speaking on “Limerence."

🕟 4:30 PM - 6 PM
📍Senate House, Room 243

Hope to see you there :)

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same! conveys my level of excitement!

yes!

Elise Woodard, The Epistemic Significance of Mind-Changing - PhilPapers Is it ever rational to change your mind based on learning that others have changed theirs? This paper answers affirmatively and explores the conditions under which learning about others’ mind-changes ...

📝 New paper forthcoming in Episteme: philpapers.org/rec/WOOTES

I argue that when others change their minds, that can give you a reason to change yours, too.

I changed my mind a lot in the process of writing this---and if the paper's right, hopefully for the better!

Cover of The Oxford Handbook of Social Epistemology edited by Jennifer Lackey and Aidan McGlynn. Impressionist painting by Pissaro on cover of Paris Street scene.

First two pages of "Social Epistemology and Knowing-How" by Yuri Cath in the same handbook.

Got a nice delivery today! My chapter tries to show how ideas from Hawley on the social role of the concept of KH and work I've done on 'downstream knowledge' can give a unifying explanation of various apparent disanalogies between KH and KT wrt to e.g. testimony and epistemic injustice.

Great way to kick off what promises to be a great conference!