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This is the Bluesky account of the philosophy department at the University of Nottingham. We like philosophy!!

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Connecting Human/AI Interaction Researchers Research cluster (CHAIR) ⁣

A collaboration between Philosophy and Computer Science at @uniofnottingham to encourage interdisciplinary research and public understanding.⁣

IMG: Alex Knight (Unsplash)⁣

#philosophy #ai #computing #computerscience #tech

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18 hours ago
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Metaphysics and / of science!

Mark Jago in discussion with Stephen Wolfram @stephenwolfram at 7.30 tonight.

Youtube: www.youtube.com/@WolframRese...

Twitch: m.twitch.tv/stephen_wolf...

#philosophy #metaphysics #science #philosophyofscience

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22 hours ago
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Follow us on Instagram!

instagram.com/uonphilosophy/

#philosophy #philosophers #nottingham

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1 day ago
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Grief is disenfranchised when it can't be openly acknowledged, socially supported, or publicly mourned.

Can the concept of epistemic injustice help us understand the wrongs of disenfranchised grief?

Ian James Kidd offers an answer at a
@uniofnottingham
symposium, 9 March 2026.

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1 week ago
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Matthew Duncombe is speaking at @ox.ac.uk today on Eubolides, Aristotle, and the liar paradox.⁣

Why did Eubolides pose the liar argument? what was it for?⁣

Matt considers three answers (and will be truthful all throughout his talk).⁣

#philosophy #logic #liar #eubolides #aristotle #megarics⁣

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1 week ago
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Dr Michael Burdett works on philosophical theology, transhumanism, and the nature of being human.

Check out his talk on transhumanism and the myth of progress.

Watch: tinyurl.com/4xwmd4cv

#philosophy #transhumanism #progress #technology #theology

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1 week ago
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Nottingham has been named one of the top three most targeted universities by the UK’s leading graduate employers in The Graduate Market by High Fliers Research 2026!

Our sixth consecutive years in a top five position!

Read: www.nottingham.ac.uk/currentstude...

#philosophy #careers #jobs

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1 week ago
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❓ Why does philosophy matter to you? 💡

We'd love to hear from you, ahead of British Philosophy Fortnight on 16-29 March.

Tell us why #PhilosophyMatters:

docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...

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1 week ago
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Gabrielle Thomas announced as next Dean of Berkeley Divinity School on the Quad

Congratulations to our alumnus Rev Dr Gabrielle Thomas (PhD Historical Theology 2017) who was just appointed as Dean of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale.

@yaledivinityschool.bsky.social
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social

Read: tinyurl.com/4j2c92s5

#theology #divinity #yale #historicaltheology

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2 weeks ago
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Our research seminar today is Dr Celia Coll on the cognitive value of the nineteenth century novel!⁣

Humanities A1⁣
3-5 pm⁣
26/2/26⁣

#philosophy #aesthetics #literature #novels #poetry⁣

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2 weeks ago
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Will more policing stop gendered violence?⁣

Do police prevent gendered violence, or reinforce the conditions for its existence?⁣

By our own Koshka Duff and Glasgow’s Katharine Jenkins.⁣

Read: tinyurl.com/yc2tyjp4

#philosophy #policing #genderedviolence #sexism

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2 weeks ago
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Thoughtwashing: A Modern Curse? - Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain This post is available to download as a PDF here, and as an audiofile below:   Within philosophy classrooms in universities there is a practice which we have termed ‘thoughtwashing’. We can usefully t...

Have you encountered thoughtwashing?

It's giving the impression of philosophical thinking without genuine philosophical thinking - so argue Andy Fisher and Freya Fisher.

Read: tinyurl.com/4mxcf385

#philosophy #education #thoughtwashing #thinking

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2 weeks ago
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Desire for God is Human Nature | Fiona Ellis What if everyday desires are signs of longing for God? What if our desires have their source in God? Professor Fiona Ellis, Dr. Clare Carlisle, and Professor John Cottingham are exploring the idea tha...

Is desire for God human nature?

Cool discussion with Fiona Ellis, our HoD, works in philosophy of religion on questions of love, desire, spirituality, and life's meaning.

Listen: tinyurl.com/rsxm7ya9.

#philosophy #religion #god #love #desire #spirituality

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3 weeks ago
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Our seminar today is Matthew Duncombe on the origins of the Sorites Paradox!

It'll be heaps of fun!!

Join: tinyurl.com/2p2r7ru7

🕒 3-5pm
🌎 @uonhumanities.bsky.social A1

#philosophy #sorites #paradox #seminar #eubolides

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3 weeks ago
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We hear a lot about well-being, but what about ill-being?

Chris Woodard helps us think about the value and significance of ill-being.

Read: tinyurl.com/45zmuh3v

IMG: Logan Voss (Unsplash)

#philosophy #wellbeing #life #ethics

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3 weeks ago
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The 2,000-year-old philosophy of love that still rings true today For the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle – the true form of love wasn’t intense passion or grand gestures on one day of the year

What does Aristotle have to teach us about love?

Janset Özün Çetinkaya and Ian James Kidd give us the answer in @the-independent.com.

Read: tinyurl.com/3uanu4f5

@uonresearch.bsky.social
@uonhumanities.bsky.social

#philosophy #love #romance #valentinesday #valentine

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3 weeks ago
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Why Aristotle would hate Valentine’s Day – and his five steps to love For Aristotle, the true form of love wasn’t about intense passion or grand gestures on one day of the year.

Why Aristotle would hate Valentine's Day❤️🕯️🥀

Janset Özün Çetinkaya and Ian James Kidd explain why and lay out the Greek philosopher's five steps to true love.

Read: tinyurl.com/k7wvusyh @uk.theconversation.com

#philosophy
#love
#romance
#ValentinesDay
#ValentinesDay2026

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1 month ago

Owing to unforeseen events, this event is canceled and will be rescheduled!

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1 month ago
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Excited to host Tasia Scrutton @universityofleeds.bsky.social who is speaking today on psychopathology and religious experience!

🕐 3-5pm
🌎 Humanities A2

Tasia's website: tinyurl.com/mv2pfwjr

#philosophy #psychopathology #religion

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1 month ago
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The Nottingham Centre for Social Philosophy is a hub for critical, engaged philosophical research into the nature of social phenomena.

👉 parenthood
👉 policing
👉 education
👉 healthcare
👉 injustice
👉 voting
👉 business

More: tinyurl.com/2u7r9b3c

#philosophy #society

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1 month ago
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The Metaphysically Dynamic Universe How Motion is the Essence of Time and Physical Reality!

Forthcoming book by Steve Barker ⌛️

Details: tinyurl.com/337s7evz

@routledgebooks.bsky.social

#philosophy #time #metaphysics #flow #motion

Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

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1 month ago
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LEA CANTOR I am a Blacker Loewe Research Fellow in Philosophy at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge . From September 2026 I will be a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Philosophy at King's College London . I...

Delighted to have Lea Cantor @peterhousecam.bsky.social cam.bsky.social speak to us on Zhuāngzǐ’s speech argument against monism!

Web: leacantor.com

#philosophy #zhuangzi #daoism #language #monism

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1 month ago
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Who goes to hell? Will everyone eventually be saved?

Watch ‪@jhoover04.bsky.social‬ on universal salvation in Islam, a panel discussion hosted by Bordering on Belief.

tinyurl.com/5aswwubh

#islam #theology #salvation #religion

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1 month ago
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Arcai.art is a project to encourage responsible use of AI in the creation, archiving and conservation of artworks and their archives led by our colleague Dr Lydia Farina.

Read: tinyurl.com/ycx97mw8

#philosophy #ai #art #responsibility #AIart︎ #archives

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1 month ago
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Our seminar today joint with UoN Music is Bennett Zon @durham_uni on intertemporality, timelessness, and theology.

@ UoNHumanities A1
🕐 3-5pm

#seminar #theology #music #time #chant

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1 month ago
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PUBLICATION!

"Making it Exact" by Mark Jago with an outstanding rhyming abstract 🎶

Read: philpapers.org/archive/JAGM...

#philosophy #logic #truth #rhyming

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1 month ago

Delighted to report that Colin Green defended his thesis, ‘The Didache: a case of self-conceptualisation of community as temple in first century Jesus movements, its moral foundations, and its significance for inclusion of enslaved believers’.

Congratulations, Dr Green!

#phd #theology #Jesus

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1 month ago
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Congratulations to Dr Nazir Khan who has successfully defended his thesis, ‘Faith beyond doubt: Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) and the epistemology of religious belief’.

Website: www.cikedu.org/nazirkhan.html

#congratulations #phd #ibntaymiyya #faith #doubt

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1 month ago
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Excited for our spring 2026 Penelope Mackie Research Seminar series!

#philosophy #research #seminar #colleagues #think

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1 month ago
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Our ace colleague Matthew Duncombe is speaking at @durham.ac.uk Philosophy today on the Horns Paradox!

Matt's website: tinyurl.com/4wr7xpsn

Talk details: tinyurl.com/yeb997my

#philosophy #paradoxes #logic #ideas #talk

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