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

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

❓ 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:

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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

Our research seminar today is Dr Celia Coll on the cognitive value of the nineteenth century novel!⁣
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Humanities A1⁣
3-5 pm⁣
26/2/26⁣
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#philosophy #aesthetics #literature #novels #poetry⁣

Will more policing stop gendered violence?⁣
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Do police prevent gendered violence, or reinforce the conditions for its existence?⁣
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By our own Koshka Duff and Glasgow’s Katharine Jenkins.⁣
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Read: tinyurl.com/yc2tyjp4

#philosophy #policing #genderedviolence #sexism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PUBLICATION!

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

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

#philosophy #logic #truth #rhyming

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

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

Excited for our spring 2026 Penelope Mackie Research Seminar series!

#philosophy #research #seminar #colleagues #think

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

A great new virtual issue of the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society !

Virtual Issue: Ten Women Presidents of The Aristotelian Society

Read: tinyurl.com/4puen3fa

#philosophy #journal #research #history #women

Congratulations to Dr Sean Shields for his PhD

'Reconceptualising Blame, Blameworthiness and Basic Desert: A New Perspective on Moral Responsibility (and Moral Responsibility Skepticism)’

Funded by @Midlands4Cities

#philosophy #phd #blame #responsibility #morality

Looking forward to @EthicsCup today!

A tournament in which teams of high school students match wits with each other discussing ethical issues of public concern.

⭐️120 students
⭐️30 judges
⭐️10 schools

ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

#philosophy #schools #ethics #ethicscup #society

Merry Christmas from Nottingham Philosophy!

End of a busy semester and looking forward to a New Year!

#philosophy #semester #uon #christmas #rest

Great to welcome students from Landau Forte College Derby to our Department!

We talked about studying philosophy and theology at university and had taster sessions on emotivism and Augustine

Web: landau-forte.org.uk

Great way to end our autumn semester!

#philosophy #theology #religion #schools