📢 Great news from the VLC Philosophy Lab! The Book Symposium on Manuel Almagro's "The Rise of Polarization" is now available online in EuJAP, featuring contributions by Manuel Almagro, Aarón Álvarez, and Aida Roge. Congratulations to all! 👏 eujap.uniri.hr/volume-22-no... Please share! 🔁

Excited to see the book symposium on my book published in EuJAP! 📚 I’m deeply grateful to Michael Lynch, Patrizia Pedrini & Jacopo Marchetti, Jason Tosta, Aarón Álvarez & Aida Roige, and Neftalí Villanueva for their thoughtful and beautiful contributions. Check it out! 👇

New publication!✨ The Harms of Self-Help Discourse We argue that self-help (given its core principles) blames victims and causes epistemic and affective injustice w/ @sallylatham.bsky.social & @almagro.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.1017/hyp....

Nuevo artículo en The Conversation de Neftalí Villanueva, Andrea Rodríguez y José Luis Liñán: a veces, el silencio estratégico puede mejorar el debate público. Difusión del paper académico publicado en Topoi: doi.org/10.1007/s112... theconversation.com/un-silencio-...

¿Un silencio vale más que mil palabras? A menudo mejoramos el debate público si callamos

Saber cuándo callarse no supone abandonar la deliberación pública. A menudo es la mejor forma de cuidarla y cuidarse.

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Cuando lees un texto y puedes sentir que quien lo escribe te está mirando de arriba abajo… 🤢

Hasta el 27 de marzo está abierta la convocatoria para solicitar un contrato de técnico superior de investigación en Valencia, asociado al proyecto NANESI que co-dirijo con Neri Marsili. Más info: 👇 www.uv.es/uvweb/servei...

Why does everyday psychotherapy language feel both empowering and troubling? TLDR: Because two practices are at play: mental health-speak, which empowers, and therapy-speak, which distorts. A summary of our paper (w/ @almagro.bsky.social) in the great Imperfect Cognitions blog. 🙌

Imperfect Cognitions@imperfectcognitions.com · 6mo ago

This week, Manuel Almagro (University of Valencia) and Carme Isern-Mas (University of the Balearic Islands), present their recent paper 'Blunting concepts: The double-edged effect of popularizing psychotherapy language' (Philosophical Psychology). #philsky #philpsy imperfectcognitions....

I’m sharing an interview I recently did for the APA blog. @vlc-lab.bsky.social @filolab.bsky.social Check it out! blog.apaonline.org/2026/01/23/r...

Latest papers: Manuel Almagro & Carme Isern-Mas examine the tension of the increasing presence of mental health-related language in everyday conversations from a practice-focused approach to meaning doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy

The Blog of the APA has just published this piece I wrote a month ago about philosophy and polarization! blog.apaonline.org/2025/12/29/p...

Our paper “De-idealizing hate speech: Hate narratives” is now out in Topoi! 📣 @vlc-lab.bsky.social @filolab.bsky.social Carmela and I argue that we must resist an idealized understanding of hate speech in order to reveal more nuanced forms of it Check it out!! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

De-idealizing Hate Speech: Hate Narratives - Topoi

Recent work has focused on the ordinary concept of hate speech. Yet, there remains little consensus on how to define it. Given this lack of agreement in the literature, a seemingly reasonable strategy...

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New paper accepted in Topoi! Carmela Vieites and I argue that there's a risk in the literature of idealizing what hate speech is, and that such idealization must be resisted, especially for detection purposes. Check out the preprint here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) De-idealizing hate speech: Hate narratives

PDF | There is little consensus among scholars on how to define the ordinary concept of hate speech, but there is broad agreement that slurs constitute... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Acabamos de sacar un libro blanco sobre desacuerdos en contextos digitales, uno de los resultados del proyecto #digi_morals financiado por #fundacionBBVA Resultado de la colaboración entre tres ámbitos: la filosofía, la comunicación y la ciencia política 👇👇🎉🎉📣 e-archivo.uc3m.es/entities/pub...

Congratulations to Adam Lovett, an assistant professor in political theory at SGIA, for being shortlisted for the Royal Institute of Philosophy's book prize in interdisciplinary philosophy! @triphilosophy.bsky.social

🏛️The Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy 2025 award ceremony took place yesterday. 👏We are proud that Manuel Almagro, a member of the VLC Philosophy Lab, was a finalist with his book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy'.

New publication! ✨ Why does the growing everyday use of psychotherapy terms feel both empowering and troubling? Because two practices are at play: mental health-speak, which empowers, and therapy-speak, which distorts. w/ @almagro.bsky.social in @journalphp.bsky.social 🔓 tinyurl.com/24bhx4e9

Back to abusive partners demanding respect for their “boundaries” & abusive bosses recommending mindfulness. I talked with @seiaraimanova.bsky.social about my work w/ @almagro.bsky.social on therapy-speak on her amazing podcast Behind the Stigma🎙️ Check it out! www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...

The Dark Side of Therapy Speak - Behind the Stigma

In this episode of Behind the Stigma, Seiara speaks with Dr. Carme Isern-Mas about the rise of “therapy-speak”, the popular use of psychological language in everyday life. Together, they explore how t...

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Seiara Imanova@seiaraimanova.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This week on Behind the Stigma Podcast🎙️, I spoke to @isernmas.bsky.social on their excellent paper 'Unmasking therapy speak' - what they describe as a superficial use of psychotherapy language. We spoke about what that means & its wider impact. Listen here:🤩 www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...

Great news ‼️ 📘The book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy' (Almagro, 2025) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. 👏Congrats, @almagro.bsky.social royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...

Shortlist announced for the Nayef-Al Rodhan Book Prize 2025 - Royal Institute of Philosophy

The Royal Institute of Philosophy has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more.

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"The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy" by @almagro.bsky.social (published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social) has been shortlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy 2025. Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...

New publication! ✨ Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints? @almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong. 🔓Link in reply

Very happy to share that our paper “A Wittgensteinian take on moral vs. deep disagreements” has been accepted for publication in Synthese! @anefcor.bsky.social It will appear in the special issue “Wittgenstein and moral deep disagreements” Preprint: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) A Wittgensteinian take on moral vs. deep disagreements

PDF | The notion of deep disagreement was originally introduced by Fogelin to describe situations where disagreement about the truth-value of a... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...

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✨ PhD position available ✨ @loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇 Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...

So excited to see Manuel Almagro Holgado's new book long-listed for the Royal Institute of Philosophy's Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Congrats to Manuel and all the other long-listers! royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...

Longlist announced for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize 2025 - Royal Institute of Philosophy

The Royal Institute of Philosophy unveils the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more.

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Today, we unveil the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Congratulations to all our longlisted authors. 📚🎉 royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis... #philosophy #bookprize #longlist

Good news! My book has been selected for the longlist of the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy! royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...

Longlist announced for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize 2025 - Royal Institute of Philosophy

The Royal Institute of Philosophy unveils the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more.

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Just published a short piece on Imperfect Cognition (‪@philosophyblogs.bsky.social)‬ based on my new book The Rise of Polarization. Take a look 👇 imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy

A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.

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New paper accepted! 🎉 Worried about the overuse of terms like “gaslighting”, “boundaries”, or “trauma”? @almagro.bsky.social and I are too. In this paper, we explore the epistemic and ethical cocerns of therapy-speak and how it relates to epistemic and affective injustice. Preprint ⬇️

Valencia Philosophy Lab@vlc-lab.bsky.social · last yr.

🗞️Great news! 👉The paper “Unmasking therapy-speak” by Carme Isern Mas and Manuel Almagro has just been accepted for publication in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. 🙌 Congratulations, @isernmas.bsky.social and @almagro.bsky.social! 🔗Here’s a pre-print: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

📣 Coloquio sobre comunicación pública 🗓️ 4 de julio | ⏰ 09:00–13:00 📍 Carmen de la Victoria (Granada) Periodistas, investigadoras y especialistas debatirán sobre los cruces entre ciencia, comunicación y política. Organizan: Elvira González Salmón y Sergio Guerra

🌍 The final programme for the FiloLab 2025 International Summer School — Climate Change, Science Communication, and Public Opinion — is now available! 🗓️ June 30 – July 3 | 📍 Granada, Spain 📄 Download here: t.co/My3vZaxsFm

@almagro.bsky.social and I have been working on therapy-speak lately (e.g., the everyday use of psychotherapy terms like OCD, trauma, boundaries...). Check out the video if you're curious. 📽️

Lisa Bortolotti@lisabortolotti.com · last yr.

Great lecture by Carme Isern Mas on therapy speak and affective injustice! Thanks to @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting the lecture. Recording available here: youtu.be/D503DIgKtg4 #philsky #philpsy #womeninphilosophy #philosophymatters #epistemicinjustice