We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Associate in Philosophy to provide temporary cover for a period of 20 months from 4 January 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter. The closing date for applications is midnight (GMT) on Monday, 16 November 2026. Details here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/teachin...

Congratulations to our brilliant colleague, Dr Neil Dewar! www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-ne...

Dr Neil Dewar - Trinity Hall Cambridge

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Leverhulme Trust@leverhulme.ac.uk · 2w ago

ICYMI: Selected from over 400 nominations, this year the Trust offered five Philip Leverhulme Prizes in each of these subject areas: Biological Sciences, History, Law, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Theology, and Sociology and Social Policy. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2026PLP

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Associate in Philosophy to provide temporary cover for a period of 20 months from 4 January 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter. The closing date for applications is midnight (GMT) on Monday, 16 November 2026. Details here: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/teachin...

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship applications: www.phil.cam.ac.uk/jobs/call-ex...

Last night, our newly elected President, Alexander Bird, delivered the Inaugural Address. Focusing on the philosophy of science, Bird denied that empiricism is a necessary feature of knowledge. Draft paper here: www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi... #philsky

The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society returns next Monday! Incoming President Alexander Bird (Cambridge) will deliver the 119th Inaugural Address, 'Against Empiricism'. ⏰ 18:15–19:45, Monday 28th September 📍 The Chancellors Hall, Senate House 🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...

Alexander Bird will be giving his Inaugural Address as President of @aristotsoc.bsky.social on 28/9/26. His talk is entitled “Against Empiricism”. The abstract, draft paper, and other details can be found here: www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi... @stjohnscollege.bsky.social

Prof. @josephinequinn.bsky.social's inaugural lecture, "Anarchical Antiquity", will be at 5pm on Thursday 8 October in the Old Divinity School Main Lecture Theatre, St John’s College, Cambridge. www.joh.cam.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Last month, Paul Silva organised a terrific online book symposium on Jessie Munton’s wonderful new book, Priority and Prejudice: The Epistemology of Salience and Attention. It was great to discuss the book with Jessie, Jessica Keiser, and Rachel Fraser. The video is here:

"Priority and Prejudice"–Philosopher Meets Critics #26–Munton, Keiser, Pettigrew, Fraser

YouTube video by Figments of the Brain

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Fair play 👏

Neil Dewar, On Absolute Units - PhilPapers

How may we characterize the intrinsic structure of physical quantities such as mass, length, or electric charge? This article shows that group-theoretic methods—specifically, the notion of a free and ...

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Prof Angela Breitenbach will be a symposiast at the 2026 Joint Session at the University of Reading @aristotsoc.bsky.social aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-joint-se...

New exhibition at the ARB 🖌️ 'Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity' 27 July-18 Sept Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP PV 27 July 5-7pm, all welcome!🍷 Five artists whose work is connected by acts of attention that reframe the world and renew vision for viewers bit.ly/4fBioMw

A centenary special issue of Philosophy, one of the journals of @triphilosophy.bsky.social dedicated to Bernard Williams’s question of how to think about the function of philosophy. Some great looking articles! #philsky

Just published: Centenary Issue of Philosophy, co-eds Bill Brewer, Maria Alvarez, Sarah Fine. How should Philosophy understand itself? Issue reflects on Bernard Williams’s ‘Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline’, published in the journal in 2000. #philsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Just published: Centenary Issue of Philosophy, co-eds Bill Brewer, Maria Alvarez, Sarah Fine. How should Philosophy understand itself? Issue reflects on Bernard Williams’s ‘Philosophy as a Humanistic Discipline’, published in the journal in 2000. #philsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🎲 Scenes of play in German literature from 1750 10-12 Sept 2026, CB3 9DP Register at https://bit.ly/3TwubDn With speakers from nine countries and fields ranging from architecture to toy history, we’re excited to kickstart Play Studies in the UK and rethink how we play today

Warmest congratulations to Professor James Warren FBA! Such fantastic news!

Justin Weinberg@dailynous.com · 4mo ago

Four philosophy professors are among the newly selected British Academy fellows...

The Faculty of Philosophy at Cambridge invites Expressions of Interest for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship applications. Internal deadline is 17 August 2026. Information here: phil.cam.ac.uk/jobs/british... #philjobs

🎉🎉🎉 Publication alert! My paper "Rational Uncertainty and the Success Norm for Inquiry" is out in Mind — and now *open access*! Am I thinking too much? Is there such a thing as excessive inquiry that's not just impractical, but irrational? 1/5

The Faculty of Philosophy at Cambridge invites Expressions of Interest for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship applications. Internal deadline is 17 August 2026. Information here: phil.cam.ac.uk/jobs/british... #philjobs

Congratulations to Dr Neil Dewar!

Anna Alexandrova@annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 5mo ago

It’s the season for the only issue of the Reporter I look forward to reading. Warm congratulations to all the promoted colleagues! www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/202...

It’s the season for the only issue of the Reporter I look forward to reading. Warm congratulations to all the promoted colleagues! www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/202...

📜Congratulations to Dr Will Hornett and co-author Dr Robert Morgan @universityofleeds.bsky.social on the publication of 'Touching Through: The Puzzle of Mediated Contact' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #philsky

Touching Through: The Puzzle of Mediated Contact

It is natural to think that one person touches another when their bodies make direct contact. However, much interpersonal touch is not like this. We often touch people through things like their cloth...

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#PhilosophyJobs

British Journal of Aesthetics@britjaesth.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Postdoc anyone? british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/po...

We're hiring! The Aristotelian Society is recruiting a new Managing Editor. This is a demanding part-time role suitable for a current graduate student to undertake alongside their studies. Deadline: Monday 18th May 2026. Read more here: mailchi.mp/9ec3fa312725...

🥁 New paper! Congratulations to Dr Will Hornett on the publication of 'The Form of Agency' in Nous onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #philsky

The Form of Agency

Philosophers often think agency is essentially connected with rationality, intention, or control. However, Minimalists argue that agency is just the power to cause a change; acids and boulders are ag....

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Apply for CRASSH events funding! 💫 Have you got an idea that may: - Foster the exchange of ideas across disciplines and cultures? - Forge new collaborations ? - Bring academic research to wider publics? - Explore research and artistic practice? Apply by 17 May 2026 https://bit.ly/3CaV97M

Alexander Bird: The Structure and the Necessity of the Natural Laws The Royal Institute of Philosophy youtu.be/6vmbZA3R9uc?...

Alexander Bird: The Structure and the Necessity of the Natural Laws

YouTube video by The Royal Institute of Philosophy

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📌 Our next Colloquium! Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 3:40 pm – 5:20 pm | CEU 'Individual climate obligations and the collective' with Angela Breitenbach (University of Cambridge). 🌎 More info buff.ly/2FKHKw9 #Philevent #climatechange #seeuatCEU #philcolloquium #philsky

Individual climate obligations and the collective

This colloquium talk is planned as an in-person event. Registration is only required for non-CEU members.

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When we are recollecting a story, what discerns all are other memories from being forgotten or merely being inaccessible at that moment? Today at The Memory Palace, Jessie Munton discusses what constitutes forgetting and its many uses in our lives. thememorypalacephil.substack.com/p/is-forgett...

Is forgetting discovered or created?

Jessie Munton (University of Cambridge)

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