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This is the Bluesky account of the philosophy department at the University of Nottingham. We like philosophy!!
This week, two Nottingham philosophers spoke at the annual Areté Conference in Genoa. Ian James Kidd spoke on how we should care for beautiful things, while Liz Frissell explored the relationship between Stoicism and psychotherapy. #Philosophy #Care #Beauty #Stoicism #Therapy
Clearing 2026 is officially open! Our Clearing vacancies tinyurl.com/2kwnbb2u Or view them via UCAS. Applications via the online form or contact our hotline: +44(0) 115 951 5151 #philosophy #clearing #uni #alevels #study
Care, Consent and Communication in Childbirth 6/8/26 An interdisciplinary workshop on #care, communication and #consent during #childbirth, the phenomenon of #birth #trauma and its implications for #obstetric care. Register: sites.google.com/view/uonchil... #philosophy
@michaelhannon.bsky.social identifies a new sceptical challenge - "meta-scepticism" - in his new paper, just out, in Philosophical Studies. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philosophy #scepticism #epistemology #research
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, A Responsibility to Know? Tonight 9pm featuring Ian Kidd, Havi Carel, Quassim Cassam, Marianne Sweet and Ebony Reid #philosophy #ethics #responsibility
Congratulations to Katie Monk! Winner of a Lord Dearing Award for outstanding teaching at @UniofNottingham 🎂🎇 #philosophy #teaching #award #yay #congrats
Is there an ethics of knowing? How does epistemology relate to ethics? Ian James Kidd is on BBC Free Thinking this Friday 10th at 9pm📻 with @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social and other guests. #philosophy #ethics #epistemology #bbc #freethinking
Great forthcoming article by our PhD student Stu Yang! How can we capture laypeople’s implicit metaethical commitments without misunderstanding traditional metaethics? Read: tinyurl.com/yzzd7csr%E2%... #philosophy #metaethics #objectivity #ethics #research
Our excellent colleague Patrice Haynes is speaking today on sexual difference in Western African indigenous contexts! She's at the Society for Applied Philosophy annual conference on a panel with Tommy Curry and Tareeq Jalloh @the-joap.bsky.social #philosophy #africa #africana #conference #talk
What might our deepest longings reveal about our spiritual life? Join Professor Fiona Ellis for a thought-provoking Tablet webinar exploring the #spiritual and #philosophical significance of desire @thetablet.bsky.social. Register: tinyurl.com/myhw6537 #philosophy #theology #desire
We have so many green spaces on our campuses but this is a fave. 📍 Millennium Garden, University Park Campus 😍
Spinoza's panpsychism? Try an objectivist reading argues @asalgadoborge today at the Collegium Spinozanum #philosophy #panpsychism #spinoza #metaphysics
How can philosophers and sociologists work together on epistemic injustice in #healthcare? Talk today at UoN Sociology to answer this question as part of EPIC: Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare @wellcometrust.bsky.social #philosophy #epistemicinjustice #healthcare #illness
Is it wrong to kill a counterfactual person? Does this idea even make sense? Harold Noonan's forthcoming article in Utilitas raises doubts. Read: tinyurl.com/yc8kt2j4 #philosophy #metaphysics #abortion #personhood #research
Upcoming event on perceptual diversity organised by @giuliamartina.bsky.social 🍊🍏🍉🌹Excellent line-up and a wonderful topic! #philosophy #perception #smell #taste #research
Open day - a little cooler and with very cool tasters ☀️🙂 on #mentalhealth #islam and #philosophy of #law and #punishment. Find us in Humanities Building (stop by the fountain)💧 #nottingham #uon #openday #alevel #sun
Do we survive death? Can collateral punishments be justified? Big issues of #death #survival #religion #law and #punishment in the @uonphilosophy.bsky.social tasters 💀⚖️ #philosophy #uon #nottingham #openday #questions
Open day has started! Talking about courses and modules in #philosophy , #theology and #religion ☀️🕶️📚 #uon #nottingham #openday #sunshine
Open days! Excited to talk philosophy, enjoy sunshine, and show our visitors our teaching and campus! ☀️🙂📔🧑🎓 Find Philosophy in Great Hall 9.30 - 4 @UoNHumanities @UniofNottingham #philosophy #uon #nottingham #openday #alevel
31C at Nottingham Humanities 🔥☀️ Thank goodness for the fountain 💦😎 #hot #heatwave #uon #nottngham
Congratulations to three Nottingham Philosophy colleagues! Congratulations to Dr Joe Cunningham on his @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Research Fellowship for his project, Ordinary Authenticity. What does it means to be true to oneself? Why does authenticity matter? (1/3)
@UniofNottingham proud to be a World Top 100 university 🎇🧑🎓🌍 in QS Universities Ranking - our best-ever result. 👉 www.topuniversities.com/university-r... #nottingham #uon #uni #research #university
Open days this Friday and Saturday, 26-27 June! 9am - 4.30 in the Great Hall During the day: 📢 tasters 💬 chat to staff and students 🎓 campus tours ☀️ sunshine 🐰 bunnies Info: www.nottingham.ac.uk/open-days/ #philosophy #open day #nottingham #uon
Excited for our open days this Friday and Saturday, 26-27 June! From 9am - 4.30 come meet staff and students 🙂, tour the campus and gardens 🌲, learn about our Philosophy courses and see the bunnies! 🐇 www.nottingham.ac.uk/open-days/%E... #philosophy #openday #nottingham #uon
Ian James Kidd reviews 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘦 𝘎𝘰 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵? by Todd May, which asks: Given all the harm we do, to animals and nature, would the world be better off without us? Read: daily-philosophy.com/kidd-human-e... #philosophy #extinction #humankind
Antonio Salgado Borge spoke at the York University Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy today! He took attendees “Towards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza’s Panpsychism” ❤️ More: yusemp.wordpress.com/about/%E2%81... #philosophy #spinoza #earlymodern #panpsychism
Daniel Kim (York / Ben Gurion) will be giving an informal talk with the title 'Anticipation and illusion'. How a perceptual experience can remain genuinely world-involving while nonetheless being erroneous or non-veridical? #philosophy #illusion #phenomenology #realism #perception
Ageing, life, and philosophy⏳ one-day workshop Monday 8 June. -being forever old - habit in later life - old age and health inequality. 🕒10 - 2.30 🌐@UoNHumanities A1 💻email alice.monypenny@nottingham.ac.uk #philosophy #age #ageing #laterlife #gerontology
Our final research seminar of the semester! 📅 3 June | 🕒 15:00–17:00 | 📍 Portland A36 Tasia Scrutton (University of Leeds) will present: "Psychopathology AND Religious Experience." #philosophy #religion #psychpathology #talk #ideas
