Today marks the beginning of Ireland's EU Presidency! Watch our video series 'Ireland as EU President' at the link below & see what Ireland can bring to the table over the next six months. www.tcd.ie/ssp/research... @tahayasseri.bsky.social @farbod-a.bsky.social @tcdeconomics.bsky.social

What can philosophy contribute to how Ireland should approach the EU Presidency? I suggest it sheds light on a key for the future of cooperation in the EU: curiosity. But not just any kind of curiosity will do. Member states need the kind we find between lovers. Check out the video to see why!

Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🤔 Is curiosity the key to European cooperation? As Ireland steps into the EU presidency next month, our colleague @farbod-a.bsky.social has a thought-provoking argument for why the kind of curiosity member states bring to one another really matters. #philosophy #philsky

A real honour and privilege to have organised and chaired the 2026 Donnellan Lectures. As I said introducing her, Ruth's work combines the highest commitment to argumentative rigour with an unwavering desire to pursue questions that matter to us all deeply. We were very lucky to have her here!

Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hard choices in life, law, and AI: the 2026 Donnellan Lectures wrapped up last week at Trinity. Huge thanks to Professor Ruth Chang @ox.ac.uk for a brilliant series, and to everyone who came along and took part in the discussions. #Philosophy #TrinityCollegeDublin

Hard choices in life, law, and AI: the 2026 Donnellan Lectures wrapped up last week at Trinity. Huge thanks to Professor Ruth Chang @ox.ac.uk for a brilliant series, and to everyone who came along and took part in the discussions. #Philosophy #TrinityCollegeDublin

Had a wonderful time at this! Thanks so much to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social for having me, and to everyone involved for a great event. Do check out the rest of this series! And I hope to have many more opportunities to do more philosophy with the fantastic people of Dublin again soon!

Irish Film Institute@irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Yesterday was the first event of IFI Talks series After the Monster Curated by Roe McDermott, with keynote from @clairedederer.bsky.social +@daveruddenwrites.bsky.social, Sophie White, & @farbod-a.bsky.social discussing the fan's dilemma Stay tuned for more events on cancel culture & controversy

If you are in Dublin and have ever felt conflicted about art by immoral artists, then we've got a panel for you! Come along and hear – amongst other much more interesting speakers – me on that topic at the IFI; details below!

Irish Film Institute@irishfilminstitute.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Monsters and the Fan’s Dilemma explores what happens when the art we love becomes entangled with troubling knowledge about its creator. The evening begins with a virtual keynote from Claire Dederer, followed by a panel with Dave Rudden, Sophie White, and Dr. Farbod Akhlaghi. 🎟️ https://bit.ly/4s8Jr4U

🎺If you can teach Introductory Logic, or the History of Philosophy (Ancient, Medieval, or Modern), then come and by my colleague! The Dept. of Philosophy at @tcddublin.bsky.social is looking for *two* Teaching Fellows (3 year posts). For full details, see: universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...

'Children across development find some widely shared aspects of morality to be impossible to change...[that] not even God could change fundamental moral principles.' – Reinecke & Solomon (2023). Discuss. [A fascinating paper for anyone in meta-ethics!] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Children deny that God could change morality

Can moral rules change? We tested 129 children from the United States to investigate their beliefs about whether God could change widely shared moral …

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📣Come and be my colleague! We are hiring two new Assistant Profs in the Dept. of Phil. at Trinity College Dublin: in Value Theory, and in Hist., Phil., and Ethics of Science. I can’t recommend working here enough! Please share with anyone interested – any questions, do get in touch. Ads below!

Gen. AI has created, or worsened, serious problems for higher education. But the conditions that enabled such damage have almost nothing to do with AI. They are what went wrong when anyone thought that you go to university ‘just to get a piece of paper.’ Any serious solution must recognise that.

Even the Campanile at Trinity is in the festive spirit, not to be outdone by the new tree on campus!

✨ New research from the Department. "Divinely Prescribed Evil and Moral Knowledge in Islam and Beyond" by Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social . Published in AGATHEOS – European Journal for #Philosophy of Religion, Vol 2, No 3. Read it here ⬇️ publicera.kb.se/aejpr/articl...

Here is the symposium I guest edited for *Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion* on Amir Saemi's book, *Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond*, with excellent contributions by I. Aijaz, F. Akhlaghi, R. Audi, and L. Brown, to all of whom I am deeply grateful.

❓Does God’s existence follow from the fact that something exists? The great Persian philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) thought so. In 999 words, I explain why here! I hope students and teachers of the phil. of religion, history of phil., or metaphysics might find this helpful. So please do share!

1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology@1000wordphilosophy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New! "Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Farbod Akhlaghi #avicenna #IslamicPhilosophy #philosophyofreligion #God #islam #theism 1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/11/06/a...

Special issue of Philosophical Quarterly on epistemic injustice, guest edited by Mona Simion:

Volume 75 Issue 4 | The Philosophical Quarterly | Oxford Academic

The official journal of the Scots Philosophical Association and the University of St. Andrews. Publishes high-quality articles from leading international scholars across the range of philosophical stu...

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Really looking forward to this and chatting with @quiteclare.bsky.social about the ethics of transformative and other hard choices!

Clare Moriarty@quiteclare.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I'll be peppering @farbod-a.bsky.social with questions on his thoughts on 'transformative choices' and their interpersonal aspects. Thursday 25th, 4.30pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social

Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.

Resources for #philosophy on Bluesky (updated) 1. Feeds bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #PhilSky & common hashtags bsky.app/profile/did:... – low-traffic announcements feed 📢 2. Starter packs go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ ¹ go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 ² 3. Lists bsky.app/profile/did:... ¹ bsky.app/profile/did:... ²

An issue of the Monist has just appeared devoted to Ibn Sīnā/Avicenna! A great lineup of authors, and I'm honored to be part of it, having written a paper with Michael Noble about the reception of the idea of the Active Intellect. academic.oup.com/monist/issue... #philsky #avicenna #ibnsina

Volume 108 Issue 3 | The Monist | Oxford Academic

One of the oldest and most important journals in philosophy. Publishes quarterly thematic issues on particular philosophical topics which are edited by leading philosophers in the corresponding fields...

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📚Delighted to share that I've accepted an invitation to write a book: a Cambridge Element on *Truth in Ethics* for Cambridge University Press! Alongside introducing debates on the nature of truth in ethics, I'll also be arguing for greater attention to truthmaker theory in ethics!

❓Would it be wrong for someone to stop you from making a major life choice? 📽️ For a 90-second answer, check out the video below! 🔗 For a little bit more, you can also check out my paper published Open Access in Analysis: academic.oup.com/analysis/art... ⏳Hoping to say more soon!

TCD Social Sciences & Philosophy@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social · last yr.

Is it wrong for someone to stop you from making a major life choice?🧐 Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social explains the moral complexity of transformative choices in our latest Meet the Expert video!🎯 📎Read his research paper: tinyurl.com/3jhszh4b @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

The Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin are calling for expressions of interest in two great funding schemes - one for full PhD funding, and one for postdoctoral positions, both through Research Ireland (our main state research council). 1/2

Many congratulations to Enda for winning this award! I was very happy to nominate him for it after his doing a fantastic job TA-ing Topics in Philosophy II A for us - TA-ing on transformative experience and the philosophy of death. Congrats to all winners and nominees!

Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social · last yr.

A big congratulations to PhD student Enda Russell, who has been awarded a 2025 Dermot McAleese Teaching Assistant Award ⭐️ Enda’s thoughtful and engaging approach to teaching has made a real impact- well done from all of us in the department! 👏 Read more here 🔗 tinyurl.com/7uf8tpyb

The Philosophy Bites podcast has a new website (with transcriptions) - over 300 interviews with leading philosophers philosophybites.com

Philosophy Bites Podcast

Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics

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Delighted to be able to share this new forthcoming paper: my part of a book symposium on Amir Saemi's excellent 'Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond', edited by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour for Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. philpapers.org/rec/AKHDPE

Farbod Akhlaghi, Divinely Prescribed Evil and Moral Knowledge in Islam and Beyond - PhilPapers

Can one who takes Scripture to be the word of God, and who takes their independent moral judgements to be reliable, reconcile such beliefs with Scriptural injunctions that appear to permit ...

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The difference between falsifiability as a logical criterion and as a methodical practice perfectly illustrated.

Jonny IsGood@jonnyisgood.bsky.social · last yr.

There's a pet psychic who got called out on Tiktok for being a fraud (getting every detail of the pet owner's life wrong) and the pet psychic responded saying that the pets must have been lying to her

Thinking about the word 'professor': 'profess' can mean to express a quality or belief especially when it is not true or sincere, or to affirm one's faith in, belief, or allegiance to something. Sometimes, it can feel like language itself is making a joke.

My first Trinity Monday where we celebrate the election of new Fellows and Scholars of the College. A massive congratulations to them all - especially to our new Philosophy Scholars that I had the pleasure of examining!

An honour to chair, and speak at, Philosophy Today 2025: six public lectures, 200 tickets sold out, and a fantastically engaged and interested audience who so kindly gave us their attention and time, coming with excellent questions every night! Please join our newsletter below for future events:

Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social · last yr.

That’s a wrap on #Philosophy Today 2025! 🥳 Six evenings of big questions, generous speakers & packed-out discussions. Thanks to everyone joined us & brought such curiosity & energy each week. 👏 Sign up for updates on future events here 🔽 tinyurl.com/4nxc8vrv