Dale Dorsey’s latest and, sadly, final book is now available. The topic is painfully fitting, given the wonderful company that he was. academic.oup.com/book/63481?s...

On Fellowship

Abstract. Relationships with others are a fundamental human good. Few would regard a life without friendship and loving relations with other people as a li

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What a great welcome to the department! I absolutely loved our discussion

Department of Government, Essex@uniessexgov.bsky.social · 7d ago

Thanks to everyone who joined the Department of Government speaker series today! We heard a great talk from Dr Pilar Lopez Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social. Join us next week when Dr Prabin Khadka will discuss an experiment on peacekeeping in South Sudan!

Time to submit to EPSSE 2027! Deadline 7th Jan, check below for submission form and important dates:

European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions@epsse.bsky.social · last wk.

We are delighted to announce that our 14th EPSSE Annual Conference will be hosted by the Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele in Milan from June 23 to 25, 2027! Please submit abstracts for anonymous review here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Looking forward to seeing many of you in 2027!

Your are warmly invited to attend a workshop titled "Imagining Diverse Grief" that is taking place at Cardiff University on 28 and 29 June 2027. Registrations are open now! philevents.org/event/show/1... #philsky #grief

Imagining Diverse Grief

Grief matters to everyone. It is a fundamental, universal experience in response to bereavement and non-bereavement losses, but it affects different people in different ways. Although philosophical re...

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The Flu, day 58

Finally in my rightful place

We are launching the Diverse Grief Blog today! This blog provides a forum for exploring the diversity and complexity of grief. Our inaugural post is written by Tanya Evans and explores the complex relationship of family stories, grief, and the meaning of life. #philsky #grief diverse-grief.com

This is going to a short piece I’m writing titled “Riding like a Girl” (shoutout to IMY). Let’s not have a cycling culture that inherits the worst broisms of car-centrism, tnx. Also: no bell ringing in shared paths, or do you shout at people to get out of the way when you’re walking in a hurry??

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · last mo.

will say, as an actual cyclist, that yes, sure, sometimes it really is just easier to go on the pavement for a stretch, but if you do it while going slowly and apologising to the pedestrians you encounter then no one will hate you, "basic manners" does kind of seem to be the issue here, again

On the move for this!

Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships@clsrleeds.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Breakups hurt, upend our lives, and change how we relate to each other but have been curiously neglected by philosophers. Our workshop next month aims to look closer at this often messy part of life. Here is the fantastic line up.

Now I kind of regret not writing my breakups talk for Friday on spineless men who deal with casual nonmonogamous dating pathetically and write the whitest rap of all time about the matter.

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What happens with claims about "manifesting" and “staying positive” in contexts of oppression? TLDR: self-help discourse (given its core principles) blames victims and causes epistemic and affective injustice. w/ @sallylatham.bsky.social & @almagro.bsky.social summarized in this blog post ⬇️

Imperfect Cognitions@imperfectcognitions.com · 2mo ago

How helpful is self-help? On Imperfect Cognitions this week, Carme Isern-Mas discusses the potential harms of everyday self-help discourse in contexts of systemic oppression. imperfectcognitions.... #newresearch #philsky #philpsy

To mark the start of the academic year, I’m resposting this brief summary of my current research project on affect, justice & cities. I also run an online working group for Europe-based philosophers interested in local normative theory (think ethics/politics of the city) so if that’s you, email me!

AFFINITY@affectinthecity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Read here for a summary of the project published in the EPIC project blog ⬇️

La La Land at the cinema for its tenth anniversary — once again I take this chance to certify as an expert on love that this is one of the best romantic films ever made

My and Jack Casey's open access paper 'The ethics of artificial intelligence in sport' has just been published in AI & Ethics. We argue that the use of AI in sport risks changing a sport's cluster of excellences, with a focus on the role of the football manager. shorturl.at/vhLp9 #philsky

The ethics of artificial intelligence in sport - AI and Ethics

What reason, if any, is there to object to the use of Artificial Intelligence in sport? While the existing literature has investigated several issues about the ethics of AI in sport, these studies hav...

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Next month I’ll join Essex’s Department of Government for my MSCA placement, to work with Prof Paul Bou-Habib on distributive affective justice. I’ll be around the UK until May, between Colchester & Cambridge—you know where to find me if you’re interested in love, cities & affective (in)justice!

Really interesting work from the team at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk!

Beth Kitson@drbethkitson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A new piece from @ojgarling.bsky.social and me for @ippr.org on rethinking ‘Manchesterism’ through the lens of infrastructural citizenship. Open access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Breakups hurt, upend our lives, and change how we relate to each other but have been curiously neglected by philosophers. Our workshop next month aims to look closer at this often messy part of life. Here is the fantastic line up.

AOC sharing her day-by-day egg freezing process is the best I have seen in social media this year. Someone in her comments called it “a small act of resistance” and as a good friend put it, it’s actually a massive one

Ok lemme ask why we’re so fascinated by scientists’ take on relationships and not the millions of years of literary representations of successful and unsuccessful relationships.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3mo ago

The psychiatrist who helped popularize attachment theory says much of the conversation about attachment styles has drifted away from the science. Here's how they shape our interactions with others, and how to change them:

Tomorrow is the final day for PhDs and post-docs to express interest for this workshop on breakups.

Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships@clsrleeds.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One week for post-grad and post-docs to express interest in presenting at our Breakup Workshop 💔👇🏻

YAY

The Man in Seat 61@seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 3mo ago

London-Amsterdam Eurostars will also stop at Antwerp Centraal from the December timetable change (in the outward direction only, of course)

Starmer’s resignation speech:

Filosofía en español ⬇️ El último episodio de Punzadas Sonoras trata sobre rupturas amorosas y me deja muchas cosas sobre las que pensar. Son las primeras en darse cuenta de que el título de mi artículo “The Break-Up Check” es un guiño a las comedias románticas—solo han hecho falta 8 años!

Dejar de amar: la ruptura amorosa | Punzadas Sonoras 5x21 | #RPS

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Today with 40+ other organisations and individuals, I’ve supported a vital call, for more space for children to play on their doorsteps, as Andy Burnham - central to Labour's 2008 national play strategy - is himself on the doorstep of No. 10. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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....

Since some people seem to need a periodic reminder: being dull is not a requirement for being a serious philosopher. So if a woman in academia is outgoing, funny, and wears bright clothes/make up, that does not automatically mean that she is a PhD student (in the sense of being junior)

Philosophers I'm the book review editor at the Journal of Moral Philosophy. We have a pile of books looking for reviewers. If interested in reviewing a book in ethics/political/social/action/moral psychology, that came out in 2023, 2024, 2025, or 2026, please keep reading. And please share this!

Philosophers have mostly neglected breakups, despite their impact on our lives. Our next workshop aims to catalyse more research into the ethics of breakups.

Glad to have the chance to keep up with my old tradition of never having climbed Arthur’s Seat despite seeing it every day