It's paperback release day! Get yours now from @versobooks.bsky.social or your bookshop and read it on the beach 🏝️

It was VERY cool to give a talk in Balliol College chapel, with a response from Rowan Williams!

Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh@drelizabethmac1.bsky.social · last mo.

Very much worth a dash from work to Oxford to hang out with my favourite @philosophellie.bsky.social Then to @ballioloxford.bsky.social for a spectacular public lecture from @peterwest23.bsky.social #DorothyEmmet #EpiphanyPhilosophers #philsky #philosophysky www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/events/2026/...

The very first issue of *Margaret Cavendish: A Multidisciplinary Journal* has now been published! True to its name, this issue has contributions from philosophy, literature, and history. Cavendishians, consider submitting your work! www.margaret-cavendish-journal.hass.uq.edu.au/index.php/te...

📣🎉 Two great examples of experiential learning in Philosophy at Northeastern University London, due to @peterwest23.bsky.social 👉 1. A site visit to The National Gallery www.nulondon.ac.uk/visit-to-the... 👉 2. A trip to The British Library www.nulondon.ac.uk/visit-to-the...

Visit to the British Library

Students gain insights on early modern philosophy during a visit to the British Library with original texts from great thinkers.

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I’m one of the coauthors of this new SEP entry on early modern rationalism, having truly broken bad from my empiricist roots plato.stanford.edu/entries/rati... #philosophy

📣 📨 New on The Computational Philosopher: a post on Margaret Cavendish and counterfactual knowledge transfer in 17th-century intellectual networks, using simulations built on the Six Degrees of Francis Bacon dataset. @peterwest23.bsky.social 🔗👉 computationalphilosopher.substack.com/p/computer-n...

Computer Network Simulations and Early Modern Intellectual Networks

The Case of Margaret Cavendish and the Royal Society

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Peter West reviews Andreas Vrahimis's book Bergsonism and the History of Analytic Philosophy in #HOPOS. Link: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Richard Pettigrew's (@wiglet1981.bsky.social) 2026 Daniel C. Dennett Lecture is now up on youtube!

Christoph Schuringa@schuringa.bsky.social · 5mo ago

youtube.com/watch?v=jTlj... @wiglet1981.bsky.social @nulondonphilos.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social

Feels like the wartime equivalent of watching the 6 foot + striker who's only good for one thing warming up on the sidelines www.latimes.com/california/s...

'Doomsday plane' performs exercises in Fresno, stoking fears as war escalates

A Boeing E-6B Mercury, or 'Doomsday Plane,' was seen performing exercises near Fresno Yosemite International Airport on Sunday.

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New substack on (sigh) AI: peterwest1.substack.com/p/so-much-ai

So much AI

AI is ubiquitous.

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'Won', but not 'won enough' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Vague and contradictory Trump says Iran war ‘won’, but not ‘won enough’

After oil prices surged on Monday the US president sought – and failed – to offer a clear vision for when the largest US intervention in the Middle East in years will end

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New substack post: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Other ways of doing philosophy

"there's got to be a better way!"

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'Susan Stebbing on Logic and Analysis' (ed. S. Chapman) is now out in the Philosophers in Depth series. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Susan Stebbing on Logic and Analysis

This volume contains new scholarly essays on the work of Susan Stebbing and offers fresh perspectives on logic and the philosophy of science

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The Daniel C. Dennett Lecture at Northeastern University London, with Richard Pettigrew (@wiglet1981.bsky.social) is this Thursday! Find more information and register to attend here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-daniel...

The Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology 2026

Join us in Room 224/226, Devon House.

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🚨 Three week alert! 🚨 On February 19th, Richard Pettigrew will deliver the Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture & Technology at Northeastern University London Lecture title:'Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education' Register online/in-person here: tinyurl.com/yc6uax8s #philosophy

Check out our brand new Virtual Special Issue: "Ten Women Presidents of The Aristotelian Society" The first ten Inaugural Addresses delivered by the first ten women Presidents of the Aristotelian Society, from 1930-2001. academic.oup.com/aristotelian... #philosophy

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New AI-Generated Content Derived from Your Work Posted on Academia.Edu

“By making any Member Content available through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Academia.edu a worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, non-...

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too many 'noisy words' out there, everyone quieten down

Clare Moriarty@quiteclare.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Taking my 2026 scholarly cue from (William) Molyneux and describing those with opposed approaches as: * covered by Dark Mists * promoting Empty Stuff * like a Leprosie * Beauty-deformers * using "noisy words"

ok not to be a philosophy asshole but what does Mr. Jones think preparation is?

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Susanna Reid asks Darren Jones what British companies who export to the US should do to prepare for a possible increase in tariffs. Darren Jones replies: "you shouldn't prepare for a hypothetical"

I attended the Northern Seminar in Late Modern Philosophy last year and it was excellent - do submit especially if you have ideas for work on women in the 'late modern' era #philosophy #philsky

Sandrine Berges@sandrineankara.bsky.social · 7mo ago

CFP: The Northern Seminar in Late Modern Philosophy II – Deadline Extended to January 30th CFP: The Northern Seminar in Late Modern Philosophy II - Deadline Extended to January 30th 18-19 June 2026, University of Durham, UK Keynote Speakers Maria-Dimova Cookson (Durham) Mark Textor (KCL) The…

Ellie Robson (@philosophellie.bsky.social) and I edited a new virtual special issue of the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 'Ten Women Presidents of the Aristotelian Society' 10 papers from the first 10 women to be president of the AS are all available open access here: tinyurl.com/ufy9ncn9

We're really excited to have Richard deliver our second annual Daniel C. Dennett lecture in Culture and Technology at Northeastern University London @northeasternu.bsky.social @nulondonphilos.bsky.social More info/registration (online and in-person) here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-daniel...

The Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology 2026

Join us in Room 136, Devon House.

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Richard Pettigrew@wiglet1981.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In case anyone is in London and would like to come, I’ll be giving the Daniel C. Dennett Lecture in Culture and Technology on February 19th at 6pm. Lifelong Learning and the Many Aims of Higher Education philevents.org/event/show/1...

Aeon is featuring an article I wrote on Margaret Macdonald’s idea that a good philosophical theory is like a good story for #worldphilosophyday

Aeon Magazine@aeon.co · 9mo ago

Today is #WorldPhilosophyDay, and we’re re-sharing this essay from the archive which explores how, according to philosopher Margaret Macdonald, ‘philosophical theories are much more like good stories than scientific explanations.’

Happy World #Philosophy Day!! We love hosting live interviews, insightful articles, and engaging workshops where you can talk with authors and educators in the field. Want to help out? Subscribe on YouTube, become a member, or consider a donation! www.thephilosopher1923.org/donate

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It’s Bernard Mandeville week this week, inspired by @johnjocallanan.bsky.social

A paper of mine has been ‘rewritten‘ (presumably by AI) and ‘published’ on a bogus journal: thechitranshacadmic.in/wp-content/u... Needless to say that is not a real paper by me, even though it has my name and email on it. Has this happened to anyone else? @dailynous.com #philosophy #philsky

Join us on Mon. Oct. 27 ~ 3pm ET / 7pm UK! "On the Marginalisation of Women in Philosophy & Science" Why women were excluded from these disciplines? What are the challenges of recovering their work? What's so important about historical narratives centering on women? #Philosophy Register free:

This is happening on Monday!

The Philosopher@philosopher1923.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Coming up: Mon. Oct. 27 ~ 3pm ET /7pm UK "On the Marginalisation of Women in #Philosophy and #Science" Join Athene Donald, Francesca Peacock, & Jennifer Park in conversation with Peter West on how and why women were were excluded from these disciplines. www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

Christoph and I will be discussing his book - and responses to it including Tim’s - at a book launch on October 28th in London, here at the @nulondonphilos.bsky.social campus!

Tim Crane@timcrane.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I wrote something about analytic Philospphy, and Christoph Schuringa’s book for the Ideas Letter @stefanschubert.bsky.social @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/bloodl...

When a student comes to show you what they are currently reading. Boom! #Impact @peterwest23.bsky.social @inparenthesis.bsky.social #womeninphilosophy #philsky #DorothyEmmet #WomenAtTheDawnOfAnalyticPhilosophy @uniwinchester.bsky.social