I’m delighted to be heading to New York for the coming academic year as a Leverhulme Research Fellow and a Visiting Scholar at Fordham and NYU. I'd be glad to hear from philosophers and others in NY with shared interests! @nyu.edu @leverhulme.ac.uk
Ralph Stefan Weir
@ralphstefanweir.bsky.social
Philosopher interested in metaphysics, mind, AI, language, art, religion etc. Author of The Mind-Body Problem and Metaphysics.
Fantatic to see humanities subjects at University of Lincoln ranked among the best in the UK. Especially gratifying to see Philosophy ranked at #6, reflecting the great effort we put into making philosophy at Lincoln truly world class.
Lincoln School of Humanities and Heritage@uolhumanities.bsky.social · last mo.Three of our subjects have been placed among the very best in the country in the latest Unifresher UK subject rankings: 🏛️ Classics — 3rd in the UK 📚 History — 12th in the UK 💭 Philosophy — 6th in the UK Want to find out why? Apply now! unifresher.co.uk/uni-prep/bes...
Three of our subjects have been placed among the very best in the country in the latest Unifresher UK subject rankings: 🏛️ Classics — 3rd in the UK 📚 History — 12th in the UK 💭 Philosophy — 6th in the UK Want to find out why? Apply now! unifresher.co.uk/uni-prep/bes...
Best Universities in the UK for 2027 | Unifresher Official List
See Unifresher’s definitive list of the best universities in the UK for 2026/27 admissions. Ranked by real student priorities and experience.
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It's the 2026 Year of Reading, so we asked our students what books they've enjoyed lately. Find our here! history.lincoln.ac.uk/2026/04/19/w...
Re-posting this for those who might want to pursue postgraduate study here @uolhumanities.bsky.social .
Dr Martin Roberts@robertsmartino.bsky.social · 5mo agoTo anyone interested in our medieval studies programme, we have some scholarships for international students. Various links to follow in a thread. 1/6 www.lincoln.ac.uk/course/medstdma
Our wonderful student ambassadors welcome prospective students and offer holders to yesterday's offer holder day
Coming up next week in Oxford, Dean Zimmerman (Rutgers) on divine unity! Free and open to all, Wednesday 11 March, 3pm-4:45pm, the Aula, Blackfriars Hall www.humanephilosophy.com/single-post/...
11 March, Dean Zimmerman, "Divine Bootstrapping: Do Abstract Objects Lead to Atheism?"
On 11 March, Professor Dean Zimmerman (Rutgers) will deliver a talk entitled "Divine Bootstrapping: Do Abstract Objects Lead to Atheism?" at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. Date: 11 March 2026...
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Our extremely talented LSHH philosopher, Daniel Came, takes a break from thinking about Nietszche to play some Bach www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6qX...
Dan Came: J.S. Bach's Prelude from Lute Suite No. 4 in E Major, BWV 1006a
YouTube video by Dan Came
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Announcement! 🎺 🎺 🎺 Our MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN WEEK 2026 will be running from 23 March. Several free online and in-person events will be taking place. For more info and to sign up please visit: sway.cloud.microsoft/JQIO9vGO001e...
MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN WEEK 2026: Books and Archives
To register for this free online event please visit our Eventbrite page.
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Would you like to help one of our @uolhumanities.bsky.social students with a research project into Quantum Models of Cognition Applied to Decision-Making under Uncertainty? Please take this 10-minute survey!https://shorturl.at/ZDnH9
Are earthworms sentient? What about microscopic nematode worms? Or single-celled organisms? Here is a deep dive I wrote for Asimov Press magazine about what investigations at the scale of neurons tell us about sentience. www.asimov.press/p/sentience
What It's Like To Be A Worm
Finding evidence of “sentience” is fraught, whether in a comatose patient, an animal, or a neural net.
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Have you always wanted to write a drama based on the Lives of Plutarch? Then my friend and former student's publishing house has the competition for you! $2000 prize plus a book contract with 10% royalties, and your play performed on the London stage! oldsovereignpublishing.com/pages/compet...
The Great Panathenaea
Old Sovereign Publishing are delighted to launch The Great Panathenaea. This is the event of 2026. A $2000 prize and a book contract with 10% royalties (on the full RRP). The two finalists will...
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Today's article pick from Damn History, a free newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @ralphstefanweir.bsky.social & @worksinprogress.blogsky.venki.dev! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe www.worksinprogress.news/p/classical-...
Classical statues were not painted horribly
Did the Greeks and Romans have different tastes, paint badly, or have the reconstructors of classical statues been trolling us?
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I had a great time earlier this week speaking to 650+ A Level students about philosophy of religion at Bloomsbury Baptist Church for Academy Learning. Also got in a mention of the amazing philosophy programmes we have here at @uolhumanities.bsky.social.
I am delighted to have received my copy of the inaugural print edition of Works in Progress, featuring my article on whether classical statues really looked like the garish reconstructions one sometimes encounters Works n Progress is an amazing magazine, and I'm extremely proud to be involved
New version of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Dualism is now live! This update was a huge job, and there’s still plenty I’d like to improve in the next version, but this will have to do until 2030. plato.stanford.edu/entries/dual...
@jamesinbrooklyn.bsky.social makes a great observation
James in Brooklyn@jamesinbrooklyn.bsky.social · 10mo agoWow I don't know what's happening at NY Review of Books but those guys are just printing banger after banger article. The last 2 issues have had incredibly good articles If you're not reading them you should be www.nybooks.com
Works in Progress is an amazing magazine of new ideas. Defying wider trends in publishing, it is moving from online only to print as well. This will be the most beautiful and intelligent magazine in existence and you should really consider subscribing. worksinprogress.co/print/
Print - Works in Progress Magazine
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Departing Split to end the summer conference season in Rome
Massive congratulations to our brilliant University Challenge team, including two LSHH team members, for winning in Lincoln's first appearance on the show! Looking forward to round 2!! www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/lincoln...
University of Lincoln students victorious after win on iconic quiz show
It's the first time the university has had a team compete on the popular show
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Does studying philosophy make you a better thinker? Yes! When controlling for baseline differences, philosophy students outperform all other disciplines on tests of verbal and logical reasoning and on a measure of valuable habits of mind
Upcoming conference in beautiful Lisbon this October on "Artistic Networks of Trust: Collecting and Dealing in Times of War and Diplomacy”, organised by LSHH's Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/age...
Artistic Networks of Trust
The Calouste Gulbenkian Conference in Art History, in its second edition, offers a reflection on networks of trust in the art world, through the lens of Calouste Gulbenkian’s life and transnational ac...
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I will be debating the interaction problem for mind-body dualism with the great philosophy podcaster Ben Watkins at 6pm this evening UK time (1pm EST), hosted by Emerson Green. Please join us! www.youtube.com/live/-P2k1pG...
DEBATE: Is mind-body interaction a problem for dualism? Ralph Stefan Weir vs. Ben Watkins
Ralph Stefan Weir and Ben Watkins debate whether there is a sound argument from mental causation to materialism. The argument goes roughly as follows: Our minds cause bodily movements. Bodily movement...
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What Heraclitus a Hindu?? You probably thought no, but I'm going to tell you... maybe! afternature.substack.com/p/was-heracl...
Was Heraclitus a Hindu?
An evaluation of Thomas McEvilley's "scholarly proof" of the influence of the Upanishads on the great pre-Socratic.
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People often suggest that to qualify as *science* a theory must be based on publicly observable evidence. But in fact, neuroscience relies heavily on private experience. Investigators ask people what they can see, how much pain they feel, etc.
LSHH researcher Alyson Wharton-Durgaryan's new book on Armenian architecture, supported by the Barakat Trust, comes out later this year. Read about it here! shorturl.at/729mX
Almost time for the 2025 student edition of the Lincoln Philosophy Salon! Looking forward to public talks on art and morality, personhood, and the quantum measurement problem by three of our brilliant current students
