How do we read Black philosophy without diluting its radical ideas? In this thought-provoking article for @aeon.co, @takeshimorisato.bsky.social explores @proftjcurry.bsky.social's concept of epistemic convergence and challenges how Black thought is absorbed into Western philosophy. edin.ac/3S1tPUU

Discover how language, cosmology and art come together in The Language of Time 🌌📖 Created by researchers @naominota.bsky.social and Dr Ben Bose, this graphic novel takes young readers on a journey through space and time—sparking curiosity about science along the way. #STEM #SciComm edin.ac/4wWTVHo

University Researchers Take Young Readers on a Journey Through Space, Time and Language | School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences

A new graphic novel created by two University researchers is bringing cutting-edge science to young readers through an imaginative adventure that blends linguistics, cosmology and art.

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Discover the moving story of Yasuo Takamatsu, who has spent nearly 15 years diving for his wife, Yuko, lost in Japan's 2011 tsunami. Philosophy lecturer @takeshimorisato.bsky.social contributes to this powerful study of love, grief, memory, & devotion - Diving for Yuko www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/....

The Documentary Podcast - Diving for Yuko - BBC Sounds

Yasuo Takamatsu has spent nearly 15 years diving for the remains of his wife, Yuko

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Absolutely delighted to recently join my co-editor Paolo Stellino for a discussion of philosophy and suicide with @jackrweinstein.bsky.social for @whyradioshow.bsky.social — a diverse and challenging conversation for sure! @oxunipress.bsky.social @schoolofppls.bsky.social youtu.be/hyIh0gmm0YM?...

How Do Philosophers Talk About Suicide? – Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life podcast

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Here’s to the official release of The Language of Time, an #illustrated children’s #book by Benjamin Bose and me (full online copy: benbose.com/book)! Big THANK YOU to Josiah King & the team at Houtwal for bringing it to life so beautifully by making plushes of “Bob the Black Hole” 🕳️😄

Babies may start learning language before they’re even born. Fascinating insights from Professor Antonella Sorace on bilingualism, code-switching, and why early exposure matters more than “one right method” for raising multilingual children. edin.ac/3RNbdHE

The experts’ guide to raising a bilingual child

With foreign language learning in decline, Anna Temkin – who is raising her son to speak his father’s native French – gets expert advice on how to foster bilingualism

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🎉New article from me on the pronouns man/bro - open access as always! 📝 "Pronominal variation in interaction: the interactional function of man and bro" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Congrats to Professor Antonella Sorace on receiving Sardinia’s Premio Sa Die! Honoured for her global research and advocacy for bilingualism and linguistic diversity—highlighting the importance of language, culture, and identity. Read more here: ppls.ed.ac.uk/sardinia-hon...

Sardinia Honours PPLS Linguist | School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences

Congratulations to Professor of Developmental Linguistics, Antonella Sorace who was awarded the "Premio Sa Die" by the Assemblea Nazionale Sarda (ANS) this week.

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Rewilding the Web will take place @schoolofppls.bsky.social on the 28/29th May! With @philosodave.bsky.social, @anil.recoil.org + Jon Crowcroft, Elena Rovenskaya, Orit Halpern, @georgien.bsky.social, @r-emrys.bsky.social, @blaine.bsky.social + others Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rewilding-...

🗣️Join Giulia Mazzola's talk on the 28th of April at 2.10PM "Does semantics motivate syntactic micro-variation? Empirical evidence from causative embedding in Southern Calabrese (Italo-Romance)"! See also ppls.ed.ac.uk/linguistics-... @schoolofppls.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Meaning and grammar research group meetings | Linguistics and English Language | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences

Presentations and discussion of research into syntax, semantics, pragmatics, morphology

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In his inaugural lecture, held at Edinburgh Futures Institute, Professor Simon Cox explores what research into brain and cognitive ageing has revealed — and what it has not. 📅 Wed 1 April 🕓 17:15pm 📍 Room 0.01, Edinburgh Futures Institute 🎟️ Free @schoolofppls.bsky.social

Inaugural Lecture of Professor Simon Cox

Fool’s Gold, Marginal Gains, and Magic Bullets (in neurocognitive ageing research)

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New episode of PPLS Perspectives! In this special episode Philosophers @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social & Professor Michael Gill unpack the @parliament.scot assisted dying bill (17/03/26)—key arguments, evidence & what the debate means for society. Listen here: edin.ac/41zhatn Captions auto-generated.

Foundation-funded research, led by Dr Aja Murray at @schoolofppls.bsky.social, highlights key experiences which increase the risk of mental health conditions in young people with ADHD. This could pave the way for tailored support services. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/4cETTxb #ADHD #MedicalResearch

Medical Research Foundation | Study reveals link between ADHD and…

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Congratulations to Professor Antonella Sorace on being elected a Fellow of @acadsocsciences.bsky.social. Recognised for her contributions to linguistics and bilingualism research, and for championing multilingualism and language diversity in society. ppls.ed.ac.uk/linguistics-...

Linguistics Professor Recognised with Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences | Linguistics and English Language | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences

Congratulations to Professor Antonella Sorace who has been welcomed to the Academy of Social Sciences’ Fellowship.

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Academy of Social Sciences@acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New Fellow Prof Antonella Sorace is Prof of Developmental Linguistics at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social! Her research focuses on the interrelations between linguistics, experimental psychology & cognitive science, including second language speakers. acss.org.uk/news/the-aca...

New article by Dr Suilin Lavelle reflects on recent PPLS activities aimed at boosting visibility of psychology beyond the West & tackling epistemic injustice. Featuring insights from Dr Adeyemi Adetula of Alex Ekwueme Federal University. Read more: edin.ac/4aUB6eM #Psychology #EpistemicJustice

Increasing the visibility of psychology in non-Western traditions | School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences

Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Dr. Suilin Lavelle, reflects on recent PPLS activities aimed at building awareness of research from non-Western traditions.

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A co-study supported by @wellcometrust.bsky.social, led by PPLS researchers, @ox.ac.uk & Paracelsus Medical finds little evidence that typical social media use at 11 or 14 predicts later depression. Heavy use linked to a small rise in suicide attempts. Time alone isn’t the full story edin.ac/4tzZjQa

Study sheds light on social media and mental health | News | The University of Edinburgh

There is little evidence that the amount of time young people spend on social media is linked to later mental health issues, according to a new study.

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New PPLS Perspectives episode! PG student Madeline Horner speaks with social psychologist Dr @ahbailey.bsky.social about why we often imagine a “person” as a man — and how subtle gender biases shape language, research, and real-world decisions. Listen here: edin.ac/4tpw8yY

In Japanese philosophy, unlike the atomised Western self, we are ‘ningen’ (人間), each enmeshed with other humans and nature @takeshimorisato.bsky.social

The Japanese ethics of ‘ningen’ dethrones the Western self | Aeon Essays

In Japanese philosophy, unlike the atomised Western self, we are ‘ningen’ (人間), each enmeshed with other humans and nature

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What's it like to speak at a major conference in Japan while still an undergraduate? We caught up with Year 4 student Cameron Bain about presenting his sociolinguistic research at the Asia Pacific Conference. Read more: https://llc.ed.ac.uk/whats-it-like-to-present-at-a-major-conference

What's it like to present at a major conference? | Literatures, Languages & Cultures

Year 4 Japanese and Linguistics student Cameron tells us about presenting at the Asia Pacific Conference in Japan.

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In January Dr Tony Baugh became the second Black philosophy student to obtain a PhD from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. He has since taken a role at Coppin State University to establish their philosophy offering with the goal of creating a BMS programme. Read Tony's story: edin.ac/4tdMtGQ

Many thanks to my excellent colleague Suilin Lavelle for organising a stimulating cross-disciplinary workshop @schoolofppls.bsky.social on Scientific Pluralism and Majority World Psychology.

Lecture under way @schoolofppls.bsky.social by Dr Adetula on the need to go beyond Western epistemology in psychological research and include African perspectives. Thanks to the School DEI committee for organising this cross-disciplinary event.

In October @proftjcurry.bsky.social became the first Black philosopher to have expert testimony pass the Daubert Standard, the benchmark US courts use to assess the reliability of evidence. Read about Prof Curry's testimony and experience here: edin.ac/3Mnz7qM

Warm congratulations to Mazviita Chirimuuta, who received the 2025 Lakatos Award for her book "The Brain Abstracted" — "an outstanding example of the kind of work being done at the cutting edge of contemporary philosophy of science." mitpress.mit.edu/978026254804...

Last Friday Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta was presented with the Lakatos Award in recognition of her book “The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience”. At the ceremony Dr Chirimuuta gave a lecture which you can view below.

LSE Philosophy@lsephilosophy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🎥 Watch the Lakatos Award Lecture 2025 by Mazviita Chirimuuta on "Apocalyptic Technology: #AI and the Limits of #Science" Mazviita Chirimuuta received the award for her book “The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KkX...

New findings from the CHILDS study shows developmental concerns in young children rose during Scotland’s lockdowns—and remain higher than pre-pandemic levels. Read more about how Covid shaped early years, and why targeted support matters now. edin.ac/3KsLiBV (1/2) #covid #lockdown #pandemic

Covid lockdown linked to rise in child developmental issues

The University of Edinburgh-led study examined health visitor reports on 258,000 children between March 2020 and August 2021.

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On November 26th (the birthday of the legendary linguist Ferdinand de Saussure), we celebrate #WorldLinguisticsDay. What better way to mark the occasion than sharing the latest episode of our podcast, PPLS Perspectives, which featured Personal Chair of Experimental Linguistics Jenny Culbertson.

School of PPLS at The University of Edinburgh@schoolofppls.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The New episode of PPLS Perspectives is available now! Maisy Hallam chats with Prof. Jenny Culbertson about how #technology, #AI, and global change are reshaping the future of language — and why #linguistic diversity matters more than ever. Listen now: edin.ac/4r7axdA

This Friday, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta will deliver the Lakatos Award Lecture. You can book FREE tickets to attend the lecture (in-person or online. By Following the link below. (1/2)

Philosophy lecturer’s book wins second accolade | Philosophy | School of Philosophy, Psychology and language sciences

The Brain Abstracted by Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta, which won the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize last year, has been announced as the winner of the prestigious Lakatos Award.

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LSE Philosophy@lsephilosophy.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📣Save the date for the Lakatos Award Lecture 2025 by Mazviita Chirimuuta! 🗓️ Friday 28 November, 6pm (London time) 📍 LSE campus and online More: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

Congrats to PhD researcher in Linguistics Ahmed H. Alhuwayshil on being named one of @sgsah.bsky.social Most Innovative Researchers of 2025! His work on scalar implicatures is reshaping how we understand language & thought. Read more: ppls.ed.ac.uk/ppls-linguis...

The New episode of PPLS Perspectives is available now! Maisy Hallam chats with Prof. Jenny Culbertson about how #technology, #AI, and global change are reshaping the future of language — and why #linguistic diversity matters more than ever. Listen now: edin.ac/4r7axdA