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Lisa Bortolotti
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Philosopher (Birmingham/Ferrara). Founder of the Imperfect Cognitions blog and The Philosophy Garden. Editor of Philosophical Psychology. More at: lisabortolotti.com

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Lisa Bortolotti is an Italian philosopher who is currently professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her work is in the philosophy of the cognitive sciences, including philosophy of psychology and philosophy of psychiatry, as well as bioethics and medical ethics. She was educated at the University of Bologna, King's College London, University of Oxford and the Australian National University, and worked briefly at the University of Manchester before beginning at Birmingham, where she has been a lecturer, senior lecturer, reader and now professor. .. more

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 11h
Featuring work with @fionamalpass.bsky.social @rachelred94.bsky.social @hearingvoicesmic.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social @matthewbroome.bsky.social @ipanalysis.bsky.social @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social and many more!

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 11h
Read my post for the APA blog, Rules of Engagement: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/10/r... Arguing that epistemologists can join impactful interdisciplinary projects that contribute to improving social interactions #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #epistemicinjustice #philosophymatters
Rules of Engagement | Blog of the APA
We would be wrong in writing off epistemology as an ivory tower pursuit with no implications for our daily practices. Epistemology can help understand and address issues such as the polarization of po...
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 20h
Thanks to @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting this workshop series!

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 20h
Don't miss it! 3rd March lunchtime, Winterbourne House and Garden. Charlotte Hempel tells us about "The Dead Sea Scrolls and the great outdoors" Free but registration required: www.winterbourne.org.uk/whats-on/dea... #philsky #edusky #philosophyforeveryone
Dead Sea Scrolls and the Great Outdoors (with stick people) Charlotte Hempel

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 23h
When we produced our animated explainer videos with animal characters our hope was to engage even the youngest in philosophical debates that matter. So glad this is happening not just in schools but cultural venues too. #philosophyforeveryone #edusky #philsky #philosophymatters #p4c live.focus.it

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 1d
La mostra su complottismi e misinformazione è tornata! Questo weekend è stata ospitata dal Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia a Milano per Focus Live 2025. Splendido vedere tanti bambini coi video del Giardino della Filosofia… #philsky #edusky
Bambino che guarda la cavalletta e la formica Ragazzini che guardano i video sui tablet Bambino tutto concentrato sul video Bambina che guarda il tarlo affamato

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 2d
The paper is based on @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social’s own Aesop-style fable, the Fox and the Owl, which is one of the 11 videos in The Philosophy Garden! #philsky #edusky #philosophyforeveryone sites.google.com/view/the-phi...
Owl Fox

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 2d
Super happy to receive my first paper in French, with @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social and @matteomameli.bsky.social, on confabulation and conspiracy theories, in a book entitled “Les fables de l’homme”. Thanks David Simonin for leading the project and translating the paper. #philsky #philpsy
Lisa with book The start of the chapter Le renard et le hibou: confabulation, conspirations et regulation de soi Back of the book explaining the project on human fables

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 3d
Now Sam Wilkinson asks why philosophy matters to psychiatry! Useful introduction to the themes discussed during the Philosophy Special Interest Group Annual Conference at the Royal College of Psychiatrists #philsky #philpsy
Sam Wilkinson

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 3d
Delighted to be listening to @annelijefferson.bsky.social at the Philosophy Special
interest Group Annual conference 2025 at the Royal College of Psychiatrists! Talking about responsibility #philsky #philpsy
Big audience for Anneli!

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 4d
Tonight #philsci quiz! What is this?
Mystery sculpture at night

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 4d
On the #projectEPIC blog, Han Edgoose develops a concept of hermeneutical sabotage by engaging with the predicaments of transpeople in the UK epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/11/herm... #philsky #EpistemicInjustice
Hermeneutical Sabotage
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 4d
New paper! @matteomameli.bsky.social and I comment on Neil Van Leeuwen's book, Religion as Make Believe. Spoiler: doxasticism still rocks! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsky
On evidential vulnerability and compartmentalization
Published in Religion, Brain & Behavior (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Reposted by Steven French

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 4d
All our activities sponsored by @triphilosophy.bsky.social in one page! Updated with the Winterbourne House and Garden 2026 programme of philosophy lunchtime workshops: www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg... #PhilosophyforEveryone #philsky #PublicPhilosophy
Mini Socrates on robot-human relationships Mini Socrates and role play games The Dead Sea Scrolls and rural life Mini Socrates and delusions

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The Dissenter @thedissenteryt.bsky.social · 4d
In episode 862, my second interview with Dr. Lisa Bortolotti (@lisabortolotti.com), we talk about her great book, Why Delusions Matter.

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#862 Lisa Bortolotti: Why Delusions Matter
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 4d
Fantastic news! PhilHead is on Bluesky! Follow @philhead.bsky.social for all things philosophy of medicine #philsky #philpsy #philmed
PhilHeaD (@philhead.bsky.social)
Il Network Italiano di Filosofia della Medicina (PhilHeaD) promuove la ricerca filosofica riguardo le scienze mediche e psichiatriche, favorendo il dialogo tra filosofi, medici e altri professionisti ...
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Imperfect Cognitions @philosophyblogs.bsky.social · 5d
This week, we welcome Steven Gubka, to share his recent paper: "How Anger Helps Us Possess Reasons for Action" (The Philosophical Quarterly). In it, he argues that anger helps us appropriately respond to injustice and is a tool for addressing wrongdoing.

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Steven Gubka

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 5d
I am going to this! Wouldn’t miss Anneli’s talk on this exciting topic… #philsky #philpsy
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I have recently been thinking about whether deep self views can help with some of the tricky issues surrounding autonomy and responsibility in the context of mental I'll health. My pessimistic preliminary conclusion is No. I'll be presenting on this on Friday.

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Philosophy Special Interest Group Annual Conference 2025: Autonomy and responsibility in psychiatry and mental health care
Detail page.
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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 5d
New Call for Papers! Imagination, Creativity, and Artificial Intelligence
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Imagination, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence
Calling researchers in philosophy and psychology to contribute to this special issue on imagination, creativity, and artificial intelligence.
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Anneli Jefferson @annelijefferson.bsky.social · 5d
I have recently been thinking about whether deep self views can help with some of the tricky issues surrounding autonomy and responsibility in the context of mental I'll health. My pessimistic preliminary conclusion is No. I'll be presenting on this on Friday.

www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confe...
Philosophy Special Interest Group Annual Conference 2025: Autonomy and responsibility in psychiatry and mental health care
Detail page.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk

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The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 6d
How do we recall the memory of events that may happen repeatedly, such as our own birthday?  Today at The Memory Palace, Katja Crone analyzes different types of memory, including what she terms "generic" memory, when it comes to frequent events.
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How We Recall Recurring Events
Katja Crone (TU Dortmund)
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 6d
Glad to host Valeria Bizzari today: her talk on gendered experiences in autism was supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social youtu.be/yrd6sJUI9kg #philsky #philpsy`#phenomenology #autism #gender
Women in Philosophy: Valeria Bizzari
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 6d
We are updating our Royal Institute of Philosophy University of Birmingham webpage, but in the meantime, there is a list of events here: sites.google.com/view/the-phi...
Winterbourne House and Garden on a sunny day

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 6d
Thanks!

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 8d
Interesting games for young people and everyone else to learn how to spot or resist misinformation online: sites.google.com/view/the-phi... #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone
Young person with headphones playing a game on the computer. Bright red jumper and green trousers.

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 9d
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 14
💙📚
#booksky
#books
Book cover of The centre cannot hold, young woman on a swing, image blurred

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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 9d
Latest papers: Michael D. Kirchhoff argues mental representation in cognitive science is not a useful fiction because it fails to be genuinely explanatory in this open access article doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #phipsy
A brain with flowers

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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 9d
Seven exciting free-access book reviews in our #vol38issue8! Follow the thread to know more #philsky #booksky #philpsy
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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 10d
#philsky #philpsy
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In July-September 2025 we had over 90000 downloads which is more than double the downloads in the same quarter of 2022. Hopefully we continue to publish the papers you want to read!
Download data for the journal in the last four years

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Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 10d
In July-September 2025 we had over 90000 downloads which is more than double the downloads in the same quarter of 2022. Hopefully we continue to publish the papers you want to read!
Download data for the journal in the last four years