Declan O'Gara
@declanogara.bsky.social
friendly neighbourhood moral error theorist
philosophy phd student at edinburgh university
he/him
philosophy phd student at edinburgh university
he/him
Pausing my social media hiatus to say that my first paper 'The Problem with the 'Now What' Problem' is now out in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice! The paper is open access so anyone should be able to read it.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Problem with the ‘Now What’ Problem - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
It has long been assumed that the moral error theory faces a ‘Now What’ problem. The error theory says that all moral judgments are false, and the ‘Now What’ problem asks what we should do with our mo...
link.springer.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Pausing my social media hiatus to say that my first paper 'The Problem with the 'Now What' Problem' is now out in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice! The paper is open access so anyone should be able to read it.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
everyone at this conference is so lovely
June 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
everyone at this conference is so lovely
arrived in frankfurt for frankmeta.7!
June 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
arrived in frankfurt for frankmeta.7!
this is a truly excellent album open.spotify.com/album/3pVuoi...
Total Cinema
Ken Yates · Album · 2025 · 11 songs
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June 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
this is a truly excellent album open.spotify.com/album/3pVuoi...
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writing about conceptual truth ☹️
writing about conceptual truth with a nice little drink 😁
writing about conceptual truth with a nice little drink 😁
May 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
writing about conceptual truth ☹️
writing about conceptual truth with a nice little drink 😁
writing about conceptual truth with a nice little drink 😁
we’ve recently gotten into boardgames, currently hunting octopi
May 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
we’ve recently gotten into boardgames, currently hunting octopi
what font did you guys use for your thesis? the italics on garamond is starting to irritate me
May 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
what font did you guys use for your thesis? the italics on garamond is starting to irritate me
currently have an entire library to myself
May 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
currently have an entire library to myself
Realising that you can just skip talks if you want at conferences really changed the game for me
May 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Realising that you can just skip talks if you want at conferences really changed the game for me
i wasn’t using blue sky at the time but this is proof that i’m still out here philosophising
Really enjoyed the Fifth Groningen Metaethics Workshop. Grateful to Bart Streumer and Daan Evers for organising it and doing me the great honour of inviting me to speak
May 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
i wasn’t using blue sky at the time but this is proof that i’m still out here philosophising
final meeting coming up for the moral universe reading group
May 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
final meeting coming up for the moral universe reading group
been a while since i’ve ridden anywhere just for fun (ignore how slow i am)
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
been a while since i’ve ridden anywhere just for fun (ignore how slow i am)
tranquility maxing
May 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
tranquility maxing
really struggling with the current thesis chapter, into the dozens of drafts at this point and still can’t work out what I want to say
May 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
really struggling with the current thesis chapter, into the dozens of drafts at this point and still can’t work out what I want to say
real ‘throw toys out of pram and restart thesis chapter’ hours
May 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
real ‘throw toys out of pram and restart thesis chapter’ hours
i have deleted all the other apps in the hopes i start procrastinating from writing up by doomscrolling here instead
May 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
i have deleted all the other apps in the hopes i start procrastinating from writing up by doomscrolling here instead
my paper ‘the problem with the ‘now what’ problem’ has been accepted for presentation at TIF in barcelona 🎉
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TIF UPF 2025
Visita la entrada para saber más.
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January 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
my paper ‘the problem with the ‘now what’ problem’ has been accepted for presentation at TIF in barcelona 🎉
tallinfil.wordpress.com
tallinfil.wordpress.com
new keyboard with which to finish this phd
December 31, 2024 at 2:18 PM
new keyboard with which to finish this phd
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Oxford are looking for an associate professor/professor, AOS in some area of theoretical philosophy, AOC in feminist philosophy
Job Details
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December 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Oxford are looking for an associate professor/professor, AOS in some area of theoretical philosophy, AOC in feminist philosophy
reading a new j.l. mackie book in 2024
December 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
reading a new j.l. mackie book in 2024
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Delighted to see this, and hugely honoured and grateful that royalties from Mackie’s last book will go to Philosophy in Prison ( check it out at philosophyinprison.com ) Thank you to the editors and to Hilary and David for their generosity. #philsky
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global.oup.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Delighted to see this, and hugely honoured and grateful that royalties from Mackie’s last book will go to Philosophy in Prison ( check it out at philosophyinprison.com ) Thank you to the editors and to Hilary and David for their generosity. #philsky
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
just when i thought moorean arguments were behind me
December 15, 2024 at 9:08 PM
just when i thought moorean arguments were behind me
the philosophy books have a new home
December 15, 2024 at 3:37 PM
the philosophy books have a new home
i’d like everyone to know that the assassination wasn’t wrong specifically because there are no moral facts
December 11, 2024 at 3:01 PM
i’d like everyone to know that the assassination wasn’t wrong specifically because there are no moral facts