Dave Ingram
@dvngrm.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Philosophy @ University of York
Vice President of the Philosophy of Time Society
UCU rep. @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social
Metaphysics | Philosophy of Time
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Vice President of the Philosophy of Time Society
UCU rep. @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social
Metaphysics | Philosophy of Time
https://daveingram.weebly.com
https://www.philtimesociety.com
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Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Incandescent. One of the best pieces I've read about what university means to people and their communities - and what will happen to a city and people after one closes. The *Labour* government and Jaqui Smith in particular should be ashamed of themselves and shamed into doing something. Deplorable.
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📣 CFP Extended Deadline (Feb 15, 2026)
🔷 SMS 2026 will take place May 25–27 at the University of Toronto.
💠Keynote: Heather Demarest
💠Presidential Address: Giuliano Torrengo
➡️Submissions welcome on all areas of metaphysics of science.
More info: socmetsci.org
🔷 SMS 2026 will take place May 25–27 at the University of Toronto.
💠Keynote: Heather Demarest
💠Presidential Address: Giuliano Torrengo
➡️Submissions welcome on all areas of metaphysics of science.
More info: socmetsci.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:12 PM
📣 CFP Extended Deadline (Feb 15, 2026)
🔷 SMS 2026 will take place May 25–27 at the University of Toronto.
💠Keynote: Heather Demarest
💠Presidential Address: Giuliano Torrengo
➡️Submissions welcome on all areas of metaphysics of science.
More info: socmetsci.org
🔷 SMS 2026 will take place May 25–27 at the University of Toronto.
💠Keynote: Heather Demarest
💠Presidential Address: Giuliano Torrengo
➡️Submissions welcome on all areas of metaphysics of science.
More info: socmetsci.org
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UK Universities cut 13,300 jobs, paid £300m+ in redundancy.
Economic contribution of the HE sector, £265bn.
Systematically destroyed by govts - foreign students not welcome, cut real-term grants, fees, students burdened with debts, low staff pay/morale.
Govt want skilled labour.
archive.ph/favYt
Economic contribution of the HE sector, £265bn.
Systematically destroyed by govts - foreign students not welcome, cut real-term grants, fees, students burdened with debts, low staff pay/morale.
Govt want skilled labour.
archive.ph/favYt
Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs
Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet
www.timeshighereducation.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM
UK Universities cut 13,300 jobs, paid £300m+ in redundancy.
Economic contribution of the HE sector, £265bn.
Systematically destroyed by govts - foreign students not welcome, cut real-term grants, fees, students burdened with debts, low staff pay/morale.
Govt want skilled labour.
archive.ph/favYt
Economic contribution of the HE sector, £265bn.
Systematically destroyed by govts - foreign students not welcome, cut real-term grants, fees, students burdened with debts, low staff pay/morale.
Govt want skilled labour.
archive.ph/favYt
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The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 11th annual conference to be held at Yamaguchi University, Japan, on 25th–27th July 2026.
Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
Calls for Papers/Abstracts | Philosophy of Time Society
www.philtimesociety.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 11th annual conference to be held at Yamaguchi University, Japan, on 25th–27th July 2026.
Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
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Mike Stuart has won a 2 million euro ERC Consolidator grant to research how AI is changing science! He'll be recruiting 4 postdocs to help do the research over 5 years. More news on the project when it begins this June! @erc.europa.eu www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Project to examine how AI is changing the way science is done
A new research project is set to investigate how artificial intelligence is extending and transforming the abilities that scientists use to investigate the world.
www.york.ac.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Mike Stuart has won a 2 million euro ERC Consolidator grant to research how AI is changing science! He'll be recruiting 4 postdocs to help do the research over 5 years. More news on the project when it begins this June! @erc.europa.eu www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 11th annual conference to be held at Yamaguchi University, Japan, on 25th–27th July 2026.
Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
Calls for Papers/Abstracts | Philosophy of Time Society
www.philtimesociety.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The International Association for Philosophy of Time (IAPT) is pleased to announce its 11th annual conference to be held at Yamaguchi University, Japan, on 25th–27th July 2026.
Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
Call for abstracts: www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
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📷 Summer School: Mereology and Beyond
Check out the schedule on the link! www.usi.ch/en/mereology
Dates: June 15–19.
Application Deadline: 15 February 2026
Check out the schedule on the link! www.usi.ch/en/mereology
Dates: June 15–19.
Application Deadline: 15 February 2026
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📷 Summer School: Mereology and Beyond
Check out the schedule on the link! www.usi.ch/en/mereology
Dates: June 15–19.
Application Deadline: 15 February 2026
Check out the schedule on the link! www.usi.ch/en/mereology
Dates: June 15–19.
Application Deadline: 15 February 2026
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I feel this in the marrow of my bones. The future of a university should be shaped by leaders whose own careers depend materially on the future they are shaping.
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I feel this in the marrow of my bones. The future of a university should be shaped by leaders whose own careers depend materially on the future they are shaping.
Reposted by Dave Ingram
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
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There's about a month left to submit something to the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference! Consider submitting an abstract, and encouraging early-career scholars (especially those from or based in Asia) to submit an essay for the APSA Essay Prize.
Asian Philosophy of Science Association (APSA) Conference 2026
www.ntu.edu.sg
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
There's about a month left to submit something to the Asian Philosophy of Science Association's inaugural conference! Consider submitting an abstract, and encouraging early-career scholars (especially those from or based in Asia) to submit an essay for the APSA Essay Prize.
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'Staff at the University of Nottingham are preparing to strike for the second time this term, announcing a further 22 days of action before Christmas, in addition to the 20 days already taken.' Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester, and Edinburgh also striking.
Major universities facing weeks-long strikes as job cuts deepen
Union branches plan walkouts across UK amid increased tensions with senior managers
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
'Staff at the University of Nottingham are preparing to strike for the second time this term, announcing a further 22 days of action before Christmas, in addition to the 20 days already taken.' Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester, and Edinburgh also striking.
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Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.
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We are in full solidarity with the @pcsunion.bsky.social members at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social who will be on strike for the next two weeks. Let's get out to their pickets and rallies to show our support, @ucu.org.uk members! Details below. @pcspress.bsky.social
The risible wages are well-known in the wider field of the library, museum, gallery and archive world. I’d like to think public opinion is with the people who make the place click day-in-day-out; they deserve better.
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
Knowledge may be free but labour isn’t: spread the wealth and pay the workers!
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are in full solidarity with the @pcsunion.bsky.social members at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social who will be on strike for the next two weeks. Let's get out to their pickets and rallies to show our support, @ucu.org.uk members! Details below. @pcspress.bsky.social
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Jacob O'Sullivan and Sam Dickson have just been published in Metaphysica! Their paper is titled "The Broad Escape from Narrow Fictionalism." Here is a link to the official version:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
And here's another to the preprint: philpapers.org/rec/DICTBE
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
And here's another to the preprint: philpapers.org/rec/DICTBE
The Broad Escape from Narrow Fictionalism
Fictionalism is a popular approach to handling possible worlds discourse. It gives one the power of possible world semantics without being committed to undesirable consequences. The standard approach ...
www.degruyterbrill.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Jacob O'Sullivan and Sam Dickson have just been published in Metaphysica! Their paper is titled "The Broad Escape from Narrow Fictionalism." Here is a link to the official version:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
And here's another to the preprint: philpapers.org/rec/DICTBE
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
And here's another to the preprint: philpapers.org/rec/DICTBE
JOB: 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
I'm hiring, please share widely!
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Homepage - Département de Philosophie - UNIGE
www.unige.ch
October 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
JOB: 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Nina Emery’s Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time has landed. 50 chapters (554pp) covering an immense range of topics. It’s a fantastic volume and I’m delighted to have contributed to it.
October 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Nina Emery’s Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time has landed. 50 chapters (554pp) covering an immense range of topics. It’s a fantastic volume and I’m delighted to have contributed to it.
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Dave Ingram's article 'Presentism and Eternalism' features in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time, edited by Nina Emery, to be published later this month. This year, Dave will be teaching The Nature of Time for undergraduates and Time, Tense, & Existence for MA students.
September 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Dave Ingram's article 'Presentism and Eternalism' features in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time, edited by Nina Emery, to be published later this month. This year, Dave will be teaching The Nature of Time for undergraduates and Time, Tense, & Existence for MA students.
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✨ Welcome, Giuliano Torrengo, director of our Centre for Philosophy of Time, now on Bluesky.
Follow him at @giulianotorrengo.bsky.social !!!
philtech.unimi.it/profilo/giul...
Follow him at @giulianotorrengo.bsky.social !!!
philtech.unimi.it/profilo/giul...
Giuliano Torrengo - PHILTECH
Giuliano Torrengo is an Associate Professor at the Department of philosophy of the University of Milan, he is the founder and coordinator of the Centre for Philosophy of Time, a member of the LEMMings...
philtech.unimi.it
September 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
✨ Welcome, Giuliano Torrengo, director of our Centre for Philosophy of Time, now on Bluesky.
Follow him at @giulianotorrengo.bsky.social !!!
philtech.unimi.it/profilo/giul...
Follow him at @giulianotorrengo.bsky.social !!!
philtech.unimi.it/profilo/giul...
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UK universities could be hit with nationwide strikes after the University and College Union announced it will ballot its members over pay, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#academicsky #strikeballot
#academicsky #strikeballot
UCU to hold nationwide strike ballot after ‘insulting’ pay offer
Union threatens ‘coordinated’ strikes to cause ‘maximum disruption’ at UK universities
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
UK universities could be hit with nationwide strikes after the University and College Union announced it will ballot its members over pay, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#academicsky #strikeballot
#academicsky #strikeballot
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VCs don’t run universities.
We do.
After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.
Ballot opens October.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
We do.
After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.
Ballot opens October.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
September 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
VCs don’t run universities.
We do.
After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.
Ballot opens October.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
We do.
After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.
Ballot opens October.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
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In a new paper, Louise Richardson argues that regret is a feeling of discomfort when real life seems worse than how things might (have) be(en). The account makes sense of different kinds of regret, helps us manage regret, and has interesting broader consequences. Read it here: t.ly/8_1s0
An encompassing account of regret
Philosophical attention to regret is typically focussed on the ethical issues it raises, leaving foundational questions about its objects and structure undecided. Here, these questions are at the f...
t.ly
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In a new paper, Louise Richardson argues that regret is a feeling of discomfort when real life seems worse than how things might (have) be(en). The account makes sense of different kinds of regret, helps us manage regret, and has interesting broader consequences. Read it here: t.ly/8_1s0
Philosophy of Time Society at the Pacific APA (2026)
We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Pacific APA (Online), April 8–12, 2026.
Deadline: 30th September 2025.
www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Pacific APA (Online), April 8–12, 2026.
Deadline: 30th September 2025.
www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
Calls for Papers/Abstracts | Philosophy of Time Society
www.philtimesociety.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Philosophy of Time Society at the Pacific APA (2026)
We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Pacific APA (Online), April 8–12, 2026.
Deadline: 30th September 2025.
www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Pacific APA (Online), April 8–12, 2026.
Deadline: 30th September 2025.
www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...
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A new way of looking at some debates in the Philosophy of Time. Now published. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3MSIW...
The Flow of time: Rationalism vs. empiricism
I distinguish between empiricist and rationalist approaches to the idea of the flow of time. The former trace back the idea of the flow of time to the deliverances of our sensory or introspective c...
www.tandfonline.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
A new way of looking at some debates in the Philosophy of Time. Now published. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3MSIW...
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Anyone who cares about casualisation and working conditions should be up in arms about this. There are going to be so many jobs with terrible T&Cs created at the last minute.
And the winner is …. UCL that increased its u/g offers by 65%. Where are you going to put all these students, UCL?!
These Russell Group unis are letting in way more students - and other unis aren't happy
One London uni is accepting 65 per cent more students than it did five years ago
thetab.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Anyone who cares about casualisation and working conditions should be up in arms about this. There are going to be so many jobs with terrible T&Cs created at the last minute.
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A very timely read. It got me thinking that the value of academic labour isn't just within teaching or expertise (although both are important) but in the smaller acts of support, ongoing pastoral care, of asking the right question, almost as an afterthought, but making a huge difference.
The Tuesday after a Bank Holiday seems like an ideal time to think about the value of our work! Read @matthewbarnard.phd's excellent blog post here:
blog.matthewbarnard.phd/a-world-with...
blog.matthewbarnard.phd/a-world-with...
A world without experts: alienation in academia
Thoughts on the level of alienation in academic work, and how as much as we cannot exit the economy, we must recognise the inherent value of academia.
blog.matthewbarnard.phd
August 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A very timely read. It got me thinking that the value of academic labour isn't just within teaching or expertise (although both are important) but in the smaller acts of support, ongoing pastoral care, of asking the right question, almost as an afterthought, but making a huge difference.