Matthew J. Cull
@matthewjcull.bsky.social
Philosopher at Trinity College Dublin. Author of What Gender Should Be (Bloomsbury) 2024.
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Will repost at appropriate times but.. we have a flyer!
Excited we will have @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social present their brilliant book
-- and discuss it with @camillafitz.bsky.social , Sinead Kennedy, Anh-Quâm Nguyen, and @matthewjcull.bsky.social over here in March!
Excited we will have @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social present their brilliant book
-- and discuss it with @camillafitz.bsky.social , Sinead Kennedy, Anh-Quâm Nguyen, and @matthewjcull.bsky.social over here in March!
Join #UCDPhilosophy panellist Dr. Anh-Quân Nguyen and authors #AlexMadva #CalPolyPomona and #DanielKelly #Purdue for a lively book chat and panel at 'Somebody Should Do Something!' at #MoLIMuseum on March 24th. Please register using the QR code.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Will repost at appropriate times but.. we have a flyer!
Excited we will have @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social present their brilliant book
-- and discuss it with @camillafitz.bsky.social , Sinead Kennedy, Anh-Quâm Nguyen, and @matthewjcull.bsky.social over here in March!
Excited we will have @madva.bsky.social and @dryan149.bsky.social present their brilliant book
-- and discuss it with @camillafitz.bsky.social , Sinead Kennedy, Anh-Quâm Nguyen, and @matthewjcull.bsky.social over here in March!
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The Logical Empiricism Cinematic Universe is a rich one. I am imagining the Safdie Bros doing a movie about Wittgenstein and the Circle.
Cillian Murphy is Wittgenstein; Dwayne Johnson is Neurath;
Jake Gyllenhall is Carnap
With Adam Sandler as Philipp Frank
Cillian Murphy is Wittgenstein; Dwayne Johnson is Neurath;
Jake Gyllenhall is Carnap
With Adam Sandler as Philipp Frank
January 22, 2026 at 11:53 PM
The Logical Empiricism Cinematic Universe is a rich one. I am imagining the Safdie Bros doing a movie about Wittgenstein and the Circle.
Cillian Murphy is Wittgenstein; Dwayne Johnson is Neurath;
Jake Gyllenhall is Carnap
With Adam Sandler as Philipp Frank
Cillian Murphy is Wittgenstein; Dwayne Johnson is Neurath;
Jake Gyllenhall is Carnap
With Adam Sandler as Philipp Frank
It's obviously very very minor in the grand scheme of things, but I got quite sad today: I was invited to speak in California this week, and sure, I can give the talk online, but gosh I'd have loved to be able to go.
"Trans members of this profession have been rapidly losing their freedoms and protections.... Scholarship on the philosophy of sex and gender, especially trans philosophy, has come under attack” -- from a recent APA Board open letter to trans philosophers & the philosophy profession...
The APA Board’s Open Letter to Trans Philosophers - Daily Nous
At its November 2025 meeting, the Board of the American Philosophical Association (APA) approved a statement addressed "first and foremost, to trans members of our profession," and to "those who teach...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
It's obviously very very minor in the grand scheme of things, but I got quite sad today: I was invited to speak in California this week, and sure, I can give the talk online, but gosh I'd have loved to be able to go.
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2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science"
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#philosophy #philsci
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#philosophy #philsci
Research Fellow - AR3233
Research Fellow - AR3233,
Unit: Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies
Salary: Grade 6 / £38,784-£42,254 pa
Full time
Fixed term: 24 months,
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www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
2 year Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at the University of St Andrews on my project "Aesthetic Values and the Social Dimensions of Science"
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#philosophy #philsci
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#philosophy #philsci
Considering increasing the size of the section on Plato's relevance to trans philosophy in my next book
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Considering increasing the size of the section on Plato's relevance to trans philosophy in my next book
Marx, reading about linen production for the first time:
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Marx, reading about linen production for the first time:
I'm running a conference next year on feminist philosophy and the corporation! Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Deadline for submission is 9th March 2026, submissions to cullm@tcd.ie
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Feminism and the Corporation: Radical Metaphysics, Radical Politics?
A two-day workshop on feminist philosophy, social ontology and the corporation. The workshop forms a part of the ERC grant Corporate Moral Progress, and will take place at Trinity College Dublin. ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm running a conference next year on feminist philosophy and the corporation! Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Deadline for submission is 9th March 2026, submissions to cullm@tcd.ie
philevents.org/event/show/1...
philevents.org/event/show/1...
These philosophers do really say some things sometimes
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
These philosophers do really say some things sometimes
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As of today, you can pre-order my book from the Routledge page, and for today only it's 25% off:
Epistemic Injustice: An Introduction
Epistemic injustice is one of the most important yet complex subjects to have emerged in philosophy in recent years. It refers to the idea that a person can be wronged when they are not properly belie...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
As of today, you can pre-order my book from the Routledge page, and for today only it's 25% off:
New paper, forthcoming in Transgender Studies Quarterly: A Plea for Pluralism.
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Matthew J. Cull, A Plea for Pluralism - PhilPapers
A metaphilosophical reflection on the state of trans philosophy, calling for trans philosophers to embrace the pluralism that predominates in the field.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New paper, forthcoming in Transgender Studies Quarterly: A Plea for Pluralism.
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philpapers.org/rec/CULAPF
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Restarting this after a summer break with new time (to be determined). Lmk if you want to join and I'll add you to the list 🏳️⚧️
I am running a weekly reading group on trans philosophy (& related topics), online & open to philosophers and non-philosophers alike. We read both already published papers and work in progress by group members. We're currently meeting Mondays 4-5 UK time. Lmk if you want to join. 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️⚧️
October 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Restarting this after a summer break with new time (to be determined). Lmk if you want to join and I'll add you to the list 🏳️⚧️
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New issue of Hypatia, 40.3, is now published: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
New issue of Hypatia, 40.3, is now published: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Postdoctoral Fellow working on Abortion Care, based in Law and working with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. @agomoni.bsky.social
Apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The Law School within The University of Edinburgh is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on the Wellcome funded Discovery Award Medicine without Doctors.
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August 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Postdoctoral Fellow working on Abortion Care, based in Law and working with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra. @agomoni.bsky.social
Apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Apply here: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Moral offsetting
Don't worry folks, she linked to an LGBTQ+ donation page so that makes it all ok.
August 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Moral offsetting
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I am once again contemplating this banger.
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I am once again contemplating this banger.
Social! Ontology! It's ontology, but social!
August 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Social! Ontology! It's ontology, but social!
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The fact that the one game made by an explicitly communist co-op game studio now has three successor studios making a self-proclaimed sequel to it, and dispute the legitimacy of the other two is, of course, the most communist outcome possible.
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made - on.ft.com/4ojvxw4 (free link for first three)
A really interesting, indefinably disturbing long read. I just have one question: who has all the time for these games? I mean...
A really interesting, indefinably disturbing long read. I just have one question: who has all the time for these games? I mean...
The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
How the success of a singular video game led to crises for almost all its creators
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August 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The fact that the one game made by an explicitly communist co-op game studio now has three successor studios making a self-proclaimed sequel to it, and dispute the legitimacy of the other two is, of course, the most communist outcome possible.
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Captions for the photo of me talking on the SWIP panel at joint session are welcome. Photo credit: @drjoeslater.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Captions for the photo of me talking on the SWIP panel at joint session are welcome. Photo credit: @drjoeslater.bsky.social
"But Baedecker, for all his wayward charm, is a notoriously unreliable guide."
July 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"But Baedecker, for all his wayward charm, is a notoriously unreliable guide."
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In London for the British Academy conference* on the Ethics of Health Communication, talking about our (Fiona Woollard, Matt Cull) project on inclusion in perinatal & postnatal care!
*organised by my fab colleague Ben Davies!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
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*organised by my fab colleague Ben Davies!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
#philsky #Philosophy
The Ethics of Health Communication
How should doctors and other health officials communicate effectively and ethically with the public? This conference brings together a variety of speakers working at the intersection of philosophical ...
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June 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In London for the British Academy conference* on the Ethics of Health Communication, talking about our (Fiona Woollard, Matt Cull) project on inclusion in perinatal & postnatal care!
*organised by my fab colleague Ben Davies!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
#philsky #Philosophy
*organised by my fab colleague Ben Davies!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
#philsky #Philosophy
R&R telling me I should be more sympathetic to Cull and their work. I’m trying, okay??
June 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
R&R telling me I should be more sympathetic to Cull and their work. I’m trying, okay??
Come work with Kenneth and I! The required specialisation is actually super broad: if you want to do interesting and fun work on the nature of corporations please apply. Bonus points if you can do empirical work: we’ll stand by in awe and clap every time you use a number philjobs.org/job/show/291...
Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
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June 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Come work with Kenneth and I! The required specialisation is actually super broad: if you want to do interesting and fun work on the nature of corporations please apply. Bonus points if you can do empirical work: we’ll stand by in awe and clap every time you use a number philjobs.org/job/show/291...
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I wrote a really short piece for Hypatia about being an abolitionist and a survivor and why philosophers are such jerks (Literally I started writing this after giving a talk about the book I wrote with Barrett Emerick since Q&A made me feel like utter shit) doi.org/10.1017/hyp....
But What about the Really Bad People? Anti-Carceral Feminism and Surviving Violence | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
But What about the Really Bad People? Anti-Carceral Feminism and Surviving Violence
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June 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I wrote a really short piece for Hypatia about being an abolitionist and a survivor and why philosophers are such jerks (Literally I started writing this after giving a talk about the book I wrote with Barrett Emerick since Q&A made me feel like utter shit) doi.org/10.1017/hyp....