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The Royal Institute Celebrates 100 Years
In this centenary year, we at The Royal Institute look forward to continuing the celebration of 100 years of philosophical thought with you! #philosophy #his...
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How have ideas of relational equality developed in the past 100 years? ⚖️
Don't miss this forthcoming #London #Lecture by TRIP President @jowolff.bsky.social, Social Equality: Then and Now.
🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/WQ4gFXS
#politicalphilosophy #socialequality #philosophy
Don't miss this forthcoming #London #Lecture by TRIP President @jowolff.bsky.social, Social Equality: Then and Now.
🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/WQ4gFXS
#politicalphilosophy #socialequality #philosophy
January 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
How have ideas of relational equality developed in the past 100 years? ⚖️
Don't miss this forthcoming #London #Lecture by TRIP President @jowolff.bsky.social, Social Equality: Then and Now.
🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/WQ4gFXS
#politicalphilosophy #socialequality #philosophy
Don't miss this forthcoming #London #Lecture by TRIP President @jowolff.bsky.social, Social Equality: Then and Now.
🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/WQ4gFXS
#politicalphilosophy #socialequality #philosophy
✨ 🚀 Level up with TRIP membership, and get access to this exclusive online talk by philosopher and gamer C. Thi Nguyen. @add-hawk.bsky.social
He'll offer a timely guide to the joy of games and the danger of metrics, and how to rewrite the rules.
👇 Find out more: buff.ly/URJiDph
He'll offer a timely guide to the joy of games and the danger of metrics, and how to rewrite the rules.
👇 Find out more: buff.ly/URJiDph
January 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
✨ 🚀 Level up with TRIP membership, and get access to this exclusive online talk by philosopher and gamer C. Thi Nguyen. @add-hawk.bsky.social
He'll offer a timely guide to the joy of games and the danger of metrics, and how to rewrite the rules.
👇 Find out more: buff.ly/URJiDph
He'll offer a timely guide to the joy of games and the danger of metrics, and how to rewrite the rules.
👇 Find out more: buff.ly/URJiDph
🎧 🎙️ Looking for a new #podcast to kickstart the weekend? Here's a good listen from The Big Smoke Variety Show.
In this episode, TRIP Academic Director Edward Harcourt joins host Kevin Bennett to talk all things #philosophy.
✨ Listen here:
In this episode, TRIP Academic Director Edward Harcourt joins host Kevin Bennett to talk all things #philosophy.
✨ Listen here:
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January 17, 2026 at 9:15 AM
🎧 🎙️ Looking for a new #podcast to kickstart the weekend? Here's a good listen from The Big Smoke Variety Show.
In this episode, TRIP Academic Director Edward Harcourt joins host Kevin Bennett to talk all things #philosophy.
✨ Listen here:
In this episode, TRIP Academic Director Edward Harcourt joins host Kevin Bennett to talk all things #philosophy.
✨ Listen here:
How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’: This timely article by @alex-fisher.bsky.social is based on research funded by TRIP.
I wrote an article for @theconversation.com on how philosophy can help us understand the deep harms of AI-generated sexual images, e.g by Grok on X, as well as other digital misogyny like assault in virtual reality. #philsky #philtech
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How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’
Publicly bombarding women with these images exerts control over how they present themselves online.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:06 AM
How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’: This timely article by @alex-fisher.bsky.social is based on research funded by TRIP.
How do you teach #philosophy in #prison? Paul and Dan, founders of our Prisons education programme, spoke to The Big Smoke Variety Show #podcast, about sparking reflection and discovery where freedom of thought is most deeply desired.
Listen here:
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January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
How do you teach #philosophy in #prison? Paul and Dan, founders of our Prisons education programme, spoke to The Big Smoke Variety Show #podcast, about sparking reflection and discovery where freedom of thought is most deeply desired.
Listen here:
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In Professor Jo Wolff’s talk to membership, he discusses an argument against value-free science put forth by several papers published in Philosophy in the past 100 years.
Join our membership for access to more upcoming members’ events: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/full-members...
Join our membership for access to more upcoming members’ events: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/full-members...
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 AM
In Professor Jo Wolff’s talk to membership, he discusses an argument against value-free science put forth by several papers published in Philosophy in the past 100 years.
Join our membership for access to more upcoming members’ events: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/full-members...
Join our membership for access to more upcoming members’ events: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/full-members...
🧠 Ever been puzzled by a paradox? Or persuaded by the powerful mastery of logic? 🧩
Today, on UNESCO World Logic Day, we celebrate the role of logical reasoning in philosophy.
How has logic influenced your thinking?
#WorldLogicDay #LogicDay #philosophy #LogicPuzzle #paradox #logic
Today, on UNESCO World Logic Day, we celebrate the role of logical reasoning in philosophy.
How has logic influenced your thinking?
#WorldLogicDay #LogicDay #philosophy #LogicPuzzle #paradox #logic
January 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM
🧠 Ever been puzzled by a paradox? Or persuaded by the powerful mastery of logic? 🧩
Today, on UNESCO World Logic Day, we celebrate the role of logical reasoning in philosophy.
How has logic influenced your thinking?
#WorldLogicDay #LogicDay #philosophy #LogicPuzzle #paradox #logic
Today, on UNESCO World Logic Day, we celebrate the role of logical reasoning in philosophy.
How has logic influenced your thinking?
#WorldLogicDay #LogicDay #philosophy #LogicPuzzle #paradox #logic
📱⌚ Fixated by your Fitbit? Desperately seeking social media likes? Stop playing someone else's game! 🚫🎮
🗓️ Our first members-only event of the year kicks off on 20 Jan with @add
-hawk.bsky.social C. Thi Nguyen's 'The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game'.
🎟️👇 Info here: buff.ly/C8f5f6E
🗓️ Our first members-only event of the year kicks off on 20 Jan with @add
-hawk.bsky.social C. Thi Nguyen's 'The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game'.
🎟️👇 Info here: buff.ly/C8f5f6E
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
📱⌚ Fixated by your Fitbit? Desperately seeking social media likes? Stop playing someone else's game! 🚫🎮
🗓️ Our first members-only event of the year kicks off on 20 Jan with @add
-hawk.bsky.social C. Thi Nguyen's 'The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game'.
🎟️👇 Info here: buff.ly/C8f5f6E
🗓️ Our first members-only event of the year kicks off on 20 Jan with @add
-hawk.bsky.social C. Thi Nguyen's 'The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game'.
🎟️👇 Info here: buff.ly/C8f5f6E
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In Birmingham? Interested in human-robot relations? Join us for a film screening and philosophical discussion this March! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/ex-ma... #philsky #philosophymatters #philosophyforeveryone
Ex Machina: Film screening and panel discussion - University of Birmingham
Event details
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January 12, 2026 at 2:16 AM
In Birmingham? Interested in human-robot relations? Join us for a film screening and philosophical discussion this March! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/ex-ma... #philsky #philosophymatters #philosophyforeveryone
💡 What is the role of imagination in political communities as democracies?
⚠️ There are just a few tickets left for the London Lecture by Michele Moody-Adams on Imagining Democracy.
🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/XTeAU04
#politicalphilosophy #lecture #philosophy
⚠️ There are just a few tickets left for the London Lecture by Michele Moody-Adams on Imagining Democracy.
🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/XTeAU04
#politicalphilosophy #lecture #philosophy
January 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
💡 What is the role of imagination in political communities as democracies?
⚠️ There are just a few tickets left for the London Lecture by Michele Moody-Adams on Imagining Democracy.
🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/XTeAU04
#politicalphilosophy #lecture #philosophy
⚠️ There are just a few tickets left for the London Lecture by Michele Moody-Adams on Imagining Democracy.
🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/XTeAU04
#politicalphilosophy #lecture #philosophy
Didn't get a ticket? You can still watch online! 🎥✨
A few of our forthcoming #philosophy lectures have sold out, but we upload videos of all our lectures to YouTube, so everyone can see them. Why not take a look at our archive?
▶️ Browse our channel: buff.ly/kO9jo72
A few of our forthcoming #philosophy lectures have sold out, but we upload videos of all our lectures to YouTube, so everyone can see them. Why not take a look at our archive?
▶️ Browse our channel: buff.ly/kO9jo72
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Didn't get a ticket? You can still watch online! 🎥✨
A few of our forthcoming #philosophy lectures have sold out, but we upload videos of all our lectures to YouTube, so everyone can see them. Why not take a look at our archive?
▶️ Browse our channel: buff.ly/kO9jo72
A few of our forthcoming #philosophy lectures have sold out, but we upload videos of all our lectures to YouTube, so everyone can see them. Why not take a look at our archive?
▶️ Browse our channel: buff.ly/kO9jo72
Know someone who's revising for mocks in #philosophy or Religious Studies, or looking ahead to A Levels? 📝
🍪 Our bite-sized Philosophy Briefings are accessible 15-minute #videos and #podcasts designed to support #ALevel #learning.
➡️ See here: buff.ly/NpAqgHc
🍪 Our bite-sized Philosophy Briefings are accessible 15-minute #videos and #podcasts designed to support #ALevel #learning.
➡️ See here: buff.ly/NpAqgHc
January 10, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Know someone who's revising for mocks in #philosophy or Religious Studies, or looking ahead to A Levels? 📝
🍪 Our bite-sized Philosophy Briefings are accessible 15-minute #videos and #podcasts designed to support #ALevel #learning.
➡️ See here: buff.ly/NpAqgHc
🍪 Our bite-sized Philosophy Briefings are accessible 15-minute #videos and #podcasts designed to support #ALevel #learning.
➡️ See here: buff.ly/NpAqgHc
If you're interested in the issues raised by The Score, catch C. Thi Nguyen on 20 January when he will give an exclusive online talk to TRIP members.
Details here:
Details here:
Thi Nguyen - The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else's Game - Royal Institute of Philosophy
Online lecture by philosopher and gamer C Thi Nguyen, hosted by The Royal Institute of Philosophy. Join us on 20 January 2026.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:46 AM
If you're interested in the issues raised by The Score, catch C. Thi Nguyen on 20 January when he will give an exclusive online talk to TRIP members.
Details here:
Details here:
🕹️ Does gamification lead us to prioritise what can be measured and monetised, over what is truly meaningful?
Philosopher and gamer C. Thi Nguyen explores this question in his forthcoming book, reviewed here in @theguardian.com
Philosopher and gamer C. Thi Nguyen explores this question in his forthcoming book, reviewed here in @theguardian.com
The Score by C Thi Nguyen review – a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life
From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing
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January 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
🕹️ Does gamification lead us to prioritise what can be measured and monetised, over what is truly meaningful?
Philosopher and gamer C. Thi Nguyen explores this question in his forthcoming book, reviewed here in @theguardian.com
Philosopher and gamer C. Thi Nguyen explores this question in his forthcoming book, reviewed here in @theguardian.com
✨ We're a week into 2026, and it's shaping up to be a year of big ideas. 🏛️
How do you plan to bring #philosophy into your life in 2026?
#newyearnewyou #newyearsresolutions
How do you plan to bring #philosophy into your life in 2026?
#newyearnewyou #newyearsresolutions
January 8, 2026 at 8:45 AM
✨ We're a week into 2026, and it's shaping up to be a year of big ideas. 🏛️
How do you plan to bring #philosophy into your life in 2026?
#newyearnewyou #newyearsresolutions
How do you plan to bring #philosophy into your life in 2026?
#newyearnewyou #newyearsresolutions
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An easy to follow and accessible explanation of some of the main arguments for and against preservation of urban heritage (this is published in Think, a philosophy journal aimed at the wider public managed by @triphilosophy.bsky.social; highly recommend it to the non-philosophers in here)
Urban Preservation | Think | Cambridge Core
Urban Preservation - Volume 24 Issue 71
www.cambridge.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:33 PM
An easy to follow and accessible explanation of some of the main arguments for and against preservation of urban heritage (this is published in Think, a philosophy journal aimed at the wider public managed by @triphilosophy.bsky.social; highly recommend it to the non-philosophers in here)
💡The latest issue of THINK is available now. Our accessible philosophy journal is suitable for anyone who values clear thinking and writing. 📖
Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 7, 2026 at 9:56 AM
💡The latest issue of THINK is available now. Our accessible philosophy journal is suitable for anyone who values clear thinking and writing. 📖
Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🕰️🌀 Is time travel logically possible? What do you THINK? 🤔💭
This is one of the questions posed in this year's THINK Essay Prize, open now to 15-18 year olds.
Find out more: buff.ly/z7SZGej
#philosophy #essaycompetition #students #teachers #ALevels #timetravel
This is one of the questions posed in this year's THINK Essay Prize, open now to 15-18 year olds.
Find out more: buff.ly/z7SZGej
#philosophy #essaycompetition #students #teachers #ALevels #timetravel
January 6, 2026 at 9:15 AM
🕰️🌀 Is time travel logically possible? What do you THINK? 🤔💭
This is one of the questions posed in this year's THINK Essay Prize, open now to 15-18 year olds.
Find out more: buff.ly/z7SZGej
#philosophy #essaycompetition #students #teachers #ALevels #timetravel
This is one of the questions posed in this year's THINK Essay Prize, open now to 15-18 year olds.
Find out more: buff.ly/z7SZGej
#philosophy #essaycompetition #students #teachers #ALevels #timetravel
What exactly does it mean to take philosophy to the public, and why should the public be interested? 🗣️🏛️
The latest issue of The TLS features an essay by our Academic Director, Edward Harcourt, on the significance of #philosophy as TRIP turns 100.
The latest issue of The TLS features an essay by our Academic Director, Edward Harcourt, on the significance of #philosophy as TRIP turns 100.
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy was founded 100 years ago by Bertrand Russell, Harold Laski and the suffragette Margaret Haig Thomas, among others – a “nucleus of savants”, as Viscount Samuel, the…
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January 5, 2026 at 8:15 AM
What exactly does it mean to take philosophy to the public, and why should the public be interested? 🗣️🏛️
The latest issue of The TLS features an essay by our Academic Director, Edward Harcourt, on the significance of #philosophy as TRIP turns 100.
The latest issue of The TLS features an essay by our Academic Director, Edward Harcourt, on the significance of #philosophy as TRIP turns 100.
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Still time to register for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow.
A free, in-person conference exploring place and atmosphere. Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk
Artwork by Jinjoon Lee
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A free, in-person conference exploring place and atmosphere. Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk
Artwork by Jinjoon Lee
🔗 placememory.net/affective-at...
Affective Atmospheres
Philosophical Foundations and Interdisciplinary Approaches A two-day conference examining how atmospheres shape places and experience, drawing together philosophy with anthropology, geography, art,…
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December 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Still time to register for Affective Atmospheres — 18–19 Feb at Civic House, Glasgow.
A free, in-person conference exploring place and atmosphere. Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk
Artwork by Jinjoon Lee
🔗 placememory.net/affective-at...
A free, in-person conference exploring place and atmosphere. Supported by @triphilosophy.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk
Artwork by Jinjoon Lee
🔗 placememory.net/affective-at...
✨ There's lots to look forward to in 2026. Why not come along to one of our #London #Lectures? 🏛️🎤
🎟️ Book tickets for these and other #philosophy events at buff.ly/8xNGjEm
🎟️ Book tickets for these and other #philosophy events at buff.ly/8xNGjEm
January 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
✨ There's lots to look forward to in 2026. Why not come along to one of our #London #Lectures? 🏛️🎤
🎟️ Book tickets for these and other #philosophy events at buff.ly/8xNGjEm
🎟️ Book tickets for these and other #philosophy events at buff.ly/8xNGjEm
☕📺 Planning a night in? Don't miss Waiting for the Out on BBC One tonight 💻
It's based on Andy West's acclaimed memoir The Life Inside. A tutor for TRIP partner The Philosophy Foundation, he chronicles his experiences running #philosophy classes in #prisons.
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It's based on Andy West's acclaimed memoir The Life Inside. A tutor for TRIP partner The Philosophy Foundation, he chronicles his experiences running #philosophy classes in #prisons.
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BBC One - Waiting for the Out - Episode guide
All episodes of Waiting for the Out
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January 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
☕📺 Planning a night in? Don't miss Waiting for the Out on BBC One tonight 💻
It's based on Andy West's acclaimed memoir The Life Inside. A tutor for TRIP partner The Philosophy Foundation, he chronicles his experiences running #philosophy classes in #prisons.
🔗
It's based on Andy West's acclaimed memoir The Life Inside. A tutor for TRIP partner The Philosophy Foundation, he chronicles his experiences running #philosophy classes in #prisons.
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✨ Want to live more thoughtfully in 2026? Join The Royal Institute of Philosophy, for a year of big ideas.
Find out more and start your membership today: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/full-members...
#newyearnewyou #bigideas #newyearsresolution
Find out more and start your membership today: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/full-members...
#newyearnewyou #bigideas #newyearsresolution
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 AM
✨ Want to live more thoughtfully in 2026? Join The Royal Institute of Philosophy, for a year of big ideas.
Find out more and start your membership today: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/full-members...
#newyearnewyou #bigideas #newyearsresolution
Find out more and start your membership today: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/full-members...
#newyearnewyou #bigideas #newyearsresolution
🥂 Happy New Year! Today we want to take you back in TRIP #history, to New Year's Day 1931. 🕰️
Can you support us now, as our members did 95 years ago?
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Can you support us now, as our members did 95 years ago?
Read the story: buff.ly/M0tH1aB
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM
🥂 Happy New Year! Today we want to take you back in TRIP #history, to New Year's Day 1931. 🕰️
Can you support us now, as our members did 95 years ago?
Read the story: buff.ly/M0tH1aB
Can you support us now, as our members did 95 years ago?
Read the story: buff.ly/M0tH1aB
It's #newyearseve - a time to look back on the past and forward to the future. 🥂✨
We have spent 2025 - our #Centenary year - doing just that, exploring #Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect through our #London Lectures.
📺 Watch our 2025 lectures:
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We have spent 2025 - our #Centenary year - doing just that, exploring #Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect through our #London Lectures.
📺 Watch our 2025 lectures:
buff.ly/GkKtOhv
December 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's #newyearseve - a time to look back on the past and forward to the future. 🥂✨
We have spent 2025 - our #Centenary year - doing just that, exploring #Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect through our #London Lectures.
📺 Watch our 2025 lectures:
buff.ly/GkKtOhv
We have spent 2025 - our #Centenary year - doing just that, exploring #Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect through our #London Lectures.
📺 Watch our 2025 lectures:
buff.ly/GkKtOhv