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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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In this centenary year, we at The Royal Institute look forward to continuing the celebration of 100 years of philosophical thought with you!
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"We will remember them." 🕯️
This Armistice Day, we look back to our 2024-25 London Lecture Series on Remembering and Forgetting. What does remembrance involve, what should we remember, and what is best forgotten?
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This Armistice Day, we look back to our 2024-25 London Lecture Series on Remembering and Forgetting. What does remembrance involve, what should we remember, and what is best forgotten?
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#armisticeday #remembrance #philosophy
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"We will remember them." 🕯️
This Armistice Day, we look back to our 2024-25 London Lecture Series on Remembering and Forgetting. What does remembrance involve, what should we remember, and what is best forgotten?
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#armisticeday #remembrance #philosophy
This Armistice Day, we look back to our 2024-25 London Lecture Series on Remembering and Forgetting. What does remembrance involve, what should we remember, and what is best forgotten?
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#armisticeday #remembrance #philosophy
What does it mean to make moral progress, and is this possible? Or do optimists confuse material progress with moral progress? These and other related questions were addressed by our panel of experts at our Annual Symposium on 30th October.
Watch the recording here: youtu.be/0IxNCL65D0s
Watch the recording here: youtu.be/0IxNCL65D0s
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
What does it mean to make moral progress, and is this possible? Or do optimists confuse material progress with moral progress? These and other related questions were addressed by our panel of experts at our Annual Symposium on 30th October.
Watch the recording here: youtu.be/0IxNCL65D0s
Watch the recording here: youtu.be/0IxNCL65D0s
Scottish philosopher David Hume once described poets as ‘Liars by profession’ – and he wasn’t joking. But do #philosophy and #poetry have something in common?
Join Max de Gaynesford at our Annual Edinburgh Lecture "What's in a Poem?" on 9 Dec: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-...
Join Max de Gaynesford at our Annual Edinburgh Lecture "What's in a Poem?" on 9 Dec: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-...
What lies in a poem? | In-person
Exploring the uneasy relationship between poetry and philosophy
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November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Scottish philosopher David Hume once described poets as ‘Liars by profession’ – and he wasn’t joking. But do #philosophy and #poetry have something in common?
Join Max de Gaynesford at our Annual Edinburgh Lecture "What's in a Poem?" on 9 Dec: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-...
Join Max de Gaynesford at our Annual Edinburgh Lecture "What's in a Poem?" on 9 Dec: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-lies-...
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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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November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
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Our 2025 PPE Lecture will be given by Professor Maya Eden (Zurich) on 'Fertility Rates and Fixed-Point Utilitarianism'. All very welcome!
Thurs 13th Nov, 6-7.30pm, Lecture Theatre B, Building 65. Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy (@triphilosophy.bsky.social) #PhilosophyMatters
Thurs 13th Nov, 6-7.30pm, Lecture Theatre B, Building 65. Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy (@triphilosophy.bsky.social) #PhilosophyMatters
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Our 2025 PPE Lecture will be given by Professor Maya Eden (Zurich) on 'Fertility Rates and Fixed-Point Utilitarianism'. All very welcome!
Thurs 13th Nov, 6-7.30pm, Lecture Theatre B, Building 65. Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy (@triphilosophy.bsky.social) #PhilosophyMatters
Thurs 13th Nov, 6-7.30pm, Lecture Theatre B, Building 65. Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy (@triphilosophy.bsky.social) #PhilosophyMatters
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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
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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
Professor Fiona Woollard explores how philosophy can help us to understand pregnancy and improve the treatment of people who are pregnant, specifically reshaping our ethical frameworks when it comes to harm.
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4ZDV-hGcNQU
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4ZDV-hGcNQU
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Professor Fiona Woollard explores how philosophy can help us to understand pregnancy and improve the treatment of people who are pregnant, specifically reshaping our ethical frameworks when it comes to harm.
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4ZDV-hGcNQU
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4ZDV-hGcNQU
🗓️November London Lectures from The Royal Institute of #Philosophy 📜
We have a busy month ahead! Here's what's coming up in #London this month:
Tickets are available on our Eventbrite page (Rowan Williams is sold out): www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-royal-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
We have a busy month ahead! Here's what's coming up in #London this month:
Tickets are available on our Eventbrite page (Rowan Williams is sold out): www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-royal-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🗓️November London Lectures from The Royal Institute of #Philosophy 📜
We have a busy month ahead! Here's what's coming up in #London this month:
Tickets are available on our Eventbrite page (Rowan Williams is sold out): www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-royal-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
We have a busy month ahead! Here's what's coming up in #London this month:
Tickets are available on our Eventbrite page (Rowan Williams is sold out): www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-royal-...
We look forward to seeing you there!
Professor Fiona Woollard explores how philosophy can help us to understand pregnancy and improve the treatment of people who are pregnant. She discusses how thinking seriously about pregnancy challenges philosophy's standard methods.
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/4ZDV-hGcNQU
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/4ZDV-hGcNQU
Why philosophers need to think about pregnancy, Fiona Woollard
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November 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Professor Fiona Woollard explores how philosophy can help us to understand pregnancy and improve the treatment of people who are pregnant. She discusses how thinking seriously about pregnancy challenges philosophy's standard methods.
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/4ZDV-hGcNQU
Watch the full lecture here: youtu.be/4ZDV-hGcNQU
🌍How can justice be served for victims of the climate crisis?
“Reparative Justice for Climate Refugees” by
@rebeccabuxton.bsky.social is available for free as part of "100 Papers That Shaped Our Thinking." Download here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
#climatecrisis #refugees #philosophy
“Reparative Justice for Climate Refugees” by
@rebeccabuxton.bsky.social is available for free as part of "100 Papers That Shaped Our Thinking." Download here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
#climatecrisis #refugees #philosophy
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🌍How can justice be served for victims of the climate crisis?
“Reparative Justice for Climate Refugees” by
@rebeccabuxton.bsky.social is available for free as part of "100 Papers That Shaped Our Thinking." Download here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
#climatecrisis #refugees #philosophy
“Reparative Justice for Climate Refugees” by
@rebeccabuxton.bsky.social is available for free as part of "100 Papers That Shaped Our Thinking." Download here: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
#climatecrisis #refugees #philosophy
The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI (oxunipress.bsky.social) by Jonathan Birch birchlse.bsky.social has been selected as this year’s Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/winner-...
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/winner-...
October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI (oxunipress.bsky.social) by Jonathan Birch birchlse.bsky.social has been selected as this year’s Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/winner-...
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/winner-...
Do you believe in the supernatural? Even if you don't, sometimes you might feel "spooked" - but why? 👻🔮
Philosophers Craig Bourne and Lucy Caddick Bourne think it's all to do with the imagination.
How does it work? Read our interview:
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Philosophers Craig Bourne and Lucy Caddick Bourne think it's all to do with the imagination.
How does it work? Read our interview:
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/an-inte...
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Do you believe in the supernatural? Even if you don't, sometimes you might feel "spooked" - but why? 👻🔮
Philosophers Craig Bourne and Lucy Caddick Bourne think it's all to do with the imagination.
How does it work? Read our interview:
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/an-inte...
Philosophers Craig Bourne and Lucy Caddick Bourne think it's all to do with the imagination.
How does it work? Read our interview:
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/an-inte...
Professor Regina Rini argues that philosophers do not play the same role that they once did. Instead of providing the public with any opinion, they have become increasingly specialized. Do you agree?
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Professor Regina Rini argues that philosophers do not play the same role that they once did. Instead of providing the public with any opinion, they have become increasingly specialized. Do you agree?
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E
There's still time to book for our Annual Debate, which takes place in London this Thursday.
Don't miss out! 📢📅
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-sym...
#philosophy #debate #symposium
Don't miss out! 📢📅
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-sym...
#philosophy #debate #symposium
October 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
There's still time to book for our Annual Debate, which takes place in London this Thursday.
Don't miss out! 📢📅
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-sym...
#philosophy #debate #symposium
Don't miss out! 📢📅
Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-sym...
#philosophy #debate #symposium
The charity @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social (formerly SAPERE) invites you to their first-ever conference in Wales — and their first under their new name!
A full day of talks, workshops and conversation on philosophical education.
👉 Full details & booking:
A full day of talks, workshops and conversation on philosophical education.
👉 Full details & booking:
Thoughtful Annual Conference 2025 - SAPERE
SAPERE is now called Thoughtful.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The charity @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social (formerly SAPERE) invites you to their first-ever conference in Wales — and their first under their new name!
A full day of talks, workshops and conversation on philosophical education.
👉 Full details & booking:
A full day of talks, workshops and conversation on philosophical education.
👉 Full details & booking:
A century ago, philosophers were intellectual stars, called upon by media and government for wise words on social issues beyond academics. It has been decades since any philosopher had that sort of stature. What happened?
Watch Professor Regina Rini examine this question: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E
Watch Professor Regina Rini examine this question: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A century ago, philosophers were intellectual stars, called upon by media and government for wise words on social issues beyond academics. It has been decades since any philosopher had that sort of stature. What happened?
Watch Professor Regina Rini examine this question: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E
Watch Professor Regina Rini examine this question: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E
🎁 Give the gift of #philosophy, with TRIP Gift Memberships. ✨🌟You don't have to be studying philosophy or have a background in philosophy to benefit. We believe that real philosophy should be accessible to everyone. 🌟✨ royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/gift-me...
October 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🎁 Give the gift of #philosophy, with TRIP Gift Memberships. ✨🌟You don't have to be studying philosophy or have a background in philosophy to benefit. We believe that real philosophy should be accessible to everyone. 🌟✨ royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/gift-me...
Often the most engaging philosophical ideas come, not from reading alone, but from talking to others. 👥➡️💡
Next time you book for one of our events, don't forget to check the box to book a "Post-Lecture Conversation and Drinks" add-on. See you there!
#philosophy #conversation
Next time you book for one of our events, don't forget to check the box to book a "Post-Lecture Conversation and Drinks" add-on. See you there!
#philosophy #conversation
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Often the most engaging philosophical ideas come, not from reading alone, but from talking to others. 👥➡️💡
Next time you book for one of our events, don't forget to check the box to book a "Post-Lecture Conversation and Drinks" add-on. See you there!
#philosophy #conversation
Next time you book for one of our events, don't forget to check the box to book a "Post-Lecture Conversation and Drinks" add-on. See you there!
#philosophy #conversation
Is there too much virtue signaling and judgment in today's moral climate? How can we reflect on morality without falling into outrage and accusation?
Here's Nikhil Krishnan at last week's London Lecture on morality in our culture. Does he have a point?
Watch the full lecture: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
Here's Nikhil Krishnan at last week's London Lecture on morality in our culture. Does he have a point?
Watch the full lecture: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Is there too much virtue signaling and judgment in today's moral climate? How can we reflect on morality without falling into outrage and accusation?
Here's Nikhil Krishnan at last week's London Lecture on morality in our culture. Does he have a point?
Watch the full lecture: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
Here's Nikhil Krishnan at last week's London Lecture on morality in our culture. Does he have a point?
Watch the full lecture: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
Could a machine think and feel? Is time travel logically possible? If you're 15-18 we want to hear what you THINK! 💡📝🌟
The THINK Essay Prize for #philosophy is now open for 2026. Full details here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e...
The THINK Essay Prize for #philosophy is now open for 2026. Full details here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e...
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Could a machine think and feel? Is time travel logically possible? If you're 15-18 we want to hear what you THINK! 💡📝🌟
The THINK Essay Prize for #philosophy is now open for 2026. Full details here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e...
The THINK Essay Prize for #philosophy is now open for 2026. Full details here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e...
Could a machine think and feel? Is time travel logically possible? If you're 15-18 we want to hear what you THINK! 💡📝🌟
The THINK Essay Prize for #philosophy is now open for 2026. Full details here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e...
The THINK Essay Prize for #philosophy is now open for 2026. Full details here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e...
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Could a machine think and feel? Is time travel logically possible? If you're 15-18 we want to hear what you THINK! 💡📝🌟
The THINK Essay Prize for #philosophy is now open for 2026. Full details here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e...
The THINK Essay Prize for #philosophy is now open for 2026. Full details here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e...
Watch the first lecture in our Centenary lecture series, Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect
The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?
See Dr Nikhil Krishnan address this question: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?
See Dr Nikhil Krishnan address this question: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
October 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Watch the first lecture in our Centenary lecture series, Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect
The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?
See Dr Nikhil Krishnan address this question: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?
See Dr Nikhil Krishnan address this question: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
Watch the first lecture in our Centenary lecture series, Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect
The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?
See Dr Nikhil Krishnan address this question: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?
See Dr Nikhil Krishnan address this question: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
The Problematic and the Unproblematic, Nikhil Krishnan
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October 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Watch the first lecture in our Centenary lecture series, Philosophy in Retrospect and Prospect
The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?
See Dr Nikhil Krishnan address this question: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
The politics of the last decade have been accused of moralistic excess. If this is fair, how might moral philosophy cure us of moralism?
See Dr Nikhil Krishnan address this question: youtu.be/-PNbof7tGzc
📢 Calling all schools, teachers and A Level students! 🎓📚 Do real #philosophy in real time, at the TRIP Annual Debate. (Think AO2! 💡) Get free tickets for 30 October in London 👇
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October 15, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📢 Calling all schools, teachers and A Level students! 🎓📚 Do real #philosophy in real time, at the TRIP Annual Debate. (Think AO2! 💡) Get free tickets for 30 October in London 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-sym...
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Is your reality - to some extent - determined by your race? What difference does race make in creating public policy?
In this London Lecture from 2022, Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social discusses Racial Realities.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXoR...
#BlackHistoryMonth #philosophy
In this London Lecture from 2022, Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social discusses Racial Realities.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXoR...
#BlackHistoryMonth #philosophy
Luvell Anderson: Racial Realities
Words and Worlds: New Directions in the Philosophy of Language
The 2022/23 Royal Institute of Philosophy London Lecture Series
Early in the twentieth century, philosophy in the English-speaking…
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October 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Is your reality - to some extent - determined by your race? What difference does race make in creating public policy?
In this London Lecture from 2022, Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social discusses Racial Realities.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXoR...
#BlackHistoryMonth #philosophy
In this London Lecture from 2022, Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social discusses Racial Realities.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXoR...
#BlackHistoryMonth #philosophy