UCD School of Philosophy
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The largest teaching and research centre for philosophy in Ireland. Ranked in the Top 100 QS World University Rankings and No. 1 in Ireland. Part of @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social at @ucddublin.bsky.social. #UCD #IrishResearch https://www.ucd.ie/philosophy
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All UCD libraries are closed for the Christmas holidays, and will reopen on Friday morning, 2 January, 2026 (Vet Medicine Library reopens on 5 January).
See our opening hours for the Library's January schedule. buff.ly/Y7VMXTt
See our opening hours for the Library's January schedule. buff.ly/Y7VMXTt
December 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
All UCD libraries are closed for the Christmas holidays, and will reopen on Friday morning, 2 January, 2026 (Vet Medicine Library reopens on 5 January).
See our opening hours for the Library's January schedule. buff.ly/Y7VMXTt
See our opening hours for the Library's January schedule. buff.ly/Y7VMXTt
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🎄Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and best wishes in the New Year!
The UCD Press Team
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December 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🎄Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and best wishes in the New Year!
The UCD Press Team
The UCD Press Team
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Next was an amazing talk by Alice Crary on the historical and philosophical roots of techno-fascism and its deep connection to academic and industry development of AI at @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3s7... (3/10)
Alice Crary, Royal Institute of Philosophy School of Philosophy Annual Lecture 2026
YouTube video by UCD School of Philosophy
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December 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Next was an amazing talk by Alice Crary on the historical and philosophical roots of techno-fascism and its deep connection to academic and industry development of AI at @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3s7... (3/10)
Recording of Professor Alice Crary’s UCD School of Philosophy/Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Public Lecture: ‘If you’re not outraged about AI, you’re not paying attention: Philosophy in the time of techno-fascism’. #PhilSky #PhilAI #AIEthics youtu.be/Z3s7yRJ_CEo?...
Alice Crary, Royal Institute of Philosophy School of Philosophy Annual Lecture 2026
2026 Annual Royal Institute of Philosophy/UCD School of Philosophy Lecture
If you’re not outraged about AI, you’re not paying attention
Philosophy in the time of techno-fascism
Alice Crary
New School…
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December 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Recording of Professor Alice Crary’s UCD School of Philosophy/Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Public Lecture: ‘If you’re not outraged about AI, you’re not paying attention: Philosophy in the time of techno-fascism’. #PhilSky #PhilAI #AIEthics youtu.be/Z3s7yRJ_CEo?...
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Save the date: Ruth Boeker will be giving an online talk on "Education and Moral Development in Women’s Philosophical Writings of the Eighteenth Century" in the Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy on 16 January 2026. More details: 18ethics.unimi.it/the-milan-se...
#ERCResearch
#ERCResearch
The Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy - 18ETHICS
The Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy is a regular event series covering topics in the history of moral philosophy from the 17th to the 19th centuries, with a special focus on the 18th century.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Save the date: Ruth Boeker will be giving an online talk on "Education and Moral Development in Women’s Philosophical Writings of the Eighteenth Century" in the Milan Seminar in the History of Modern Moral Philosophy on 16 January 2026. More details: 18ethics.unimi.it/the-milan-se...
#ERCResearch
#ERCResearch
Congratulations to Dr @ledaberio.bsky.social on her new publication in Topoi, co-authored with @dryan149.bsky.social (Purdue), on ‘Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-Switching’. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilPaper #ethics #identity
Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-switching - Topoi
We motivate and lay out the broad contours of a research program, namely that of developing a systematic ethics of code-switching. Such an ethics will articulate the values and norms that should gover...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Congratulations to Dr @ledaberio.bsky.social on her new publication in Topoi, co-authored with @dryan149.bsky.social (Purdue), on ‘Challenges to Narrating a Multitudinous Self: Towards a Better Ethics of Code-Switching’. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PhilPaper #ethics #identity
Congratulations to our colleagues @dandeasy.bsky.social and @eunnsteins.bsky.social on receiving 10-Year Long Service Awards from UCD’s College of Social Sciences and Law! 👏 @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social
We were delighted to recognise colleagues marking ten years of service in the College of Social Sciences and Law. Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social presented our 10-Year Long Service Awards, celebrating a decade of dedication and contribution.
Read more: www.ucd.ie/socscilaw/ne...
Read more: www.ucd.ie/socscilaw/ne...
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Congratulations to our colleagues @dandeasy.bsky.social and @eunnsteins.bsky.social on receiving 10-Year Long Service Awards from UCD’s College of Social Sciences and Law! 👏 @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social
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‘Heidegger 50 years on – Is There Still a God That Can Save Us?’
Announcing the second of our keynote speakers at the BSP 2026 conference
University of Sussex, Brighton UK | 21 – 23 May
Assoc. Prof. Joseph Cohen, University College Dublin
CfP open now
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/12/02/k...
Announcing the second of our keynote speakers at the BSP 2026 conference
University of Sussex, Brighton UK | 21 – 23 May
Assoc. Prof. Joseph Cohen, University College Dublin
CfP open now
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/12/02/k...
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
‘Heidegger 50 years on – Is There Still a God That Can Save Us?’
Announcing the second of our keynote speakers at the BSP 2026 conference
University of Sussex, Brighton UK | 21 – 23 May
Assoc. Prof. Joseph Cohen, University College Dublin
CfP open now
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/12/02/k...
Announcing the second of our keynote speakers at the BSP 2026 conference
University of Sussex, Brighton UK | 21 – 23 May
Assoc. Prof. Joseph Cohen, University College Dublin
CfP open now
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/12/02/k...
Huge congratulations to Rachel Russell on passing her viva voce examination for her PhD thesis entitled ‘Timelessness: The Metaphysics of Timeless Worlds’. The examination committee consisted of Prof. Emily Thomas (Durham), Prof. Ruth Boeker, and chaired by Dr Lisa Foran. 🍾 🥳
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Huge congratulations to Rachel Russell on passing her viva voce examination for her PhD thesis entitled ‘Timelessness: The Metaphysics of Timeless Worlds’. The examination committee consisted of Prof. Emily Thomas (Durham), Prof. Ruth Boeker, and chaired by Dr Lisa Foran. 🍾 🥳
Huge congratulations to Alessandro Guardascione on passing the viva voce examination for his PhD thesis entitled ‘Values and Selfhood in Psychopathology: A Phenomenological Account’! The examination committee were Prof. Shaun Gallagher (Memphis), @ka-od.bsky.social, and @keithwilson.eu (Chair). 🍾 🥳
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Huge congratulations to Alessandro Guardascione on passing the viva voce examination for his PhD thesis entitled ‘Values and Selfhood in Psychopathology: A Phenomenological Account’! The examination committee were Prof. Shaun Gallagher (Memphis), @ka-od.bsky.social, and @keithwilson.eu (Chair). 🍾 🥳
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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal and logical reasoning. theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philosophy #skills #thinking #PhilosophySky #philsky
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We launched the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law’s first Annual Social Sciences Lecture this week, marking our 10-year anniversary and welcoming Professor Wayne Holmes for a thought-provoking talk on AI in education.
Read more: bit.ly/4rsEIfw
Read more: bit.ly/4rsEIfw
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We launched the UCD College of Social Sciences and Law’s first Annual Social Sciences Lecture this week, marking our 10-year anniversary and welcoming Professor Wayne Holmes for a thought-provoking talk on AI in education.
Read more: bit.ly/4rsEIfw
Read more: bit.ly/4rsEIfw
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Looking forward to being on today's panel on AI end Education with @wayne-holmes.bsky.social (UCL) and my UCD colleagues Rachel Farrell and Benjamin Cowan
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Looking forward to being on today's panel on AI end Education with @wayne-holmes.bsky.social (UCL) and my UCD colleagues Rachel Farrell and Benjamin Cowan
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Interested in women’s contributions to Scottish philosophy? Check out this paper on Catharine Trotter Cockburn and Anne Hepburn Arbuthnot, by Ruth Boeker and Evie Filea, published in Intellectual History Review:
doi.org/10.1080/1749...
#ScottishPhilosophy #WomenPhilosophers #ERCResearch #PhilSky
doi.org/10.1080/1749...
#ScottishPhilosophy #WomenPhilosophers #ERCResearch #PhilSky
Catharine Trotter Cockburn’s and Anne Hepburn Arbuthnot’s contributions to Scottish philosophy
The aims of this paper are twofold. First, we draw attention to the contributions that Catharine Trotter Cockburn and her niece Anne Hepburn Arbuthnot made to Scottish Enlightenment philosophy and ...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Interested in women’s contributions to Scottish philosophy? Check out this paper on Catharine Trotter Cockburn and Anne Hepburn Arbuthnot, by Ruth Boeker and Evie Filea, published in Intellectual History Review:
doi.org/10.1080/1749...
#ScottishPhilosophy #WomenPhilosophers #ERCResearch #PhilSky
doi.org/10.1080/1749...
#ScottishPhilosophy #WomenPhilosophers #ERCResearch #PhilSky
Congratulations to Ruth Boeker and Evie Filea on the publication of their paper ‘Catharine Trotter Cockburn’s and Anne Hepburn Arbuthnot’s contributions to Scottish philosophy’, which has just appeared in Intellectual History Review! doi.org/10.1080/1749... philpapers.org/rec/BOECTC-3 #PhilSky
Catharine Trotter Cockburn’s and Anne Hepburn Arbuthnot’s contributions to Scottish philosophy
The aims of this paper are twofold. First, we draw attention to the contributions that Catharine Trotter Cockburn and her niece Anne Hepburn Arbuthnot made to Scottish Enlightenment philosophy and ...
doi.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Congratulations to Ruth Boeker and Evie Filea on the publication of their paper ‘Catharine Trotter Cockburn’s and Anne Hepburn Arbuthnot’s contributions to Scottish philosophy’, which has just appeared in Intellectual History Review! doi.org/10.1080/1749... philpapers.org/rec/BOECTC-3 #PhilSky
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Welcome to the Bluesky account of the ERC BMoral Project! We’ll share project updates, news, and events here. Thanks for following. #ERCResearch #UCD #HistoryofPhilosophy #PhilSky
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account of the ERC BMoral Project! We’ll share project updates, news, and events here. Thanks for following. #ERCResearch #UCD #HistoryofPhilosophy #PhilSky
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Bígí linn amárach ar champas UCD Belfield, beidh deis buaileadh le mjc léinn Theach na Gaeilge ó gach dámh de chuid na hollscoile.
@ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdlibrary.bsky.social @ucdglobal.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social @ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Bígí linn amárach ar champas UCD Belfield, beidh deis buaileadh le mjc léinn Theach na Gaeilge ó gach dámh de chuid na hollscoile.
@ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdlibrary.bsky.social @ucdglobal.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social @ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social
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UCD Open Day is in full swing!
Meet the Social Sciences and Law team in the Newman Building and O’Reilly Hall, join talks and workshops, and chat with our students and staff.
Our ambassadors are here to help, take a campus tour and picture your future at UCD! 💬✨
Meet the Social Sciences and Law team in the Newman Building and O’Reilly Hall, join talks and workshops, and chat with our students and staff.
Our ambassadors are here to help, take a campus tour and picture your future at UCD! 💬✨
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
UCD Open Day is in full swing!
Meet the Social Sciences and Law team in the Newman Building and O’Reilly Hall, join talks and workshops, and chat with our students and staff.
Our ambassadors are here to help, take a campus tour and picture your future at UCD! 💬✨
Meet the Social Sciences and Law team in the Newman Building and O’Reilly Hall, join talks and workshops, and chat with our students and staff.
Our ambassadors are here to help, take a campus tour and picture your future at UCD! 💬✨
Congratulations to Dr Anh-Quân Nguyen (UCD School of Philosophy), named a winner of the Oxford University Press First Book Prize 2025 for It’s Okay to Despair about Climate Change.
His work explores “militant pessimism” as a radical response to climate crisis.
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
His work explores “militant pessimism” as a radical response to climate crisis.
www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
UCD researcher Anh-Quân Nguyen awarded First Book Prize by Oxford University Press
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October 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Congratulations to our PhD student, Philipp Wagenhals, on the publication of his review of Bart Nooteboom’s _Process Philosophy: A Synthesis_ in the International Journal for Philosophical Studies (@ijps.bsky.social). #PhilPublication #PhilReview #IJPS
October 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Congratulations to our PhD student, Philipp Wagenhals, on the publication of his review of Bart Nooteboom’s _Process Philosophy: A Synthesis_ in the International Journal for Philosophical Studies (@ijps.bsky.social). #PhilPublication #PhilReview #IJPS
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Our College Principal, Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social, shares what makes UCD College of Social Sciences and Law a unique and inspiring place to study and work, where world-class academics and diverse students explore human behaviour, society, and the systems that shape our world.
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Our College Principal, Professor @niamhmcherry.bsky.social, shares what makes UCD College of Social Sciences and Law a unique and inspiring place to study and work, where world-class academics and diverse students explore human behaviour, society, and the systems that shape our world.
Associate Professor Yann Allard-Tremblay of McGill University will give a talk on ‘A Great Ox Stands in Your Mind: Decolonial Caution about Epistemic Reparations and the Right to be Known’ on 9 October, 3:15–5:00pm in Newman Building Room D520. All welcome! www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n...
Invited Speaker Series: Yann Allard-Tremblay
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October 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Associate Professor Yann Allard-Tremblay of McGill University will give a talk on ‘A Great Ox Stands in Your Mind: Decolonial Caution about Epistemic Reparations and the Right to be Known’ on 9 October, 3:15–5:00pm in Newman Building Room D520. All welcome! www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n...
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✨ We’re pleased to welcome Professor Thomas Kroedel from @uni-hamburg.de to the Department later today for this week’s Philosophy Colloquium. He’ll be speaking on 'Causal Complications for Explainable AI'. #philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
✨ We’re pleased to welcome Professor Thomas Kroedel from @uni-hamburg.de to the Department later today for this week’s Philosophy Colloquium. He’ll be speaking on 'Causal Complications for Explainable AI'. #philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
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“[E]mpirical facts indicate that not error but truth is the exception, the thing to be accounted for, and that the attainment of truth is the outcome of the development of complex and elaborate methods of... (1/3)
October 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“[E]mpirical facts indicate that not error but truth is the exception, the thing to be accounted for, and that the attainment of truth is the outcome of the development of complex and elaborate methods of... (1/3)
Today at 4:30pm in Lecture Theatre O on the Ground Floor of the Newman Building, UCD Belfield!
If you're not outraged about #AI, you're not paying attention: #Philosophy in the time of techno-fascism. Book tickets for this free public lecture by Professor Alice Crary at University College Dublin:
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October 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Today at 4:30pm in Lecture Theatre O on the Ground Floor of the Newman Building, UCD Belfield!