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This is the Bluesky account of the philosophy department at the University of Nottingham. We like philosophy!!
The Metaphysically Dynamic Universe How Motion is the Essence of Time and Physical Reality!
Forthcoming book by Steve Barker ⌛️
Details: tinyurl.com/337s7evz
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
#philosophy #time #metaphysics #flow #motion
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
Forthcoming book by Steve Barker ⌛️
Details: tinyurl.com/337s7evz
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
#philosophy #time #metaphysics #flow #motion
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
February 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The Metaphysically Dynamic Universe How Motion is the Essence of Time and Physical Reality!
Forthcoming book by Steve Barker ⌛️
Details: tinyurl.com/337s7evz
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
#philosophy #time #metaphysics #flow #motion
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
Forthcoming book by Steve Barker ⌛️
Details: tinyurl.com/337s7evz
@routledgebooks.bsky.social
#philosophy #time #metaphysics #flow #motion
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash
Delighted to have Lea Cantor @peterhousecam.bsky.social cam.bsky.social speak to us on Zhuāngzǐ’s speech argument against monism!
Web: leacantor.com
#philosophy #zhuangzi #daoism #language #monism
Web: leacantor.com
#philosophy #zhuangzi #daoism #language #monism
LEA CANTOR
I am a Blacker Loewe Research Fellow in Philosophy at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge . From September 2026 I will be a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Philosophy at King's College London . I...
leacantor.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Delighted to have Lea Cantor @peterhousecam.bsky.social cam.bsky.social speak to us on Zhuāngzǐ’s speech argument against monism!
Web: leacantor.com
#philosophy #zhuangzi #daoism #language #monism
Web: leacantor.com
#philosophy #zhuangzi #daoism #language #monism
Who goes to hell? Will everyone eventually be saved?
Watch @jhoover04.bsky.social on universal salvation in Islam, a panel discussion hosted by Bordering on Belief.
tinyurl.com/5aswwubh
#islam #theology #salvation #religion
Watch @jhoover04.bsky.social on universal salvation in Islam, a panel discussion hosted by Bordering on Belief.
tinyurl.com/5aswwubh
#islam #theology #salvation #religion
February 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Who goes to hell? Will everyone eventually be saved?
Watch @jhoover04.bsky.social on universal salvation in Islam, a panel discussion hosted by Bordering on Belief.
tinyurl.com/5aswwubh
#islam #theology #salvation #religion
Watch @jhoover04.bsky.social on universal salvation in Islam, a panel discussion hosted by Bordering on Belief.
tinyurl.com/5aswwubh
#islam #theology #salvation #religion
Arcai.art is a project to encourage responsible use of AI in the creation, archiving and conservation of artworks and their archives led by our colleague Dr Lydia Farina.
Read: tinyurl.com/ycx97mw8
#philosophy #ai #art #responsibility #AIart︎ #archives
Read: tinyurl.com/ycx97mw8
#philosophy #ai #art #responsibility #AIart︎ #archives
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Arcai.art is a project to encourage responsible use of AI in the creation, archiving and conservation of artworks and their archives led by our colleague Dr Lydia Farina.
Read: tinyurl.com/ycx97mw8
#philosophy #ai #art #responsibility #AIart︎ #archives
Read: tinyurl.com/ycx97mw8
#philosophy #ai #art #responsibility #AIart︎ #archives
PUBLICATION!
"Making it Exact" by Mark Jago with an outstanding rhyming abstract 🎶
Read: philpapers.org/archive/JAGM...
#philosophy #logic #truth #rhyming
"Making it Exact" by Mark Jago with an outstanding rhyming abstract 🎶
Read: philpapers.org/archive/JAGM...
#philosophy #logic #truth #rhyming
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 AM
PUBLICATION!
"Making it Exact" by Mark Jago with an outstanding rhyming abstract 🎶
Read: philpapers.org/archive/JAGM...
#philosophy #logic #truth #rhyming
"Making it Exact" by Mark Jago with an outstanding rhyming abstract 🎶
Read: philpapers.org/archive/JAGM...
#philosophy #logic #truth #rhyming
Delighted to report that Colin Green defended his thesis, ‘The Didache: a case of self-conceptualisation of community as temple in first century Jesus movements, its moral foundations, and its significance for inclusion of enslaved believers’.
Congratulations, Dr Green!
#phd #theology #Jesus
Congratulations, Dr Green!
#phd #theology #Jesus
January 23, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Congratulations to Dr Nazir Khan who has successfully defended his thesis, ‘Faith beyond doubt: Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) and the epistemology of religious belief’.
Website: www.cikedu.org/nazirkhan.html
#congratulations #phd #ibntaymiyya #faith #doubt
Website: www.cikedu.org/nazirkhan.html
#congratulations #phd #ibntaymiyya #faith #doubt
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Congratulations to Dr Nazir Khan who has successfully defended his thesis, ‘Faith beyond doubt: Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) and the epistemology of religious belief’.
Website: www.cikedu.org/nazirkhan.html
#congratulations #phd #ibntaymiyya #faith #doubt
Website: www.cikedu.org/nazirkhan.html
#congratulations #phd #ibntaymiyya #faith #doubt
Excited for our spring 2026 Penelope Mackie Research Seminar series!
#philosophy #research #seminar #colleagues #think
#philosophy #research #seminar #colleagues #think
January 22, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Excited for our spring 2026 Penelope Mackie Research Seminar series!
#philosophy #research #seminar #colleagues #think
#philosophy #research #seminar #colleagues #think
Our ace colleague Matthew Duncombe is speaking at @durham.ac.uk Philosophy today on the Horns Paradox!
Matt's website: tinyurl.com/4wr7xpsn
Talk details: tinyurl.com/yeb997my
#philosophy #paradoxes #logic #ideas #talk
Matt's website: tinyurl.com/4wr7xpsn
Talk details: tinyurl.com/yeb997my
#philosophy #paradoxes #logic #ideas #talk
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Our ace colleague Matthew Duncombe is speaking at @durham.ac.uk Philosophy today on the Horns Paradox!
Matt's website: tinyurl.com/4wr7xpsn
Talk details: tinyurl.com/yeb997my
#philosophy #paradoxes #logic #ideas #talk
Matt's website: tinyurl.com/4wr7xpsn
Talk details: tinyurl.com/yeb997my
#philosophy #paradoxes #logic #ideas #talk
A great new virtual issue of the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society !
Virtual Issue: Ten Women Presidents of The Aristotelian Society
Read: tinyurl.com/4puen3fa
#philosophy #journal #research #history #women
Virtual Issue: Ten Women Presidents of The Aristotelian Society
Read: tinyurl.com/4puen3fa
#philosophy #journal #research #history #women
January 16, 2026 at 11:57 AM
A great new virtual issue of the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society !
Virtual Issue: Ten Women Presidents of The Aristotelian Society
Read: tinyurl.com/4puen3fa
#philosophy #journal #research #history #women
Virtual Issue: Ten Women Presidents of The Aristotelian Society
Read: tinyurl.com/4puen3fa
#philosophy #journal #research #history #women
Congratulations to Dr Sean Shields for his PhD
'Reconceptualising Blame, Blameworthiness and Basic Desert: A New Perspective on Moral Responsibility (and Moral Responsibility Skepticism)’
Funded by @Midlands4Cities
#philosophy #phd #blame #responsibility #morality
'Reconceptualising Blame, Blameworthiness and Basic Desert: A New Perspective on Moral Responsibility (and Moral Responsibility Skepticism)’
Funded by @Midlands4Cities
#philosophy #phd #blame #responsibility #morality
January 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Congratulations to Dr Sean Shields for his PhD
'Reconceptualising Blame, Blameworthiness and Basic Desert: A New Perspective on Moral Responsibility (and Moral Responsibility Skepticism)’
Funded by @Midlands4Cities
#philosophy #phd #blame #responsibility #morality
'Reconceptualising Blame, Blameworthiness and Basic Desert: A New Perspective on Moral Responsibility (and Moral Responsibility Skepticism)’
Funded by @Midlands4Cities
#philosophy #phd #blame #responsibility #morality
Looking forward to @EthicsCup today!
A tournament in which teams of high school students match wits with each other discussing ethical issues of public concern.
⭐️120 students
⭐️30 judges
⭐️10 schools
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#philosophy #schools #ethics #ethicscup #society
A tournament in which teams of high school students match wits with each other discussing ethical issues of public concern.
⭐️120 students
⭐️30 judges
⭐️10 schools
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#philosophy #schools #ethics #ethicscup #society
January 8, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Looking forward to @EthicsCup today!
A tournament in which teams of high school students match wits with each other discussing ethical issues of public concern.
⭐️120 students
⭐️30 judges
⭐️10 schools
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#philosophy #schools #ethics #ethicscup #society
A tournament in which teams of high school students match wits with each other discussing ethical issues of public concern.
⭐️120 students
⭐️30 judges
⭐️10 schools
ethicscup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#philosophy #schools #ethics #ethicscup #society
Merry Christmas from Nottingham Philosophy!
End of a busy semester and looking forward to a New Year!
#philosophy #semester #uon #christmas #rest
End of a busy semester and looking forward to a New Year!
#philosophy #semester #uon #christmas #rest
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Merry Christmas from Nottingham Philosophy!
End of a busy semester and looking forward to a New Year!
#philosophy #semester #uon #christmas #rest
End of a busy semester and looking forward to a New Year!
#philosophy #semester #uon #christmas #rest
Great to welcome students from Landau Forte College Derby to our Department!
We talked about studying philosophy and theology at university and had taster sessions on emotivism and Augustine
Web: landau-forte.org.uk
Great way to end our autumn semester!
#philosophy #theology #religion #schools
We talked about studying philosophy and theology at university and had taster sessions on emotivism and Augustine
Web: landau-forte.org.uk
Great way to end our autumn semester!
#philosophy #theology #religion #schools
December 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Great to welcome students from Landau Forte College Derby to our Department!
We talked about studying philosophy and theology at university and had taster sessions on emotivism and Augustine
Web: landau-forte.org.uk
Great way to end our autumn semester!
#philosophy #theology #religion #schools
We talked about studying philosophy and theology at university and had taster sessions on emotivism and Augustine
Web: landau-forte.org.uk
Great way to end our autumn semester!
#philosophy #theology #religion #schools
TALK!
Matthew Duncombe speaks today on "Aristotle, Eubulides and the Liar Argument”.
5 p.m., in the Room 201.J - Room Mattos Romão, Department of Philosophy for those in Lisbon!
#philosophy #aristotle #liars #research
Matthew Duncombe speaks today on "Aristotle, Eubulides and the Liar Argument”.
5 p.m., in the Room 201.J - Room Mattos Romão, Department of Philosophy for those in Lisbon!
#philosophy #aristotle #liars #research
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
TALK!
Matthew Duncombe speaks today on "Aristotle, Eubulides and the Liar Argument”.
5 p.m., in the Room 201.J - Room Mattos Romão, Department of Philosophy for those in Lisbon!
#philosophy #aristotle #liars #research
Matthew Duncombe speaks today on "Aristotle, Eubulides and the Liar Argument”.
5 p.m., in the Room 201.J - Room Mattos Romão, Department of Philosophy for those in Lisbon!
#philosophy #aristotle #liars #research
3rd talk
Liz Frissell on 'Stoic Emotions & Judgement Theories: A Difference in Movements.'
Liz's website: philpeople.org/profiles/liz...
⏰3-5pm
🌍 Humanities A1
Online: tinyurl.com/46m5rxyk
#philosophy #stoicism #emotion #judgment
Liz Frissell on 'Stoic Emotions & Judgement Theories: A Difference in Movements.'
Liz's website: philpeople.org/profiles/liz...
⏰3-5pm
🌍 Humanities A1
Online: tinyurl.com/46m5rxyk
#philosophy #stoicism #emotion #judgment
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
3rd talk
Liz Frissell on 'Stoic Emotions & Judgement Theories: A Difference in Movements.'
Liz's website: philpeople.org/profiles/liz...
⏰3-5pm
🌍 Humanities A1
Online: tinyurl.com/46m5rxyk
#philosophy #stoicism #emotion #judgment
Liz Frissell on 'Stoic Emotions & Judgement Theories: A Difference in Movements.'
Liz's website: philpeople.org/profiles/liz...
⏰3-5pm
🌍 Humanities A1
Online: tinyurl.com/46m5rxyk
#philosophy #stoicism #emotion #judgment
2nd talk
Grace Huxter speaks at our Penelope Mackie Research Seminar on ‘The Phenomenology of Social Anxiety: On Social and Bodily Doubt’.
Grace's research: philpeople.org/profiles/gra...
⏰ 3-5pm
🌎 Humanities A1
Online: tinyurl.com/46m5rxyk
#philosophy #phenomenology #anxiety
Grace Huxter speaks at our Penelope Mackie Research Seminar on ‘The Phenomenology of Social Anxiety: On Social and Bodily Doubt’.
Grace's research: philpeople.org/profiles/gra...
⏰ 3-5pm
🌎 Humanities A1
Online: tinyurl.com/46m5rxyk
#philosophy #phenomenology #anxiety
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
2nd talk
Grace Huxter speaks at our Penelope Mackie Research Seminar on ‘The Phenomenology of Social Anxiety: On Social and Bodily Doubt’.
Grace's research: philpeople.org/profiles/gra...
⏰ 3-5pm
🌎 Humanities A1
Online: tinyurl.com/46m5rxyk
#philosophy #phenomenology #anxiety
Grace Huxter speaks at our Penelope Mackie Research Seminar on ‘The Phenomenology of Social Anxiety: On Social and Bodily Doubt’.
Grace's research: philpeople.org/profiles/gra...
⏰ 3-5pm
🌎 Humanities A1
Online: tinyurl.com/46m5rxyk
#philosophy #phenomenology #anxiety
Three talks today!
1st
To Be or Not To Be a Sense-Datum: A Critical Response to Lee’s Theory of Sense-Data
Dylan Morris
⏲️13:00–14:30
🌍 Humanities Building A21
Online: tinyurl.com/ms6bz6wu
#philosophy #sensedata #perception #mind
1st
To Be or Not To Be a Sense-Datum: A Critical Response to Lee’s Theory of Sense-Data
Dylan Morris
⏲️13:00–14:30
🌍 Humanities Building A21
Online: tinyurl.com/ms6bz6wu
#philosophy #sensedata #perception #mind
Join conversation
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December 10, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Three talks today!
1st
To Be or Not To Be a Sense-Datum: A Critical Response to Lee’s Theory of Sense-Data
Dylan Morris
⏲️13:00–14:30
🌍 Humanities Building A21
Online: tinyurl.com/ms6bz6wu
#philosophy #sensedata #perception #mind
1st
To Be or Not To Be a Sense-Datum: A Critical Response to Lee’s Theory of Sense-Data
Dylan Morris
⏲️13:00–14:30
🌍 Humanities Building A21
Online: tinyurl.com/ms6bz6wu
#philosophy #sensedata #perception #mind
Our 2nd and 3rd year 'Buddhism and the World' students visited the Nottingham Buddhist Centre this afternoon!
Thanks to Pasannacitta and Eve for answering our questions and showing us the shrine room!
Web: nottinghambuddhistcentre.org
#philosophy #religion #buddhism #nottingham
Thanks to Pasannacitta and Eve for answering our questions and showing us the shrine room!
Web: nottinghambuddhistcentre.org
#philosophy #religion #buddhism #nottingham
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our 2nd and 3rd year 'Buddhism and the World' students visited the Nottingham Buddhist Centre this afternoon!
Thanks to Pasannacitta and Eve for answering our questions and showing us the shrine room!
Web: nottinghambuddhistcentre.org
#philosophy #religion #buddhism #nottingham
Thanks to Pasannacitta and Eve for answering our questions and showing us the shrine room!
Web: nottinghambuddhistcentre.org
#philosophy #religion #buddhism #nottingham
We were delighted to hear Charles Talliaferro speak at our seminar on why philosophers, especially philosophers of religion, should engage with Iris Murdoch!
#philosophy #research #irismurdoch #religion
#philosophy #research #irismurdoch #religion
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We were delighted to hear Charles Talliaferro speak at our seminar on why philosophers, especially philosophers of religion, should engage with Iris Murdoch!
#philosophy #research #irismurdoch #religion
#philosophy #research #irismurdoch #religion
Last week we swapped a human lecturer for a humanoid robot and asked university students what they really thought.
Do they trust a robot to tell the truth?
Do they think it can actually teach?
Pictured: Robin and Prof Andy Fisher.
#philosophy #robot #teaching #education
Do they trust a robot to tell the truth?
Do they think it can actually teach?
Pictured: Robin and Prof Andy Fisher.
#philosophy #robot #teaching #education
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Last week we swapped a human lecturer for a humanoid robot and asked university students what they really thought.
Do they trust a robot to tell the truth?
Do they think it can actually teach?
Pictured: Robin and Prof Andy Fisher.
#philosophy #robot #teaching #education
Do they trust a robot to tell the truth?
Do they think it can actually teach?
Pictured: Robin and Prof Andy Fisher.
#philosophy #robot #teaching #education
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Our research seminar today is given by Emily Thomas on "Bertrand Russell, Karin Costelloe-Stephen, and Temporal Experience"
🌎@UoNHumanities A1
⏲️ 3-5
Web: emilythomaswrites.co.uk/about/
#philosophy #research #time #space #historyofphliosophy #temporalexperience
🌎@UoNHumanities A1
⏲️ 3-5
Web: emilythomaswrites.co.uk/about/
#philosophy #research #time #space #historyofphliosophy #temporalexperience
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Our research seminar today is given by Emily Thomas on "Bertrand Russell, Karin Costelloe-Stephen, and Temporal Experience"
🌎@UoNHumanities A1
⏲️ 3-5
Web: emilythomaswrites.co.uk/about/
#philosophy #research #time #space #historyofphliosophy #temporalexperience
🌎@UoNHumanities A1
⏲️ 3-5
Web: emilythomaswrites.co.uk/about/
#philosophy #research #time #space #historyofphliosophy #temporalexperience
Congratulations to Jon Robson on his new @cambridge.org Element on aesthetic knowledge!
Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
cup.org/48629SO
#philosophy #aesthetic #knowledge #cambridgeelements #philosophy
Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
cup.org/48629SO
#philosophy #aesthetic #knowledge #cambridgeelements #philosophy
Aesthetic Knowledge
Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - Aesthetic Knowledge
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November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Congratulations to Jon Robson on his new @cambridge.org Element on aesthetic knowledge!
Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
cup.org/48629SO
#philosophy #aesthetic #knowledge #cambridgeelements #philosophy
Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
cup.org/48629SO
#philosophy #aesthetic #knowledge #cambridgeelements #philosophy