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Registration – Ask the Philosopher – Zoom

December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM

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Have you always wanted to ask a philosopher something? Well, you got me instead! (: Register for the last of this year's Asl the Philosopher series @philosopher1923.bsky.social if you'd like to share your philosophical resolutions for 2026 or just ask anything: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

Ask the Philosopher – Zoom, Wed 17 Dec 2025 - Join us for a fun, informal philosophical chat with members of our Editorial Team. Bring your biggest philosophical questions*, and we will try our best t...

Registration – Ask the Philosopher – Zoom

December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM

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TODAY! Wed. Dec. 17 ~ 1pm ET/ 6pm UK

"Ask the Philosopher"

Join us for a fun, informal philosophical chat with Jana Bacevic and Michael Bavidge.
#Philosophy

Submit questions to thephilosopher1923@gmail.com and register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

Ask the Philosopher – Zoom, Wed 17 Dec 2025 - Join us for a fun, informal philosophical chat with members of our Editorial Team. Bring your biggest philosophical questions*, and we will try our best t...

December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM

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Looking for a gift? Consider a one-time donation or membership to The Philosopher!! They'll get 3 print publications/year (regular interviews and essays are FREE), and it helps us to keep the lights on!!

Hope to see you again in 2026!!
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On Radical Romanticism: Mark Cladis in conversation with Jonathon Kahn

December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM

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ICYMI: "On Radical Romanticism"
Mark Cladis in conversation with Jonathon Kahn

Hear Cladis' notion of 'sharedness', the place of Wordsworth and Du Bois in his book, and ruins, hopes, and ethical poetics.
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There’s a big problem with immortality: it goes on and on | Aeon Essays

December 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM

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Read Paul Sagar's work at Aeon: aeon.co/essays/there... and UnHerd: unherd.com/2025/11/i-ch... and join us for the discussion on Monday!

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The fantasy of living forever is just a fig leaf for the fear of death – and comes at great personal cost

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December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM

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Coming up Mon. Dec. 15 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

TP&TN: "From the Quest for Immortality to the Right to Die"

Paul Sagar with Alexis Papazoglou on people (Putin, tech billionaires) striving for immortality while governments legislate the right to die.

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"From the quest for immortality to the right to die": Paul Sagar in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom, Mon 15 Dec 2025 - Back in September, during a military parade at Beijing, Xi Jinping and...

Select tickets – "From the quest for immortality to the right to die": Paul Sagar in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom

December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM

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Is not knowing when we're going to die a fundamental aspect of mortal human nature?
Or is the ability to tweak our ending a gift of tech evolution?

Join us to hear more with Paul Sagar and Alexis Papazoglou.
Mon. Dec. 15 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
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"From the quest for immortality to the right to die": Paul Sagar in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom, Mon 15 Dec 2025 - Back in September, during a military parade at Beijing, Xi Jinping and...

Registration – Ask the Philosopher – Zoom

December 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM

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Ask The Philosopher! on Wed. Dec. 17 ~ 1pm ET/ 6pm UK

Join us for our last gathering of 2025 with Jana Bacevic and Michael Bavidge.

Submit questions to thephilosopher1923@gmail.com or share your philosophical resolutions!

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Ask the Philosopher – Zoom, Wed 17 Dec 2025 - Join us for a fun, informal philosophical chat with members of our Editorial Team. Bring your biggest philosophical questions*, and we will try our best t...

"Philosophy as Conceptual Engineering " by Amie L. Thomasson (Keywords: Metaphysics; Metaphilosophy)

December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM

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Hey, how about letting AI celebrate Xmas for us this year? And we can just eat a pork pie and watch old movies without having to cook for ages or clear up after.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 18d

McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad

The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'

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December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM

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Sunday read:
"Philosophy as Conceptual Engineering"

Amie L. Thomasson proposes that philosophy can focus on conceptual engineering: improving, refining, and constructing concepts to better serve social, legal, and scientific purposes.

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"Change the concepts, and you can change the inferences, and in turn you can change the social, legal, and even scientific practices."

December 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM

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TODAY! "On Radical Romanticism"

Join Mark Cladis and Jonathon Kahn exploring a renewed account of Romanticism for today's entrenched crises, offering urgent resources for a world beset by catastrophe.
#Philosophy #history

Mon. Dec. 8 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
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On Radical Romanticism

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December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM

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If you enjoyed the talk, pick up Michael Bavidge's book here:
www.thephilosopher1923.org/print-issues

Shop single issues and books on The Philosopher website. Subscriptions are available that support our work and offer four fantastic issues a year for only £30.

On Philosophy in the Borders: Michael Bavidge in conversation with Ian Craib

December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM

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ICYMI: "On Philosophy in the Border"

Michael Bavidge in conversation with Ian Craib on language, moral accountability, rationales for punishment, animal morality, and developing a respect for nature. #Philosophy #morality #language

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Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning: Kathleen Higgins in conversation with Kate Warlow-Corcoran

December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM

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ICYMI: "#Aesthetics in #Grief and #Mourning"

Kathleen Higgins with Kate Warlow-Corcoran on grief as a rupture, limitations of language, art as continuity, the role of music in mourning, and the solace of suffering.
#Philosophy

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Select tickets – "On Radical Romanticism": Mark Cladis in conversation with Jonathon Kahn – Zoom

December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM

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What does it look like to bring together environmental humanities, literary theory, political theory, and religious studies?
How can Romanticism help us think about current crises?

Join us with Mark Cladis:
Mon. Dec. 8 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
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"On Radical Romanticism": Mark Cladis in conversation with Jonathon Kahn – Zoom, Mon 8 Dec 2025 - Romanticism is often reduced to nostalgic pastoralism and solitary contemplation of the sublime. But a...

Purchase subscriptions & single issues | The Philosopher

December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM

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If you enjoyed the talk, pick up Michael Bavidge's book here: www.thephilosopher1923.org/print-issues

Shop single issues and books on The Philosopher website. Subscriptions are available that support our work and offer four fantastic issues a year for only £30.

On Philosophy in the Borders: Michael Bavidge in conversation with Ian Craib

December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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The Philosopher

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ICYMI: "On Philosophy in the Border"

Michael Bavidge in conversation with Ian Craib on language, moral accountability, the rationale for punishment, animal morality, and developing a respect for nature.
#Philosophy #morality #language

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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)

December 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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For a country so in love with new technology it’s extraordinary they have so little grasp of cause and effect.

Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 24d

Gift article about the across-the-board *slowdown* in federal funding for science - on ALL the topics. But especially for up-and-coming scientists.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🎁

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

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December 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM

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#philosophy #romanticism #capitalism #politics #racism #history #religion #environment

Have a look at Mark Cladis's book here, and join us Monday Dec. 8th at 2pm ET / 7pm UK: cup.columbia.edu/book/radical...

Radical Romanticism | Columbia University Press

Romanticism is often reduced to nostalgic pastoralism and solitary contemplation of the sublime. But a radical strand of Romantic writers and thinkers offere... | CUP

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December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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Coming up Dec. 8! "On Radical Romanticism"

Mark Cladis and Jonathon Kahn

Exploring a radical strand of Romantic thinkers who offered political, ecological, and religious critiques of capitalism, racism, settler colonialism, and environmental destruction
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Select tickets – "On Radical Romanticism": Mark Cladis in conversation with Jonathon Kahn – Zoom

"On Radical Romanticism": Mark Cladis in conversation with Jonathon Kahn – Zoom, Mon 8 Dec 2025 - Romanticism is often reduced to nostalgic pastoralism and solitary contemplation of the sublime. But a...

December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM

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The Philosopher

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TODAY: Mon. Dec. 1 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning"

Kathleen Higgins and Kate Warlow-Corcoran

On grief, and how aesthetic practices can ease the disorienting effects of loss and help communal flourishing.

#Philosophy #Aesthetics
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...