🎉I’m pleased to share that Zoheir Bagheri Noaparast and I are co-editing a new volume, Wittgenstein: On Certainty and Religion, with Palgrave Macmillan.

This collection is one of the first to explore how On Certainty’s themes relate to our understanding and study of religion

Is religious fictionalism compatible with Wittgenstein’s view of religion?

I answer that question with my co-author, Zoheir Bagheri Noaparast, in our paper that published today (open access) in Studia Theologica.

doi.org/10.1080/0039...

Should we tax companies that displace workers through AI?

I give some reasons for doing so in my recent paper: social-epistemology.com/2025/10/13/t...

This paper relates to a recent publication I co-authored with Hefin Gwilym, Dave Beck, Edward Thomas Jones, and Sara Closs-Davies

Here it is! My Japanese fiction writing debut! The first short story I’ve ever written from start to finish in my second language!

My story “フォトボマー” (Photo Bomber), is in this anthology “恐怖とSF”（Fear and Sci-fi), released today by Hayakawa, Japan’s oldest and largest SF publisher.

#Japanese #scifi

New co-authored paper with Zoheir Bagheri Noaparast just published open access at Philosophical Papers.

We argue that Wittgenstein dichotomises religion from science, and that his approach is therefore not conducive to a diverse philosophy of religion.

doi.org/10.1080/0556...

🎉podcast with me, @drdavebeck.bsky.social & Hefin Gwilym about our recent paper co-authored with Edward Thomas Jones & Sara Closs-Davies 🎧

This collab is with @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk
@leedstrinity.bsky.social

drdavebeck.substack.com/p/grand-fina...

Had a great time working on this!

Thanks to Dave Beck for inviting me onto a podcast with him and Hefin Gwilym to discuss our recent publication, A Difficult Start for the UK Labour Government, But Time Is Still on Their Side.

A clip and a blog that I wrote can be found at: drdavebeck.substack.com/p/tax-the-bo...

I've finished, edited & (mostly) settled on what I'll present at this year's BSPR. I discuss why Wittgensteinians think arguments from design don't lead to religious belief & can even be repellent, and suggest how arguments can be changed in light of these criticisms

philpapers.org/rec/ELLWAA-3

Visited Leeds library again this morning to edit the paper I’m presenting at @ox.ac.uk in September at the British Society for the Philosophy of Religion conference. While there, I spotted what appears to be graffiti from 1893!

Reminder - online conference: *Wittgenstein, On Certainty and Religion* starts tomorrow evening (UK time 18:00)!

There’s still time to register your attendance, email d.ellis@leedstrinity.ac.uk for a link).

philevents.org/event/show/1...

#philosophy #Wittgenstein #conference

Pleased to say that a co-authored paper with Hefin Gwilym, Dave Beck, Ed Jones and Sara Closs-Davies has published with Wiley’s World Affairs.

We review Labour’s first year in office and argue for a tax on companies that displace workers through AI

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I’m co-hosting an online conference: Wittgenstein, On Certainty and Religion, July 28th and 29th.

For more info, including schedule & book of abstracts: philevents.org/event/show/1...

(to join, email me, d.ellis@leedstrinity.ac.uk for a link)
#conference #philosophy #religion #Wittgenstein

great essay - thanks for engaging with my work, @elikpwilliam.com