Dawn M Wilson
@dawnmwilson.bsky.social
Philosopher. Light & Time. Thought & Image. Clarity & Silence.
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New paper forthcoming in the British Journal of Aesthetics on perception of VR:
philpapers.org/rec/FISVRS
TLDR:
Virtual reality offers a different experience to most other images. Yet VR also often contains elements that distinguish it from regular perception, which can help prevent harms!
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philpapers.org/rec/FISVRS
TLDR:
Virtual reality offers a different experience to most other images. Yet VR also often contains elements that distinguish it from regular perception, which can help prevent harms!
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Alex Fisher, Virtual Reality, Seeing-In, and Twofoldness - PhilPapers
Virtual reality headsets present us with two images, one directly before each of our eyes. One might therefore suppose that virtual reality offers experiences with the phenomenology of many other depi...
philpapers.org
June 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New paper forthcoming in the British Journal of Aesthetics on perception of VR:
philpapers.org/rec/FISVRS
TLDR:
Virtual reality offers a different experience to most other images. Yet VR also often contains elements that distinguish it from regular perception, which can help prevent harms!
1/9
philpapers.org/rec/FISVRS
TLDR:
Virtual reality offers a different experience to most other images. Yet VR also often contains elements that distinguish it from regular perception, which can help prevent harms!
1/9
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Who are we?
The BPA works to promote and foster the teaching and study of, and research in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, within higher education and also within the wider community.
About us: bpa.ac.uk/about/
Our history: bpa.ac.uk/history-of-t...
Our constitution: bpa.ac.uk/constitution/
The BPA works to promote and foster the teaching and study of, and research in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, within higher education and also within the wider community.
About us: bpa.ac.uk/about/
Our history: bpa.ac.uk/history-of-t...
Our constitution: bpa.ac.uk/constitution/
About - British Philosophical Association
The BPA was established in 2003, and its aim is to promote and foster the teaching and study of, and research in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, within higher education and also within the wider com...
bpa.ac.uk
May 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Who are we?
The BPA works to promote and foster the teaching and study of, and research in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, within higher education and also within the wider community.
About us: bpa.ac.uk/about/
Our history: bpa.ac.uk/history-of-t...
Our constitution: bpa.ac.uk/constitution/
The BPA works to promote and foster the teaching and study of, and research in Philosophy in the United Kingdom, within higher education and also within the wider community.
About us: bpa.ac.uk/about/
Our history: bpa.ac.uk/history-of-t...
Our constitution: bpa.ac.uk/constitution/
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Looking for all things Susanne Langer? Check out this compilation of BSA articles on her work. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics...
Susanne K. Langer A Legacy in Aesthetics
Susanne K. Langer (1895-1985) was a prominent American philosopher whose work spanned logic, philosophy of art, and theory of mind. This selection delves into n
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May 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Looking for all things Susanne Langer? Check out this compilation of BSA articles on her work. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics...
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Check out the new Philosophy Bites website at www.philosophybites.com
Homepage - Philosophy Bites
Philosophy Bites Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics About US Philosophy Bites is a podcast that brings philosophical ideas to life through short, engaging conversations with some of the...
www.philosophybites.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Check out the new Philosophy Bites website at www.philosophybites.com
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News coming out that Alasdair MacIntyre died today…
May 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
News coming out that Alasdair MacIntyre died today…
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I wrote this for @irishtimes.com about risk as a principle of parenting and trying to nurture my daughter's enthusiasm for nature in a world that seems increasingly opposed to human flourishing...
May 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I wrote this for @irishtimes.com about risk as a principle of parenting and trying to nurture my daughter's enthusiasm for nature in a world that seems increasingly opposed to human flourishing...
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JAAC Announces CFP for New Special Issue: "AI and Philosophy of the Arts" - American Society For Aesthetics aesthetics-online.org/news/701088/...
JAAC Announces CFP for New Special Issue: "AI and Philosophy of the Arts" - American Society For Aesthetics
We are pleased to announce a new CFP for a Special Issue of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism scheduled for publication in Spring 2026 on the theme "AI and Philosophy of the Arts."
aesthetics-online.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
JAAC Announces CFP for New Special Issue: "AI and Philosophy of the Arts" - American Society For Aesthetics aesthetics-online.org/news/701088/...
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The British Philosophical Association has just released a raft of resources for Early Career Philosophers, including advice on grants, publishing, applying for jobs, interviews, starting a job, and mental health challenges. Access it all here! bpa.ac.uk/resources-fo...
Resources for Early Career Philosophers - British Philosophical Association
Getting a permanent position in philosophy is difficult, especially in the current financial climate. But there is a good deal of help and advice available on the process of applying for and securing ...
bpa.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The British Philosophical Association has just released a raft of resources for Early Career Philosophers, including advice on grants, publishing, applying for jobs, interviews, starting a job, and mental health challenges. Access it all here! bpa.ac.uk/resources-fo...
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This project was led by the amazing @danimartin-xr.bsky.social, now a professor in Zaragoza, together with Diego Gutierrez, Belen Masia, and Stephen DiVerdi. 9/
See our paper for more experiments: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More background and blog posts: www.dgp.toronto.edu/~hertzman/pe...
See our paper for more experiments: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More background and blog posts: www.dgp.toronto.edu/~hertzman/pe...
Viewers perceive shape in pictures according to per-fixation perspective - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Viewers perceive shape in pictures according to per-fixation perspective
www.nature.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This project was led by the amazing @danimartin-xr.bsky.social, now a professor in Zaragoza, together with Diego Gutierrez, Belen Masia, and Stephen DiVerdi. 9/
See our paper for more experiments: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More background and blog posts: www.dgp.toronto.edu/~hertzman/pe...
See our paper for more experiments: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More background and blog posts: www.dgp.toronto.edu/~hertzman/pe...
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How does perspective work in art and photography? In a new paper, we describes experiments suggesting answers to age-old questions about how people perceive perspective. 1/
#VisionScience #Art #ArtHistory
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#VisionScience #Art #ArtHistory
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Viewers perceive shape in pictures according to per-fixation perspective - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Viewers perceive shape in pictures according to per-fixation perspective
www.nature.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How does perspective work in art and photography? In a new paper, we describes experiments suggesting answers to age-old questions about how people perceive perspective. 1/
#VisionScience #Art #ArtHistory
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#VisionScience #Art #ArtHistory
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Aesthetics and Ethics Research Group (AERG) is offering travel stipends for graduate students to their upcoming conference in Uppsala, Sweden. Deadline: 4th May. Further details here: listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A... #philsky
LISTSERV 16.5 - PHILOS-L Archives
listserv.liv.ac.uk
May 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The Aesthetics and Ethics Research Group (AERG) is offering travel stipends for graduate students to their upcoming conference in Uppsala, Sweden. Deadline: 4th May. Further details here: listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A... #philsky
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£30k a year, 2-year postdoc, courtesy of the BSA: british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/po...
british-aesthetics.org
April 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
£30k a year, 2-year postdoc, courtesy of the BSA: british-aesthetics.org/portfolio/po...
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Want to learn more about the Royal Institute's 100-year long history? Check out our full timeline, marking some of the key events and transformations TRIP has undergone over the past century: buff.ly/wjAWDvK #philosophy
Timeline - Royal Institute of Philosophy
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April 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Want to learn more about the Royal Institute's 100-year long history? Check out our full timeline, marking some of the key events and transformations TRIP has undergone over the past century: buff.ly/wjAWDvK #philosophy
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In celebration of TRIP's Centenary, we would like to share highlights of some of the important work and amazing achievements from the Royal Institute over the past few years: buff.ly/ko7jbc4
Achievements - Royal Institute of Philosophy
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April 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In celebration of TRIP's Centenary, we would like to share highlights of some of the important work and amazing achievements from the Royal Institute over the past few years: buff.ly/ko7jbc4
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As part of our Centenary Celebrations, we are delighted to be launching TRIP Full Memberships. Looking to deepen your philosophical learning & connect with a community of like-minded thinkers?
Join now: buff.ly/vk0cR6a #philosophy
Join now: buff.ly/vk0cR6a #philosophy
Full Membership - Royal Institute of Philosophy
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April 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
As part of our Centenary Celebrations, we are delighted to be launching TRIP Full Memberships. Looking to deepen your philosophical learning & connect with a community of like-minded thinkers?
Join now: buff.ly/vk0cR6a #philosophy
Join now: buff.ly/vk0cR6a #philosophy
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Join us today in celebrating 100 YEARS since the founding of the Royal Institute of Philosophy!
Stay tuned for updates from our special celebratory event in Middle Temple throughout the evening.
But first, some exciting membership news... buff.ly/HWUVW9P #philosophy
Stay tuned for updates from our special celebratory event in Middle Temple throughout the evening.
But first, some exciting membership news... buff.ly/HWUVW9P #philosophy
Centenary - Royal Institute of Philosophy
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April 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Join us today in celebrating 100 YEARS since the founding of the Royal Institute of Philosophy!
Stay tuned for updates from our special celebratory event in Middle Temple throughout the evening.
But first, some exciting membership news... buff.ly/HWUVW9P #philosophy
Stay tuned for updates from our special celebratory event in Middle Temple throughout the evening.
But first, some exciting membership news... buff.ly/HWUVW9P #philosophy
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Wonderful celebration at Middle Temple last night for @triphilosophy.bsky.social
Was very pleased to be able to present on some of the outstanding papers we’ve published over our 100 years, such as Elizabeth Anscombe’s ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’, and Cora Diamond’s ‘Eating Meat and Eating People’.
Was very pleased to be able to present on some of the outstanding papers we’ve published over our 100 years, such as Elizabeth Anscombe’s ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’, and Cora Diamond’s ‘Eating Meat and Eating People’.
Join us today in celebrating 100 YEARS since the founding of the Royal Institute of Philosophy!
Stay tuned for updates from our special celebratory event in Middle Temple throughout the evening.
But first, some exciting membership news... buff.ly/HWUVW9P #philosophy
Stay tuned for updates from our special celebratory event in Middle Temple throughout the evening.
But first, some exciting membership news... buff.ly/HWUVW9P #philosophy
Centenary - Royal Institute of Philosophy
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April 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Wonderful celebration at Middle Temple last night for @triphilosophy.bsky.social
Was very pleased to be able to present on some of the outstanding papers we’ve published over our 100 years, such as Elizabeth Anscombe’s ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’, and Cora Diamond’s ‘Eating Meat and Eating People’.
Was very pleased to be able to present on some of the outstanding papers we’ve published over our 100 years, such as Elizabeth Anscombe’s ‘Modern Moral Philosophy’, and Cora Diamond’s ‘Eating Meat and Eating People’.
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As I told @newstatesman.com
“Philosophy should be an essential part of schooling," in part “as a lever to help in moving our schools away from exam-factory methods of grim drilling in facts to be regurgitated”.
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
“Philosophy should be an essential part of schooling," in part “as a lever to help in moving our schools away from exam-factory methods of grim drilling in facts to be regurgitated”.
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
How to think in the age of AI
In a world transformed by tech, philosophy is more vital than ever.
www.newstatesman.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
As I told @newstatesman.com
“Philosophy should be an essential part of schooling," in part “as a lever to help in moving our schools away from exam-factory methods of grim drilling in facts to be regurgitated”.
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
“Philosophy should be an essential part of schooling," in part “as a lever to help in moving our schools away from exam-factory methods of grim drilling in facts to be regurgitated”.
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/0...
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We wrapped up day 2 of the annual conference with a moving panel in memory of Bob Stern, with contributions by BSHP Chair Susan James, @jeremydunham.bsky.social, @joe-saunders.bsky.social & Béatrice Han-Pile
📍 @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
@cambridgephilos.bsky.social
#philsky
📍 @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
@cambridgephilos.bsky.social
#philsky
April 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We wrapped up day 2 of the annual conference with a moving panel in memory of Bob Stern, with contributions by BSHP Chair Susan James, @jeremydunham.bsky.social, @joe-saunders.bsky.social & Béatrice Han-Pile
📍 @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
@cambridgephilos.bsky.social
#philsky
📍 @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
@cambridgephilos.bsky.social
#philsky
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Beautiful meditation: "To become old is to become 'other' to oneself, 'other' to one’s friends and family, to one’s world. Losses have broken up familiar boundaries, violated definitions, revealed unsuspected landscapes, opened ways of thinking and feeling previously unimagined."
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Suddenly Old, Suddenly the Other: On the Unfamiliar World of Aging
All at once and much to my surprise, I am old. I did not expect it, and it is not what I expected. The world in which I worked, struggled, dreamed, and loved now regards me quite differently than i…
shorturl.at
April 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Beautiful meditation: "To become old is to become 'other' to oneself, 'other' to one’s friends and family, to one’s world. Losses have broken up familiar boundaries, violated definitions, revealed unsuspected landscapes, opened ways of thinking and feeling previously unimagined."
shorturl.at/8pQQf
shorturl.at/8pQQf
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I am very excited to be keynote speaker for this amazing conference on The Role of Technology in Illustration, the call for papers is still open for those interested in participating in this debate with a diverse range of practitioners
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...
Research Symposium | Artistic Research Studio
kuarc.ku.edu.tr
March 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I am very excited to be keynote speaker for this amazing conference on The Role of Technology in Illustration, the call for papers is still open for those interested in participating in this debate with a diverse range of practitioners
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...
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Beyond excited to finally share this project! I am so proud to be co-creator and education consultant on this show.
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Fantastic Philosophy: Primary philosophy teaching resources
In this illustrated series narrated by Sir Stephen Fry, a community of animals living in a fictional savannah try to navigate some tricky philosophical questions. Aimed at pupils studying at KS2 level...
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Beyond excited to finally share this project! I am so proud to be co-creator and education consultant on this show.
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
Narrated by the incredible Stephen Fry, Fantastic Philosophy aims to help children develop critical thinking and oracy.
#PhilosophyMatters ##philsky
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articl...
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I know marketing is marketing, but: holy shit. An honest-to-god step change in #ImageGen, the first one since #DALLE2 IMHO. Wow.
Talk about fuel on the #AIEthics fire... Curious to hear from the #PhilSci community on if this changes any opinions about this practice!
openai.com/index/introd...
Talk about fuel on the #AIEthics fire... Curious to hear from the #PhilSci community on if this changes any opinions about this practice!
openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing 4o Image Generation
At OpenAI, we have long believed image generation should be a primary capability of our language models. That’s why we’ve built our most advanced image generator yet into GPT‑4o. The result—image gene...
openai.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I know marketing is marketing, but: holy shit. An honest-to-god step change in #ImageGen, the first one since #DALLE2 IMHO. Wow.
Talk about fuel on the #AIEthics fire... Curious to hear from the #PhilSci community on if this changes any opinions about this practice!
openai.com/index/introd...
Talk about fuel on the #AIEthics fire... Curious to hear from the #PhilSci community on if this changes any opinions about this practice!
openai.com/index/introd...
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Second, our fantastic colleague Lina Jansson talks scientific explanation with www.youtube.com/@joeboswellp...
Watch: tinyurl.com/67yemj9s
#PhilosophyMatters #science #explanation #philosophy #physics
Watch: tinyurl.com/67yemj9s
#PhilosophyMatters #science #explanation #philosophy #physics
Lina Jansson: Scientific Explanation
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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March 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Second, our fantastic colleague Lina Jansson talks scientific explanation with www.youtube.com/@joeboswellp...
Watch: tinyurl.com/67yemj9s
#PhilosophyMatters #science #explanation #philosophy #physics
Watch: tinyurl.com/67yemj9s
#PhilosophyMatters #science #explanation #philosophy #physics