Lesley Jamieson
@lesleyjamieson.bsky.social
CZ-based philosopher interested in moral psychology (love, sentimentality), childhood, Iris Murdoch, Ryle.
Author of Iris Murdoch's Practical Metaphysics: A Guide to her Early Writings (Palgrave, 2023)
Philpapers here: https://tinyurl.com/ydm9ant7
Author of Iris Murdoch's Practical Metaphysics: A Guide to her Early Writings (Palgrave, 2023)
Philpapers here: https://tinyurl.com/ydm9ant7
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Moral Attention and Bad Sentimentality - The Journal of Ethics
In this paper, I challenge standard views of the moral badness of sentimentality defended by art critics and philosophers. Accounts based on untruthfulness and self-indulgence lack the resources to bo...
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My article "Moral Attention and Bad Sentimentality" is up (OA)! Good news: country music and chick-flicks are fine! Bad sentimentality involves not just a retreat from difficult realities (kids growing up, hometowns changing) but an unwillingness to come back down to earth when it counts #philsky
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I am very excited about the upcoming seventh edition of the Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS, ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/... & @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social)
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
September 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I am very excited about the upcoming seventh edition of the Institute of Applied Psychology Interdisciplinary Series (IAPIS, ips.uj.edu.pl/nauka/iapis/... & @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social)
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
To register for the first talk use: forms.gle/GcnHuj3rhamH...
This was fun to record! We discuss Murdoch's early 1950s contributions to the philosophy of mind, Gilbert Ryle, and themes of privacy, interiority, "the real", and individuality in her work.
New Iris Murdoch Podcast Episode! We're joined by @lesleyjamieson.bsky.social from The Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, Pardubice for the second instalment of our close reading of Murdoch's 'Existentialists and Mystics'.
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Existentialists and Mystics 2 Podcast
In this second episode focused on Existentialists and Mystics we’ll be reading two essays – ‘Thinking and Language’ and ‘Nostalgia for the Particular’ – together. If you’ve yet to listen to our prior
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June 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This was fun to record! We discuss Murdoch's early 1950s contributions to the philosophy of mind, Gilbert Ryle, and themes of privacy, interiority, "the real", and individuality in her work.
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A quick reminder, this is happening tomorrow!
Join us next week for our final online seminar for this academic year!
‘Discussing Relationality Starting From G.E.M. Anscombe’
Chiara Pellegrini, University of Padua
3rd June 2025, 3pm - 4.30pm BST
More info here: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/
‘Discussing Relationality Starting From G.E.M. Anscombe’
Chiara Pellegrini, University of Padua
3rd June 2025, 3pm - 4.30pm BST
More info here: www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/
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June 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A quick reminder, this is happening tomorrow!
I miss the good old days when taking a sick day just meant getting someone to cover my shift at the restaurant.
There's no one to cover my shift at the philosophy factory.
There's no one to cover my shift at the philosophy factory.
a black and white photo of a woman wearing a chef 's hat eating a piece of food .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman wearing a chef 's hat eating a piece of food .
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April 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I miss the good old days when taking a sick day just meant getting someone to cover my shift at the restaurant.
There's no one to cover my shift at the philosophy factory.
There's no one to cover my shift at the philosophy factory.
Have philosophers written about fun? Not pleasure, play, or humour-- but having fun, finding fun, doing things just for fun. My search only turned up 2 sources (McKee, Chakrabarti)
#philsky
#philsky
April 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Have philosophers written about fun? Not pleasure, play, or humour-- but having fun, finding fun, doing things just for fun. My search only turned up 2 sources (McKee, Chakrabarti)
#philsky
#philsky
Philosophers are sommeliers of language. I spend so much of my days mulling over words, taste-testing synonyms, assessing pairings of concepts and qualifying phrases, etc.
(Collingwood was right that philosophical clarity is served when we "go to school with the poets").
(Collingwood was right that philosophical clarity is served when we "go to school with the poets").
March 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Philosophers are sommeliers of language. I spend so much of my days mulling over words, taste-testing synonyms, assessing pairings of concepts and qualifying phrases, etc.
(Collingwood was right that philosophical clarity is served when we "go to school with the poets").
(Collingwood was right that philosophical clarity is served when we "go to school with the poets").
Exciting news! This free to download text does a wonderful job exploring @irismurdoch.bsky.social 's views on the value of the individual as a commitment to the spirit (rather than the dominant post-WII form) of Liberalism
#philsky #philosophy
#philsky #philosophy
New Cambridge Element on Iris Murdoch by Bridget Clarke, just entering its free-to-download era
Iris Murdoch
Cambridge Core - History of Philosophy - Iris Murdoch
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March 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Exciting news! This free to download text does a wonderful job exploring @irismurdoch.bsky.social 's views on the value of the individual as a commitment to the spirit (rather than the dominant post-WII form) of Liberalism
#philsky #philosophy
#philsky #philosophy
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Never has the importance of seeing reality as it really is been more important, For Iris Murdoch, "goodness is connected with the attempt to see the unself, to see and to respond to the real world"
For #IWD International Woman's Day:
www.irishphilosophy.com/2021/07/15/m...
For #IWD International Woman's Day:
www.irishphilosophy.com/2021/07/15/m...
Iris Murdoch: the virtue of paying attention – Irish Philosophy
"There is, of course, such a thing as Irish intellectual thought"
www.irishphilosophy.com
March 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Never has the importance of seeing reality as it really is been more important, For Iris Murdoch, "goodness is connected with the attempt to see the unself, to see and to respond to the real world"
For #IWD International Woman's Day:
www.irishphilosophy.com/2021/07/15/m...
For #IWD International Woman's Day:
www.irishphilosophy.com/2021/07/15/m...
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Friends: I am very happy to share with you all another exciting episode of The Young Idealist Series. In this episode Dr. Kathryn Lawson (King's University College, Halifax), discusses the life & philosophy of Simone Weil.
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#Weil @katelawson.bsky.social
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#Weil @katelawson.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Friends: I am very happy to share with you all another exciting episode of The Young Idealist Series. In this episode Dr. Kathryn Lawson (King's University College, Halifax), discusses the life & philosophy of Simone Weil.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOUE...
#Weil @katelawson.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOUE...
#Weil @katelawson.bsky.social
CFP: (Not) Caring to Know: Vice Epistemology meets Situated Affectivity, at the University of Pardubice. Abstracts due May 1st
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#philsky #philosophy
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#philsky #philosophy
(Not) Caring to Know: Vice Epistemology meets Situated Affectivity
Encountering the world is not a dispassionate affair. Our emotions shape and condition how we gain knowledge and understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Our doubts can be laden with fear, ...
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February 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
CFP: (Not) Caring to Know: Vice Epistemology meets Situated Affectivity, at the University of Pardubice. Abstracts due May 1st
philevents.org/event/show/1...
#philsky #philosophy
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#philsky #philosophy
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Passion Special Issue: Faces of Affective Injustice CFP!
Join our amazing contributors - Eleanor Byrne, Myisha Cherry, Francisco Gallegos, Federica Gregoratto, Carme Isern Mas, Imke von Maur, Jan Slaby, Shiloh Whitney, and Michalinos Zembylas - and send us your work on Affective Injustice
Join our amazing contributors - Eleanor Byrne, Myisha Cherry, Francisco Gallegos, Federica Gregoratto, Carme Isern Mas, Imke von Maur, Jan Slaby, Shiloh Whitney, and Michalinos Zembylas - and send us your work on Affective Injustice
November 14, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Passion Special Issue: Faces of Affective Injustice CFP!
Join our amazing contributors - Eleanor Byrne, Myisha Cherry, Francisco Gallegos, Federica Gregoratto, Carme Isern Mas, Imke von Maur, Jan Slaby, Shiloh Whitney, and Michalinos Zembylas - and send us your work on Affective Injustice
Join our amazing contributors - Eleanor Byrne, Myisha Cherry, Francisco Gallegos, Federica Gregoratto, Carme Isern Mas, Imke von Maur, Jan Slaby, Shiloh Whitney, and Michalinos Zembylas - and send us your work on Affective Injustice
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Quartet Conference coming up this summer! Full details on the poster. 👇
February 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Quartet Conference coming up this summer! Full details on the poster. 👇
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“Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth.”
Remembering Iris Murdoch, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1999
Remembering Iris Murdoch, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1999
Salvation by Words: Iris Murdoch on Language as a Vehicle of Truth and Art as a Force of Resistance to Tyranny
“Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth.”
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February 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“Tyrants always fear art because tyrants want to mystify while art tends to clarify. The good artist is a vehicle of truth.”
Remembering Iris Murdoch, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1999
Remembering Iris Murdoch, who returned her borrowed stardust on this day in 1999
I thoroughly enjoyed talking about Iris Murdoch (and my recent book on her early philosophical writings) with Christopher Satoor from The Young Idealist (who's in the midst of a series of similar videos on the life and work of women in the history of philosophy!)
#philsky #philosophy
#philsky #philosophy
Philosophy Friends: I am very excited to release a brand new episode of #TheYoungIdealist Series on Classical German Philosophy & Post-Kantian Thought featuring Dr. Lesley Jamieson (Uni of Pardubice) on The Life & Philosophy of Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w8y...
February 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed talking about Iris Murdoch (and my recent book on her early philosophical writings) with Christopher Satoor from The Young Idealist (who's in the midst of a series of similar videos on the life and work of women in the history of philosophy!)
#philsky #philosophy
#philsky #philosophy
The Pardubice Centre for Ethics research seminar kicks off this coming Tuesday, 2pmCET! All talks can be attended virtually via the permanent zoom link here: centreforethics.upce.cz/en/research-...
#philsky #philosophy
#philsky #philosophy
February 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Pardubice Centre for Ethics research seminar kicks off this coming Tuesday, 2pmCET! All talks can be attended virtually via the permanent zoom link here: centreforethics.upce.cz/en/research-...
#philsky #philosophy
#philsky #philosophy
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Coming up in July at @univie.ac.at - a Murdoch Summer school for PhD students! Full details via the link and poster.
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February 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Coming up in July at @univie.ac.at - a Murdoch Summer school for PhD students! Full details via the link and poster.
pace.phl.univie.ac.at/the-philosop...
pace.phl.univie.ac.at/the-philosop...
My phd supervisor once told me to stop writing to preempt attacks from imagined interlocutors so dense and uncharitable they could barely be credited with reading. It was liberating.
"Teaching of philosophy ... tends to implant in philosophers an intimidatingly nit-picking superego, a blend of their most impressive teachers and their most competitive colleagues, which guides their writing by means of constant anticipations of guilt and shame." Bernard Williams
January 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My phd supervisor once told me to stop writing to preempt attacks from imagined interlocutors so dense and uncharitable they could barely be credited with reading. It was liberating.
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A Social History of Analytic Philosophy can now be pre-ordered direct from @versobooks.bsky.social
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A Social History of Analytic Philosophy
Analytic philosophy is the dominant form of philosophy in the English-speaking world, and beyond, today. What explains its continuing success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can on...
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January 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A Social History of Analytic Philosophy can now be pre-ordered direct from @versobooks.bsky.social
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Twin-volume alert: Hoping two vols – some 6 lb of solid research – on women #philosopers in the #19thCentury will leave a mark on the field. Thanks to @lydiamoland.bsky.social and Alison Stone for their superb editorship. Challenging a male-dominated canon, one page at a time.
#philsky #books
#philsky #books
January 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Twin-volume alert: Hoping two vols – some 6 lb of solid research – on women #philosopers in the #19thCentury will leave a mark on the field. Thanks to @lydiamoland.bsky.social and Alison Stone for their superb editorship. Challenging a male-dominated canon, one page at a time.
#philsky #books
#philsky #books
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Welcome back to campus to everyone teaching this term!
Unlock "hidden philosophers" with the New Voices in the History of Philosophy podcast. Perfect for enriching your syllabus with "lesser-known" thinkers. #Philosophy #AcademicResources #TeachingTools
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Unlock "hidden philosophers" with the New Voices in the History of Philosophy podcast. Perfect for enriching your syllabus with "lesser-known" thinkers. #Philosophy #AcademicResources #TeachingTools
open.spotify.com/show/4IjLIcT...
New Voices in the History of Philosophy
Podcast · Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy · New Voices is a podcast from the Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy Partnership, funded by the Social Sciences and ...
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January 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Welcome back to campus to everyone teaching this term!
Unlock "hidden philosophers" with the New Voices in the History of Philosophy podcast. Perfect for enriching your syllabus with "lesser-known" thinkers. #Philosophy #AcademicResources #TeachingTools
open.spotify.com/show/4IjLIcT...
Unlock "hidden philosophers" with the New Voices in the History of Philosophy podcast. Perfect for enriching your syllabus with "lesser-known" thinkers. #Philosophy #AcademicResources #TeachingTools
open.spotify.com/show/4IjLIcT...
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New Year, new cover reveal! Here's what our @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of American and British Women #Philosophers in the #19thCentury will look like, and we're thrilled! Women philosophizing about metaphysics, #ethics, #gender, #aesthetics, politics, #logic, race, religion, education...
January 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New Year, new cover reveal! Here's what our @oxunipress.bsky.social Handbook of American and British Women #Philosophers in the #19thCentury will look like, and we're thrilled! Women philosophizing about metaphysics, #ethics, #gender, #aesthetics, politics, #logic, race, religion, education...
Applications for our tuition-free Ethics and Political Philosophy MA programme at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value (University of Pardubice) are now open.
🕛Deadline is on 28 February 2025
#philsky #philosophy
🕛Deadline is on 28 February 2025
#philsky #philosophy
January 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Applications for our tuition-free Ethics and Political Philosophy MA programme at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value (University of Pardubice) are now open.
🕛Deadline is on 28 February 2025
#philsky #philosophy
🕛Deadline is on 28 February 2025
#philsky #philosophy
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Henri Bergson died on this day 1941. He died in Nazi occupied Paris from pneumonia he contracted waiting in line in the cold to register as Jewish. In the weeks after he passed, strange details about his final moments started emerging🧵
January 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Henri Bergson died on this day 1941. He died in Nazi occupied Paris from pneumonia he contracted waiting in line in the cold to register as Jewish. In the weeks after he passed, strange details about his final moments started emerging🧵
Important research for a WIP paper on fun aunties: reconnecting with my own childhood fun auntie, Barb (and her funny hairless cat). A bit less dancing to the Beach Boys than when I was a kid (and quite a lot more wine)
January 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Important research for a WIP paper on fun aunties: reconnecting with my own childhood fun auntie, Barb (and her funny hairless cat). A bit less dancing to the Beach Boys than when I was a kid (and quite a lot more wine)
At my parents house for the holidays; I think I've heard more of Tom Selleck's father-cop-knows-best voice than my own dad's over the past week.
January 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
At my parents house for the holidays; I think I've heard more of Tom Selleck's father-cop-knows-best voice than my own dad's over the past week.