Robert Vinten
@robvinten.bsky.social
Researcher at Ifilnova in Lisbon. Author of Wittgenstein and the Social Sciences and editor of Wittgenstein and the Cognitive Science of Religion.🇵🇸
Current reading. Fascinating and very relevant today!
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Current reading. Fascinating and very relevant today!
Running towards the finish line at the Corrida Nacional dos Professores e da Educação 10k this morning
October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Running towards the finish line at the Corrida Nacional dos Professores e da Educação 10k this morning
Thousands demonstrating for Palestine in Lisbon this afternoon - for an end to occupation, apartheid, and genocide.
October 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thousands demonstrating for Palestine in Lisbon this afternoon - for an end to occupation, apartheid, and genocide.
In Leeds - at the Henry Moore Institute
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In Leeds - at the Henry Moore Institute
This arrived in the post for me today. I have already read it - it's a great book about religiosity in China and the relationships between racism and religion in the US amongst other things - but it will be good to have as a reference in future.
July 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This arrived in the post for me today. I have already read it - it's a great book about religiosity in China and the relationships between racism and religion in the US amongst other things - but it will be good to have as a reference in future.
A few more pictures from April 25th - the 51st anniversary of the Portuguese revolution. Huge numbers of people out on the streets in Lisbon but there was also a big demonstration in Porto and lots of local celebrations
April 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A few more pictures from April 25th - the 51st anniversary of the Portuguese revolution. Huge numbers of people out on the streets in Lisbon but there was also a big demonstration in Porto and lots of local celebrations
Enormous celebrations of the anniversary of the Portuguese revolution yesterday! The last picture - with Avenida da Liberdade packed with people - was taken around 6pm and the march started at 3pm. O povo està na rua! A luta continua!
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Enormous celebrations of the anniversary of the Portuguese revolution yesterday! The last picture - with Avenida da Liberdade packed with people - was taken around 6pm and the march started at 3pm. O povo està na rua! A luta continua!
Getting prepared for the 25th April celebrations/demonstration in Lisbon. It will be the 51st anniversary of the revolution. Always a special day!
April 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Getting prepared for the 25th April celebrations/demonstration in Lisbon. It will be the 51st anniversary of the revolution. Always a special day!
Just got Peter Hacker's latest book in the post. Looking forward to reading it on the weekend!
February 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Just got Peter Hacker's latest book in the post. Looking forward to reading it on the weekend!
Paperback copies of Wittgenstein and the Cognitive Science of Religion arrived in the post today. Very nice for me to be able to see it on the day it is published!
January 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Paperback copies of Wittgenstein and the Cognitive Science of Religion arrived in the post today. Very nice for me to be able to see it on the day it is published!
Shame on the Oxford Union for joining in the campaign of censorship of pro-Palestinian views...and they paint themselves as defenders of free speech
December 15, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Shame on the Oxford Union for joining in the campaign of censorship of pro-Palestinian views...and they paint themselves as defenders of free speech
As Israel carries out what Amnesty International is calling a genocide, what the UN Special Rapporteur describes as a genocide, what B'Tselem is calling ethic cleansing - crimes of a magnitude "impossible to describe" - a commentator in the Israeli Press is arguing that Israelis need 'Lebensraum'.
December 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM
As Israel carries out what Amnesty International is calling a genocide, what the UN Special Rapporteur describes as a genocide, what B'Tselem is calling ethic cleansing - crimes of a magnitude "impossible to describe" - a commentator in the Israeli Press is arguing that Israelis need 'Lebensraum'.
Looking forward to getting into this!
November 25, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Looking forward to getting into this!
Monument to Francisco Sanches in Braga: 'Francisco Sanches was born around 1550/51, in the territory of the diocese of Braga, and died aged 72. He was a philosopher, mathematician and doctor called a 'sceptic' for contesting the philosophy of Aristotle and ecclesiastical knowledge...'
November 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Monument to Francisco Sanches in Braga: 'Francisco Sanches was born around 1550/51, in the territory of the diocese of Braga, and died aged 72. He was a philosopher, mathematician and doctor called a 'sceptic' for contesting the philosophy of Aristotle and ecclesiastical knowledge...'
In Braga for the festival para gente sentada. Looking forward to seeing Julia Holter!
November 16, 2024 at 10:11 PM
In Braga for the festival para gente sentada. Looking forward to seeing Julia Holter!
Some good news today 😃 - the Onion, with the help of Sandy Hook families, have purchased Alex Jones's Infowars
November 14, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Some good news today 😃 - the Onion, with the help of Sandy Hook families, have purchased Alex Jones's Infowars