The 2026 edition of the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Book Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy is now open. 🌍📖
This £20,000 award celebrates original philosophical research that transcends traditional academic boundaries.
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❓ Why does philosophy matter to you? 💡
We'd love to hear from you, ahead of British Philosophy Fortnight on 16-29 March.
Tell us why #PhilosophyMatters:
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Could they manipulate or deceive you, and if so, what might they make you do?
Whose interests do they represent?
When will they be able to move beyond words and take action in the real world?
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Deadline today for the CFP for ethics of Gen-AI! Submit an abstract and join us in seaside Brighton for the AISB this July. Spread the word! #philsky #AI
Exactly. This dynamic is why I became a philosopher instead of continuing to be a psychologist or neuroscientist.
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Brighton Festival is back (1–25 May) & we’re the official Higher Education Partner once more! Explore our Festival of Ideas events led by Media, Arts and Humanities. Enter a world of magic, ask what AI means for the arts, & queer the archive: https://ow.ly/nAEl50YhxUE
Have a paper on the ethics of #Gen-AI and #creativity? Working on #AI and agency and free will? Submit an abstract to join us in seaside Sussex this July at #AISB! CFP closes soon. Feel free to share. @sussex.ac.uk
And, if you fancy a trip to seaside Brighton this summer to talk Al, check out these CfP for the AISB 2026 Symposium on varieties of free will & agency and on the ethics of Gen-AI assisted authoring! @sussex.ac.uk
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A fascinating evening's discussion of Jo's new book - In Search of Now - an attempt to bring together the disciplines of neuroscience, psychology, cosmology and quantum physics to try and capture what it is that we consider to be the 'present moment'
@jomarchant.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk
Not just Philosophy of Neuroscience but Philosophy and Neuroscience by Barry C. Smith philosophersmag.com/not-just-phi...
Interested in #philosophy and #science of time and perception? Join us at @brighthink.bsky.social in Brighton on Feb 17 where I will have a conversation with NYT best-selling author and science journalist @jomarchant.bsky.social about her book In Search of Now.
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Popular piece on #consciousness, panpsychism, and cerebral organoids from Sussex #Philosophy PhD student Meg Fawthrop #neuroscience
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My Centre is a unique place to do a PhD in Philosophy, because you can be in constant contact with experts in veterinary medicine, psychology, zoology and policy and be part of a team united by a shared interest in animal minds. We now have our 1st ever PhD scholarship: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd
The TV series Waiting For The Out, themed around philosophy classes in prisons, was based on the work of Andy West, funded by The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social
Read more about it here:
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Congrats!
Will moltbook supercharge illusions of AI consciousness? New in @bigthink.com bigthink.com/mind-behavio...
🩺 How does #philosophy inform practice and research in #medicine?
Free TRIP-funded workshop, run by the Philosophy Department at Sussex. With @davidpapineau.bsky.social Sarah Sawyer, @robynrwaller.bsky.social @drjastockdale.bsky.social and more.
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✨Tackle the big questions, in this year's THINK Essay Prize for 15-18 year olds. Open for entries now 📝
More info at royalinstitutephilosophy.org/think-essay-...
#philosophy #essay #competition #Alevels
And, if you fancy a trip to seaside Brighton this summer to talk Al, check out these CfP for the AISB 2026 Symposium on varieties of free will & agency and on the ethics of Gen-AI assisted authoring! @sussex.ac.uk
freewillandagency.wordpress.com
sussexhumanitieslab.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/a...
Join us for another great Sussex Philosophy Society panel in Brighton! Open to academics and public alike. Registration required (free event). @sussex.ac.uk @triphilosophy.bsky.social @davidpapineau.bsky.social @arianneshahvisi.bsky.social #philosophy
Monday, January 19th, is Sussex AI day at the University of Sussex. Join us for a discussion of responsibility and AI and tons of cool AI research and talks! @sussexai.bsky.social
🕰️🌀 Is time travel logically possible? What do you THINK? 🤔💭
This is one of the questions posed in this year's THINK Essay Prize, open now to 15-18 year olds.
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#philosophy #essaycompetition #students #teachers #ALevels #timetravel
I am talking first thing tomorrow at our conference on "Physics and the Self", Institute of Philosophy, Senate House, London.
You can still sign up for online attendance here: forms.office.com/e/9Nx9mYEdy3
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Fun conference in London this weekend—"Physics and the Self". Institute of Philosophy, Senate House.
You can sign up for online attendance here: forms.office.com/e/9Nx9mYEdy3
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1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit
Fantastic news that Andy Clark is the inaugural winner of the #DennettPrize, in honour of Daniel Dennett. Congrats Andy 🍾🍾🍾 super-well deserved @sussexuni.bsky.social hardproblem.it/projects/the...
Our Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme is open for applications! Deadline Jan 13th, for Sept 2025 entry. Brilliant community of students and supervisors, and a choice of >60 labs for rotations- come and join us by the sea! www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...
