My wonderful colleague Poppy Mankowitz is advertising two 3-yr postdocs & one funded PhD on her ERC project Expressing Value in Language, which investigates evaluative adjectives (‘good’, ‘bad’, ‘beautiful’, ‘tasty’, etc.) from the perspective of philosophy & theoretical & experimental linguistics.
Many congratulations!
Sorry to hear that. It does feel like a kick in the teeth.
FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely!
philjobs.org/job/show/30997
THREE lectureships available in the Music Department @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @kingsmusic.bsky.social — see advertisements in the thread below.
Bright red book cover with the title and author's name in black.
Dr Daisy Dixon's new book ––
DEPRAVED: The Story of Dangerous Art
–– an analysis of the varieties of immoral art and the ways that we should respond to it ––
is now available to preorder!
Waterstones are offering a 25% discount until 20 February – used code FEB26: bit.ly/Dixon-DSDA
#philsky
Very good post!
Runciman's Rawls: in which I voice my complaint about how David Runciman chooses to misrepresent Rawls in order to provide a foil for his own views about how political philosophy should be done
If you're a graduate student or know any, look at this call. This is an annual conference at CEU, with a stream of panels in political philosophy. And this year's keynote is Andrew Williams! Deadline for abstracts: the 26th of February.
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Please consider signing to save modern languages at the University of Leicester. c.org/qJG7FzshHV
Good news - we have a new ERC-funded 4-year PhD Studentship at the University of Edinburgh, based in Philosophy and our Centre @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, supervised by Dr Emily Sullivan; the project applies philosophy of science to assessing ML's epistemic & social value. Apply by 16 March!
I really wish you’d stop criticising people who use digital watches, tbf
Call for abstracts for this great looking conference from the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC).
salzburgethics.com/emrc-confere...
Deadline for abstracts March 15th!
#philsky #philosophy
Photo of Pietro Maria Lucantoni.
✨ Big welcome to the BMoral team, Pietro! We are so excited to have you join us as our new PhD Researcher! Pietro's PhD research focuses on the relationship between Hume and Catharine Macaulay (an outspoken critic of Hume!). 🚀 #NewHire #WelcomeToTheTeam #Teamwork #BMoral #UCDPhilosophy #Philosophy
Couldn't be more excited for the first PPE talk of the year, ft. the iconic Caro Flores (@floresophize.bsky.social) discussing "Moral Panics!"
📆: Thurs, Jan 29
⏱️: 4:30 - 6 PM
📍: Senate House, Room 264
More details here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Series info: elisewoodard.org/ppe2026
The International Social Ontology Society (ISOS) has awarded six small grants this year to support member-led workshops that promote innovative research and collaboration in social ontology: isos.wildapricot.org/2026-workshops
Book blogging, part 1. How happy should you be about the present state of the world? This is a coherent question. It is also neglected: the literature on norms for emotion almost never discusses happiness. This is effectively the gap the book aims to address. alexgregory.name#HAPbook
Excited for our spring 2026 Penelope Mackie Research Seminar series!
#philosophy #research #seminar #colleagues #think
Playtimers braved the weather to make a truly great session. We ranged from propositional truth to individual truths, exploring if truth resides in objects or our minds, or some combo; its relation with beliefs, judgements, values; are there absolutes or transient truths, & what’s the difference?
Our ace colleague Matthew Duncombe is speaking at @durham.ac.uk Philosophy today on the Horns Paradox!
Matt's website: tinyurl.com/4wr7xpsn
Talk details: tinyurl.com/yeb997my
#philosophy #paradoxes #logic #ideas #talk
Morrissey has just started a US tour, so our counterattack is already underway.
There is a big collective action problem. Many, many, many people across the world would like to demonstrate against Trump. How do we organise it?
What steps is the Labour government taking to establish safe routes to the UK for Iranians facing persecution and death?
It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking.
www.ucpress.edu/books/the-wa...
📣JOB ALERT📣
Lectureship in Liberal Arts and Philosophy/Religion at University of Leeds.
We are looking for an academic at Philosophy/Religion interface to run our Liberal Arts BA programme. Closing date: 01 February 2026. More info at: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#Philosophy #PhilosophyJobs
The deal is, if the government is not constrained by the law, then the citizens are permitted to change the government.
Professor Helen McCabe
In December @drhmccabe.bsky.social appeared on BBC East Midlands Today to discuss research she’s co‑leading to support a Home Office study on forced marriage prevalence.
The findings could shape future policy and policing by establishing vital baseline data.
ℹ️ Read more here🔗 tinyurl.com/5bkhpsst
Please write about this
Me looking at the camera and smiling, holding up a copy of my book Epistemic Injustice An Introduction
Publication day! It’s been a long journey to get to this point, and I’m grateful to everyone who’s supported that, and to @routledgebooks.bsky.social for publishing it.
