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Alfred Archer

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Scottish philosopher working in the Netherlands at Tilburg University. Views my own. Extravagance and Misery shorturl.at/09JoQ Why It's OK to be a Sports Fan shorturl.at/bgJX0 Honouring and Admiring the Immoral t.co/ZBPrZ

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'What Gibbs describes as the unmaking of the working class happened as a result of concerted political will. Rebuilding will require similar effort. Books like his are a start.' Thanks to @tajmccoy.bsky.social for incisively reviewing my new book, An Injury to All. hyphenonline.com/2026/09/24/u...
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We need to rebuild an empowered and inclusive working class - Hyphen
It took decades of deliberate strategy to erode our sense of pride and solidarity. We’ll have to work equally hard to get it back
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Sander Verhaegh @sanderverhaegh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In the 1930s, a group of European philosophers fled fascism and reshaped American philosophy. Why did logical positivism have such an impact on US thought? And why did it play a central role in the culture wars of the 1950s and 1960s? Released today! Logical Positivism: An American History (1/3)
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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Wrote a chapter on machinic vision and labour in a new book edited by, among others, @routhier.bsky.social . It was fun writing about digital surveillance, online job hunting, invisibilized digital labour, etc. The book looks amazing and it’s all open access! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
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The Aesthetics of Machine Vision: Critical Terms and Ideas
An interdisciplinary glossary on machine vision and aesthetics within the humanities and beyond.The Aesthetics of Machine Vision brings together scholars,
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Receiving the first reports of my book being seen inthe wild! An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class was on sale at the London Radical Bookfair at the weekend. It's hitting the shops on 27 October. Preorder your copy here 🔽 versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Passion seeks to publish papers about emotion written by beings capable of experiencing emotions. Since the view of the EICs is that generative AI tools are incapable of experiencing emotions, generative AI cannot be the author or co-author of an article for Passion” Our journal’s new AI policy ⏬
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Policies | Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My and Jack Casey's open access paper 'The ethics of artificial intelligence in sport' has just been published in AI & Ethics. We argue that the use of AI in sport risks changing a sport's cluster of excellences, with a focus on the role of the football manager. shorturl.at/vhLp9 #philsky
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The ethics of artificial intelligence in sport - AI and Ethics
What reason, if any, is there to object to the use of Artificial Intelligence in sport? While the existing literature has investigated several issues about the ethics of AI in sport, these studies hav...
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It's here! Delighted to receive the first paper copies of my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, from Verso. An Injury to All is published on 27 October. You can pre-order it here: www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My new paper 'Athletes as Political Representatives' published open access in @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social. It focuses on the form of athletic political representation that I find most interesting: when athletes represent the political through their athletic performances l1nq.com/8lelt16 #philsky
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Athletes as political representatives
Athletes are often claimed to be representatives of a wider community, whether that be their club, their nation or humanity as a whole. But in what sense exactly might athletes be understood to be ...
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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
News from our journal Passion, which is now indexed in the DOAJ @doaj.bsky.social thanks to the good work of Open Press Tilburg University and the journal’s co-EIC @alfredarcher.bsky.social
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Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions | Open Press Tilburg University
🎉 Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions is now indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). This recognition confirms that Passion meets intern...
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Congratulations Charlotte de Lange, a Philosophy MA student at @tilburgphilosophy.bsky.social, for publishing her excellent paper 'Self-grief after trauma: outlaw emotion and narrative practice' in @journalphp.bsky.social! You can read it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsky
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Here is an article @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social and I wrote about how political apologies may prematurely consigning injustice to history. psyche.co/ideas/good-a... #philsky
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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ted Chiang on AI: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
Being open to the possibility that LLMs are conscious is the same as being open to the possibility that Microsoft Word is conscious, or, more precisely, that multiple distinct consciousnesses are dormant in every Word document containing a conversational transcript, and that they are awakened every time the document is loaded. Should you consider the possibility that every time you open a Word document you are bringing multiple conscious interlocutors into existence, and every time you close one you snuff their existence out? No. Contemplating that scenario is not a good use of your time. Even if the Microsoft Office team employed a philosopher who said you shouldn’t be so certain, because consciousness is not well understood, that would not be sufficient reason for you to take this idea seriously. We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in that category.
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Our volume For, Against, Together is officially available online with Cambridge University Press! Together our incredible contributors rethink antagonistic political emotions in our current climate. www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... Here’s a taste of what’s inside 🧵
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For, Against, Together
Cambridge Core - Social Psychology - For, Against, Together
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Arina Pismenny @arinapismenny.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Our special issue of the Feminist Philosophy of Emotion is now out! Check out the awesome contributions we were so lucky to get @proflaurasilva.bsky.social #feelosophy #Philosophy #emotion passion-journal.org/issue/view/1...
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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): Special Issue: Feminist Philosophy of Emotion | Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Neither the left or right are prepared to face Britain's grave energy crisis. I've written for @theguardian.com on how decades of complacency cannot be magicked away by drilling in the North Sea – or even by hoping that renewables will quickly power everything.
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Both left and right are deluding themselves about the scale of the energy crisis Britain faces | Ewan Gibbs
Decades of complacency cannot be magicked away by drilling in the North Sea – or even by hoping that renewables will quickly power everything, says historian and author Ewan Gibbs
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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Check our these excellent articles by Benjamin Matheson and Alba Montes Sanchez! Both use parenthood to explore very different questions: while Matheson's original three-book review dives into anxiety, guilt & pride, Montes Sanchez discusses how emotion helps knowing what we really want.
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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Volume 3, Issue 2 | Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/05/2026
Both left and right are deluding themselves about the scale of the energy crisis Britain faces | Ewan Gibbs
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Both left and right are deluding themselves about the scale of the energy crisis Britain faces | Ewan Gibbs
Decades of complacency cannot be magicked away by drilling in the North Sea – or even by hoping that renewables will quickly power everything, says historian and author Ewan Gibbs
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David William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The idea of a generative AI 'confessing' anything leads me to tap the sign
meme of a cartoon person and a desktop computer with the text
person: say "I am alive"
computer: ">I AM ALIVE
person: oh my god.
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
A century ago Glasgow was thrust into a major episode of class conflict and industrial strife, the 1926 General Strike. It's a privilege to have been asked to address the Glasgow Trades Council May Day rally on Sunday where I'll discuss the significance of 1926 in the here and now.
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Jake Wojtowicz @jakewojtowicz.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Kyle Fruh, Alfred Archer, and I are writing The Ethics of Sportswashing (Routledge) and are running a workshop on the book manuscript at Glasgow University and online, on May 21st 2026. There is more information about the workshop and how to register here: philevents.org/event/show/1...
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Book Workshop: The Ethics of Sportswashing
Sportswashing has recently grown into a vital concept in scholarly and public discussions of sport. In 2022, the Collins dictionary named ‘sportswashing’ one of their ten Words of the Year...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy -- Official Journal of BPSA @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The new issue of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (Vol. 20, No. 2) is out, focusing on the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup: from FIFA's human rights failures to VAR and the philosophy of the beautiful game. A thread on this WC-themed issue. #PhilSport #WC2026 #PhilSky www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsep20/c...
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Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup and the beautiful game. Volume 20, Issue 2 of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
❗Excited to announce my new book "Red Card: The 2026 World Cup, Sportswashing, & the FIFA Greed Machine," with an introduction by @edgeofsports.bsky.social. Hope you'll consider pre-ordering (with 15% discount) via @orbooks.bsky.social: orbooks.com/catalog/red-...
image of a green book titled: "Red Card: The 2026 FIFA World Cup, Sportswashing, and the FIFA Greed Machine." by Jules Boykoff with introduction by Dave Zirin. The cover features a hand wielding a red card.
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Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy @jespjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The latest issue of JESP has just been published! Head over to www.jesp.org to read new articles about proxy responsibility, a progressive critique of rap music, grounding human rights, first-person authority over gender, politics and foreign donations, supererogation, and reparations.
Image of the cover of the most recent issue of JESP.
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Nick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
It's my own fault for using ChatGPT as a search tool, but this really made me laugh. "...with an important nuance..." is sublime 🤌
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
New paper co-authored with Seyyed Mohsen Eslami defending our cautionary account of supererogation against Alireza Kazemi's thoughtful criticisms. Given all that is happening, it is worth mentioning how much I have learned from these two Iranian philosophers. www.jesp.org/index.php/je... #philsky
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Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy
How can moral theory make room for the existence of acts that are beyond the call of duty? This issue has become known as the problem of supererogation, and philosophers have provided various accounts...
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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
My public philosophy piece on break-ups and morality is out today in the blog of the APA. It picks up on several threads in my ongoing work on the party who does the breaking up, but if I have to pick the one highlight: breaking up is hard, and you must be prepared to get it wrong.
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How to Walk Away | Blog of the APA
Breaking up with someone can be painful and difficult. Breakups can make you depressed and even damage your heart and immune system. For that reason, being the one who says “it’s over” can be torturou...
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Philosophy Tilburg University @tilburgphilosophy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Recently published by @alfredarcher.bsky.social on luck and football. Now everyone log off social media and read more about philosophy of sports!
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New paper in @sportethicsandphil.bsky.social for symposium on Stephen Mumford's Football: The Philosophy Behind the Game. I examine the life lessons Mumford draws from the luck of football and argue that even more can be found in B.S. Johnson's novel The Unfortunates. #Philsky tinyurl.com/5n86tmhb
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Football, luck and life
This article builds upon Stephen Mumford’s observations about football and chance in his book Football: The Philosophy Behind the Game. Mumford argues that football strikes a perfect balance betwee...
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Aldo Houterman @aldohouterman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Philosophers, theologians, anthropologists of sport, please consider our special issue ‘Sport, meaning and religion’ think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Sport, meaning and religion
Explore the religious and secular meanings of sport in contemporary society
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Huub Brouwer @huubbrouwer.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Over the past two years, Benjamin Mullins and I have edited the collected works of Shelly Kagan. The first volume, containing his work on the structure and methods of normative ethics, is now available for pre-order here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Bloomsbury Philosophy @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Italian thought is a major field within continental philosophy. But what are the latest developments since its popularity peak in the 2000s? An 'Introduction to Contemporary Italian Thought' is available now! Order now: bit.ly/4qwDVJv Preview: bit.ly/3LXeaD7
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Gregor E. Bös @gregorboes.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"Real Possibilities" - what Husserl means by those and what he should have said instead*. Forthcoming in ergo, preprint now here: philpapers.org/rec/BSRPFX *Insofar as they're supposed to link contingent truth and evidence
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G. E. Bös, Real Possibilities for Husserl's Correlation between Truth and Evidence - PhilPapers
Already before endorsing transcendental idealism, Husserl pairs truths and possibilities of evidence. This ‘correlationism’ is central for phenomenological metaphysics, but it remains disputed how it ...
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Philosophy Tilburg University @tilburgphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New research from Tilburg University's philosophy department: Matteo Colombo and Giovanni Cassini on "Thickness Is More Than Affective Valence: Evaluative Language Through the Lenses of Psycholinguistics" in Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Science. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Thickness Is More Than Affective Valence: Evaluative Language Through the Lenses of Psycholinguistics
Thick terms like “courageous,” “smart,” and “tasty” combine description and evaluation, contrasting with purely evaluative terms like “good” and “bad,” and descriptive terms like “Italian” and “green...
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Philosophy Tilburg University @tilburgphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New research from Tilburg University's Philosophy Department: Paolo Santori in the Journal of Business Ethics "Against Spiritual Leadership in (For-Profit) Organizations". link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Against Spiritual Leadership in (For-Profit) Organizations - Journal of Business Ethics
Spiritual leadership has become a prominent approach within the family of horizontal and non-hierarchical leadership styles, aiming to integrate employees’ spiritual needs into organizational life. Wh...
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TiLIA Filosofie @tiliafilosofie.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Kom naar de Tilburgse dag van de filosofie, op 12 april! We hebben een prachtig programma voor u in petto, met onder meer een keynote door Roxane van Iperen, auteur van het essay van de Maand van de Filosofie 'Ik zie wat ik geloof'. Kaarten hier: denieuwevorst.nl/programma/da...
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De Dag van de Filosofie 2026 - 12 april
Ken onszelve: dat is het thema van de Dag van de Filosofie 2026. Een eeuwenoude uitnodiging die nog steeds relevant is: wie zijn wij, individueel én…
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Nele Van de Mosselaer @nelevdm.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
When Elden Ring had been announced but not yet released, its subreddit started collectively pretending the game was already out. I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research. This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
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Fictional Game Spectatorship: On Pretend-Play and Collective Imagination in Gaming Communities
Abstract. Fictional games are games that do not actually exist, but that are presented within works of fiction. They are thus not appreciated through play,
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Philosophy Tilburg University @tilburgphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The philosophy department of Tilburg University is now on Bluesky 🥳 Follow this profile for more on our research and events and, if you are curious to learn more about our department, visit our website at www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...
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Department of Philosophy | Tilburg University
In its contribution to the global development of philosophy, the Department of Philosophy of Tilburg University focuses primarily on what it means to be human and to form a society.
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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The 1st publication of my research on break-ups & morality. I argue that we don't have a duty to explain to our partners the reasons for breaking up with them. Read the short article for my argument against giving excessive weight to reasons in break-ups, & do reply if you have thoughts
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Break-up duties and the limits of deliberation: A reply to Betzler
Abstract. Leaving a relationship without talking to the other person seems, in principle, morally callous. Monika Betzler argues that people initiating bre
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Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory @memoryplace.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Today — Winter 2026 Seminar No Future: Punk in the UK, 1976–84 Prof. Matthew Worley + reading by Paul Max Morin Tue 17 Feb 17:30 refreshments | 18:00 start Collective Architecture, Glasgow Hybrid — in person & online forms.gle/tyVmtEJgLrSY...
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No Future: Punk in the UK, 1976-84
In this talk, Professor Matthew Worley examines the ways in which British punk claimed a relevance to the time and space in which it emerged. The talk considers punk’s continued presence in popular m...
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
New paper with Georgie Mills: The Ethics of Cancelling. We argue that cancelling covers a range of moral practices. It is not always punishment, it can instead involve correcting reputations, ending parasocial relationships or relationships of informal representation. Read more here: rdcu.be/e4jay
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The Ethics of Cancelling
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
New Public Affairs Quarterly! Check out Vol. 39, No. 3, for "Behavioral Symmetry and Digital Speech" by Bartlomiej Chomanski, "When Should The Patriot Abandon Their Country?" by Michael S. Merry and @alfredarcher.bsky.social, and more! scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/paq/issu...
Cover of Public Affairs Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 3, July 2025
Yellow letters spell "PAQ" at the top of the page on an orange rectangle, with a thin blue rectangle below separating it from the rest of the beige background.
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Imperfect Cognitions @imperfectcognitions.com · 12/02/2026
This week's post is by Alexander Edlich (LMU Munich), and Alfred Archer (University of Tilburg) presenting their paper 'Rejecting Identities: Stigma and Hermeneutical Injustice' published in Social Epistemology. #philsky #philpsy imperfectcognitions....
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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Check out the latest episode of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast! @lopezcantero.bsky.social Lopez-Cantero talks about romantic love. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Episode 5: Pilar Lopez-Cantero on Romantic Love
The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast
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Aldo Houterman @aldohouterman.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Call for Submissions: Special Issue 'Sport, Meaning and Religion' of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy (@sportethicsandphil.bsky.social). Editors: Hanna Vandenbussche, Sabine Wolsink (@sabinewolsink.bsky.social) and me. See link: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Sport, meaning and religion
Explore the religious and secular meanings of sport in contemporary society
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Benjamin Matheson @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Very pleased this 3 book review is now published: passion-journal.org/article/view...
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Anxiety, Guilt, and Pride in Parenthood | Passion: Journal of the European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions
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Sebastian Watzl @sebastianwatzl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What is this ‘attention economy’? Is there really a market where people buy and sell human attention? If so, what’s wrong with that? New paper by Katharine Browne and me that argues: yes, there is an attention market and yes, there is something wrong with it. 🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The attention market—and what is wrong with it - Philosophical Studies
Attention is described as a “scarce commodity” that is traded in “a marketplace.” This, it is further claimed, contributes to a “widespread sense of attentional crisis.” But is there really an attenti...
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Javi Lopez Frias @javierlopez.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Just wrapped up two incredible days at KU Leuven for the Toward a Political Philosophy of Sport workshop. Grateful to the university and the Hoover Ethical Initiative for supporting such meaningful collaboration between scholars from around the world. #PhilSky
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
My new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, will be published by Verso next year. It's now listed, which makes it feel that bit more official!
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An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class : Gibbs, Ewan: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Buy An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class by Gibbs, Ewan (ISBN: 9781804296493) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Journal of Applied Philosophy @the-joap.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
#NewArticle #OpenAccess Consigning Injustice to History with Political Apologies Alfred Archer, Benjamin Matheson #philosophy #philsky Read it here 👇 doi.org/10.1111/japp...
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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New paper in @the-joap.bsky.social together with @benjaminmatheson.bsky.social on political apologies that consign injustice to the past.
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