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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#philsky British Society of Aesthetics and Welsh Aesthetics Forum present … Environmental Aesthetics & Valuing the Natural World 9.00 - 17.30 Wednesday 30 September 2026 Council Chamber, Main Building, Cardiff University Free! All welcome! Register here:
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Environmental Aesthetics & Valuing the Natural World: A BSA/WAF Workshop
This workshop brings together some of the most prominent thinkers to reflect on the role and future of environmental aesthetics.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#philsky Mae Cymdeithas Estheteg Prydain a Fforwm Estheteg Cymru yn cyflwyno… Estheteg Amgylcheddol a Gwerthfawrogi'r Byd Naturiol 9.00 - 17.30 Dydd Mercher 30 Medi 2026 Siambr y Cyngor, Prif Adeilad, Prifysgol Caerdydd Am ddim! Croeso i bawb! Cofrestrwch yma:
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Environmental Aesthetics & Valuing the Natural World: A BSA/WAF Workshop
This workshop brings together some of the most prominent thinkers to reflect on the role and future of environmental aesthetics.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#philsky British Society of Aesthetics and Welsh Aesthetics Forum present … Environmental Aesthetics & Valuing the Natural World 9.00 - 17.30 Wednesday 30 September 2026 Council Chamber, Main Building, Cardiff University Free! All welcome! Register here:
eventbrite.co.uk
Environmental Aesthetics & Valuing the Natural World: A BSA/WAF Workshop
This workshop brings together some of the most prominent thinkers to reflect on the role and future of environmental aesthetics.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#philsky Mae Cymdeithas Estheteg Prydain a Fforwm Estheteg Cymru yn cyflwyno… Estheteg Amgylcheddol a Gwerthfawrogi'r Byd Naturiol 9.00 - 17.30 Dydd Mercher 30 Medi 2026 Siambr y Cyngor, Prif Adeilad, Prifysgol Caerdydd Am ddim! Croeso i bawb! Cofrestrwch yma:
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Environmental Aesthetics & Valuing the Natural World: A BSA/WAF Workshop
This workshop brings together some of the most prominent thinkers to reflect on the role and future of environmental aesthetics.
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Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#philsky #booksky ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Coming soon ... ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ @routledgebooks.bsky.social
Cover of the forthcoming Routledge book Existentialism: The Basics by Jonathan Webber. Cover image is a photo of a Parisian café in a classic Hausmann block with street chairs and tables. Photo includes the floor above the café, largely obscured by the series' signature hole/ball with the title and author name in, then above it some of the next floor with wrought iron juliette balconies.
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Jonathan Mitchell @mitchellphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
My new book 'A Sense of the Possible: The Horizons of Visual Experience' is now out! academic.oup.com/book/62963
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A Sense of the Possible: The Horizons of Visual Experience
Abstract. This book tackles a long-standing puzzle concerning visual experiences: humans enjoy visual experiences as of complete three-dimensional entities
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We have some places on our Philosophy degree programmes available in Clearing and Adjustment. When you have your grades, you can phone us on :: 0333 241 2800 For full information, see: cardiff.ac.uk/clearing #Clearing2026 #philsky
Cardiff University coat of arms, including one angel and two dragons.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Mae gennym rai lleoedd ar ein rhaglenni gradd Athroniaeth yn sgîl Clirio ac Addasu. Pan fydd gennych eich graddau, gallwch ein ffonio ar :: 0333 241 2800 Am yr wybodaeth lawn, mynnwch gip ar: www.cardiff.ac.uk/cy/clearing #Clirio2026
Arfbais Prifysgol Caerdydd, gan gynnwys un angel a dwy ddraig.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#philsky #booksky Depraved book event Daisy Dixon in conversation with Jess Davies Book Space Cardiff 23 July, 6.30pm Details and tickets:
bookspacecardiff.co.uk
Depraved Event ticket
Join us for an evening in conversation with Daisy Dixon to talk about her new book Depraved : The Story of Dangerous Art.  When: 23/7/26 18:30 start (doors 18:15) Where: 26a Crwys Road, CF24 4NL ~~~~~...
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#philsky #booksky Digwyddiad llyfr Depraved Daisy Dixon mewn sgwrs gyda Jess Davies Book Space Caerdydd 23 Gorffennaf, 6.30pm Manylion a thocynnau (yn Saesneg):
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Depraved Event ticket
Join us for an evening in conversation with Daisy Dixon to talk about her new book Depraved : The Story of Dangerous Art.  When: 23/7/26 18:30 start (doors 18:15) Where: 26a Crwys Road, CF24 4NL ~~~~~...
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Rethinking Existentialism @rethinkexistent.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#philsky #booksky ✨✨ The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy is now published in North America! ✨✨ here are some of the things people have said about it ...
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The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy: 9780241645413 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A powerful new anthology that redefines ourunderstanding of existentialism and argues for itscontemporary relevance A Penguin Classic In the aftermath of the Second World War, a group of intellectua...
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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
As part of our conference "Speech and Society", we are holding a public round table on Language Politics & Revitalization in Wales - in Welsh, with live translation! If you're around, please drop by!! **June 23rd, Room 1.62 Glamorgan Building, Cardiff Uni** @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social
Poster shows light pink background, with black writing, and an image of two black cable phones. 

It reads: 

Language Politics & Revitalization in Wales 
Roundtable with Heledd Melangell, Owain Rhys Lewis & Huw L Williams 

1330 Tuesday 23rd June in Speech and Society. Contemporary Philosophy of Language 
Room 1.61 Glamorgan Building 

Supported by the Mind Association
Contact: phillangcardiff@gmail.com
Gwleidyddiaeth ac Adfer Iaith yng Nghymru
Trafodaeth Ford Gron gyda Heledd Melangell, Owain Rhys Lewis a Huw L Williams

1330 Dydd Mawrth 23ain Mehefin 
yn Lleferydd a Chymdeithas. Athroniaeth laith Gyfoes

Ystafell -1.61
Adeilad Morgannwg

Wedi ei noddi gan y Mind Association
Cyflwyniad: https://forms.gle/5VLszXeDpM4tjyiN8
Cyswllt:  phillangcardiff@gmail-com
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This coming Monday! Everyone is welcome!
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Dydd Llun nesaf! Croeso i bawb!
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#philsky Book launch! Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art Join us to celebrate the publication of a new book by Cardiff University philosopher Dr Daisy Dixon Monday 22 June, 20:00 - 22:30 Porter's, Cardiff, CF10 2GS Everyone is welcome!
Cover of the book. Bright red with title and author name in black text.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#philsky Lansio llyfr! Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art Ymunwch â ni i ddathlu cyhoeddi llyfr newydd gan yr athronydd o Brifysgol Caerdydd, Dr Daisy Dixon. Dydd Llun 22 Mehefin, 20:00 - 22:30 Porter's, Caerdydd, CF10 2GS Croeso i bawb!
Clawr y llyfr. Coch llachar gyda theitl ac enw'r awdur mewn testun du.
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Mary Edwards @mary-l-edwards.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I've just discovered that the paper I wrote with Luna Dolezal on fetal ultrasound has been subjected to some (conservative, male) misinterpretation and nastiness on X. doi.org/10.1017/hyp....
Image of a fetal ultrasound scan with the question, Why don't we think of fetal ultrasound as an intrusion?
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Many congratulations to Dr Anneli Jefferson who has been awarded a ✨ Leverhulme Fellowship ✨ to work on her book 📕 Responsibility Through the Lifespan Llongyfarchiadau mawr, Anneli! #philsky @annelijefferson.bsky.social
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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We've extended our deadline for submissions until April 9th :) send us all the cool philosophy of language you've been up to recently! 💫💫💫 #philosophy #cfa @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Many congratulations to Dr Anneli Jefferson who has been awarded a ✨ Leverhulme Fellowship ✨ to work on her book 📕 Responsibility Through the Lifespan Llongyfarchiadau mawr, Anneli! #philsky @annelijefferson.bsky.social
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
✨ Many congratulations to Nick Viner, who passed his PhD viva last week with flying colours! Nick's thesis title is: Towards a Theory of Critical Engagement with Technologically Reproduced Images Llongyfarchiadau mawr, Dr Viner! 🎓
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dates have been changed! Conference now on 23-24 June. Submit abstracts by 2 April. #philsky
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Mae'r dyddiadau wedi newid! Cynhadledd nawr ar 23-24 Mehefin. Cyflwynwch grynodebau erbyn 2 Ebrill. #philsky
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
#philsky ✨Llongyfarchiadau unwaith eto to our freshly minted PhD graduate Thom Hamer ✨ whose paper A Hyporeflective Response to the Absurd has just been published –– open access –– in ✨ Ratio ✨ Congratulations, Thom! Gefeliciteerd!
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A Hyporeflective Response to the Absurd
If life is absurd in that we cannot help but desire the unattainable, then there is prima facie reason to lament the absurd whenever we are confronted with it. This is an intuitive idea: it is fittin....
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
#philsky Call for papers :: Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language Keynote Speakers: Professor Emma Borg Professor Jennifer Mather Saul Conference dates: 24-25 June Abstract deadline: 2 April Full details:
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Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language
The Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June. In recent years, t...
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Galwad am bapurau :: Aithrybudd a Chymdeithas: Athroniaeth Iaith Gyfoes Siaradwyr Allweddol: Yr Athro Emma Borg Yr Athro Jennifer Mather Saul Dyddiadau'r gynhadledd: 24-25 Mehefin Cyflwyniadau crynodebau erbyn: 2 Ebrill Manylion llawn (en Saesneg):
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Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language
The Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June. In recent years, t...
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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
Bright red book cover with the title and author's name in black.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Mae llyfr newydd Dr Daisy Dixon –– DEPRAVED: The Story of Dangerous Art –– dadansoddiad o'r mathau o gelf anfoesol a'r ffyrdd y dylem ymateb iddi –– bellach ar gael i'w archebu ymlaen llaw! Mae Waterstones yn cynnig gostyngiad o 25% tan 20 Chwefror – defnyddiwch y cod FEB26: bit.ly/Dixon-DSDA
Clawr llyfr coch llachar gyda'r teitl ac enw'r awdur mewn du.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
✨ Many congratulations to Thom Hamer, whose PhD viva was this afternoon and was passed with flying colours! Thom’s thesis title is: Rethinking the Absurdity of Life: A Metaexistential Inquiry Llongyfarchiadau mawr, Dr Hamer! Gefeliciteerd! 🎓
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
✨Llongyfarchiadau to our doctoral candidate Thom Hamer ✨ whose paper Permissibility and Justifying Reasons in the Formal Objection to Moral Error Theory has just been published –– open access –– in ✨ The Journal of Value Inquiry ✨ Congratulations, Thom! Gefeliciteerd! #philsky
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Permissibility and Justifying Reasons in the Formal Objection to Moral Error Theory - The Journal of Value Inquiry
Moral error theory has recently faced formal objections. Since it denies the existence of moral properties that are defined in contradistinction to each other (e.g. permissibility and impermissibility...
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
If you could be invited to wonder, 'What is togetherness and why is it good?' then you may be interested in the answer provided by James Lewis, which has just been published in The Philosophical Review read.dukeupress.edu/the-philosop...
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What Is Togetherness and Why Is It Good?
To be together with other people, truly together, is a social good. Perhaps it is deeply entwined with other social goods that have been subjected to sustained philosophical discussion such as friends...
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Os gallech gael eich gwahodd i feddwl, 'Beth yw bod gyda'ch gilydd a pham ei fod yn dda?' yna efallai y bydd gennych ddiddordeb yn yr ateb a ddarparwyd gan James Lewis, sydd newydd gael ei gyhoeddi yn The Philosophical Review read.dukeupress.edu/the-philosop...
read.dukeupress.edu
What Is Togetherness and Why Is It Good?
To be together with other people, truly together, is a social good. Perhaps it is deeply entwined with other social goods that have been subjected to sustained philosophical discussion such as friends...
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Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
#philsky 30-minute interview with me on Dublin City FM about The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy ::
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Christopher Earley @christopherearley.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Excited to be in Cardiff this week to present at the Welsh Aesthetics Forum. I'll be talking about how we can aesthetically appreciate our own epistemic agency, how artworks can help us do this, and how this might (or might not!) boost our cognitive powers. @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social #philsky
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This evening! #philsky
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Heno! #philsky
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Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I'm giving an online talk on Saturday morning with the Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling :: Bad Faith, Bullshit, and Belonging :: mainly Beauvoir and Sartre with some Kierkegaard and Heidegger Everyone is welcome! Booking is here: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb
On the right side: image of the cover of The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy, edited by me.

On the left side, the following text:

Bad Faith,
Bullshit, and
Belonging

22 November, 10 - 11.30am

Exploring existentialist views on bullshit, from
Kierkegaard's ‘chatter’ and Heidegger's ‘idle talk’ to
Beauvoir's ‘popular wisdom’ and Sartre's development
of these ideas to critique societal divisions.

Online talk given by
Jonathan Webber, editor of

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF
EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHY

Tickets: bit.ly/SAPCbfbb

Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦ The ​Royal Institute of Philosophy Cardiff Annual Lecture 2025 Perception Under Threat Frédérique de Vignemont Thursday 20 November 8.30pm (UK time) Live on YouTube with audience questions Everyone is welcome! ✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦
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Perception Under Threat - Frédérique de Vignemont
YouTube video by The Royal Institute of Philosophy
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
​✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦ Y Sefydliad Athroniaeth Brenhinol ​Darlith Flynyddol Caerdydd 2025 Canfyddiad Dan Fygythiad Frédérique de Vignemont Dydd Iau 20 Tachwedd 2025 8.30pm (amser y DU) Yn fyw ar YouTube gyda chwestiynau'r gynulleidfa (yn Saesneg) Croeso i bawb! ✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦•┈๑⋅⋯ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦
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Perception Under Threat - Frédérique de Vignemont
YouTube video by The Royal Institute of Philosophy
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Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
✨✨ The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy edited by me is published today in the UK! (Australia and North America publication is next February.) ✨✨
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The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
'Superb ... I can't imagine a better way of meeting the existentialists in all their variety' - Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Café ‘We are thrown into the world at every moment, an...
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Tomorrow!
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Yfory!
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
🎈Book launch! The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy edited by Jonathan Webber Wednesday 12 November 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30 Oat & Bean, 26 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BA Everyone is welcome! No need to register. Just turn up!
Detail from the book's cover art.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
🎈Lansio llyfr! The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy wedi'i golygu gan Jonathan Webber Dydd Mercher 12 Tachwedd 2025 : 18:00 - 19:30 Oat & Bean, 26 Plas y Parc, Caerdydd CF10 3BA Croeso i bawb! Dim angen cofrestru. Dewch draw!
Manylyn o gelf clawr y llyfr.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#PhilSky #PolSky #IRSky #AcademicSky We are very pleased to announce our new degree programme –– 🌟 BA Philosophy, Politics, and International Relations Full details: bit.ly/CardiffPPIR
Cardiff University coat of arms, including one angel and two dragons.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#PhilSky #PolSky #IRSky #AcademicSky Rydym yn falch iawn o gyhoeddi ein rhaglen radd newydd –– 🌟 BA Athroniaeth, Gwleidyddiaeth, a Chysylltiadau Rhyngwladol Manylion llawn: bit.ly/CaerdyddAGCR
Arfbais Prifysgol Caerdydd, gan gynnwys un angel a dwy ddraig.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
#philsky A Sad Philosophy Workshop GRIEF, HEARTBREAK, & HALLUCINATIONS Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) Becky Millar (Cardiff) Lucy Osler (Exeter) 13:30-17:30, Friday 26 September 1.57 John Percival Building Cardiff University Free! All welcome! Register here: bit.ly/CdfGHH#philsky
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
#philsky Gweithdy Athroniaeth Trist GALAR, TOR CALON, & RHITHWELEDIGAETHAU Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) Becky Millar (Caerdydd) Lucy Osler (Caerwysg) 13:30-17:30, Dydd Gwener Medi 26 1.57 Adeilad John Percival Prifysgol Caerdydd Cofrestrwch yma: bit.ly/CdfGHH (Bydd y gweithdy yn Saesneg)
Mae gan y poster ddelwedd o fenyw cyborg yn crio a'r un testun ag yn y post hwn.
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Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Coming soon –– The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy edited by me :: available now to pre-order from all good bookshops (and that bad one) :: –– contents pages are in the thread below. #philsky
Image is book cover with the release date beneath: 13 November 2025.

Artwork on the book cover is Marie Raymond's painting Arabesques ou Variations sur la volute, 1948, oil on canvas, 91 x 72.5 cm, © ADAGP, Paris, banque d’images de l’ADAGP – an abstract painting in yellows, greys, whites, and black.

Book is published in Penguin Classics.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
📣 Places are still available on our MA Philosophy ✨ Optional modules: - Telling, Believing and Knowing - Equality and Injustice - Dimensions of the Mind - New Directions in Aesthetics - Contemporary Feminist Philosophy - Interpersonal Relationships Full information: bit.ly/CdfMAPhil #philsky
Cardiff University coat of arms, including one angel and two dragons.
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