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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
📄 Onze collega Daphne Brandenburg (@Daphne) schreef (mede) een opinie in de @volkskrant: AI heeft van fraudebestrijding aan de universiteit een catch-22 gemaakt: Te streng controleren leidt tot onterechte beschuldigingen; te weinig controleren nodigt uit tot fraude. 🔗 […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
#Event: Designing Hybrid #Argumentation Systems 8 September 2026, #Groningen @Jantina_Tammes_School This academic #workshop invites researchers to explore how we can design #AI as a constructive critical assistant rather than an echo chamber. How can we develop hybrid argumentation tools that […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
🤖💬 From fake news to #fanfiction, from AI #chatbots to #emoji semantics - how do we navigate the lines between fact, fiction & deception online? Join us at a interdisciplinary workshop on #meaning in the digital age, at the #Groningen Faculty of #Philosophy. Bringing together researchers across […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026
Check out this collection of Dutch academic accounts! social.edu.nl/collections/116942627… #fediverse #Netherlands
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Dutch Science, Education & Research
A short list of official Dutch accounts belonging to research and educational institutions, as well
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026
Our faculty cooperates with researchers in #Ukraine on the #philosophy of #work and #migration! Thanks to a grant in the framework of the NWO-NRFU Partnership Initiative, @lisaherzog and Tetiana Stepura can continue their collaboration that explores the work experiences of Ukrainian migrants in […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 23/04/2026
Wat maakt het stadsleven waardevol? Onze faculteit draagt bij aan de lezingenreeks "De Waardevolle Stad"! - Op 3 juni: Yorick Karseboom met "De stad als spiegel" - Op 17 juni: Herman Veluwenkamp (@Herman) met "De smart city is waardevol - of niet?" Alle infos hier […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026
#Workshop: #Trust in #Science: from #Politicization to #Crisis, 15 April 2026 in #Groningen Come listen to Torsten Wilholt, (@unihannover): "What is (wrong with) the politicization of science?" and Mathias Frisch: "#Climate Tipping Points: scientific disagreement and public trust in the face of […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2026
#PhD #position Social cohesion and #climate #polarization: how to communicate effectively about climate change werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd-posit… #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 20/02/2026
🎓✨ Thinking about your next step after your #bachelors? Join our on-campus #Master’s Open Day in #Groningen! 📚 Program: 15:00 – MA #Philosophy and Science 16:00 – MA Philosophy (1-year) 17:00 – MSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics (#PPE) incl. DDM Political […] [Original post on social.edu.nl]
Some study the answers, others change the questions. Challenge expectations, Join our Master's Open Day, 13 March 2026 (A young woman standing in front of the Groningen Academy Building)
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2026
#CfA / #CfP: Utopias of #Work Are you working on how #labor is related to the good life? On #Utopia and labor in #liberalism, #feminism or #socialism? How philosophers and political economists from Plato to Gandhi saw the rational or democratic organization of firms, #unions, and labor markets […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026
Are you an undergraduate or early stage graduate student and interested in #ClimateChange and #Sustainability? Register now for free for our #online #Philosophy, #Politics and #Economics (#PPE) #WinterSchool 2026 on March 5-6, 2026 - with Leah Henderson […] [Original post on social.edu.nl]
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PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS (PPE)
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Climate Change and
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Leah Henderson
Philosophy of Science
Marijke Leliveld
Consumer Ethics
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Operations Management
Andreas Schmidt 
Moral and Political Philosophy 
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026
RE: social.edu.nl/@Bibliothecaris/11592… Our colleague Felipe Romero was a guest at Open Science Bites (@6208798). Learn more about Felipe's work here: www.rug.nl/staff/c.f.romero/research #Science #PhilosophyOfScience #Philosophy #Replication #Reproducibility […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025
‘#Trust always plays a role, including in #science.’ Professor by special appointment in Societal Trust and @facultyofphilosophygroningen researcher Leah Henderson argues for the importance of evidence-based science. According to Henderson, ‘trust is the cement that holds society together.’ As […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2025
Sixth #Groningen #Metaethics #Workshop, April 10, 2026. #CfP until January 23. All details here: philevents.org/event/show/143053 #CallForPapers #Philosophy #Conference
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Sixth Groningen Metaethics Workshop
The sixth Groningen Metaethics Workshop will take place on Friday 10 April 2026 at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Our keynote speaker will be Anandi Hattiangadi (Stockholm University). There will be five slots for submitted papers. We invite submissions of abstracts on any topic in metaethics or metanormativity. Abstracts can be up to 1000 words and should be anonymised. They should be suitable for a thirty minute talk, which will be followed by thirty minutes of discussion. You can submit your abstract by emailing it as a PDF file to groningenmetaethicsworkshop@gmail.com. Please include your name, your email address, and the title of your abstract in a separate PDF file. Submission deadline: 23 January 2026.
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2025
Jan 22-23, 2026: not one #philosophy #conference in #Groningen but two: 1. #Sustainability and #CorporateResponsibility: The #Sustainable #Corporation (see www.rug.nl/filosofie/organization/n…) 2 […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2025
This Thursday: Online symposium and discussion @utrechtuniversity: about our colleague @LisaHerzog's new book "The Democratic Marketplace: How a More Equal Economy Can Save Our Political Ideals" (Harvard UP, 2025) Commentaries by Julie Rose (Dartmouth) and Tom Parr (Warwick). Opportunities for […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025
A #podcast #interview with our colleague @LisaHerzog on her new book "The Democratic Marketplace: How a More Equal Economy Can Save Our Political Ideals" (Harvard UP): akademienl.social/@LisaHerzog/11537… #Market #Democracy #Philosophy #PoliticalPhilosophy #LisaHerzog […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2025
"People often view humour as something harmless, but we should stop thinking that way. […] In our personal lives, humour is often positive. However, in politics it can be used in cruel, strategic, and negative ways." Learn more about the research regarding […] [Original post on social.edu.nl]
The cruelty of humour in politics

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Beer Prakken researches humour and
play in politics. He has just returned
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part of his research. What is currently /
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him with input. Beer Prakken
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2025
#CallForPapers: The Sustainable #Corporation Conference, #Groningen, Jan 2026 Can agents in corporations cooperate for sustainability? How can a theory of collective agency accommodate conflict, coercion, competition, power dynamics, and structural injustices? Can corporations and markets be […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025
Autonomous systems should be fairer and more democratic UG philosopher Herman Veluwenkamp (@Herman) works on theories to make #AI systems fairer and bring them under democratic control - and applies them to "smart traffic lights" in #Groningen […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025
#Philosophy #Conference: #Work and #Democracy: #Groningen, October 30-31, 2025 - Registration, line-up and abstracts: workingdemocracyproject.wordpress.c… How should democracies understand and organize work? What work do we need for democratic […] [Original post on social.edu.nl]
working —— democracy keynotes: cynthia estlund, aaron benanav,  serena olsaretti, valeria ottonelli - joshua preiss. More speakers on digital work - migrant work (un)paid work - precarious work. 30th and 31st october 2025 faculty of philosophy, groningen
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2025
#EPSA25 is coming! Why do we put our #trust in scientific experts? How is #science best organized? What do scientific models tell us about the world? This week (27-30 August), over 400 philosophers from around the world will debate such questions during the four-day #conference of the European […]
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Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen @facultyofartsug.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Amazing news! The JUST ART consortium, led by prof Ann-Sophie Lehmann (Art History & Material Culture @rug.nl), receives €6,8 mil from the Dutch Research Council to put art at the center of climate justice, from Aruba to the Wadden Islands. Read more about the project 👇 www.rug.nl/let/onze-fac...
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Met NWO-subsidie zet JUST ART kunst in voor transitie klimaatrechtvaardigheid
JUST ARTontvangt 6,8 miljoen euro als onderdeel van de Nationale Wetenschapsagenda om kunst in het centrum van klimaatrechtvaardigheid te plaatsen.
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 27/06/2025
#Job alert! Fully funded 4-year #PhD position on the #philosophy of #DataScience in relation to #psychiatry and #psychopathology at the department of #TheoreticalPhilosophy in #Groningen. All details here: www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/jo… […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2025
Event: #Academia at the Digital Crossroads - join us to discuss chances and risks of the digital transformation of the #university, #DigitalSovereignty, #publishing and #BigTech. September 25 in #Groningen Register at […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2025
Interested in discussing #Democracy, #JobGuarantee, #CareWork and many other topics in #Philosophy #Politics and #Economics? Join us in #Groningen for the 4th Groningen – #Wharton #PPE #Workshop on 8 and 9 September 2025. All info here […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2025
Het begrip #vrijheid duikt overal op. Al eeuwenlang zelfs, van de Klassieke Oudheid, via de Verlichting en de Franse Revolutie tot aan nu. Waarom is vrijheid door de eeuwen heen zo’n populair idee geweest? We bedoelen er in ieder geval niet altijd hetzelfde mee, zegt hoogleraar geschiedenis van […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2025
🎉 Exciting news! Our colleague, Lisa Herzog (@LisaHerzog), Professor of Political Philosophy and Economics at the @universityofgroningen has been elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (@KNAW) 🏛️ […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025
#Filosofie komt naar je toe! In september viert onze faculteit haar 60e verjaardag en daarom zijn we op zoek naar partners in de regio #Groningen / #NoordNederland die een #filosofielezing (NL/EN) willen organiseren bij hun school, vereniging of bedrijf. Meer info & onderwerpen […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2025
We are advertising a temporary, part-time teaching position in the history of modern #philosophy / theoretical philosophy for the academic year 2025-2026 and possibly beyond. All details here: www.rug.nl/about-ug/work-with-us/jo… #Groningen […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2025
#Stikstofdebat: Drie wetenschapsfilosofen, waaronder onze collega Jan-Willem Romeijn, waarschuwen in een #opiniestuk in #NRC dat #wetenschap niet oneigenlijk mag ingezet worden voor politieke doelen: "Wat we niet weten, kan wel degelijk deren" […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2025
On 9 April 2025, we will host the Fifth #Groningen #Metaethics #Workshop Keynote by James Lenman (Sheffield): “The Truth in #Conventionalism” Papers by: Singa Behrens, Sofia Berinstein, Graham Bex-Priestley, Nils Franzén, Will Gamester, and Thomas Schmidt For info and registration, see […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 04/04/2025
What do Heidegger’s forgetfulness of being, Sartre’s bad faith, or Foucault’s notion of governmentality have to do with the climate crisis? 🤔🌍 MA Philosophy students have tackled this question by creating a book full of philosophical tools for thinking about climate change! 🌱♻️ This is the […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2025
We invite applications for two fully funded #PhD positions in a project on "multimodal argumentation" (sites.google.com/rug.nl/multimodal/…) - especially interesting for applicants with an interest in #DiscourseAnalysis, #linguistics, and/or the #philosophy of #argumentation and […]
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Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen @facultyofartsug.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Ever wanted to learn the Groningen language? Now you can! 💬 🗣️ MOI! Starting today, 7 March, a brand new #MOOC course @unigroningen.bsky.social offers you the opportunity to learn #Gronings at your own pace. Read more & sign up for the MOOC Gronings! 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025
Register now! Discover #philosophy at the University of #Groningen during the Philosophy #Master's Day on 19 March. Join us for a #hybrid event on Wednesday, 19 March. This afternoon event offers in-depth presentations of our Master’s programs, delivered in […] [Original post on social.edu.nl]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2025
Both parties representing employees in the @universityofgroningen 's university council can now be followed on the Fediverse: - @PersonnelFaction (see their blog post […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2025
Online #Seminar: The Making and Unmaking of Selfhood Which strategies do human beings develop to relate to themselves and to others? How do discourses and practices affect the way in which selfhood is conceptualized and transformed? The seminar offers intercultural perspectives on […]
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Faculty of Arts - University of Groningen @facultyofartsug.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
How your brain processes information means you can perceive things that aren’t really there. How does that work? Event alert: 🧠 #Brainstorm - Franciska de Beer, Wouter Kruijne, and Audrey Rousse-Malpat 📆 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 ⏰ 8 PM📍 Academy Building More info & tickets 👇 sggroningen.nl/en/evenement...
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2025
#FollowFriday: #Philosophy #journals with a fediverse presence: Australasian Journal of #Logic: @ajlonline British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @TheBJPS Philosophical #Psychology: @PhilosophicalPsychology Australasian Journal of Philosophy: @AustralasianJournalPhilosophy Critical […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2025
#Conference and #CfP: #Work and #Democracy: How should democracies understand and organize work? Faculty of #Philosophy, University of #Groningen Conference: October 30-31, 2025 #CfA deadline: March 10 For all information and keynote speakers, see […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2025
Who should you follow if you want to act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law? Only one right answer here - the research group "#Kant, #Kantianism and #Morality" at the @universityofgroningen - now also on the fediverse! […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2025
A fediverse welcome to our colleagues at the Faculty of #Arts at the @universityofgroningen #groningen ! Follow them at @facultyofartsug.bsky.social (Bluesky bridge) and @facultyofartsgroningen (Pixelfed) for cutting edge research and teaching in the arts and #humanities!
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2025
#Workshop: Academic Labour from the Peripheries of the Knowledge Economy 3-4 April 2025, #Groningen www.gloknos.ac.uk/research/activiti… This workshop will explore the #work done by #marginalized […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2025
Come work for us! Two 3-year #Postdoc Positions at @universityofgroningen in #Kant and/or Kantian #Ethics in Pauline Kleingeld's Spinoza Project Application deadline: Wednesday 26 February Starting date: 1 September 2025 all details here […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2025
Op vrijdag 11 april 2025 vindt de Groningse Nacht van de #Filosofie plaats, met het onderwerp: Mij een zorg. Met onder andere Regine Dugardyn, Roy Ding, Merel Semeijn, Chris Julien, Özlem Yeter en Tommy Wieringa. Kaartverkoop start op woensdag 22 januari om 10.00 uur. Houd de website in de […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2025
"What’s the good of getting angry with a person?" @Daphne Brandenburg explores this question in her latest publication: "A Philosopher goes to the Therapist" in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. doi.org/10.1017/apa.2024.18 #OpenAccess, free for all to read! […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2025
Call for papers: "“Post-work?” and Corporealities: Expanding our vision of work" Conference at #Groningen with Darlene Demandante, University of Groningen; Faisal Garba Muhammed, University of Cape Town; Jean-Philippe Deranty, Macquarie University; Denise Celentano, Université de Montréal […]
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UG Faculty of Philosophy @facultyofphilosophygroningen.social.edu.nl.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2025
Congratulations to our colleague Lodi Nauta on being elected vice-president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( @KNAW 🇳🇱)! Over the next three years, Lodi will combine this role with his work as a professor in the History of Philosophy, dedicating his time to […]
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