Reposted by Carme Isern-MasMETIS research group @metisuned.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🟢 METIS Seminar Series 2026/27 We’re pleased to announce the calendar for the first term of the METIS Seminar Series at UNED, Madrid. 📅 Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. (CET) 💻 Hybrid format 📌 Full programme: goo.su/otlA To join online, email metis@fsof.uned.es or subscribe to our mailing list. 153
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasExperimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There hasn’t been enough discussion in philosophy of this wonderful research by April Bailey (@ahbailey.bsky.social) She provides a mountain of evidence for the claim that people see MEN as the prototype of the category of human beings www.researchgate.net/profile/Apri... 0228
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasPhilosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association @pamba.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We're excited for PAMBA 2027 in Warwick April 27-29! See you there! Abstract submissions due January 7. philevents.org/event/show/1...philevents.orgCall for Papers - PAMBA 2027CALL FOR PAPERSThe Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behaviour Association (PAMBA) invites submissions of abstracts for its 2027 biennial meeting, which will be held at the University of Warwick on April... 054
Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026What happens with claims about "manifesting" and “staying positive” in contexts of oppression? TLDR: self-help discourse (given its core principles) blames victims and causes epistemic and affective injustice. w/ @sallylatham.bsky.social & @almagro.bsky.social summarized in this blog post ⬇️ 041
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasSusana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 07/09/2026Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia? We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science. Please consider applying if this is up your street!ecologicalvalidity.wordpress.comCall for expressions of interest: PhD positionThe Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite … 37765
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasJustin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 26/08/2026The Lebowitz prize is awarded to two philosophers with contrasting views on a topic. This year's winners are...dailynous.comDe Brigard and Robins Win 2026 Lebowitz Prize - Daily NousThe American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the winners of its 2026 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize. They are: Felipe De Brigard, Professor of Philosophy and Psyc... 1427
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 12/07/2026El recurso, desarrollado junto a @mind.org.uk, sobre cómo comprender y apoyar a las personas que escuchan voces y tienen pensamientos suicidas está disponible en español gracias a la traducción y colaboración de Fer Zambra. #philsky #injusticiaepistemica canva.link/voces2026 121
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasManuel Almagro @almagro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Escribimos sobre la crisis de Ceuta: www.infolibre.es/opinion/plaz...infolibre.esCeuta: una crisis, dos historiasUnir los puntos para alimentar el miedo a la inmigración 022
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLuke Brunning @lukebrunning.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Tomorrow is the final day for PhDs and post-docs to express interest for this workshop on breakups. 153
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasMichael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026For all you Spanish speakers out there! Delighted that Ediciones Paidos has made available a Spanish translation of my 'Grief: A Philosophical Guide.' Can be pre-ordered here: www.fnac.es/livre-numeri...fnac.es 012
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 19/07/2026Bonny Astor of Thought Experiments in Pubs fame says that the conversations we have when we do #philosophy together make for powerful and meaningful connections. This is how I feel about our summer school #EPICBertinoro: we connected #epistemicinjustice #philsky 061
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasExperimental Philosophy @xphilosopher.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Philosophers, we need your help We are running a study on philosophers’ intuitions about thought experiments moralsciencelab.com/intuitions/ Only takes a few minutes! 32522
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 17/07/2026Last two talks at #EPICBertinoro! Themis Pantazakos on how to identify and address #epistemicinjustice with #phenomenology and myself on the agential stance and its applications! #philsky #philpsy 021
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 17/07/2026At #EPICBertinoro Jodie Russell presented her case study on contested credibility in young people with psychosis and Carme Isern Mas offered experimental results supporting the view that there is #epistemicinjustice in psychiatry #philsky #philpsy 0123
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 15/07/2026At #EPICBertinoro Elisabetta Lalumera has discussed costs and benefits of AI in healthcare and Dan Degerman has explored the role of silence in bipolar disorder #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy 021
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasBrian D. Earp, PhD @briandavidearp.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Getting Out of Blame: Excuses, Forgiveness, and the Deep Self onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comGetting Out of Blame: Excuses, Forgiveness, and the Deep SelfWe often feel that what we have done is somehow not in keeping with who we are. This tension, or incongruity, between the person we take ourselves to be and what that person has done seems to matter… 253
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 11/07/2026Are you ready for the event of the year, #projectEPIC summer school? @lalumera.bsky.social and I are excited to host participants from all over world in Emilia Romagna where we are from! 18 talks in 3 days, all on #epistemicinjustice in healthcare & its various applications #philsky #EPICBertinoro 0122
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasCentre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Philosophers have mostly neglected breakups, despite their impact on our lives. Our next workshop aims to catalyse more research into the ethics of breakups. 13316
Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 29/06/2026New publication!✨ The Harms of Self-Help Discourse We argue that self-help (given its core principles) blames victims and causes epistemic and affective injustice w/ @sallylatham.bsky.social & @almagro.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.1017/hyp.... 0123
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasFiloLab @filolab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Last week, we were delighted to welcome Amalia Haro and Marcin Lewiński (NOVA University of Lisbon) to TeC-FiloLab. They gave a joint talk on illocutionary force, followed the next day by Marcin’s talk on charity in interpretation. Many thanks for two days of great discussion! 031
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasDitte Marie Munch-Jurisic @dittemunch.bsky.social · 25/06/2026@isernmas.bsky.social presenting today her work on obstrectic violence and affective injustice, on the various way women are emotionally policed and harmed while going through childbirth. @epsse.bsky.social #philsky #philemotion 261
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasEuropean Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Getting ready for the EPSSE annual meeting at the very picturesque town of Eichstätt, where our president Imke von Maur has put together a fantastic pre-conference workshop on philosophy of place — don’t worry if you have missed it, it will turn into a special issue of Passion! 295
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasPilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This is finally out! I fixed multiple typos and added all the literature that came out during the unusually lengthy production process. Very apt that it comes out on the first day of EPPSE! Here’s a free link to the published version: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...onlinelibrary.wiley.com 12615
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasSusana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 16/06/2026Once upon a time, I approached biologists @biotay.bsky.social and @auersperga.bsky.social with some crazy ideas on how to test for animals’ concept of death. Many years later, our first study with the stellar cockatoos from the Goffin Lab is finally out! (More to come) 25713
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLuke Brunning @lukebrunning.bsky.social · 15/06/2026My latest article in @theconversation.com explores some of the ways using AI may undermine intimacy. AI might promise to make things easier but I suggest there is value in being curious, figuring things out, and failing, especially in intimate life. theconversation.com/as-ai-plays-...theconversation.comAs AI plays a bigger role in relationships, true intimacy is getting lostThe normalisation of AI to mediate and shape intimacy arguably erodes self-curiosity. 0117
Reposted by Carme Isern-Masjoannad-c.bsky.social @joannad-c.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Ever wondered which journals have published the most experimental philosophy over the last 25 years? Following the 'where to publish' guide, @rodrigodiazxphi.bsky.social and Max Bauer scraped PhilPapers to give an answer. Click to see which 25 journals publish the most x-phi! Link to our blogpost👇xphi.netWhat Journals Publish Experimental Philosophy? – The Experimental Philosophy Blog 183
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasKathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Well it’s super fucking surreal to be able to share that I’ll be starting a Leverhulme early career fellowship at the university of Nottingham in October 💫 I’ll be arguing that sometimes we believe strange things because of how deeply they resonate 🤓 #philsky 5442
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 10/06/2026At #EPICJune2026 Ellie Byrne develops ameliorative strategies to address #epistemicinjustice based on what she calls “ground empathy” #philsky 0145
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 10/06/2026Great talk by Jodie Russell on how to teach what #epistemicinjustice is using games that are engaging and help apply the concept to concrete cases #philsky #EPICJune2026 0111
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 10/06/2026At today’s EPIC project meeting @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social proposes an amelioration strategy based on resisting the trade-off between being rigorous and being kind #philsky #epistemicinjustice #EPICJune2026 0163
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasPilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Remember that paper that said that men need romantic love more than women that made the rounds last year? Well, Carme and I have a different theory. It was great to think together about psychology and philosophy and to find out about FOBS (fear of being single) 072
Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 04/06/2026New publication!✨ Well-being and resilience against oppressive narratives after romantic dissolution Our commentary to the wonderful target paper by Iris Wahring et al. w/ @lopezcantero.bsky.social ▶️ doi.org/10.1017/S014... 081
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasPhilosophical Moral Psychology Lab @philmoralpsych.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Does how quickly we choose to save one entity over another reveal how much we value it? Dani Martín, visiting PhD student from the University of Granada, presented his work on using forced-choice dilemmas and reaction times to map how we prioritise humans, animals and plants relative to each other.danielmartinruiz.com The Animal Dilemmas Project | A. Daniel Martín R. Who do we see as deserving our moral concern? 1107
Reposted by Carme Isern-Masjoannad-c.bsky.social @joannad-c.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Introducing - Where should I publish my x-phi? A new community resource for experimental philosophers, integrating info and metrics for choosing x-phi friendly journals. We'd love more community input and feedback. Check it out! xphi.net/2026/04/22/w... @philmoralpsych.bsky.socialxphi.netWhere should I publish my X-Phi? A new resource – The Experimental Philosophy Blog 2128
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasPilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Is curiosity a good motivation for travelling? In my new article I argue that this depends on how we understand curiosity, with a lot of help from Maria Lugones’s work on ’world’-travel and @perryzurn.bsky.social’s view on feminist curiosity. Free to read:rdcu.beTravel and Curiosity 2113
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasPhilosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Latest papers: Víctor Fernández Castro & Miguel Núñez de Prado-Gordillo explore the intersection between fictionalism and the neurodiversity movement doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy 0104
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasCentre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Sophie Goddard on why we should reimagine the family. 👇🏻 062
Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Hoy @diariodemallorca.es publica un reportage sobre mi estudio con @ivarr.bsky.social en injusticia epistémica en psiquiatría. 📢 Gracias por el interés y la difusión! 🙏 Y gracias a @fundaciogrifols.org ! www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/202...diariodemallorca.esInjusticia epistémica, el peso de quién hablaSi tiene un momento, le proponemos un pequeño ejercicio. Lea la siguiente situación y decida cuánta credibilidad le otorgaría a la persona que habla. ¿La cree? ¿Mucho, poco o nada? Antes de seguir ley... 040
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasImperfect Cognitions @imperfectcognitions.com · 23/04/2026Today, Víctor Fernández Castro (University of Granada) and Miguel Núñez de Prado-Gordillo (University of Granada) present their paper “Embodied, embedded, enactive, extended… and exclusionary? Toward an inclusive E-Cognition for cognitive diversity” #philsky #cogsci imperfectcognitions.... 043
Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 08/04/2026“Tóxicas, traumatizadas y con un poco de TOC: el lado oscuro del ‘theraphy-speak”. Martes 14 a las 16.30 (CEST) online, en el ciclo "Filósofas en Streaming" organizado por SWIP-Analytic y la Sección de Filosofía de la ULL. 🙌🙌 031
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasImperfect Cognitions @imperfectcognitions.com · 02/04/2026This week, Michael Cholbi (University of Edinburgh) and Paolo Stellino (NOVA University Lisbon) introduce: 'The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Suicide' recently published with Oxford University Press. #philsky imperfectcognitions.... 063
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasPilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Just accepted: my Phil Compass article on affective injustice! It synthesizes the debate into an overarching definition ('the unjust interference w people’s affective lives, w regard to their own affective practices or through those of others') & brings out many connections between existing views/1philpapers.orgPilar Lopez-Cantero, Affective injustice - PhilPapersOppression, marginalization, and other forms of disadvantage often come with emotional burdens, such as feelings of insecurity or stress. At the same time, some features of oppression are emotional in... 45114
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasExperimental Philosophy Journal @xphijournal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Very happy to invite you to the second online-talk in our series. This thursday, Josh Knobe and Ivar Hannikainen, 4pm, everyone welcome. Join Zoom Meeting uzh.zoom.us/j/6806768837... Meeting ID: 680 676 8837 Passcode: xphi123 0910
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 18/03/2026Highlights from the Women in Philosophy lecture series: Carme Isern Mas on affective injustice and therapy speak youtu.be/D503DIgKtg4... #philskyyoutu.beWomen in Philosophy: Carme Isern Mas on affective injustice and therapy speakAs part of a series of talks dedicated to the work of women in philosophy, Dr Carme Isern Mas from the University of the Balearic Islands in Spain argues that therapy speak can give rise to affective injustice. This lecture is supported by The Royal Institute of Philosophy. 0136
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasPilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 23/03/2026My 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.blog.apaonline.orgHow to Walk Away | Blog of the APABreaking 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... 0145
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasSusana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 20/03/2026The paperback arrived! And it's as cute as ever but now full of kind words 🥺♥️ Available for purchase from April 14: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... 1205
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasSusana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 19/03/2026Very happy to see this out in the world! A summary of one of my favourite publications, which I co-authored with the stellar @ldanon.bsky.social, so hopefully it will pique people's interest! (You can read it or listen to a very cringeworthy recording by yours truly) 283
Reposted by Carme Isern-MasMETIS research group @metisuned.bsky.social · 20/03/2026🟢 New short read: “Death in Mind” @susanamonso.com & @ldanon.bsky.social have published a short, accessible overview of their recent work in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social. Don't miss it! Read it here 👇 www.thebsps.org/short-reads/...thebsps.orgDeath in Mind | Susana Monsó and Laura Danón | BJPS Short ReadsWhat does the opossum’s playing dead tell us about animal minds? 072
Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 18/03/2026He escrit aquesta entrada al blog de la @fundaciogrifols.org explicant el projecte que ens van finançar sobre injustícia epistèmica i atribucions de credibilitat a persones amb problemes de salut mental. ❤️🩹 [content in Catalan or in Spanish] www.fundaciogrifols.org/ca/-/blog-in...fundaciogrifols.orgPacients menys creïbles? 021