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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Honored to present my paper ‘SUSPENDED SELVES: Aesthetic Temporality & the First-Person Perspective’ today at BSA 2026 at @ox.ac.uk, drawing on some of Oxford’s finest —Anscombe, Murdoch—and others (Bergson, Ricoeur, Dewey) to ground my argument. @britaesthetics.bsky.social #philsky #academicsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📃 Full CFP can be accessed/downloaded here: bit.ly/41Zxmoh #philsky #artsky #edusky #academicsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📣 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔: 𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 Please submit to a special issue of the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 exploring the vital intersections of aesthetic education & philosophical inquiry in schools (I am guest editor) 📅 Extended Abstracts (500–700 words) due Sept 11

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’m happy to share my new article, “𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝑲𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒔 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 ‘𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞’ 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞,” in 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘴 & 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 What happens to education when we become so focused on clock time that we lose the capacity to experience lived time?

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Recovering kairos in education: Cultivating ‘timeless time’ through ritualized aesthetic experience

In an educational landscape governed by acceleration and efficiency — concepts driven by measurable time (chronos) — this paper argues for recovering kairos: moments of heightened presence and tran...

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

📖 What do we mean by “deep learning”? Educators mean reflection, meaning-making & transformation. But today, it often evokes neural networks & computational optimization. In a new paper, I explore what’s lost in this semantic slippage. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #AI #academicsky #philsky

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Rethinking Deep Learning in Education: Toward Humanist Onto-Epistemologies in an Age of AI - Studies in Philosophy and Education

As artificial intelligence reshapes educational environments, it carries powerful epistemic assumptions—that knowledge is discrete, quantifiable, and best optimized through speed and scale. This paper...

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

🏛️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈? I have taken up this question in a new article titled 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓-𝑬𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒈𝒆 in 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #museumsky #academicsky #AI #attention #flourishing #artsky

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Museums as Counter-Environment in the Digital Age | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core

Museums as Counter-Environment in the Digital Age - Volume 2

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Book 37: ‘Jena 1800: The Republic of Free Spirits’ by Peter Neumann #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Book 36: The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Book 35: ‘Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus’ by Rainer Maria Rilke #booksky #bookchallenge #poetrysky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I finished it too & it was basically what I expected — a mainstream book on a hard problem that remains unresolved. I’ve read much of the philosophy & research he cites directly so that was repetitive, but I enjoyed his explanations & hearing his experience of trying to mine his own unconscious.

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I quite enjoyed it! Hope you will too.

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Book 34: ‘New Seeds of Contemplation’ by Thomas Merton #booksky #bookchallenge

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Book 33: ‘A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness’ by Michael Pollan #booksky #bookchallenge #psychsky #philsky #consciousness

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🚨𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐄𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝 Findings from our recent study—"𝘛𝘩𝘦 '𝘌𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨' 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯”—are in the May issue of American Journal of Arts Management (AJAM) 🔗 www.artsmanagementjournal.com/editions/vol... #academicsky

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Volume 14, Issue 2, May 2026 — American Journal of Arts Management

Instructor Perspectives on Teaching Introductory Arts Administration/Management Courses to Students from Varied Backgrounds and Knowledge Bases The “Evolving” Crisis: The Precarious State Of The Art...

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Oh yes, common name. It’s this one…

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Agreed. This and The Blindspot are the standouts for me this year so far.

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Book 32: ‘The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game’ by C. Thi Nguyen #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky #academicsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Book 31: ‘The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience’ by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson #booksky #bookchallenge #psychsky #philsky #consciousness

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The issue aims to move beyond the assumption that the “aesthetic” is confined to the arts curriculum. we’re interested in how aesthetic dimensions—attention, perception, imagination, creative thinking—are integral to educational experience, particularly within philosophical inquiry with children.

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

📣 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔: 𝐀𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be guest editing a special issue of the 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 (JPS) with Michael Quinn, at the invitation of editor @lauradol4.bsky.social Abstracts due September 11, 2026. 🔗 bit.ly/41Zxmoh

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*CFP_JPS Special Issue_Aesthetic Education (Design).pdf

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Book 30: ‘The Witness as Educator: Reading W. G. Sebald, Aimé Césaire, and Walt Whitman’ By David T. Hansen #booksky #bookchallenge #poetrysky #philsky #academicsky #edusky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

👋 Rebecca here I’m a doctoral candidate in the department of Art & Humanities at Teachers College, Columbia University (also a 2026 graduate Fellow of Yale’s ‘Life Worth Living’ Program)

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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

According to Humanities Indicators, humanities majors work across a wide range of sectors, earn substantially more than non-degree holders, & report high job satisfaction. The "unemployable humanities grad" is a myth. We need more humanists. #TalkAboutHumanities #TalkAboutSocialSciences

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🎤 TODAY at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social I’ll be presenting a paper titled “Past Wisdom, Future Possibilities: Harnessing the Power of Deweyan Educative Aesthetic Experience in Challenging Times,” with findings from a recent pilot study @metmuseum.org If you’re here, come by! #academicsky #edusky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Book 29: ‘Look, Look, Look, Look, Look Again: Buddhist Wisdom Reflected in 26 Artists’ by Kevin Thomas Townley #booksky #bookchallenge #artsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

So honored to have presented my paper “Learning to see & attend in the age of distraction” this weekend at @pesgb.bsky.social at the picturesque @newcollegeoxf.bsky.social. What an extraordinary weekend of scholarship and community — officially my new favorite conference 🏆

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

📄 Had the honor of presenting my paper titled “Knower, Knowing, and Known: The Onto-Epistemological Unity of Aesthetic Experience” at the Metaphysical Society of America Conference at @yale.edu & wandered the gorgeous halls of the Humanities Quadrangle. Nerd heaven. @yalewhc.bsky.social // #philsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Book 27: ‘The Phenomenology of Spirit by Hegel 🏆 This one ranks up there with Proust’s Lost Time, Joyce’s Ulysses & DFW’s Infinite Jest in my reading history, in terms of length x difficulty, but ultimately well worth the effort #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky #consciousness #academicsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Book 26: ‘Heidegger on Being Affected’ by Katherine Withy #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Book 25 : ‘Philosophy as a way of life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault’ by Pierre Hadot #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky #academicsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Book 24: ‘After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory’ (Third Edition) by Alasdair MacIntyre #booksky #bookchallenge #philsky #academicsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

📣 I’m delighted to share that I’ve been selected as a 2026 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 at @yale.edu! I am honored to join a wonderful community of educators exploring questions of meaning, flourishing & the good life in education. lifeworthliving.yale.edu/people/rebec... #academicsky #edusky

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Rebecca Taylor | Life Worth Living | Yale Center for Faith & Culture

Rebecca Taylor is an educator and researcher exploring how engaging with works of art—slowly and attentively—can help students cultivate meaning, presence, and a life worth living.

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Book 23: ‘The Mattering Instinct How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us’ by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein #booksky #bookchallenge

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

📍The Philosophy of Education Society 82nd Annual Meeting on the theme ‘To Be Rooted: Place, Education, and Ethics’ kicks off this morning in Pittsburgh. Looking forward to the next 3 days of educative experience. @philosophyofed.bsky.social #philsky #edusky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Book 22: ‘Attensity! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement’ by Friends of Attention (D. Graham Burnett et al.) #booksky #bookchallenge

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Beautiful snowy walk to tonight’s Bettman Lecture by Jo Applin, Walter H. Annenberg Professor in the History of Art, The Courtauld Institute on “Going Soft: Sculpture, Ageing, and the Sixties” Excited art nerd 🤓 📍 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #artsky #academicsky #snowsky #nycsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Book 21: ‘The Winner's Curse: Paradoxes and Anomalies of Economic Life’ by Richard H. Thaler #booksky #bookchallenge #academicsky #psychsky #econsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

🔒 Closing Session: From Possibility to Progress Neerav Kingsland, @anthropic.com Rebecca Winthrop, @brookings.edu Susanna Loeb, @stanfordeducation.bsky.social Shantanu Sinha, @google.bsky.social Moderator: John Hennessy #ai #techsky #edusky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🔥 Fireside Chat: Blueprints for a Global Human-Centered Learning System Miriam Riveral CEO, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Ulu ventures Wendy Kopp CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All (@teachforamerica.bsky.social) Moderator: Dan Schwarz (dean, @stanfordeducation.bsky.social) #edusky #ai #techsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🎙️Creativity in the Age of Al: Catalyst or Hindrance? Chris Chafe Guilherme Lichand Mehran Sahami Hari Subramonyam (All @stanforduniversity.bsky.social professors researching creativity) Moderator: Brian Johnsruc Director of Education, @adobe.com #ai #edusky #techsky #creativity

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🎙️Scaling Human-Centered AI: What It Takes to Transform Learning for All Susan Athey, @stanforduniversity.bsky.social Amanda Bickerstaff, Al for Education James Landay, @stanfordhai.bsky.social) lan Chiu, Owl Venture Moderator: Lewis Leiboh, @gatesfoundation.bsky.social #ai #techsky #edusky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🎙️The Inflection Point: A New Purpose for Learning with Denise Pope (@stanfordeducation.bsky.social) and Randi Michel (@governor.ca.gov senior advisor for Tech) #ai #edusky #academicsky #techsky

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📍 AI+Education Summit @stanforduniversity.bsky.social // Hosted by @stanfordhai.bsky.social @stanfordeducation.bsky.social Let’s talk about human-centered, AI facilitated learning 🏫 🤖

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