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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In #ReelPhilosophyForEveryone this week, Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta discusses notions of the supernatural and what is 'unintelligible'. 😶‍🌫️ ⁉️ Watch her full lecture, 'Apocalyptic Technology: Naturalism and Nihilism', on our YouTube channel.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It was lovely to meet so many of you at at #HowTheLightGetsIn! We had a great time. We showcased our journals, #Think and #Philosophy, and introduced our new Special Interest Event Series on Philosophy and Law. Thank you everyone who stopped by, donated, and purchased memberships ✨

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tickets for our forthcoming event, 'Mental Illness and Exoneration in the Law', are now available. It is the first in our special interest series on Philosophy and the Law, events are planned in February and July 2027. Book your tickets: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/events/

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Philosophy events, accessible to all. We introduce engaging ideas and open dialogue through our free talks, lectures and debates. See what's coming up.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Royal Institute of #Philosophy is excited to announce the launch of our Special Interest Event series on Philosophy and the Law, bringing together #legal professionals and specialists from a range of sectors, to navigate the fundamental principles that #govern our lives.👩🏻‍⚖️📖❔

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If every single person on Earth agreed on something, would that make it true? 🎤 Let us know in the comments! #Philosophy #BigQuestions

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ten years ago you had different cells, different beliefs, maybe different relationships. 💬 Is the "you" of ten years ago still here, or already gone? #Philosophy #BigQuestions

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Rudyard Kipling's defines basic principles of social co-operation in his poem: ‘the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack’. Was he right, or is the natural world the scene of unrestrained competition, of an individualistic struggle for existence? 🐺🐾

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

We're also active on other platforms! ✨ Connect with thousands of other TRIP followers on Facebook: www.facebook.com/RoyalInstitu... Follow us on Instagram to get access to more video content: www.instagram.com/royalinstitu...

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The editors of Philosophy journal are delighted to announce the winner of the 2026 Essay Prize: Edward Lamb (University of Oxford) with his essay ‘Aristotle and the Ageing Body. 🎉 To find out more, visit royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/philoso... #Philosophy #PhilosophyEssayPrize

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

If you want to know more about your donation in action: £21 enables a member of the public to attend a public philosophy event. £51 gives someone in prison access to a small-group philosophy class. £322 enables a public philosophy event in a local community. #education #charityday #philosophy

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Did you know that just £16 can give one school student access to a philosophy class? 👩🏻‍🏫📖✨ This #InternationalDayofCharity, we're asking you to take part in our mission: the advancement of Real Philosophy, For Everyone. Head to royalinstitutephilosophy.org/donate to make a difference now.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

With the next academic year right around the corner, a student membership to the The Royal Institute of Philosophy would make the perfect moving-in gift for the student in your life. 🎁📚 You can also purchase a full membership or for yourself, or as a gift: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/membership/

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Educators, faculty members, and societies: Want to let your students know about this membership? Download posters via our Linktree and print them for your walls or repost them on social media! 🖨️📖 #TheRoyalInstituteOfPhilosophy #TakeUsWithYou

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Read the full statement by Dr Stephen Law, , Editor of Think and Chair of the Judging Panel here: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-s... #ThinkEssayPrize #ThinkJournal #Philosophy

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The winner of this year’s competition is Jacob Shmidt with his essay titled ‘If we live in a physically determined universe, is anyone ever morally responsible for what they do?’ This essay will be published in Think. 📝 Congratulations, Jacob! 🎉 Thank you again to every single applicant.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did you know we're more active on Instagram? 🤔📱 Join our 1,000+ followers and enjoy more video content from TRIP at www.instagram.com/royalinstitu...

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

🎊 John #Locke is widely regarded as one of the most influential #philosophers in the empiricist tradition. His ideas on government and toleration are often cited as foundations for modern liberal political thought. His work continues to be studied and debated across philosophy, politics, and beyond.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🤔 This week’s Big Question: Is it ever immoral to believe in God? ❓Richard Dawkins argued that religious faith teaches people that believing without evidence is a virtue. 💬 Do you think we are responsible for what we believe? #BigQuestions #PhilosophyOfReligion #Epistemology

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🎉 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born in Stuttgart is remembered today for the Phenomenology of Spirit. He taught at Jena, Heidelberg, and Berlin over the course of his career. He remains one of the central figures in German idealism and Western philosophy more broadly. #Hegel #Philosophy

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Congratulations to all of our shortlisted candidates! 🎉 Head to royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/think-e... to see the full list, selected by the Chair of the prize, Dr Stephen Law. 💻📚 #ThinkEssayPrize #ThinkJournal #Philosophy

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

In #ReelPhilosophyForEveryone this week, Professor Clare Chambers discusses whether a person's gender characterises the way they do philosophy. 💭 Watch her full lecture, 'Developments in Feminist Philosophy', on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZiN... #gender #philosophy #feminism

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#WhatsThePoint of doing philosophy? 📚 Our mission at The Royal Institute of Philosophy is "Real Philosophy. For Everyone." Thank you for helping us fulfil our purpose by continuing to engage with TRIP and our partners! 🌱 #philosophy #charity

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thank you to every single applicant, and congratulations to everyone who made the longlist! 🎉 Please check royalinstitutephilosophy.org/.../think-st... for the full list and word from Dr Stephen Law, Editor of Think journal and Chair of the Judging Panel. 💻 #ThinkEssayPrize #ThinkJournal #Philosophy

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#ReelPhilosophyForEveryone this week features Professor Regina Rini on the role of the ‘all purpose sage’, or lack thereof, in contemporary news culture. Watch her full lecture on where the ‘public philosopher’ went: youtu.be/H_0E3ycaJ0E

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🌳 Our green spaces have turned a very different shade this summer. The hosepipe ban is back. All the signs are right in front of our eyes. Eastoe and Read make the case for adapting to what's already here, not just fighting to stop it. [cont] #ClimateChange #Heatwave #ClimateBreakdown

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In #ReelPhilosophyForEveryone this week, Dr Rowan Williams discusses the role of opacity in our connection to each other, and in the process of getting to know one another. Watch his full lecture on empathy and ethics: youtu.be/DB008jxdX3Y

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

We are very sorry to hear that Sir Anthony Kenny, President of the Royal Institute of Philosophy from 2006-2009, has died. Kenny, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Oxford, is well-known for work in the history of philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of mind.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Could two people see completely different colours, yet use the same words for them? This question comes from John Locke's inverted qualia thought experiment. 🧠 Watch the video above, and let us know what you think in the comments. 💭 #BigQuestions #Perception #ThoughtExperiment #JohnLocke

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

100 Papers That Shaped Our Thinking is a collection of papers handpicked and curated by our current President, Professor Jo Wolff, to mark our centenary. Read the full paper for free paper at: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

What are the limits of historical explanations? 🤔💭 "The historian needs perhaps to consider more seriously the question of what it is that he may be capable of explaining without ambiguity." - Quentin Skinner, 1966. [cont.]

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For #ReelPhilosophyForEveryone, we are featuring Professor Peter Hacker discuss the inevitability of philosophical problems that arise from language and communication. Watch his full lecture on Wittgenstein: youtu.be/fcNEqdGGnvc

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🤝 We're celebrating #InternationalFriendshipDay by thanking the friends of TRIP: the partner organisations across the UK who bring #philosophy to their own communities. 🌻 Find an event near you by visiting royalinstitutephilosophy.org/philosophy-e... and subscribe to our newsletter for updates!

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#ReelPhilosophyForEveryone this week features Professor Michael Rosen examining how our present perspectives factor into our interpretations of history and philosophy. Watch his lecture on philosophy’s history: youtu.be/CmxMHKvK04E

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

124 years ago today, Sir Karl Raimund Popper was born. 🎂🎉 The philosopher of science served on TRIP's council during the 1950s. One of his most notable ideas is the rule of falsifiability: a statement or theory is scientific if it can be proven wrong by empirical observation or testing.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The first issue of our academic journal, Philosophy, was published 100 years ago in 1926 📜✨ In our centenary edition, we're celebrating both the journal and the discipline of #philosophy itself, reflecting on what philosophy does, what it should do, and why. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Who would you invite to your dream #philosophy dinner party? 🍷💭 💡 And what's the first question you'd ask them? (Pictured: Bertrand Russell, who helped to found the Royal Institute of Philosophy and served on its Council)

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Time is running out to apply for our Institute Manager vacancy ⏳ 🔗 All the details about the role, and how to apply, are available on our website: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/vacancy... #philosophyjobs #jobvacancy

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

💭 How can justice be served for victims of the climate crisis? Whilst Buxton has not perfected a solution, she proposes that the international community is obligated to “shoot the arrow as close to the target as we can”.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

'Reparative Justice for Climate Refugees ' by Rebecca Buxton has been made available free to download as part of TRIP's "100 Papers That Changed Our Thinking". Click the link below to download it as a free PDF: www.cambridge.org/core/service... #refugees #climatechange #humanrights

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

👀 We normally infer consciousness in others by observing behaviour similar to our own. AI complicates this, because it can produce the behaviour without the similarity that usually grounds the inference. What do you think? Let us know in the comments!🎤

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

🧠 Philosophers disagree on what consciousness requires. Some argue it depends on the physical material a system is made of. Others argue what matters is function, not substrate, so the right kind of information processing could give rise to consciousness regardless of what it runs on.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Could a computer ever actually be conscious, or would it just be simulating consciousness?🤖 Some AI systems can now produce outward signs of thought and even distress. But producing the signs of a mental state is not the same as having one. [cont]

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The unity of time is a different matter entirely. Any experience that belongs to a person must in principle be rememberable by that person, and anything rememberable is already located within a single temporal sequence. Multiple times are not just unlikely but unintelligible.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The unity of space, he argues, is a contingent truth. There is no logical contradiction in the idea of multiple disconnected spaces, and he thinks we can describe circumstances in which we would have good reason to believe in more than one.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Kant argued that all real things must be locatable within a single, all-encompassing space and a single, all-encompassing time. Quinton accepts that this is how we do in fact think, but asks whether it is how we must think.

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🌌 In 1962, Anthony Quinton asked whether space and time are necessarily unified... [cont]

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