On May 7 2026,  The Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health will be hosting a closing event, in person only at Hogarths Hotel...

This is a conference co-organised by the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health, University of Birmingham, and the Phenomenology of Health

In this paper, I outline the mechanisms of confabulation and how these mechanisms facilitate not only the maintenance of belief in conspiracy theories, but also their initial adoption. I argue by infe...

Can we do philosophy by writing fiction, drawing, designing a game, or telling a story? Submit work to this special issue honouring the legacy of Helen De Cruz.

Location In person: Assembly Room, The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2DR. Online: Teams meeting. Date and time 20th March 202...

Emotions are important drivers of human behaviour. They help shape our goals and desires and endow our lives with meaning. Insights into emo...

The second seminar in the series organised by the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health will be held on 5 November 2025, 9....

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Published in Philosophical Psychology (Vol. 38, No. 7, 2025)

Submit work that examines how Hacking’s historical and pragmatic approach to philosophy has reshaped inquiries into psychiatry.

Network members Valeria Motta, Andrew Maile and Jodie Russell are excited to announce that start of a new reading group starting October 28t...

From left to right: network leads Francesca Brencio and Matthew Broome, and research fellow Jodie Russell at the launch event The Birmingham...

This webinar was organised by QUEST (Qualitative Expertise at Southampton) in collaboration with the National Centre for Research Methods, the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership and Work Futur

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