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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today we're kicking off our teaching at Nottingham by asking, What is philosophy? Here are some suggestions from our faculty:

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We’ve just held our Philosophy Study Day for schools around the region, organized by our PhD student Kieran Evans. We hosted local 140 students – thanks to everyone who contributed!

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We’re delighted to welcome Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies to the Department. She'll hold a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for her project, Beliefs as Maps of One’s Inner World: Believing What Resonates.

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Welcome to our Leverhulme Fellow, Ally Zlatar. She is an artist, scholar and activist, and founder of The Starving Artist, an artist initiative that uses creative voices to advocate for social and systemic change.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In History of Philosophy Quarterly 43.1 Benedict Rumbold (@uonphilosophy.bsky.social) introduces, primarily as a “proof of concept," a new interpretation of Spinoza's metaethics: namely, that we can understand him as a fictionalist about morality. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/hpq/arti...

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Open day! See the campus, chat to staff and students, enjoy the sunshine, and learn more about philosophy and its futures! 🎤 info talk 1.15-11.00 🕺taster sessions 11.15 - 11.45 More: www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/... #philosophy #openday #alevel #fun #nottingham

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This week, two Nottingham philosophers spoke at the annual Areté Conference in Genoa. Ian James Kidd spoke on how we should care for beautiful things, while Liz Frissell explored the relationship between Stoicism and psychotherapy. #Philosophy #Care #Beauty #Stoicism #Therapy

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Clearing 2026 is officially open! Our Clearing vacancies tinyurl.com/2kwnbb2u Or view them via UCAS. Applications via the online form or contact our hotline: +44(0) 115 951 5151 #philosophy #clearing #uni #alevels #study

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Care, Consent and Communication in Childbirth⁣ ⁣ 6/8/26⁣ ⁣ An interdisciplinary workshop on #care, communication and #consent during #childbirth, the phenomenon of #birth #trauma and its implications for #obstetric care.⁣ ⁣ Register: sites.google.com/view/uonchil... #philosophy

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

@michaelhannon.bsky.social identifies a new sceptical challenge - "meta-scepticism" - in his new paper, just out, in Philosophical Studies.⁣ ⁣ link.springer.com/article/10.1... ⁣ #philosophy #scepticism #epistemology #research ⁣ ⁣

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, A Responsibility to Know? Tonight 9pm featuring Ian Kidd, Havi Carel, Quassim Cassam, Marianne Sweet and Ebony Reid #philosophy #ethics #responsibility

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Congratulations to Katie Monk! Winner of a Lord Dearing Award for outstanding teaching at @UniofNottingham 🎂🎇 #philosophy #teaching #award #yay #congrats

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Is there an ethics of knowing? How does epistemology relate to ethics? Ian James Kidd is on BBC Free Thinking this Friday 10th at 9pm📻 with @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social and other guests. #philosophy #ethics #epistemology #bbc #freethinking

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Great forthcoming article by our PhD student Stu Yang!⁣ ⁣ How can we capture laypeople’s implicit metaethical commitments without misunderstanding traditional metaethics?⁣ ⁣ Read: tinyurl.com/yzzd7csr%E2%... ⁣ #philosophy #metaethics #objectivity #ethics #research

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Spring on campus @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Our excellent colleague Patrice Haynes is speaking today on sexual difference in Western African indigenous contexts! She's at the Society for Applied Philosophy annual conference on a panel with Tommy Curry and Tareeq Jalloh @the-joap.bsky.social #philosophy #africa #africana #conference #talk

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

What might our deepest longings reveal about our spiritual life? Join Professor Fiona Ellis for a thought-provoking Tablet webinar exploring the #spiritual and #philosophical significance of desire @thetablet.bsky.social. Register: tinyurl.com/myhw6537 #philosophy #theology #desire

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University of Nottingham @uniofnottingham.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

We have so many green spaces on our campuses but this is a fave. 📍 Millennium Garden, University Park Campus 😍

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Spinoza's panpsychism? Try an objectivist reading argues @asalgadoborge today at the Collegium Spinozanum #philosophy #panpsychism #spinoza #metaphysics

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

How can philosophers and sociologists work together on epistemic injustice in #healthcare? Talk today at UoN Sociology to answer this question as part of EPIC: Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare @wellcometrust.bsky.social #philosophy #epistemicinjustice #healthcare #illness

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Is it wrong to kill a counterfactual person? Does this idea even make sense? Harold Noonan's forthcoming article in Utilitas raises doubts. Read: tinyurl.com/yc8kt2j4 #philosophy #metaphysics #abortion #personhood #research

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Upcoming event on perceptual diversity organised by @giuliamartina.bsky.social 🍊🍏🍉🌹Excellent line-up and a wonderful topic! #philosophy #perception #smell #taste #research

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Open day - a little cooler and with very cool tasters ☀️🙂 on #mentalhealth #islam and #philosophy of #law and #punishment. Find us in Humanities Building (stop by the fountain)💧 #nottingham #uon #openday #alevel #sun

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Do we survive death? Can collateral punishments be justified? Big issues of #death #survival #religion #law and #punishment in the @uonphilosophy.bsky.social tasters 💀⚖️ #philosophy #uon #nottingham #openday #questions

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Open day has started! Talking about courses and modules in #philosophy , #theology and #religion ☀️🕶️📚 #uon #nottingham #openday #sunshine

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Open days! Excited to talk philosophy, enjoy sunshine, and show our visitors our teaching and campus! ☀️🙂📔🧑‍🎓⁣⁣ Find Philosophy in Great Hall 9.30 - 4 @UoNHumanities @UniofNottingham #philosophy #uon #nottingham #openday #alevel

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

31C at Nottingham Humanities 🔥☀️ Thank goodness for the fountain 💦😎 #hot #heatwave #uon #nottngham

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Congratulations to three Nottingham Philosophy colleagues! Congratulations to Dr Joe Cunningham on his @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Research Fellowship for his project, Ordinary Authenticity. What does it means to be true to oneself? Why does authenticity matter? (1/3)

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

@UniofNottingham proud to be a World Top 100 university 🎇🧑‍🎓🌍 in QS Universities Ranking - our best-ever result. 👉 www.topuniversities.com/university-r... #nottingham #uon #uni #research #university

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Open days this Friday and Saturday, 26-27 June! ⁣ ⁣ 9am - 4.30 in the Great Hall⁣ ⁣ During the day:⁣ 📢 tasters⁣ 💬 chat to staff and students⁣ 🎓 campus tours⁣ ☀️ sunshine⁣ 🐰 bunnies⁣ ⁣ Info: www.nottingham.ac.uk/open-days/ ⁣ #philosophy #open day #nottingham #uon

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Excited for our open days this Friday and Saturday, 26-27 June! From 9am - 4.30 come meet staff and students 🙂, tour the campus and gardens 🌲, learn about our Philosophy courses and see the bunnies!⁣ 🐇 ⁣ www.nottingham.ac.uk/open-days/%E... ⁣ #philosophy #openday #nottingham #uon

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Ian James Kidd reviews 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘦 𝘎𝘰 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵? by Todd May, which asks: ⁣ Given all the harm we do, to animals and nature, would the world be better off without us?⁣ Read: daily-philosophy.com/kidd-human-e... ⁣ #philosophy #extinction #humankind

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Antonio Salgado Borge spoke at the York University Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy today!⁣ ⁣ He took attendees “Towards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza’s Panpsychism” ❤️ ⁣ More: yusemp.wordpress.com/about/%E2%81... ⁣ #philosophy #spinoza #earlymodern #panpsychism

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Daniel Kim (York / Ben Gurion) will be giving an informal talk with the title 'Anticipation and illusion'. ⁣ How a perceptual experience can remain genuinely world-involving while nonetheless being erroneous or non-veridical?⁣⁣ ⁣ #philosophy #illusion #phenomenology #realism #perception

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ageing, life, and philosophy⏳ one-day workshop Monday 8 June. -being forever old - habit in later life - old age and health inequality. 🕒10 - 2.30 🌐@UoNHumanities A1 💻email alice.monypenny@nottingham.ac.uk #philosophy #age #ageing #laterlife #gerontology

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Our final research seminar of the semester! 📅 3 June | 🕒 15:00–17:00 | 📍 Portland A36 Tasia Scrutton (University of Leeds) will present: "Psychopathology AND Religious Experience." #philosophy #religion #psychpathology #talk #ideas

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Excited for Kate Kirkpatrick's upcoming Lumsden Lecture on de Beauvoir's 'Second Sex'! 8th June @uonhumanities.bsky.social A03. #philosophy #debeauvoir #feminism #secondsex

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Joe Cunningham is presenting “The Know How View Defended: Responding to Reasons & Virtue” in Lisbon today! 🎺🇵🇹🗣️⁣ ⁣ He develops and defends the Know How View of successful reasons-responsiveness, explores the challenge of “bad cases,” and proposes a #disjunctivist account of #rationality and #agency.

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Adam Etinson (@philstandrews) gives our seminar talk today on 'Inducing Wonder'.⁣ Can we wonder at ordinary things?⁣⁣⁣ Does wonder have subversive power?⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Clive Granger A45 ⁣⁣⁣ 3-5 pm.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ More: tinyurl.com/2s4yryjf%E2%... ⁣⁣⁣ #philosophy #wonder

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New episode of @thedissenteryt.bsky.social, featuring our very own Dr. Teresa Baron. ⁣ In this episode, they discuss the ethics of procreation: parenthood, responsibility, and the ethics of bringing new life into the world.⁣ ⁣ #philosophy #reproduction #ethics #children #antinatalism

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

"The Ethics of Living Technologies"⁣ ⁣ Naja Lennert (U Southern Denmark) asks if living technologies, such as HeLa cells and induced pluripotent stem cells, are a problem for human self-understanding.⁣ ⁣ In person:⁣ 4-5.30⁣ Humanities A1⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #philosophy #stemcells #biology #technology #biology

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Art and science collide in this exploration of the quantum universe! ⁣ Dr Lina Jansson is part of the work on Art-Science collaboration on display at 'Cosmic Titans' is a curated exhibition of sculptures and photography, commissioned from artists @jodrellbank.bsky.social. 1 May - 20 Sep 2026. .

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Learning from Epistemic Injustice in Global Health Online webinar 👉21 May @ 12:00 BST on Zoom Hosted by Project EPIC: Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare Details below #philosophy #epistemicinjustice #health #globalhealth

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Towards an Objectivist Reading of Spinoza’s Panpsychism!⁣ ⁣ Tony S. Borge is speaking today at the Oxford Spinoza Conference!⁣ ⁣ Deets: tinyurl.com/5xuvbdb2%E2%... ⁣ #philosophy #spinoza #panpsychicism #earlymodern

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Janset Özün Çetinkaya is speaking on 'Aristotle on Maternal Care' at the St Andrews conference on Care and Indifference in Ancient Philosophy today!⁣ ⁣ It's based on a forthcoming paper 'Aristotle, Maternal Partiality, and 0bligations' ❤️⁣ ⁣ #philosophy #aristotle #maternal #care #mothering

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Delighted that @UniofNottingham is 3rd in the UK for work experience (and 1st for the Russell Group!). Fore more on careers with philosophy: tinyurl.com/3mjuzd8a #philosophy #university #uon #nottingham #careers

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Joe Cunningham defends factivism! New paper in @jrnlofphil.bsky.social ❤️ doi.org/10.5840/jphi... #philosophy #ethics #philosophers

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Can a prosocial relationship – specifically online friendship – survive in our increasingly angry, antisocial digital world?⁣ ⁣ Dr Helen Ryland (Open University) argues the concept of ‘claustropolitanism’ can help!⁣ 29 April ⁣ 3-5pm⁣ ⁣ #philosophy #sociality #digital #claustropolitanism #tech

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Is ordinary moral discourse is committed to the existence of ontologically robust moral facts?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Neil Sinclair on Richard Joyce’s "brilliant" book 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (2024) ⁣⁣ Read: rb.gy/hg8y83%E2%81... ⁣⁣ #phiosophy #ethica #metaethics

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A creative walkshop exploring ideas of home and public space! Tue 28/4/26 - 5.30 - 7.30 The Carousel Hockley Led by our philosophers Alice Monypenny and Olley Fairey with artist Amelia Daiz. Deets: tinyurl.com/45uahaps Sponsored by Royal Institute of Philosophy. #philosophy #home #nottingham

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Blueprint of the city as our home | Meanderers

Guided walk, philosophical discussion and creative Cyanotype workshop exploring the idea of the Third Space and the city as a home

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