Manuel Almagro
@almagro.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in philosphy at the University of Valencia
New paper accepted in Topoi!
Carmela Vieites and I argue that there's a risk in the literature of idealizing what hate speech is, and that such idealization must be resisted, especially for detection purposes.
Check out the preprint here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Carmela Vieites and I argue that there's a risk in the literature of idealizing what hate speech is, and that such idealization must be resisted, especially for detection purposes.
Check out the preprint here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) De-idealizing hate speech: Hate narratives
PDF | There is little consensus among scholars on how to define the ordinary concept of hate speech, but there is broad agreement that slurs constitute... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New paper accepted in Topoi!
Carmela Vieites and I argue that there's a risk in the literature of idealizing what hate speech is, and that such idealization must be resisted, especially for detection purposes.
Check out the preprint here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Carmela Vieites and I argue that there's a risk in the literature of idealizing what hate speech is, and that such idealization must be resisted, especially for detection purposes.
Check out the preprint here:
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Acabamos de sacar un libro blanco sobre desacuerdos en contextos digitales, uno de los resultados del proyecto #digi_morals financiado por #fundacionBBVA
Resultado de la colaboración entre tres ámbitos: la filosofía, la comunicación y la ciencia política
👇👇🎉🎉📣
e-archivo.uc3m.es/entities/pub...
Resultado de la colaboración entre tres ámbitos: la filosofía, la comunicación y la ciencia política
👇👇🎉🎉📣
e-archivo.uc3m.es/entities/pub...
Desacuerdos en contextos digitales : variedades, causas y posibles intervenciones
e-archivo.uc3m.es
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Acabamos de sacar un libro blanco sobre desacuerdos en contextos digitales, uno de los resultados del proyecto #digi_morals financiado por #fundacionBBVA
Resultado de la colaboración entre tres ámbitos: la filosofía, la comunicación y la ciencia política
👇👇🎉🎉📣
e-archivo.uc3m.es/entities/pub...
Resultado de la colaboración entre tres ámbitos: la filosofía, la comunicación y la ciencia política
👇👇🎉🎉📣
e-archivo.uc3m.es/entities/pub...
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Congratulations to Adam Lovett, an assistant professor in political theory at SGIA, for being shortlisted for the Royal Institute of Philosophy's book prize in interdisciplinary philosophy! @triphilosophy.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Congratulations to Adam Lovett, an assistant professor in political theory at SGIA, for being shortlisted for the Royal Institute of Philosophy's book prize in interdisciplinary philosophy! @triphilosophy.bsky.social
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🏛️The Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy 2025 award ceremony took place yesterday.
👏We are proud that Manuel Almagro, a member of the VLC Philosophy Lab, was a finalist with his book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy'.
👏We are proud that Manuel Almagro, a member of the VLC Philosophy Lab, was a finalist with his book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy'.
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🏛️The Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy 2025 award ceremony took place yesterday.
👏We are proud that Manuel Almagro, a member of the VLC Philosophy Lab, was a finalist with his book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy'.
👏We are proud that Manuel Almagro, a member of the VLC Philosophy Lab, was a finalist with his book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy'.
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New publication! ✨
Why does the growing everyday use of psychotherapy terms feel both empowering and troubling?
Because two practices are at play: mental health-speak, which empowers, and therapy-speak, which distorts.
w/ @almagro.bsky.social
in @journalphp.bsky.social
🔓 tinyurl.com/24bhx4e9
Why does the growing everyday use of psychotherapy terms feel both empowering and troubling?
Because two practices are at play: mental health-speak, which empowers, and therapy-speak, which distorts.
w/ @almagro.bsky.social
in @journalphp.bsky.social
🔓 tinyurl.com/24bhx4e9
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New publication! ✨
Why does the growing everyday use of psychotherapy terms feel both empowering and troubling?
Because two practices are at play: mental health-speak, which empowers, and therapy-speak, which distorts.
w/ @almagro.bsky.social
in @journalphp.bsky.social
🔓 tinyurl.com/24bhx4e9
Why does the growing everyday use of psychotherapy terms feel both empowering and troubling?
Because two practices are at play: mental health-speak, which empowers, and therapy-speak, which distorts.
w/ @almagro.bsky.social
in @journalphp.bsky.social
🔓 tinyurl.com/24bhx4e9
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Back to abusive partners demanding respect for their “boundaries” & abusive bosses recommending mindfulness.
I talked with @seiaraimanova.bsky.social about my work w/ @almagro.bsky.social on therapy-speak on her amazing podcast Behind the Stigma🎙️
Check it out!
www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...
I talked with @seiaraimanova.bsky.social about my work w/ @almagro.bsky.social on therapy-speak on her amazing podcast Behind the Stigma🎙️
Check it out!
www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...
October 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Back to abusive partners demanding respect for their “boundaries” & abusive bosses recommending mindfulness.
I talked with @seiaraimanova.bsky.social about my work w/ @almagro.bsky.social on therapy-speak on her amazing podcast Behind the Stigma🎙️
Check it out!
www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...
I talked with @seiaraimanova.bsky.social about my work w/ @almagro.bsky.social on therapy-speak on her amazing podcast Behind the Stigma🎙️
Check it out!
www.buzzsprout.com/1402324/epis...
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Great news ‼️
📘The book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy' (Almagro, 2025) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
👏Congrats, @almagro.bsky.social
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...
📘The book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy' (Almagro, 2025) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
👏Congrats, @almagro.bsky.social
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...
Shortlist announced for the Nayef-Al Rodhan Book Prize 2025 - Royal Institute of Philosophy
The Royal Institute of Philosophy has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more.
royalinstitutephilosophy.org
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Great news ‼️
📘The book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy' (Almagro, 2025) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
👏Congrats, @almagro.bsky.social
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...
📘The book 'The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy' (Almagro, 2025) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
👏Congrats, @almagro.bsky.social
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...
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"The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy" by @almagro.bsky.social (published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social) has been shortlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy 2025.
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...
October 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy" by @almagro.bsky.social (published by @routledgebooks.bsky.social) has been shortlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy 2025.
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/shortli...
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New publication! ✨
Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong.
🔓Link in reply
Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong.
🔓Link in reply
October 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New publication! ✨
Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong.
🔓Link in reply
Remember Jonah Hill asking Sarah Brady to stop modeling to respect his “boundaries”? Or an abusive boss recommending mindfulness after your complaints?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are now ready to tell you when and why therapy-speak might be wrong.
🔓Link in reply
Very happy to share that our paper “A Wittgensteinian take on moral vs. deep disagreements” has been accepted for publication in Synthese!
@anefcor.bsky.social
It will appear in the special issue “Wittgenstein and moral deep disagreements”
Preprint: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@anefcor.bsky.social
It will appear in the special issue “Wittgenstein and moral deep disagreements”
Preprint: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) A Wittgensteinian take on moral vs. deep disagreements
PDF | The notion of deep disagreement was originally introduced by Fogelin to describe situations where disagreement about the truth-value of a... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...
www.researchgate.net
September 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Very happy to share that our paper “A Wittgensteinian take on moral vs. deep disagreements” has been accepted for publication in Synthese!
@anefcor.bsky.social
It will appear in the special issue “Wittgenstein and moral deep disagreements”
Preprint: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@anefcor.bsky.social
It will appear in the special issue “Wittgenstein and moral deep disagreements”
Preprint: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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✨ PhD position available ✨
@loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇
Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
@loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇
Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
Vacancy — PhD Position in Philosophy
Are you keen to contribute to a better understanding of the social, political and epistemic impact of disruptive technologies such as the Internet and AI? Join our interdisciplinary research project f...
workingat.vu.nl
August 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
✨ PhD position available ✨
@loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇
Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
@loehrgui.bsky.social and I will be running a research project on disruptive technologies from a niche construction perspective, and we're hiring a PhD candidate! Details 👇
Please circulate the add and tell your students about it 😊
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
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So excited to see Manuel Almagro Holgado's new book long-listed for the Royal Institute of Philosophy's Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Congrats to Manuel and all the other long-listers! royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
Longlist announced for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize 2025 - Royal Institute of Philosophy
The Royal Institute of Philosophy unveils the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more.
royalinstitutephilosophy.org
August 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
So excited to see Manuel Almagro Holgado's new book long-listed for the Royal Institute of Philosophy's Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Congrats to Manuel and all the other long-listers! royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
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Today, we unveil the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Congratulations to all our longlisted authors. 📚🎉
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
#philosophy #bookprize #longlist
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
#philosophy #bookprize #longlist
August 14, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today, we unveil the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Congratulations to all our longlisted authors. 📚🎉
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
#philosophy #bookprize #longlist
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
#philosophy #bookprize #longlist
Good news! My book has been selected for the longlist of the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy!
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
Longlist announced for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize 2025 - Royal Institute of Philosophy
The Royal Institute of Philosophy unveils the longlist for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. Learn more.
royalinstitutephilosophy.org
August 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Good news! My book has been selected for the longlist of the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy!
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/longlis...
Just published a short piece on Imperfect Cognition (@philosophyblogs.bsky.social) based on my new book The Rise of Polarization.
Take a look 👇
imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
Take a look 👇
imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
The Rise of Polarization: Affects, Politics, and Philosophy
A blog about imperfect cognitions, such as delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, and implicit biases.
imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Just published a short piece on Imperfect Cognition (@philosophyblogs.bsky.social) based on my new book The Rise of Polarization.
Take a look 👇
imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
Take a look 👇
imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
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New paper accepted! 🎉
Worried about the overuse of terms like “gaslighting”, “boundaries”, or “trauma”?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are too. In this paper, we explore the epistemic and ethical cocerns of therapy-speak and how it relates to epistemic and affective injustice.
Preprint ⬇️
Worried about the overuse of terms like “gaslighting”, “boundaries”, or “trauma”?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are too. In this paper, we explore the epistemic and ethical cocerns of therapy-speak and how it relates to epistemic and affective injustice.
Preprint ⬇️
🗞️Great news! 👉The paper “Unmasking therapy-speak” by Carme Isern Mas and Manuel Almagro has just been accepted for publication in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics.
🙌 Congratulations, @isernmas.bsky.social and @almagro.bsky.social!
🔗Here’s a pre-print: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
🙌 Congratulations, @isernmas.bsky.social and @almagro.bsky.social!
🔗Here’s a pre-print: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Unmasking therapy-speak
PDF | Therapy-speak is the imprecise and superficial integration of psychotherapy language into everyday communication, especially by privileged or... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
www.researchgate.net
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New paper accepted! 🎉
Worried about the overuse of terms like “gaslighting”, “boundaries”, or “trauma”?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are too. In this paper, we explore the epistemic and ethical cocerns of therapy-speak and how it relates to epistemic and affective injustice.
Preprint ⬇️
Worried about the overuse of terms like “gaslighting”, “boundaries”, or “trauma”?
@almagro.bsky.social and I are too. In this paper, we explore the epistemic and ethical cocerns of therapy-speak and how it relates to epistemic and affective injustice.
Preprint ⬇️
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📣 Coloquio sobre comunicación pública
🗓️ 4 de julio | ⏰ 09:00–13:00
📍 Carmen de la Victoria (Granada)
Periodistas, investigadoras y especialistas debatirán sobre los cruces entre ciencia, comunicación y política.
Organizan: Elvira González Salmón y Sergio Guerra
🗓️ 4 de julio | ⏰ 09:00–13:00
📍 Carmen de la Victoria (Granada)
Periodistas, investigadoras y especialistas debatirán sobre los cruces entre ciencia, comunicación y política.
Organizan: Elvira González Salmón y Sergio Guerra
June 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
📣 Coloquio sobre comunicación pública
🗓️ 4 de julio | ⏰ 09:00–13:00
📍 Carmen de la Victoria (Granada)
Periodistas, investigadoras y especialistas debatirán sobre los cruces entre ciencia, comunicación y política.
Organizan: Elvira González Salmón y Sergio Guerra
🗓️ 4 de julio | ⏰ 09:00–13:00
📍 Carmen de la Victoria (Granada)
Periodistas, investigadoras y especialistas debatirán sobre los cruces entre ciencia, comunicación y política.
Organizan: Elvira González Salmón y Sergio Guerra
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🌍 The final programme for the FiloLab 2025 International Summer School — Climate Change, Science Communication, and Public Opinion — is now available!
🗓️ June 30 – July 3 | 📍 Granada, Spain
📄 Download here: t.co/My3vZaxsFm
🗓️ June 30 – July 3 | 📍 Granada, Spain
📄 Download here: t.co/My3vZaxsFm
June 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🌍 The final programme for the FiloLab 2025 International Summer School — Climate Change, Science Communication, and Public Opinion — is now available!
🗓️ June 30 – July 3 | 📍 Granada, Spain
📄 Download here: t.co/My3vZaxsFm
🗓️ June 30 – July 3 | 📍 Granada, Spain
📄 Download here: t.co/My3vZaxsFm
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@almagro.bsky.social and I have been working on therapy-speak lately (e.g., the everyday use of psychotherapy terms like OCD, trauma, boundaries...).
Check out the video if you're curious. 📽️
Check out the video if you're curious. 📽️
Great lecture by Carme Isern Mas on therapy speak and affective injustice! Thanks to @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting the lecture. Recording available here: youtu.be/D503DIgKtg4 #philsky #philpsy #womeninphilosophy #philosophymatters #epistemicinjustice
Women in Philosophy: Carme Isern Mas
YouTube video by The Philosophy Garden
youtu.be
June 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
@almagro.bsky.social and I have been working on therapy-speak lately (e.g., the everyday use of psychotherapy terms like OCD, trauma, boundaries...).
Check out the video if you're curious. 📽️
Check out the video if you're curious. 📽️
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🐸Christophe Heintz (Central European University): Diverse Pathways to Satisfying Informative Intentions
#WorkshoponAnimalCommunication
#WorkshoponAnimalCommunication
May 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🐸Christophe Heintz (Central European University): Diverse Pathways to Satisfying Informative Intentions
#WorkshoponAnimalCommunication
#WorkshoponAnimalCommunication
Happening today! Really great talks so far!!
April 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Happening today! Really great talks so far!!
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🐸 We're excited to announce our upcoming workshop on Animal Communication
📅Save the date... see you in Valencia!
🔗: decrep.blogs.uv.es/workshop-ani...
📅Save the date... see you in Valencia!
🔗: decrep.blogs.uv.es/workshop-ani...
April 17, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🐸 We're excited to announce our upcoming workshop on Animal Communication
📅Save the date... see you in Valencia!
🔗: decrep.blogs.uv.es/workshop-ani...
📅Save the date... see you in Valencia!
🔗: decrep.blogs.uv.es/workshop-ani...
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Brilliant piece by Dan Williams: What if the truth about AI is more boring than we'd like? open.substack.com/pub/conspicu...
What if the truth about AI is more boring than we'd like?
On the excessively negative, alarmist, and catastrophising discourse surrounding AI and democracy.
open.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Brilliant piece by Dan Williams: What if the truth about AI is more boring than we'd like? open.substack.com/pub/conspicu...
Just received the print copies of my book...
Not bad!! 🫰🏽
Not bad!! 🫰🏽
March 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just received the print copies of my book...
Not bad!! 🫰🏽
Not bad!! 🫰🏽