Kathleen Murphy-Hollies
@kmurphyhollies.bsky.social
Postdoc on project EPIC at UoBham 🐮
Rationality, confabulation, self-knowledge, social epistemology, mental health, virtue 🧠
Book review editor at PP 📚
Part of the Philosophy Garden 🪴🐞
Tall in real life
https://kathleenmurphyhollies.weebly.com
Rationality, confabulation, self-knowledge, social epistemology, mental health, virtue 🧠
Book review editor at PP 📚
Part of the Philosophy Garden 🪴🐞
Tall in real life
https://kathleenmurphyhollies.weebly.com
Pinned
Here's some info on my reserch, given this influx of more followers than I can possibly be interesting enough for:
Atm I am writing on epistemic injustice interrupting social input to self-knowledge, and how false testimony can 'resonate' in the ways metaphors do, so shouldn't always be dismissed.
Atm I am writing on epistemic injustice interrupting social input to self-knowledge, and how false testimony can 'resonate' in the ways metaphors do, so shouldn't always be dismissed.
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📆 ‼️ Workshop announcement ‼️ 14th Jan 2026
⭐ Metaphorical Framings of Emotions in Mental Health ⭐
Organised by myself with Prof. Jeannette Littlemore
Please see here for the full schedule and to sign up (in-person places are limited):
lnkd.in/dZ57MKwt
⭐ Metaphorical Framings of Emotions in Mental Health ⭐
Organised by myself with Prof. Jeannette Littlemore
Please see here for the full schedule and to sign up (in-person places are limited):
lnkd.in/dZ57MKwt
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
📆 ‼️ Workshop announcement ‼️ 14th Jan 2026
⭐ Metaphorical Framings of Emotions in Mental Health ⭐
Organised by myself with Prof. Jeannette Littlemore
Please see here for the full schedule and to sign up (in-person places are limited):
lnkd.in/dZ57MKwt
⭐ Metaphorical Framings of Emotions in Mental Health ⭐
Organised by myself with Prof. Jeannette Littlemore
Please see here for the full schedule and to sign up (in-person places are limited):
lnkd.in/dZ57MKwt
Spending a lot of time with Florence and Lily recently, and really not needing for much else ✨
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Spending a lot of time with Florence and Lily recently, and really not needing for much else ✨
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On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 read our open access document for the World Health Organisation on The Epistemic Determinants of Health: shorturl.at/jrjKq. A detailed report led by Fred Cooper on the significance of epistemic injustice for the delivery of health services. #philsky
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 read our open access document for the World Health Organisation on The Epistemic Determinants of Health: shorturl.at/jrjKq. A detailed report led by Fred Cooper on the significance of epistemic injustice for the delivery of health services. #philsky
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On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 watch a 90-second video produced with the Voice Collective where we reflect on the harmful stereotypes associated with hearing voices sites.google.com/vie... #philsky #edusky `#epistemicinjustice
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On #WorldPhilosophyDay2025 watch a 90-second video produced with the Voice Collective where we reflect on the harmful stereotypes associated with hearing voices sites.google.com/vie... #philsky #edusky `#epistemicinjustice
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Another excellent co-authored publication supported by the TIPPS project: sway.cloud.microsoft/xtU0m67IbRR0...
Congrats to Miguel Núñez de Prado Gordillo and his colleagues!
Beyond Belief? Delusions and the Regulative Account of Folk Psychology. Rev.Phil.Psych. (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s131...
Congrats to Miguel Núñez de Prado Gordillo and his colleagues!
Beyond Belief? Delusions and the Regulative Account of Folk Psychology. Rev.Phil.Psych. (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s131...
Beyond Belief? Delusions and the Regulative Account of Folk Psychology - Review of Philosophy and Psychology
Belief ascription in Western contexts is typically guided by the congruency principle: believing something entails, ceteris paribus, acting and reasoning in accordance with that belief. Some people wi...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Another excellent co-authored publication supported by the TIPPS project: sway.cloud.microsoft/xtU0m67IbRR0...
Congrats to Miguel Núñez de Prado Gordillo and his colleagues!
Beyond Belief? Delusions and the Regulative Account of Folk Psychology. Rev.Phil.Psych. (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s131...
Congrats to Miguel Núñez de Prado Gordillo and his colleagues!
Beyond Belief? Delusions and the Regulative Account of Folk Psychology. Rev.Phil.Psych. (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s131...
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Our sense of reality is intimately entwined with our interactions with other people. What happens when those interactions are instead with social AI? See my piece on (so-called) ‘AI-induced psychosis’ in The Conversation
theconversation.com/ai-induced-p...
theconversation.com/ai-induced-p...
AI-induced psychosis: the danger of humans and machines hallucinating together
We’ve always relied on friends and family to confirm our sense of reality. Now we’re increasingly expecting AIs to do it instead.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Our sense of reality is intimately entwined with our interactions with other people. What happens when those interactions are instead with social AI? See my piece on (so-called) ‘AI-induced psychosis’ in The Conversation
theconversation.com/ai-induced-p...
theconversation.com/ai-induced-p...
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New paper! Its main idea is simple but overlooked: rumination isn’t just persistent negative thinking. It can also involve losing the ability to stop inner speech. This explains why rumination feels overwhelming and why practices cultivating inner silence make a difference.
doi.org/10.1080/0020...
doi.org/10.1080/0020...
November 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New paper! Its main idea is simple but overlooked: rumination isn’t just persistent negative thinking. It can also involve losing the ability to stop inner speech. This explains why rumination feels overwhelming and why practices cultivating inner silence make a difference.
doi.org/10.1080/0020...
doi.org/10.1080/0020...
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Read my post for the APA blog, Rules of Engagement: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/10/r... Arguing that epistemologists can join impactful interdisciplinary projects that contribute to improving social interactions #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #epistemicinjustice #philosophymatters
Rules of Engagement | Blog of the APA
We would be wrong in writing off epistemology as an ivory tower pursuit with no implications for our daily practices. Epistemology can help understand and address issues such as the polarization of po...
blog.apaonline.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Read my post for the APA blog, Rules of Engagement: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/10/r... Arguing that epistemologists can join impactful interdisciplinary projects that contribute to improving social interactions #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #epistemicinjustice #philosophymatters
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Super happy to receive my first paper in French, with @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social and @matteomameli.bsky.social, on confabulation and conspiracy theories, in a book entitled “Les fables de l’homme”. Thanks David Simonin for leading the project and translating the paper. #philsky #philpsy
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Super happy to receive my first paper in French, with @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social and @matteomameli.bsky.social, on confabulation and conspiracy theories, in a book entitled “Les fables de l’homme”. Thanks David Simonin for leading the project and translating the paper. #philsky #philpsy
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Is it normal to be delusional? @emas-b.bsky.social launches our 2026 series of Philosophy workshops at @winterbournehouse.bsky.social this February! Ticket is free and includes access to the Garden. Thanks @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting this initiative #philsky #philosophyforeveryone
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Is it normal to be delusional? @emas-b.bsky.social launches our 2026 series of Philosophy workshops at @winterbournehouse.bsky.social this February! Ticket is free and includes access to the Garden. Thanks @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting this initiative #philsky #philosophyforeveryone
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✨CFA✨
I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!
Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!
Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
✨CFA✨
I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!
Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!
Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
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🚨New publication🚨: my paper 'What motivates mental fictionalism?' is part of a Philosophical Psychology symposium on Mind As Metaphor by @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social. Available at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What motivates mental fictionalism?
Mental fictionalists propose that we should continue to engage in truth-conditional discourse about the mind, even though we have reason to believe that the discourse lacks truthmakers. In Mind As ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🚨New publication🚨: my paper 'What motivates mental fictionalism?' is part of a Philosophical Psychology symposium on Mind As Metaphor by @adamtoonphilos.bsky.social. Available at www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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After a day full of stimulating talks, it’s time for aperitivo! With #projectEPIC’s @lalumera.bsky.social and @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
After a day full of stimulating talks, it’s time for aperitivo! With #projectEPIC’s @lalumera.bsky.social and @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social
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I'm really excited to finally be able to share this after months of work - our new Project EPIC report on the epistemic determinants of health. With over 20 contributors, we make the case for incorporating this new framework into existing determinants of health models:
bci-hub.org/documents/ep...
bci-hub.org/documents/ep...
The Epistemic Determinants of Health
Health and illness are significantly determined by knowledge and its communication. At first glance, this might seem obvious; people use healthcare systems when they suspect that something might be wr...
bci-hub.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I'm really excited to finally be able to share this after months of work - our new Project EPIC report on the epistemic determinants of health. With over 20 contributors, we make the case for incorporating this new framework into existing determinants of health models:
bci-hub.org/documents/ep...
bci-hub.org/documents/ep...
In a final burst of summer, I’m in Cagliari learning a LOT about metaphor ☺️
At #MEIMI now @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social talks about metaphors, delusions, and #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy #projectEPIC
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In a final burst of summer, I’m in Cagliari learning a LOT about metaphor ☺️
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Special issue of Philosophical Quarterly on epistemic injustice, guest edited by Mona Simion:
Volume 75 Issue 4 | The Philosophical Quarterly | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Scots Philosophical Association and the University of St. Andrews. Publishes high-quality articles from leading international scholars across the range of philosophical stu...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Special issue of Philosophical Quarterly on epistemic injustice, guest edited by Mona Simion:
Excellent paper which we’re very grateful to publish! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 If you think there’s something dodgy about all this therapy-speak about, this is a must-read 🤓
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 8:45 PM
Excellent paper which we’re very grateful to publish! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 If you think there’s something dodgy about all this therapy-speak about, this is a must-read 🤓
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Next week in Cagliari, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies (@kmurphyhollies.bsky.social) and I will represent #projectEPIC at this awesome event, organised by Francesca Ervas: prin.unica.it/meimi/prin-p...
Looking forward to talking about expertise and #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy
Looking forward to talking about expertise and #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy
PRIN PNRR CONFERENCE ‘METAPHOR AND EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE IN MENTAL ILLNESS’_PROGRAM – Metaphor and Epistemic Injustice in Mental Illness
Department of Education, Psychology, Philosophy
prin.unica.it
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Next week in Cagliari, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies (@kmurphyhollies.bsky.social) and I will represent #projectEPIC at this awesome event, organised by Francesca Ervas: prin.unica.it/meimi/prin-p...
Looking forward to talking about expertise and #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy
Looking forward to talking about expertise and #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy
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How can the ambiguity arising from discontinuity of our self and our illness lead to misunderstanding and alienation? Today's post is by Jodie Russell (University of Birmingham) on her recent paper “Prescriptive ‘selves’ and self-illness ambiguity”.
#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
How can the ambiguity arising from discontinuity of our self and our illness lead to misunderstanding and alienation? Today's post is by Jodie Russell (University of Birmingham) on her recent paper “Prescriptive ‘selves’ and self-illness ambiguity”.
#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
#philsky #philpsy
imperfectcognitions....
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Wonderful post on the #projectEPIC blog by Jude Williams who tells us about The Choir With No Name and importance of kindness #philsky #philpsy #EpistemicInjustice epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The Importance of Kindness – and some great tunes
epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Wonderful post on the #projectEPIC blog by Jude Williams who tells us about The Choir With No Name and importance of kindness #philsky #philpsy #EpistemicInjustice epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
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🎉Out now! Philosophy of Education, my new book with @lauradol4.bsky.social & @janegatley.bsky.social (Palgrave Philosophy Today series). It explores how thinking philosophically about educational concepts can clarify aims & address challenges in policy & practice. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Philosophy of Education
This textbook provides an introductory account of the philosophy of education, focussing on the questions raised by educational policy and practice.
link.springer.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🎉Out now! Philosophy of Education, my new book with @lauradol4.bsky.social & @janegatley.bsky.social (Palgrave Philosophy Today series). It explores how thinking philosophically about educational concepts can clarify aims & address challenges in policy & practice. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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PSA 🔈Our call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Our 2026 annual conference will be hosted in Germany by Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on 24-26 June 2026 💫
Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025
www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025
www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
Call for Abstracts | EPSSE
www.epsse.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
PSA 🔈Our call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Our 2026 annual conference will be hosted in Germany by Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on 24-26 June 2026 💫
Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025
www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025
www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
Cause they’re mutually consistent justifications for their attitudes, not mutually consistent explanations, As I dIsCuSs iN mY fOrThCoMiNg PaPeR ✨
Some MAHA activists are extremely frustrated that Trump has blamed the existence of autism on Tylenol, and not vaccines.
Anti-vax groups struggle to explain how Tylenol fits in with their whole thing
The White House's very weird autism announcement triggers a moment of opportunity and crisis.
www.motherjones.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Cause they’re mutually consistent justifications for their attitudes, not mutually consistent explanations, As I dIsCuSs iN mY fOrThCoMiNg PaPeR ✨
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FunMo Kick-off event “Perspectives on molecular functionality” is coming up this week with a great selection of talks! Thanks to @thebsps.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this event.
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
FunMo_2025 - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
FunMo Kick-off event “Perspectives on molecular functionality” is coming up this week with a great selection of talks! Thanks to @thebsps.bsky.social and @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this event.
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...