Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
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Can Arendt still help us make sense of modern politics?
PhD student Francesco Piscitello explores this question in his new paper, Arendt and the Social: A Modern Flaw?, published in Philosophy & Social Criticism.
Read it here ⬇️
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PhD student Francesco Piscitello explores this question in his new paper, Arendt and the Social: A Modern Flaw?, published in Philosophy & Social Criticism.
Read it here ⬇️
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Can Arendt still help us make sense of modern politics?
PhD student Francesco Piscitello explores this question in his new paper, Arendt and the Social: A Modern Flaw?, published in Philosophy & Social Criticism.
Read it here ⬇️
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
PhD student Francesco Piscitello explores this question in his new paper, Arendt and the Social: A Modern Flaw?, published in Philosophy & Social Criticism.
Read it here ⬇️
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
✨ New research from the Department.
"Relational equality and the status of animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in Philosophical Studies, November 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
"Relational equality and the status of animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in Philosophical Studies, November 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
✨ New research from the Department.
"Relational equality and the status of animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in Philosophical Studies, November 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
"Relational equality and the status of animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in Philosophical Studies, November 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
🎉 Booking is now open for Philosophy Today 2026!
Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29.
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Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29.
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'Philosophy Today' Public Lecture Series 2026
Philosophy Today returns for 2026 with six public talks exploring power, wealth, science, memory, and the emotions that shape our lives.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🎉 Booking is now open for Philosophy Today 2026!
Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymcprkyx
Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ymcprkyx
What does life after a Philosophy degree look like? Our alumni panel last week brought together graduates from law, IT, government, education & the creative industries to share their career paths with students. Thanks to our alumni, TDA, TCD Careers & all who joined us!
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November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
What does life after a Philosophy degree look like? Our alumni panel last week brought together graduates from law, IT, government, education & the creative industries to share their career paths with students. Thanks to our alumni, TDA, TCD Careers & all who joined us!
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
✨ New research from the Department.
"Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social, published in @1000wordphilosophy.bsky.social, November 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/11/06/a...
"Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social, published in @1000wordphilosophy.bsky.social, November 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/11/06/a...
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
✨ New research from the Department.
"Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social, published in @1000wordphilosophy.bsky.social, November 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/11/06/a...
"Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social, published in @1000wordphilosophy.bsky.social, November 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/11/06/a...
Missed Dr Will Ratoff’s packed Autumn Series lecture on 2 Oct - “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence”? You can now watch it in full on YouTube!
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Autumn Public Lecture Series 2025: The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence
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November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Missed Dr Will Ratoff’s packed Autumn Series lecture on 2 Oct - “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence”? You can now watch it in full on YouTube!
🔗 youtu.be/MyWO014Usbo?...
🔗 youtu.be/MyWO014Usbo?...
Looking forward to welcoming Professor Bart Streumer from @rug.nl to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today for his talk, ‘How Berkeley Can Go Quasi and Lose His Mind-Dependence’.
More on this term’s series:
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More on this term’s series:
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November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Looking forward to welcoming Professor Bart Streumer from @rug.nl to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today for his talk, ‘How Berkeley Can Go Quasi and Lose His Mind-Dependence’.
More on this term’s series:
🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
More on this term’s series:
🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
✨🎓 Thinking about postgraduate study in philosophy? Applications are now open for Trinity’s MPhil in Philosophy. Explore course details and funding options here 🔽
www.tcd.ie/philosophy/p...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
✨🎓 Thinking about postgraduate study in philosophy? Applications are now open for Trinity’s MPhil in Philosophy. Explore course details and funding options here 🔽
www.tcd.ie/philosophy/p...
#philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
www.tcd.ie/philosophy/p...
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✨ Delighted to have Dr Corine Besson from @sussex.ac.uk with us for today’s Philosophy Colloquium, where she will speak on ‘Rule-Following, Particularism and The Particular-First View of Deductive Reasoning’.
More on the series here:
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More on the series here:
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October 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
✨ Delighted to have Dr Corine Besson from @sussex.ac.uk with us for today’s Philosophy Colloquium, where she will speak on ‘Rule-Following, Particularism and The Particular-First View of Deductive Reasoning’.
More on the series here:
🔗 tinyurl.com/mpscjhm2
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More on the series here:
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Hannah Arendt Today, co-organised by our Teaching Fellow Sam Fazekas, runs 31 Oct–5 Dec and features early-career researchers exploring Arendt’s political thought.
✨ Free and open to all.
Full line-up & registration 🔗 tinyurl.com/2jtrcurc
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✨ Free and open to all.
Full line-up & registration 🔗 tinyurl.com/2jtrcurc
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hannah Arendt Today, co-organised by our Teaching Fellow Sam Fazekas, runs 31 Oct–5 Dec and features early-career researchers exploring Arendt’s political thought.
✨ Free and open to all.
Full line-up & registration 🔗 tinyurl.com/2jtrcurc
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
✨ Free and open to all.
Full line-up & registration 🔗 tinyurl.com/2jtrcurc
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
We’re pleased to welcome Dr Rossella De Bernardi to the Department of Philosophy 🎓👋 She joins as a @researchireland.ie Postdoctoral Fellow, exploring the role of emotions in our understanding of justice and equality.
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
We’re pleased to welcome Dr Rossella De Bernardi to the Department of Philosophy 🎓👋 She joins as a @researchireland.ie Postdoctoral Fellow, exploring the role of emotions in our understanding of justice and equality.
📚✨ Favourite Reads is back! Over the coming months, colleagues will share books that have inspired them. First up, Dr Ashley Shaw on Richard Moran’s 'Authority & Estrangement' & our relationship with our own beliefs. #philosophy #philsky
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October 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📚✨ Favourite Reads is back! Over the coming months, colleagues will share books that have inspired them. First up, Dr Ashley Shaw on Richard Moran’s 'Authority & Estrangement' & our relationship with our own beliefs. #philosophy #philsky
🔗 tinyurl.com/4pyc7zns
🔗 tinyurl.com/4pyc7zns
✨ We’re pleased to welcome Professor Thomas Kroedel from @uni-hamburg.de to the Department later today for this week’s Philosophy Colloquium. He’ll be speaking on 'Causal Complications for Explainable AI'. #philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
✨ We’re pleased to welcome Professor Thomas Kroedel from @uni-hamburg.de to the Department later today for this week’s Philosophy Colloquium. He’ll be speaking on 'Causal Complications for Explainable AI'. #philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
Delighted to see a packed JM Synge Theatre last Thursday for Dr Will Ratoff’s @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series talk on “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence”. Thanks to Will for a fascinating evening and to Dr Ashley Shaw for hosting. 👏🤖
October 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Delighted to see a packed JM Synge Theatre last Thursday for Dr Will Ratoff’s @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series talk on “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence”. Thanks to Will for a fascinating evening and to Dr Ashley Shaw for hosting. 👏🤖
Looking forward to welcoming a full house this evening for Dr Will Ratoff’s “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence” - part of the @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series. #AI #Ethics #Philosophy
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Looking forward to welcoming a full house this evening for Dr Will Ratoff’s “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence” - part of the @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series. #AI #Ethics #Philosophy
A warm welcome to Dr Chris Cowie from @durham-university.bsky.social who joins us later today for the first talk of our Michaelmas Term #Philosophy Colloquium Series. He’ll be speaking on 'The Epistemology of the Search for Alien Life'.
September 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A warm welcome to Dr Chris Cowie from @durham-university.bsky.social who joins us later today for the first talk of our Michaelmas Term #Philosophy Colloquium Series. He’ll be speaking on 'The Epistemology of the Search for Alien Life'.
🔎 New research from the Department.
"Ideology, Red in Tooth and Claw: Realist Ideology Critique and Animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in the Journal of Social Philosophy, September 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4nyvuz69
"Ideology, Red in Tooth and Claw: Realist Ideology Critique and Animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in the Journal of Social Philosophy, September 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4nyvuz69
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🔎 New research from the Department.
"Ideology, Red in Tooth and Claw: Realist Ideology Critique and Animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in the Journal of Social Philosophy, September 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4nyvuz69
"Ideology, Red in Tooth and Claw: Realist Ideology Critique and Animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in the Journal of Social Philosophy, September 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/4nyvuz69
Should AI have the same moral rights as humans? 🤔🤖 Ahead of his Oct 2 talk in the @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Public Autumn Series, Dr Will Ratoff discusses this question with Joe Humphreys in today's @irishtimes.com
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September 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Should AI have the same moral rights as humans? 🤔🤖 Ahead of his Oct 2 talk in the @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Public Autumn Series, Dr Will Ratoff discusses this question with Joe Humphreys in today's @irishtimes.com
▶️ tinyurl.com/364zdxk8
▶️ tinyurl.com/364zdxk8
Professor @adinapreda.bsky.social has contributed a chapter on Human Rights and Equality to the new @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights.
Read the pre-print via Trinity’s repository 🔽
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Book details 🔽
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Read the pre-print via Trinity’s repository 🔽
tinyurl.com/3ucx338y
Book details 🔽
tinyurl.com/3z856vy4
September 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Professor @adinapreda.bsky.social has contributed a chapter on Human Rights and Equality to the new @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights.
Read the pre-print via Trinity’s repository 🔽
tinyurl.com/3ucx338y
Book details 🔽
tinyurl.com/3z856vy4
Read the pre-print via Trinity’s repository 🔽
tinyurl.com/3ucx338y
Book details 🔽
tinyurl.com/3z856vy4
✨ New research from the Department.
"Intergenerational Subjection" by Dr Pablo Magaña and Dr Iñigo González-Ricoyn, published in Legal Theory, June 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/3xs6jrwn
#philsky #philosophy #academicsky
"Intergenerational Subjection" by Dr Pablo Magaña and Dr Iñigo González-Ricoyn, published in Legal Theory, June 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/3xs6jrwn
#philsky #philosophy #academicsky
September 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
✨ New research from the Department.
"Intergenerational Subjection" by Dr Pablo Magaña and Dr Iñigo González-Ricoyn, published in Legal Theory, June 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/3xs6jrwn
#philsky #philosophy #academicsky
"Intergenerational Subjection" by Dr Pablo Magaña and Dr Iñigo González-Ricoyn, published in Legal Theory, June 2025.
Read it here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/3xs6jrwn
#philsky #philosophy #academicsky
Thinking about studying philosophy? We’re at #HigherOptions in the RDS for the next three days on the @tcddublin.bsky.social Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences stand- come by for a chat and learn more! @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Thinking about studying philosophy? We’re at #HigherOptions in the RDS for the next three days on the @tcddublin.bsky.social Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences stand- come by for a chat and learn more! @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
A warm welcome to Dr Ashley Shaw, who has joined the department as Assistant Professor in Philosophy.
Welcome to our new staff starting this teaching term! 🥳
We wish the best of luck in all your teaching and research endeavours! 📣
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We wish the best of luck in all your teaching and research endeavours! 📣
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September 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A warm welcome to Dr Ashley Shaw, who has joined the department as Assistant Professor in Philosophy.
Should we create minds more powerful than our own? Join Dr Will Ratoff on 2 Oct for a free public lecture on the ethics of Artificial General Intelligence. Part of @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series on AI.
Free tickets & details here ⬇️
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Free tickets & details here ⬇️
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Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence
Join Prof Will Ratoff from Trinity College Dublin as he considers the ethical & existential risks posed by artificial general intelligence.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Should we create minds more powerful than our own? Join Dr Will Ratoff on 2 Oct for a free public lecture on the ethics of Artificial General Intelligence. Part of @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series on AI.
Free tickets & details here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/95ckuskb
Free tickets & details here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/95ckuskb
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Is it wrong for someone to stop you from making a major life choice?🧐
Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social explains the moral complexity of transformative choices in our latest Meet the Expert video!🎯
📎Read his research paper:
tinyurl.com/3jhszh4b
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Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social explains the moral complexity of transformative choices in our latest Meet the Expert video!🎯
📎Read his research paper:
tinyurl.com/3jhszh4b
@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is it wrong for someone to stop you from making a major life choice?🧐
Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social explains the moral complexity of transformative choices in our latest Meet the Expert video!🎯
📎Read his research paper:
tinyurl.com/3jhszh4b
@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social explains the moral complexity of transformative choices in our latest Meet the Expert video!🎯
📎Read his research paper:
tinyurl.com/3jhszh4b
@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
Arendt, Kant, and the political potential of reflective judgment - explored in depth by our colleague Dr Sam Fazekas. 📚 'Hannah Arendt’s Unwritten Chapter on Judging' is 40% off in the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social summer sale until 31 August. Order here ⬇️
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August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Arendt, Kant, and the political potential of reflective judgment - explored in depth by our colleague Dr Sam Fazekas. 📚 'Hannah Arendt’s Unwritten Chapter on Judging' is 40% off in the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social summer sale until 31 August. Order here ⬇️
tinyurl.com/mrx8uwde
tinyurl.com/mrx8uwde