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The British Philosophical Association @thebpa.bsky.social · 6h

Public Philosophy Network just published excellent guides on specific topics for public philosophy!

Including:
👉 migration
👉 food ethics
👉 prison education
👉 philosophy of science
👉 philosophical counselling and consulting

Link: tinyurl.com/2hh2j7jn

#philosophy #philosophymatters

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d

Prof Anthony O'Hear on the truth in myth.

🕐 3-5pm
📅 8th October 2025
🌐 UoN Humanities A1

#philosophy #truth #myth #research

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 3d

Immanence, expression, Deleuze, Spinoza! Upcoming talk this Wednesday in Nottingham!

#philosophy #talk #research #deleuze #spinoza

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 7d

Our colleague Mark Jago has contributed to this series of videos on Truthmaker Semantics!

Watch: youtube.com/@TMSemantics

#metaphysics #truth #truthmakers #semantics #vids

Photo by Valery Rabchenyuk on Unsplash

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 8d

Excited for our autumn 2026 series of the Penelope Mackie research seminars!

#philosophy #research #events #colleagues #fun

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 10d

E pluribus unum #ontology #students 😀

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 10d

Week one! Excited to start philosophising with our student 😀😀
#philosophy #teaching #uon #ready

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 13d

Wonderful welcome week with our superb new students - and looking forward to seeing our returning students!

👍welcomed
👍thinking
👍friends
👍picnic
👍Phil Soc
👍sunshine

Ready for ten weeks of teaching!

#philosophy #uon #nottingham #freshers #uni

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The British Philosophical Association @thebpa.bsky.social · 15d

The philosophy blogosphere - a useful list of blogs in generalist and specialist areas of philosophy.

dailynous.com/2025/09/18/t...

#philosophy #blogs #philosophers #ideas #people #cool

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 15d

RESEARCH!

@asalgadoborge.bsky.social spoke at Heidelberg this week on the Distinction between Modes and Propria.

#philosophy #spinoza #earlymodern #history #talk

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 16d

Inspiring sky over campus today! #sky #pretty #uon #bright #nottingham

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 17d

Our fave answers to “why did you choose philosophy, theology, and religions?” from our freshers!

#philosophy #freshers #uon

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 17d

NEW ACADEMIC YEAR!

A bright and sunny start to the 2026-27 academic year ❤️

Looking forward to
👉 students returning and new
👉 teaching
👉 research seminars
👉 noise and busyness on campus
👉 the constant smell of coffee

More: tinyurl.com/ycarpw5r

#philosophy #uon #nottingham #freshers #teaching

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 19d

Delighted that our Theology & Religion courses are ranked in the top ten of @thetimes.com UK University Rankings 2026 League Table!

More: tinyurl.com/55ddyx84.

#colleagues #happy #success #trs #theology #religion

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 20d

Welcome to our new students, home and international!

👉 Welcome Week 22-26 September
👉 new starter checklist
👉 MyNottingham app
👉 events calendar

🐇📘💻😀🏹

Link: www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservi...

#uni #uon #university #fresher #study #nottingham

uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 21d

For details of our courses: nottingham.ac.uk/humanities/d...

Study with us - The University of Nottingham

nottingham.ac.uk

uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 21d

St Peter and St Paul Catholic Voluntary Academy
The King's School
@hymerscollege.bsky.social
Repton School
De Lisle
Christ the King CVA
The Trinity Catholic School
KG Girls School
Bilborough College
Derby Cathedral School

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 21d

A successful day of talks at the UoN Department of Philosophy for the Religion, Philosophy, and Ethics A Level Study Day!

A privilege to welcome such thoughtful, engaged, and genial students to our department!

#schools #alevel #philosophy #uon #Nottingham

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very happy to announce that I won a Marie Curie fellowship last year, and will be heading to Nottingham @uonphilosophy.bsky.sociall! My project 'Imperfect perception' will look at the experiences of sensory impairments and dysfunctions. Excited to start 😊

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Sep 9

Delighted to welcome @giuliamartina.bsky.social as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Senior Research Fellow, 2025-2027.

She'll be working with Craig French on a project entitled 'Imperfect Perception' on sensory impairments in philosophy of perception.

Web: tinyurl.com/3arb5fp8

#philosophy #perception

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Sep 2

Looking forward to our workshop on mental health and the philosophical life today!

#philosophy #mentalhealth #therapy

uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 26

WORKSHOP

Mental Health and the Philosophical Life

📆 2th September
🌏 Lenton Grove A26 @uonhumanities.bsky.social

Depression and philosophy, emotion and disturbance, mental health pluralism, practical identity.

Registration: [email protected]

#philosophy #mentalhealth #depression

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Sep 1

RESEARCH!

@asalgadoborge.bsky.social on Spinoza, God, parts, and attributes!

Read: tinyurl.com/je3k66ju (open access).

#philosophy #spinoza #earlymodern #god #metaphysics

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 29

RESEARCH!

Excellent essay on epistemic injustice, medicine, and gender by Eleanor Byrne and Marjolein de Boer in the new @OUPPhilosophy handbook of philosophy of medicine!

More: tinyurl.com/28mab9kr

#philosophy #medicine #epistemicinjustice #gender

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 26

WORKSHOP

Mental Health and the Philosophical Life

📆 2th September
🌏 Lenton Grove A26 @uonhumanities.bsky.social

Depression and philosophy, emotion and disturbance, mental health pluralism, practical identity.

Registration: [email protected]

#philosophy #mentalhealth #depression

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 21

PUBLIC!

Cool to see @asalgadoborge.bsky.social‬ quoted in this Economist article which quotes an article of his in Proceso - chains of influence!

Read: tinyurl.com/yc3k23sx

#philosophy #news #politics #harris #us

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