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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · 21d

Really looking forward to this and chatting with @quiteclare.bsky.social about the ethics of transformative and other hard choices!

Clare Moriarty @quiteclare.bsky.social · 21d

I'll be peppering @farbod-a.bsky.social with questions on his thoughts on 'transformative choices' and their interpersonal aspects.
Thursday 25th, 4.30pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social

Céline Thobois-Gupta @celinethoboisgupta.bsky.social · 21d

Check out @tlrhub.bsky.social's excellent programme for the Arts & Humanities Research Festival kicking off on Monday 22 September at 10 am with a conversation between Nicholas Johnson and Gina Moxley about their exciting @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social show.

All free, all welcome.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · May 3

Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · May 8

Resources for #philosophy on Bluesky (updated)

1. Feeds
bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #PhilSky & common hashtags
bsky.app/profile/did:... – low-traffic announcements feed 📢

2. Starter packs
go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ ¹
go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 ²

3. Lists
bsky.app/profile/did:... ¹
bsky.app/profile/did:... ²

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 16

An issue of the Monist has just appeared devoted to Ibn Sīnā/Avicenna! A great lineup of authors, and I'm honored to be part of it, having written a paper with Michael Noble about the reception of the idea of the Active Intellect.

academic.oup.com/monist/issue...

#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina

Volume 108 Issue 3 | The Monist | Oxford Academic

One of the oldest and most important journals in philosophy. Publishes quarterly thematic issues on particular philosophical topics which are edited by leading philosophers in the corresponding fields...

academic.oup.com

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · Aug 18

📚Delighted to share that I've accepted an invitation to write a book: a Cambridge Element on *Truth in Ethics* for Cambridge University Press!

Alongside introducing debates on the nature of truth in ethics, I'll also be arguing for greater attention to truthmaker theory in ethics!

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · Aug 12

❓Would it be wrong for someone to stop you from making a major life choice?

📽️ For a 90-second answer, check out the video below!

🔗 For a little bit more, you can also check out my paper published Open Access in Analysis: academic.oup.com/analysis/art...

⏳Hoping to say more soon!

TCD Social Sciences & Philosophy @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social · Aug 12

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

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · Jul 29

The details of the call are through the link below; please share with anyone who might be interested! Note: the applications are very competitive and each member of staff is permitted to support at most one candidate per scheme. 2/2 listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?A...

LISTSERV 16.5 - PHILOS-L Archives

listserv.liv.ac.uk

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · Jul 29

The Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin are calling for expressions of interest in two great funding schemes - one for full PhD funding, and one for postdoctoral positions, both through Research Ireland (our main state research council). 1/2

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 26

Many congratulations to Enda for winning this award! I was very happy to nominate him for it after his doing a fantastic job TA-ing Topics in Philosophy II A for us - TA-ing on transformative experience and the philosophy of death. Congrats to all winners and nominees!

Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social · May 26

A big congratulations to PhD student Enda Russell, who has been awarded a 2025 Dermot McAleese Teaching Assistant Award ⭐️ Enda’s thoughtful and engaging approach to teaching has made a real impact- well done from all of us in the department! 👏

Read more here 🔗 tinyurl.com/7uf8tpyb

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · May 26

The Philosophy Bites podcast has a new website (with transcriptions) - over 300 interviews with leading philosophers philosophybites.com

Philosophy Bites Podcast

Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics

philosophybites.com

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 15

Along the way, I identify what needs to be done for a view like Amir's to be made more plausible – whilst doubting this can be achieved – and an interesting lacuna in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion about Islam that deserves much more attention!

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 15

Saemi offers an ingenious 'ethics-first' solution: take these morally controversial Scriptural passages to include not moral permissions and requirements, but legal ones. I argue that this solution will not work, specifically for a Muslim or, indeed, any theist.

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 15

The topic is the problem of divinely prescribed evil: how, if at all, a theist can reconcile their belief that Scripture is the word of God, and that their moral judgements are reliable, with Scriptural injunctions that appear to permit and require evil actions.

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 15

Delighted to be able to share this new forthcoming paper: my part of a book symposium on Amir Saemi's excellent 'Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond', edited by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour for Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. philpapers.org/rec/AKHDPE

Farbod Akhlaghi, Divinely Prescribed Evil and Moral Knowledge in Islam and Beyond - PhilPapers

Can one who takes Scripture to be the word of God, and who takes their independent moral judgements to be reliable, reconcile such beliefs with Scriptural injunctions that appear to permit ...

philpapers.org

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 15

The topic is the problem of divinely prescribed evil: how, if at all, a theist can reconcile their belief that Scripture is the word of God with, and that their moral judgements are reliable, with Scriptural injunctions that appear to permit and require evil actions.

Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 15

Along the way, I identify what needs to be done for a view like Amir's to be made more plausible – whilst doubting this can be achieved – and an interesting lacuna in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion about Islam that deserves much more attention!

Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 15

Saemi offers an ingenious 'ethics-first' solution: take these morally controversial Scriptural passages to include not moral permissions and requirements, but legal ones. I argue that this solution will not work, specifically for a Muslim or, indeed, any theist.

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 15

The topic is the problem of divinely prescribed evil: how, if at all, a theist can reconcile their belief that Scripture is the word of God with, and that their moral judgements are reliable, with Scriptural injunctions that appear to permit and require evil actions.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · May 14

The difference between falsifiability as a logical criterion and as a methodical practice perfectly illustrated.

Jonny IsGood @jonnyisgood.bsky.social · May 13

There's a pet psychic who got called out on Tiktok for being a fraud (getting every detail of the pet owner's life wrong) and the pet psychic responded saying that the pets must have been lying to her

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · May 14

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · May 14

Thinking about the word 'professor': 'profess' can mean to express a quality or belief especially when it is not true or sincere, or to affirm one's faith in, belief, or allegiance to something. Sometimes, it can feel like language itself is making a joke.

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · Apr 28

My first Trinity Monday where we celebrate the election of new Fellows and Scholars of the College. A massive congratulations to them all - especially to our new Philosophy Scholars that I had the pleasure of examining!

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · Apr 22

An honour to chair, and speak at, Philosophy Today 2025: six public lectures, 200 tickets sold out, and a fantastically engaged and interested audience who so kindly gave us their attention and time, coming with excellent questions every night!

Please join our newsletter below for future events:

Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social · Apr 22

That’s a wrap on #Philosophy Today 2025! 🥳 Six evenings of big questions, generous speakers & packed-out discussions. Thanks to everyone joined us & brought such curiosity & energy each week. 👏

Sign up for updates on future events here 🔽
tinyurl.com/4nxc8vrv

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Farbod Akhlaghi @farbod-a.bsky.social · Mar 21

Do you think there is anything incoherent in saying ‘some stories are better than how they’ve been told’?

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IrishPhilosophy @irishphilosophy.bsky.social · Nov 17

My longterm project on #IrishPhilosophy was the subject of an article in #PhilosophyNow. philosophynow.org/issues/160

I also write this introductory post about the blog.

irishphilosophy.com/2024/02/06/i...

Issue 160 | Philosophy Now

Issue 160 contents

philosophynow.org

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