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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 6d

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...

Call for Abstracts | EPSSE

www.epsse.org

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 11d

Some academic conferences are treasurable spaces to meet new people, get together with old friends and share research with keen students—and this was one of those. Thanks @bexmillar.bsky.social, @lucyosler.bsky.social and staff and students at @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social! (It was not sad at all)

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 12d

Absolute peak academia at our sad philosophy workshop! The cosiest and kindest contemplation of exbots & heartbreak, grief & negative relations, and AI psychosis that you could wish for. Thanks @bexmillar.bsky.social, @lopezcantero.bsky.social & our lovely participants 🖤

hope we can do a part 2 👀

B&W photo of Pilar Lopez-Cantero presenting, with Becky Millar

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AFFINITY @affectinthecity.bsky.social · 15d

Urbanism evening with the @academyofurbanism.bsky.social. Norman+Fosters’ Spencer de Grey discussed urban interventions across Europe. One of the takeaways is that urban design needs to look beyond the place that is intervened itself, looking also at connections & surroundings + consultations

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Becky Millar @bexmillar.bsky.social · 23d

Please join me, @lucyosler.bsky.social, and @lopezcantero.bsky.social for our Sad Philosophy Workshop next Friday! Sign up info below.

Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 23d

#philsky

A Sad Philosophy Workshop

GRIEF, HEARTBREAK, & HALLUCINATIONS

Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp)
Becky Millar (Cardiff)
Lucy Osler (Exeter)

13:30-17:30, Friday 26 September

1.57 John Percival Building
Cardiff University

Free! All welcome!

Register here: bit.ly/CdfGHH#philsky

Poster has image of a tearful cyborg woman and the same text as in this post.

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am advertising two PhD positions in philosophy -- one for a domestic student, one for an international student. Both positions are 1 + 3 years, meaning that the first year is an MRes and the next three years are for the PhD.

www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

PhD on the philosophy of networks of trust

This PhD scholarship is intended to benefit a researcher in empirically-oriented philosophy. Learn more and submit an expression of interest.

www.mq.edu.au

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · Sep 5

What's the moral difference between eating meat and eating people? In this paper from 1978, Cora Diamond explores the issues. As one of the 100 Papers That Shaped Our Thinking, we've made it available to download for free (click Save PDF): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#philosophy #ethics

100 papers that shaped our thinking: Eating meat and eating people. The Royal Institute of Philosophy: celebrating 100 years, 1925-2025. royalinstitutephilosophy.org

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Sep 4

Absolute nerd dream of finishing a workshop on local normative theory with a city tour of Manchester led academics from the UOM’s Urban Lab

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IDEA The Ethics Centre @idea-leeds.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Future of Practical Ethics
IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds
8th - 10th September 2025

Keynote Speakers:
• Clare Chambers (Cambridge)
• Helen Frowe (Stockholm)
• Elselijn Kingma (KCL)

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Sep 1

You might be able to tell I am a little bit obsessed with the philosophical dimensions of road safety as of late (bike lanes, SUVs, traffic lights, you name it).

By the way, The Future of Practical Ethics at IDEA Centre (Leeds) is still open for registration: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...

AFFINITY @affectinthecity.bsky.social · Sep 1

The next 10 days:
'Distributive Affective Justice' describes the distribution process for affective goods & burdens (MANCEPT)
'Affective Rights to the City' specifies entitlements to emotional aspects of urban life that must be protected by policymakers (MANCEPT & The Future of Practical Ethics).

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 30

The pose and smile at the end after putting CPR down. Also arguably the most dudery books they could choose. Bravo to the PR person, 10/10 comedic trolling

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 30

Funniest clip I have watched in ages. Not so much the doubts of Hailey Bieber reading hard philosophy but the fact that these are portrayed as ‘summer reads’ that she carries in her bag, for Vogue. “I’ve read this 5 or 6 times” (FN), “I’ve taken a lot of notes from this one” (CPR)

#Booktok, listen up! Vogue’s Summer 2025 cover star #HaileyBieber has a few beach reads perfect for your next vacation. Tap the link in bio to watch more of Bieber’s episode of #InTheBag.

TikTok video by Vogue

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 22

I couldn’t publish it OA but the first 50 people to download it here get it free, in case someone wants to read and doesn’t have access:

Gentrification, migration, and non-material injustice

Gentrification can harm residents at a personal and emotional level, even when they are not physically displaced. Recognising these non-material harms as a source of wrongful ‘phenomenological disp...

www.tandfonline.com

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 22

The solution is not to restrict migration or to disperse migrants, but to make sure that deprived communities are not only not worse off, but are made better off by shouldering these burdens. Listen to poor people and improve their communities so they can all benefit (residents and newcomers)/5

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 22

My proposal draws from Francisco Gallegos’s view of affective injustice to show that although hosting needy migrants is a requirement of justice, deprived communities are treated unfairly by bearing the affective burdens entailed by this duty despite already being burdened themselves/4

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 22

Then, I show that two existing views on the wrongs of gentrification mistakenly treat people who see their communities changed by the arrival of needy migrants as victims of a tragic harm. I think we should do better so that these people’s complaints do not get uptake by the right only/3

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 22

The first part of the paper defends the analogy between gentrification and migration, and shows that we should instead differentiate between privileged mobility (white gentrifiers, expats, digital nomads) and needy mobility (Black or queer gentrifiers, needy migrants)/2

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 22

My first paper on urban justice is out. It draws an analogy between gentrification and mass incoming migration, and shows that neighbourhoods receiving large numbers of needy migrants are treated unfairly, even if hosting needy migrants IS a requirement of justice/1

AFFINITY @affectinthecity.bsky.social · Aug 22

First publication out! It questions whether people who report loss of community due to gentrification and migration should both be treated as victims of injustice. My view is that we should, although injustice has different grounds in the latter case: the unjust distribution of affective burdens.

Gentrification, migration, and non-material injustice

Gentrification can harm residents at a personal and emotional level, even when they are not physically displaced. Recognising these non-material harms as a source of wrongful ‘phenomenological disp...

www.tandfonline.com

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Anneli Jefferson @annelijefferson.bsky.social · Aug 19

One of my reviewing rules is never to review a paper on a day I got a rejection.

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Erich Hatala Matthes @ehatmat.bsky.social · Aug 12

This paper from 7 years ago suddenly relevant again in the face of Trump's new "review" of Smithsonian exhibitions. #philsky

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Who Owns Up to the Past? Heritage and Historical Injustice | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core

Who Owns Up to the Past? Heritage and Historical Injustice - Volume 4 Issue 1

www.cambridge.org

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Aug 8

😭 but also 🤣

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Jul 31

Haha thanks I will update accordingly if somethings comes up but I think the Sinclair will remain unbeaten

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Jul 31

However it cannot beat this absolute gem which is my favourite find so far. So brilliantly attention seeking that it would probably deserve its own post in the Daily Nous. Not that the handles are UNDER your legs and it has pedals. Just in love w the Sinclair

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Jul 31

A steam lorry. I don’t know what this is really but I could consider becoming a quirky staple on Cambridge roads driving it

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · Jul 31

Why would you want a bus stop if you don’t have a bu—don’t worry I got you covered, shame that ‘charming teenagers’ wrecked it but a great project to restore if Labour doesn’t fix the housing crisis. If you want something more finished there is actually another bus for sale by a different person

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