If anyone is in #Lancaster and wants to learn about the philosophy of science, I am doing this public philosophy event on "Does science accurately describe reality?". 28th and 29th of May. All welcome, no prior knowledge of philosophy required. Details below: #publicphilosophy #philosophy #philsky

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I usually only post about academic stuff but I do have other interests as well, such as my guinea pigs!

Teaching medical students. What better way to introduce them to philosophy than Schopenhauer style hair and 1930s philosopher glasses.

Found this in a charity shop for £3. Published 1987, will be interesting to see how it compares to more contemporary philosophy of mind.

I asked copilot (the microsoft chat ai which just popped up on my desktop) for a bibliography of papers on self-diagnosis in psychiatry. It has good taste it seems:

Going glamping for two nights. Taking three books might be a bit much...

A colleague of mine is interviewing people on "the injustices that happen to people that have been diagnosed with either Borderline Personality Disorder or Autistic Spectrum Condition" in the UK. Details below: