Over the next two days, “Art, Imagination, and Morality” is taking place in Oxford, organised by Zoe Maria Walker and me. Looking forward to an exciting lineup of talks!

The Art, Imagination and Morality conference, organised by Zoe Maria Walker & Alex Fisher was just *so* good - fascinating talks on complex issues from political iconoclasm to speech acts in drill music--the latter, from fellow Sheffielder, the wonderful Tareeq

Oops - guess I need to go back and read that Plato dialogue on harming people in VR again!

Wearable tech can be such a win for accessibility. XR headsets could show sounds of all kinds visually, or use awareness of context to render the scene in audio. Under explored.

I wrote a short summary of my forthcoming AJP paper, “Emotion and Ethics in Virtual Reality”, for the excellent @NewWorkInPhilo blog: newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/alex-fisher-… Thanks Marcus Arvan for hosting this!

🤔 Ever wonder why aliens in sci-fi speak perfect English? Or why characters in musicals magically know the right songs? Join us to discuss #SillyQuestions about fiction this November at Tilburg University! 👉 Submit your abstract by 30 September nelevandemosselaer.wordpress.com/2024/09/05/sil…

For those who are based in Cambridge:

This week at The Junkyard: A post by Nele Van de Mosselaer junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2024/9/6/…

Alex Fisher explores delayed instances of imaginative contagion — how does this type of imaginative contagion work and does it give rise to special reasons for ethical concern?

Some more positive news for today: I'll be participating in this fantastic event on 18th February at Senate House in London - please share with any school students/teachers you know who may be interested! tinyurl.com/philosophylond…

First paper on 'understanding' out! Can understanding be transmitted like knowledge through testimony? I argue no—but show how a *perspectival* model of communication makes sense of it. Bonus: an account of understanding as mental structure philpapers.org/rec/ELSCUA

No, Tommy Robinson is not in solitary confinement for telling the truth. Jamal, a 15-year-old Syrian refugee, was attacked by a 16-year-old at Almondbury Community School on October 25, 2018. The attack was filmed and widely shared on social media. 1/13