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How could the Big Bang arise from nothing? Professor of Philosophy Alastair Wilson Al Wilson shares his thoughts as part of The Conversation new series, Life’s Big Questions theconversation.com/how-could-the-…

Very excited to announce the call for abstracts for the Philosophy of Anxiety conference, 2022, is now open! Open to continental, analytic, or disorder-specific research. Registration link available in the coming months. Please RT! ☺️

What a fabulous hire for School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion! Congratulations Kathleen!

My paper 'Fundamentality and Minimalist Grounding Laws' has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies! *in Mike Breen's voice*: Bang! 💯🥳#fundamentality #grounding #philosophy #metaphysics

We're pleased to share the third project output: Ema Sullivan-Bissett's paper 'Debunking Doxastic Transparency' is out now in EuJAP - European Journal of Analytic Philosophy. eujap.uniri.hr/debunking-doxa…

It’s #IWD2022! A good day to announce an event I’m organising with Kathleen Murphy-Hollies and Katie Robertson: the first Birmingham Women in Philosophy Mentoring and Networking workshop will be held on Tuesday 7th June, at School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion Uni of Birmingham.

I am very happy that my paper on #fundamentality and #grounding laws is now available open access on ϕ Studies! Yet another contribution to a niche degenerate research programme or wee metaphysical progress? Read it and make your call! #philosophy link.springer.com/article/10.100…

How does consciousness interact with cognition? Can you be conscious of something without cognitively accessing it? My new paper in Mind and Language talks about this with relation to natural kinds. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mi…

Easter Break publication news: my article 'Brutalist Fundamentalism: Radical and Moderate' has been accepted for publication in Synthese. Pic for attention. #philosophy #metaphysics #metaphysicsofscience #academia #grounding #fundamentality

Registration is now open for the first Birmingham Women in Philosophy Mentoring and Networking Workshop which will take place in School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion on 7th June. Registration is free and open to all: eventbrite.co.uk/e/birmingham-w…

Registration is now open for our second Project workshop, this time on the theme of Delusional Experience. To register go here: shop.bham.ac.uk/conferences-an…

Is there fundamental explanatory direction to the world? Or is dependence in physics always in the eye of the beholder? Some fantastic speakers will discuss these questions at our conference on Causal Perspectivalism, June 13-14. Registration open: framephys.org/causal-perspec…

Registration has now closed for the workshop next week, but (due to popular demand!) we are going hybrid! If you would like to join the workshop via Zoom, email Ema Sullivan-Bissett (contact details here: emasullivan-bissett.com) by lunchtime on Tuesday 14th June.

Michael Rush and I discuss the issue of judging cross-genre and cross-media prizes in the arts in our paper ‘Unbiased Awarding of Art Prizes? It’s Hard to Judge’, forthcoming in British Journal of Aesthetics.

Really excited to see my first publication on confabulation out 😍 This is an application of my ideas about the role confabulation can play in guiding our behaviour, as applied to confabulating about our political choices and behaviours 🤓✨ bit.ly/3ET0wLu

Great paper! I talk about it in this piece on bugs and features. julianbaggini.com/bugs-and-featu….

The Women in Philosophy group at Uni of Birmingham is going to celebrate with you all on #WorldPhilosophyDay2022, Thursday 17th November. Watch this space! School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion The Institute for Mental Health (IMH) #WomenInPhilosophy unesco.org/en/days/philos…

Yesterday, on #IWD2023 the British Journal of Aesthetics published my paper on implicit bias in the artworld. I’d have shared it then but it was co-authored with a man (Michael Rush) and they get all the other days. Anyway, here it is, open access! academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/a…

Trending in #Art: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Design History & Digital Materials (@JoDesignHistory) 2) Visibility of Early Hearing Aids 3) Memories, Stories & Design Histories 4) Ancient DNA of Maronite patriarchs of Qanubin 5) Unbiased Awarding of Art Prizes (British Journal of Aesthetics)

Our #PhilosophyMatters webinar on Wednesday features Helen Beebee & Michael Rush, whose book Philosophy: Why It Matters has been translated in several foreign languages, including Spanish and Japanese. Join us for free by registering here: tinyurl.com/36vthk62 #BPF2025