Confronting the issues of our time, inside and outside academia
In this post, our centre member William H. Morgan, who has recently finished his PhD entitled "Individuals in Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Biology", talks about organisms, what they are, how to count them, and why it matters. You can read more on this topic in his recent paper Are Organisms Substances or Processes, published …
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Our centre member Angie Hobbs recently took part in a panel discussion alongside historians Niall Ferguson and James Hankins, on the question whether empires and states die differently and what their deaths can teach us today. Hosted by Jack Visnjic of Ancient Greece Declassified Podcast, the conversation covers Ancient, Renaissance and the more modern state …
We have some exciting updates from some of our centre members who recently graduated – engaged in both practical and theoretical ways! Jane Gatley was recently awarded a Society for Applied Philosophy short-term postdoctoral fellowship to work on two papers: one about conceptual engineering and education, and one about cultural capital in education. For this …
Alongside Sanjana Govindarajan (University of Groningen) and Kerri Woods (University of Leeds), our centre member Megan Blomflied (University of Sheffield) is organizing a workshop at the annual MANCEPT (Manchester Centre for Political Theory) conference - entitled Epistemic Injustice in Asylum Policy and Practice. With its focus on "forms of epistemic injustice in state asylum policy …
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Tomorrow, 6th of July, the Northern Phenomenology Network is holding its annual meeting in Sheffield - organized by our centre member Komarine Romdenh-Romluc. From 9:30 to 17:00 we'll hear from Jonathan Mitchell (Manchester) on "The Phenomenal Contribution of Attention",Emily Hughes (York) on "The Manifold Temporalities of Grief"Jacob Kingsbury Downs (Sheffield) on "Auditory Flooding and Sonorous …
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Our centre member T. Ryan Byerly has recently published a piece in Psyche, asking whether attempts to improve our personalities can be understood as a moral duty or manifests a category confusion. He points out that it is tempting to think that "we’re obliged to improve some areas of our personality, while other aspects of …
It's pride month, and a good opportunity to draw attention to the fantastic Trans Philosophy Project. It functions as support for "events (e.g., conference, symposia, and lecture series) and resource initiatives. Events aim to facilitate the development of work in trans philosophy across a broad range of research areas, including metaphysics, epistemology, phenomenology, social/political philosophy, …
Our centre member Angie Hobbs' book "Plato's Republic: A Ladybird Expert Book" has been selected by Nigel Warburton for Five Books as the number one "Best Introductions to Philosophy"! Introductory books are important, as he points out in an inteview about his choices : "Now, some philosophers, when asked about introductory books, say, ‘Well, of …
In a recent piece in The Indepenedent, our centre co-director Josh Forstenzer and Magid Magid reflect on how philosophy, specifically in our current climate of misinformation and confusion, can help in making our world a better place. From the article: "Lies are repeated over and over again and carried at the speed of clicks (and …
The successful Sheffield Postgraduate conference will be held online this year, and will be taking place from the 9th to the 11th of December! Understanding Value IX is the ninth instalment of a highly successful postgraduate conference at the University of Sheffield that aims at cultivating postgraduate work on value in a welcoming and inclusive …
