Congratulations to @neillevy.bsky.social, elected as a Fellow to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia @acadsocsci.bsky.social.
Professor Levy was recognised for his research building bridges between philosophy and psychology.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/neil...
#PhilosophyMatters
Professor Levy was recognised for his research building bridges between philosophy and psychology.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/neil...
#PhilosophyMatters
Neil Levy elected to The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia as a Fellow
Professor Levy recognised for his research building bridges between philosophy and psychology
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk
November 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Congratulations to @neillevy.bsky.social, elected as a Fellow to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia @acadsocsci.bsky.social.
Professor Levy was recognised for his research building bridges between philosophy and psychology.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/neil...
#PhilosophyMatters
Professor Levy was recognised for his research building bridges between philosophy and psychology.
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/neil...
#PhilosophyMatters
Journal of Practical Ethics 14:1 now out: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/jpe-...
Special issue on 'Manipulation: A Debate (Part 1)'
With Robert Noggle and Shlomo Cohen
We hope these issues serve to help readers to get up to date on two new, robustly developed views on this topic.
#PhilosophyMatters
Special issue on 'Manipulation: A Debate (Part 1)'
With Robert Noggle and Shlomo Cohen
We hope these issues serve to help readers to get up to date on two new, robustly developed views on this topic.
#PhilosophyMatters
Journal of Practical Ethics 14:1 now out
14:1 | October 2026 | Manipulation: A Debate (Part 1) with Robert Noggle and Shlomo Cohen
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk
November 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Journal of Practical Ethics 14:1 now out: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/jpe-...
Special issue on 'Manipulation: A Debate (Part 1)'
With Robert Noggle and Shlomo Cohen
We hope these issues serve to help readers to get up to date on two new, robustly developed views on this topic.
#PhilosophyMatters
Special issue on 'Manipulation: A Debate (Part 1)'
With Robert Noggle and Shlomo Cohen
We hope these issues serve to help readers to get up to date on two new, robustly developed views on this topic.
#PhilosophyMatters
We're pleased to welcome our visitors this term, who bring exciting projects and collaborations with them.
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#Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
Swipe to learn more about them!
#Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
October 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
We're pleased to welcome our visitors this term, who bring exciting projects and collaborations with them.
Swipe to learn more about them!
#Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
Swipe to learn more about them!
#Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
NEW open access book: 'How We Govern Our Minds Through Others' by @neillevy.bsky.social and J. Adam Carter (@glasgow.ac.uk)
To download or read your open access copy, follow the links here:
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/how-...
#PhilosophyMatters #autonomy #OpenAccess
To download or read your open access copy, follow the links here:
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/how-...
#PhilosophyMatters #autonomy #OpenAccess
New open access book 'How We Govern Our Minds Through Others'
By J. Adam Carter, Neil Levy
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk
October 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
NEW open access book: 'How We Govern Our Minds Through Others' by @neillevy.bsky.social and J. Adam Carter (@glasgow.ac.uk)
To download or read your open access copy, follow the links here:
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/how-...
#PhilosophyMatters #autonomy #OpenAccess
To download or read your open access copy, follow the links here:
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/how-...
#PhilosophyMatters #autonomy #OpenAccess
We're excited to welcome 8 new DPhil researchers to the Uehiro Oxford Institute this academic year!
We're excited to see how their work pans out. Learn more about them on uehiro.ox.ac.uk/people
#Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
We're excited to see how their work pans out. Learn more about them on uehiro.ox.ac.uk/people
#Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
October 20, 2026 at 3:10 PM
We're excited to welcome 8 new DPhil researchers to the Uehiro Oxford Institute this academic year!
We're excited to see how their work pans out. Learn more about them on uehiro.ox.ac.uk/people
#Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
We're excited to see how their work pans out. Learn more about them on uehiro.ox.ac.uk/people
#Ethics #PracticalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
We're incredibly proud of Ysgol Panteg for their ambition and innovation which has enabled their children to explore playful and profound philosophical questions in both Welsh and English and to achieve their Gold Award.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2myH...
#Oracy #P4C #welshlanguage #PhilosophyMatters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2myH...
#Oracy #P4C #welshlanguage #PhilosophyMatters
Embedding Philosophy for Children in a bilingual school: P4C at Ysgol Panteg
YouTube video by Thoughtful the Society for Philosophical Enquiry
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2026 at 8:18 AM
We're incredibly proud of Ysgol Panteg for their ambition and innovation which has enabled their children to explore playful and profound philosophical questions in both Welsh and English and to achieve their Gold Award.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2myH...
#Oracy #P4C #welshlanguage #PhilosophyMatters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2myH...
#Oracy #P4C #welshlanguage #PhilosophyMatters
The UOI's @cristinavoi.bsky.social joined Jessica Lloyd May and Hannah Fry in talking with @iflscience.com about griefbots and the ethics behind grief technology.
The article is behind a paywall.
www.iflscience.com/ai-griefbots...
#grief #ethics #PhilosophyMatters
The article is behind a paywall.
www.iflscience.com/ai-griefbots...
#grief #ethics #PhilosophyMatters
AI Griefbots Promise The Chance To Talk To Digital “Ghosts”. Is This Spiritualism In A New Form, Or Something Completely Different?
Is AI grief technology a natural evolution from the spiritualist practices of the 19th century? We asked the experts for their take.
www.iflscience.com
October 15, 2026 at 10:39 AM
The UOI's @cristinavoi.bsky.social joined Jessica Lloyd May and Hannah Fry in talking with @iflscience.com about griefbots and the ethics behind grief technology.
The article is behind a paywall.
www.iflscience.com/ai-griefbots...
#grief #ethics #PhilosophyMatters
The article is behind a paywall.
www.iflscience.com/ai-griefbots...
#grief #ethics #PhilosophyMatters
Thank you to @philosophymatters for sharing … it made me laugh, but then I’m easily pleased. 😊
September 28, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Thank you to @philosophymatters for sharing … it made me laugh, but then I’m easily pleased. 😊
Doing #philosophy as a discipline that gives you skills: an example of how to engage even young children with important debates about #prejudice and #epistemicinjustice that are relevant to everyday interactions. #philosophyforeveryone #philsky #philosophymatters lisatpg.substack.com/p/reaping-wh...
Planting seeds
“Slow thinking”: philosophy as a discipline
lisatpg.substack.com
September 14, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Doing #philosophy as a discipline that gives you skills: an example of how to engage even young children with important debates about #prejudice and #epistemicinjustice that are relevant to everyday interactions. #philosophyforeveryone #philsky #philosophymatters lisatpg.substack.com/p/reaping-wh...
New blog post: Where Medicine Meets Ethics - blog.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2026/09/wher...
Medicine is often associated with questions that have scientific answers. But some of the hardest questions in medicine cannot be answered by evidence alone.
#ethics #MedicalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
Medicine is often associated with questions that have scientific answers. But some of the hardest questions in medicine cannot be answered by evidence alone.
#ethics #MedicalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
Where Medicine Meets Ethics | Practical Ethics
by Jonathan Pugh Cross-posted with the Uncomfortable Oxford blog. Medicine is often associated with questions that have scientific answers. How does the body work? How do we become unwell? Which treat...
blog.uehiro.ox.ac.uk
September 8, 2026 at 8:54 AM
New blog post: Where Medicine Meets Ethics - blog.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/2026/09/wher...
Medicine is often associated with questions that have scientific answers. But some of the hardest questions in medicine cannot be answered by evidence alone.
#ethics #MedicalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
Medicine is often associated with questions that have scientific answers. But some of the hardest questions in medicine cannot be answered by evidence alone.
#ethics #MedicalEthics #PhilosophyMatters
Join us for Oxford's first Wonder Wander!
Fri 25th Sept at 5:30pm. This ethics-based walking tour around central Oxford is in partnership with Uncomfortable Oxford and fundraising for @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/wonder...
#PhilosophyMatters #WonderWander #medicalethics
Fri 25th Sept at 5:30pm. This ethics-based walking tour around central Oxford is in partnership with Uncomfortable Oxford and fundraising for @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/wonder...
#PhilosophyMatters #WonderWander #medicalethics
Wonder Wander 2026
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk
August 28, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Join us for Oxford's first Wonder Wander!
Fri 25th Sept at 5:30pm. This ethics-based walking tour around central Oxford is in partnership with Uncomfortable Oxford and fundraising for @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/wonder...
#PhilosophyMatters #WonderWander #medicalethics
Fri 25th Sept at 5:30pm. This ethics-based walking tour around central Oxford is in partnership with Uncomfortable Oxford and fundraising for @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/event/wonder...
#PhilosophyMatters #WonderWander #medicalethics
Would you want to test your embryos for traits like low IQ? In general people say they don't, but given the information they act on it, according to a new study.
Read more: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/pres...
#PhilosophyMatters #embryotesting #polygenic #ethics
@juliansavulescu.bsky.social
Read more: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/pres...
#PhilosophyMatters #embryotesting #polygenic #ethics
@juliansavulescu.bsky.social
Press release: People say they would not want to test embryos for traits like low IQ. But if given the information, they act on it
Findings of a new study published today "Public perceptions of polygenic testing and embryo selection for non-medical traits" in Nature Human Behaviour
www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk
August 26, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Would you want to test your embryos for traits like low IQ? In general people say they don't, but given the information they act on it, according to a new study.
Read more: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/pres...
#PhilosophyMatters #embryotesting #polygenic #ethics
@juliansavulescu.bsky.social
Read more: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/article/pres...
#PhilosophyMatters #embryotesting #polygenic #ethics
@juliansavulescu.bsky.social
Have you ever found yourself thinking about what we should do, not just what we can do? If so, and if you're an undergraduate or graduate student in the UK, then we have the competition for you!
For more info: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/uehiro-oxfor...
#essaycompetition #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters
For more info: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/uehiro-oxfor...
#essaycompetition #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters
August 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Have you ever found yourself thinking about what we should do, not just what we can do? If so, and if you're an undergraduate or graduate student in the UK, then we have the competition for you!
For more info: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/uehiro-oxfor...
#essaycompetition #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters
For more info: www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/uehiro-oxfor...
#essaycompetition #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters
An important letter from the American Philosophical Association opposing cuts to Exeter’s philosophy faculty: cdn.ymaws.com/.../resmgr/b....
#defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters
#defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters
August 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
An important letter from the American Philosophical Association opposing cuts to Exeter’s philosophy faculty: cdn.ymaws.com/.../resmgr/b....
#defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters
#defendexeteruni #defendexeterphilosophy #philosophy #apaphilosophy #saveourjobs #philosophymatters
How can #philosophy help us to reach practical conclusions when we face deep #disagreements about what matters?
Jonathan Pugh concludes this year's Bitesize Ethics programme with his talk 'Difficult Decisions in Healthcare'.
youtu.be/Y9qxQkaJy9s?...
@oxmedhum.bsky.social
#PhilosophyMatters
Jonathan Pugh concludes this year's Bitesize Ethics programme with his talk 'Difficult Decisions in Healthcare'.
youtu.be/Y9qxQkaJy9s?...
@oxmedhum.bsky.social
#PhilosophyMatters
August 20, 2026 at 4:09 PM
How can #philosophy help us to reach practical conclusions when we face deep #disagreements about what matters?
Jonathan Pugh concludes this year's Bitesize Ethics programme with his talk 'Difficult Decisions in Healthcare'.
youtu.be/Y9qxQkaJy9s?...
@oxmedhum.bsky.social
#PhilosophyMatters
Jonathan Pugh concludes this year's Bitesize Ethics programme with his talk 'Difficult Decisions in Healthcare'.
youtu.be/Y9qxQkaJy9s?...
@oxmedhum.bsky.social
#PhilosophyMatters
Who will live and who will die? César Palacios-González asks this tough question as part of his Bitesize Ethics class 'Death and Resource Allocation.
youtu.be/M04v4WFvxLM?...
Oxford TORCH Medical Humanities
#ethics #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters #ResourceAllocation
youtu.be/M04v4WFvxLM?...
Oxford TORCH Medical Humanities
#ethics #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters #ResourceAllocation
Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session 7: Death and Resource Allocation
YouTube video by Uehiro Oxford Institute Channel
youtu.be
August 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Who will live and who will die? César Palacios-González asks this tough question as part of his Bitesize Ethics class 'Death and Resource Allocation.
youtu.be/M04v4WFvxLM?...
Oxford TORCH Medical Humanities
#ethics #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters #ResourceAllocation
youtu.be/M04v4WFvxLM?...
Oxford TORCH Medical Humanities
#ethics #practicalethics #PhilosophyMatters #ResourceAllocation
Why do some lives matter more than others?
Drawing on research in moral psychology and ethics, @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social examines how people come to include or exclude different beings from their moral circle.
youtu.be/LB8q7f6J4HM?...
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #animalethics #moralcircle
Drawing on research in moral psychology and ethics, @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social examines how people come to include or exclude different beings from their moral circle.
youtu.be/LB8q7f6J4HM?...
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #animalethics #moralcircle
Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session 6: Why do some lives matter more than others?
YouTube video by Uehiro Oxford Institute Channel
youtu.be
August 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Why do some lives matter more than others?
Drawing on research in moral psychology and ethics, @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social examines how people come to include or exclude different beings from their moral circle.
youtu.be/LB8q7f6J4HM?...
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #animalethics #moralcircle
Drawing on research in moral psychology and ethics, @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social examines how people come to include or exclude different beings from their moral circle.
youtu.be/LB8q7f6J4HM?...
#PhilosophyMatters #ethics #animalethics #moralcircle
Is #death bad for you? If so, why is it bad? If death is bad, are we badly off prior to our birth? To find out more check out Ryan Kulesa's talk 'The Badness of Death', next in this year's Bitesize programme of free philosophy.
youtu.be/CpB5R7G_6Jc?...
#PhilosophyMatters #FreeEducation #ethics
youtu.be/CpB5R7G_6Jc?...
#PhilosophyMatters #FreeEducation #ethics
Bitesize Ethics 2026 Session Four: The Badness of Death
YouTube video by Uehiro Oxford Institute Channel
youtu.be
August 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Is #death bad for you? If so, why is it bad? If death is bad, are we badly off prior to our birth? To find out more check out Ryan Kulesa's talk 'The Badness of Death', next in this year's Bitesize programme of free philosophy.
youtu.be/CpB5R7G_6Jc?...
#PhilosophyMatters #FreeEducation #ethics
youtu.be/CpB5R7G_6Jc?...
#PhilosophyMatters #FreeEducation #ethics
Delighted that Sheffield won department of the year in the annual BPA prizes!! And fab to see colleagues @chongminglim.bsky.social and Jim Chamberlain getting recognition too.
bpa.ac.uk/prizes2026/
#Philosophymatters #philsky
bpa.ac.uk/prizes2026/
#Philosophymatters #philsky
BPA Prizes 2026 - British Philosophical Association
The British Philosophical Association is delighted to celebrate the inaugural recipients of our new BPA Prizes. These awards were established to recognise and promote the outstanding breadth, depth, a...
bpa.ac.uk
March 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Delighted that Sheffield won department of the year in the annual BPA prizes!! And fab to see colleagues @chongminglim.bsky.social and Jim Chamberlain getting recognition too.
bpa.ac.uk/prizes2026/
#Philosophymatters #philsky
bpa.ac.uk/prizes2026/
#Philosophymatters #philsky
Last Fri we went to York for an awards event for infant feeding and our work on gender inclusion got recognised alongside a bunch of other amazing stuff folks are doing.
@fionawoollard.bsky.social @matthewjcull.bsky.social
#philosophy #philsky #philosophymatters
@fionawoollard.bsky.social @matthewjcull.bsky.social
#philosophy #philsky #philosophymatters
January 26, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Last Fri we went to York for an awards event for infant feeding and our work on gender inclusion got recognised alongside a bunch of other amazing stuff folks are doing.
@fionawoollard.bsky.social @matthewjcull.bsky.social
#philosophy #philsky #philosophymatters
@fionawoollard.bsky.social @matthewjcull.bsky.social
#philosophy #philsky #philosophymatters
Dismal (and confused) news from the supreme court in the UK, so a good time to emphasise the trans-inclusive philosophy and learning environments we try to cultivate at Sheffield. engagedphilosophy.org/2025/04/17/t...
#philsky #academicsky #philosophymatters
#philsky #academicsky #philosophymatters
Trans-inclusive Philosophy
In light of the UK Supreme Court ruling about ‘gender’ in the Equality Act 2010 (reported on here and further discussed here), now is a good time to reiterate that Philosophy at Sheffie…
engagedphilosophy.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Dismal (and confused) news from the supreme court in the UK, so a good time to emphasise the trans-inclusive philosophy and learning environments we try to cultivate at Sheffield. engagedphilosophy.org/2025/04/17/t...
#philsky #academicsky #philosophymatters
#philsky #academicsky #philosophymatters
Lucky to be at this great workshop on standing (to blame, to praise, to...?), and learning a lot. Today I'll be discussing my recent work on receiving praise, and also commenting on Hannah Tierney's work on meddlesome blame.
ps.au.dk/cepdisc/arra...
#philsky, #philofortnight2025, #philosophymatters
ps.au.dk/cepdisc/arra...
#philsky, #philofortnight2025, #philosophymatters
Workshop: Standing, Moral Response and Discrimination
Organized by Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen and Kartik Upadhyaya (Warwick University)
ps.au.dk
March 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Lucky to be at this great workshop on standing (to blame, to praise, to...?), and learning a lot. Today I'll be discussing my recent work on receiving praise, and also commenting on Hannah Tierney's work on meddlesome blame.
ps.au.dk/cepdisc/arra...
#philsky, #philofortnight2025, #philosophymatters
ps.au.dk/cepdisc/arra...
#philsky, #philofortnight2025, #philosophymatters
Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, who I have the great fortune to be colleagues with at Sheffield, on In Our Time this morning, on Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#philsky #philofortnight #philosophymatters
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#philsky #philofortnight #philosophymatters
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Insights into the relationship between the body and the mind, habits, language and thought
www.bbc.co.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Komarine Romdenh-Romluc, who I have the great fortune to be colleagues with at Sheffield, on In Our Time this morning, on Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#philsky #philofortnight #philosophymatters
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
#philsky #philofortnight #philosophymatters
The annual Women in the History of Philosophy lecture at Sheffield is this week!
Julia Borcherding on ‘Towards a New History of Philosophy? Early Modern Women Philosophers and the Canon: A Case Study'.
28/03/2025, 2:30-4:30pm, Diamond LT2.
#philsky #philofortnight2025 #philosophymatters
Julia Borcherding on ‘Towards a New History of Philosophy? Early Modern Women Philosophers and the Canon: A Case Study'.
28/03/2025, 2:30-4:30pm, Diamond LT2.
#philsky #philofortnight2025 #philosophymatters
March 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The annual Women in the History of Philosophy lecture at Sheffield is this week!
Julia Borcherding on ‘Towards a New History of Philosophy? Early Modern Women Philosophers and the Canon: A Case Study'.
28/03/2025, 2:30-4:30pm, Diamond LT2.
#philsky #philofortnight2025 #philosophymatters
Julia Borcherding on ‘Towards a New History of Philosophy? Early Modern Women Philosophers and the Canon: A Case Study'.
28/03/2025, 2:30-4:30pm, Diamond LT2.
#philsky #philofortnight2025 #philosophymatters
Brilliant to see ex-Sheffield PhD (now Manchester-based post-doc!) Tareeq Jalloh at this BPA/IP event talking about his work on philosophy and drill! #philosophymatters #philoforthnight2025
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
"I didn't know philosophers did that!" | Institute of Philosophy | University of London
YouTube video by British Philosophical Association
www.youtube.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Brilliant to see ex-Sheffield PhD (now Manchester-based post-doc!) Tareeq Jalloh at this BPA/IP event talking about his work on philosophy and drill! #philosophymatters #philoforthnight2025
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...