Moving past the fantasy of risk-free action takes more than the intellectual apprehension of the error: it requires working through the horror that motivates it. This is the conviction that animates Gillian Rose’s philosophy. thepointmag.com/politics/the-r…

Before evaluating this graph we need to figure out whether holes exist

Today! Who Do We Become When We Talk to Machines? Sherry Turkle in conversation w/ Audrey Borowski Machines have no friendship to offer and yet we persist in the desire for conversation with the inanimate. 10 June @ 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK Register: bit.ly/4c4TTCQ

Students & staff at SOAS have co-created the UK’s first Decolonising Philosophy Toolkit for schools & universities, aiming to diversify philosophy teaching by incorporating philosophical perspectives from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, & Latin America 🌍 soas.ac.uk/about/news/uks…

I am inventing the concept of a “thick place”, where the veil between this world and the next is extremely thick, such as you’d think you’ll never experience transcendental sensation or joy again, like the pedestrian roads around where the M1 converges with the north circular

Gillian Rose, Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory - Afterword by Martin Jay, edited by James Gordon Finlayson and Robert Lucas Scott, Verso Books, July 2024 versobooks.com/en-gb/products…

Looking forward to this.

Great thread

Spinoza after politics: a series of short essays by me, gil, a finite mode, Marie Wuth and Jack Stetter. Exciting and original work here, exploring Spinoza with anarchism, Fanon, war, and care. No paywall too! thephilosopher1923.org/post/spinoza-a… The Philosopher

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Anthony Morgan has led our unfunded, volunteer-run publication, The Philosopher, admirably for six years as editor-in-chief. As he steps back, join us to celebrate his achievements. We'll support his vision for The Philosopher in a more relaxed role. ✨ thephilosopher1923.substack.com/p/anthonys-far…

All our "New Basics" essays are now online! Explore all 46 essays on the themes of “Planet”, “Society”, “Person”, and “Philosophy” here: bit.ly/3xyGRPJ Featuring Sally Haslanger Eraldo Souza dos Santos (@eraldo.bsky.social) Jessica Whyte Jana Bacevic ([email protected]) Dr Maeve McKeown Elvira Basevich Dan Taylor Ian Olasov & more!

Study Humanities. Run the Country. In classrooms on Monday.

Our new edited collection is published today! "Science, Anti-Science, Pseudoscience, Truth" Contributors: Peter Vickers Jana Bacevic ([email protected]) Chanda Prescod-Weinstein C Thi Nguyen Dr. Maya J. Goldenberg Louise Richardson-Self (she/her) 👩‍🎓🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 Victor Ray Sam Hoadley-Brill Jason Blakely & more! Order here: bit.ly/45ZmckE

779 pages and 2.75 inches of proof that German women's philosophizing in the 19th century was powerful, robust, and copious! Congrats to Kristin Gjesdal, dalia nassar, and 31 contributing authors on this field-defining book. Thrilling! Oxford Philosophy Karen Ng clinton tolley

Looking forward to digging into the new tranlsation of Marx's Capital V.1 from Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s. I'll be in conversation with the editor Paul North and translator Paul Reitter on Sept 30th for The Philosopher (online). More details soon.

Our Autumn event series features (amongst others): Kate Manne Fabienne Peter Dr. Serena Parekh Vanessa Wills Alex Guerrero Jules Holroyd Ben Ware Michael Hannon Elise Woodard Daniel James Alexis Papazoglou, Sara Ahmed, Paul Ritter, Havi Carel, Simon Critchley & more!

I once spent 8h on a garden chair reading 12 pages of Hegel and it was the most I've ever gotten out of a book

Really a huge relief that spending money on books doesn’t count as spending money. I got super lucky with that one

Monday event! On Fatphobia: @Kate_Manne in conversation with Urja Lakhani How anti-fatness fuels harmful assumptions about a person's character, attractiveness, health, & intellect, & intersects with other forms of oppression. 2 Sep, 7pm UK Register: bit.ly/3Xzqk8p