Fabienne Peter
Philosophy professor, University of Warwick. DPVC. Research: political philosophy, moral philosophy, social epistemology. She/they.
fabiennepeter.org
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterNew Post: WEEKEND READING: What if, in trying to ‘fix’ universities, we are quietly unmaking them? www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/01/10/w...
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- With heartfelt thanks to Amanda Greene for her generous and insightful review of my book on political legitimacy! academic.oup.com/mind/article...
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterExciting times at UoM: we are hiring up to 15 postdocs. See below www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterThe Center is very sad to report the untimely passing of Andrew Cooper (Warwick), who was a Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science in 2023. Andrew was an outstanding philosopher in addition to a wonderful human being.
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- A nice discussion of recent work on political legitimacy -- including my book! What Is the Point of Legitimacy? - Enzo Rossi, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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- Reposted by Fabienne PeterThe philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch insists that love is not only morally relevant, but absolutely central to morality
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterJosh Cohen and I have a new (short) paper in @science.org! Researchers at Google built a "Habermas Machine" for democratic deliberation. We ask whether its knack for building agreement comes from genuine deliberative merit or from people over-trusting algorithms. philpapers.org/go.pl?aid=CO...
- Newish paper on what I call runaway reasons in Oxford Studies in Metaethics -- just received my hardcopy of this volume. Runway reasons are robustly normative but fail to track the fitting response. academic.oup.com/book/60047/c...
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- Our toolkit for co-creational news media has launched! Find out how the news media can enhance well-informed political debate and be socially inclusive. www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/post/pinf-la...
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterThe Supplementary Volume of the PAS 2025 is finally out!! Enjoy! academic.oup.com/aristotelian... #philsky @aristotsoc.bsky.social
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterPhilosopher Helen De Cruz has died.
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterNext Monday 16th June we've got Sarah McGrath from Princeton coming to chat to us about: 'What (if anything) is moral experience?' #philosophy ⏰ 17:30, Monday 16th June 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2024-25-programme/sarah-mcgrath/
- Karyn Lai on the Zhuangzi on human diversity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- Reposted by Fabienne PeterWe are naturally connected: to the wild world, animals, one another. @gsmcelwain.bsky.social has an excellent overview of Mary Midgley's work, which is always relevant and increasingly prominent. From the APA blog. #philsky
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterFinal Version: 225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right Text & signatories here - www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterLatest post. Don’t know how many I have still in me helendecruz.substack.com/p/cant-take-...
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterZadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’
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- Reposted by Fabienne PeterNext Monday, Vid Simoniti is speaking at the Aristotelian Society. Come along for his talk 'Thinking without Knowing: a Defence of Aesthetic Cognitivism'. Draft paper on our website! 📍 Senate Room, Senate House ⏰ 17:30 on Monday 19 May 2025 🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterFrisbee Sheffield is speaking at the Aristotelian Society next Monday! Come along for her talk 'Socrates and Dialogue as the Greatest Good'. Draft paper & abstract on our website! 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House ⏰ 17:30 🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi... #philosophy #philsky
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- Reposted by Fabienne PeterJoin us next Monday (28th April) for the next Proceedings talk by Léa Salje from Leeds University. Léa's talk is entitled 'Artspeak'. Her draft paper is available on our website! 17.30-19.15 Institute of Eduction, 20 Bedford Way, Room 642 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi...
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- Reposted by Fabienne PeterAre you a student wanting to attend the Joint Session this year? If you're eligible, you can apply for one of our student subsides here: www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-joint-se... Deadline: 10 May 2025 #philosophy #philsky
- It was great! www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
- Pleased this is out. 🙂 academic.oup.com/aristotelian... The paper argues that there is an overlooked distinction in relational ethics regarding the ground of relational moral demands.
- "Gatsby is the story of a culture responding, however dimly, to the reality that its moral energies have begun to fail. … Gatsby is prophetic not for advancing a political theory of decline, but for capturing the emotional logic of a society in thrall to raw power."
- On Saturday 12 April at 5pm local time, there is a panel on the co-creational model for the news media: come and explore how public participation in the creation and dissemination of news can improve the quality of news and help democracy.
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- Reposted by Fabienne PeterPauline Kleingeld is at the Aristotelian Society next Monday! Come along for the talk 'Kant and the Methods of Moral Philosophy' - free and welcome to all! 🗓️ MONDAY, 10 March 2025 📍 Woburn Suite, Senate House 🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi... #philsky #philosophy
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterWhat we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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- Reposted by Fabienne PeterJoin us on MONDAY for Claire Field's talk "Is Incoherence Always Incoherent?" You can read Claire's paper on our website: 🔗 www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedi... ⏰ 17:30-19.15 📍Feb 24th Woburn Suite Free and welcome to all! #philosophy #philsky
- Reposted by Fabienne PeterMy @aeon.co article on Mary Midgley ‘So many unmarried men’ is out now - aeon.co/essays/for-m... #philsk #philosophy
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