Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
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- ✨ Thanks to everyone who joined us last Thursday for the opening night of Philosophy Today. A full house at the JM Synge Theatre, despite the rain, to kick off six weeks of public #philosophy at Trinity! More on the series here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/2fjuvvve
- 👋 A warm welcome to everyone joining us tonight for the sold-out Philosophy Today 2026 public lecture series. We’re kicking off with Dr @pmagana94.bsky.social on Levelling the Boardroom, exploring whether workplaces should be more democratic. More on the series here: 🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/n...
- Looking forward to welcoming Dr @schuringa.bsky.social from @northeasternu.bsky.social to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today. He’ll be speaking on What Is Wrong with Metaethics? 📍 Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building. More on the series: 🔗 tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
- How should we think about rights and right-holding? Adina Preda reviews Matthew Kramer’s Rights and Right-holding in The Philosophical Review (2026). Read it here 🔗 tinyurl.com/bdeyh4rd
- 🔎 New research from the Department. 'Sentientist Political Liberalism' by @pmagana94.bsky.social & Eze Paez, published in the Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Jan 2026. Read it here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- ✨ Happy @unesco.org #WorldLogicDay! A fitting moment to revisit Prof Paul O’Grady’s Favourite Read: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, a classic text on logic, language and meaning. 🔗 tcd.ie/philosophy/a... #philosophy #philsky
- 📌 A reminder that the Department of Philosophy currently has two tenure-track Assistant Professor posts open. Closing dates: 19 & 30 Jan 2026. Details below 👇
- Two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions are now open in the Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, in Value Theory and in the Philosophy, History and Ethics of Science. Closing dates: 19 & 30 Jan 2026. Further details here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2s3n2wnk
- 🤔 What role do virtues play in market economies? TCD graduate Robert C.B. Miller (BA Moral & Mental Science, 1970) has published a new book with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social examining virtue ethics and capitalism. More here 🔗 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ethics-in...
- Reposted by Department of Philosophy, Trinity College DublinWe wish all our students and staff a well-deserved break over the festive season and we look forward to welcoming you back for Hilary Term in January! @tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdsociology.bsky.social @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social
- Two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions are now open in the Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin, in Value Theory and in the Philosophy, History and Ethics of Science. Closing dates: 19 & 30 Jan 2026. Further details here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/2s3n2wnk
- Reposted by Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin📢Thinking about a move in 2026? Join the School of Social Sciences & Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin! 🎓 We are currently looking for Assistant Professors across our 4 Departments, each of which is the top ranked in Ireland ☘️🚀 Apply at jobs.tcd.ie
- 🎁 Looking for a Christmas present idea? Philosophy Today 2026 could be just the thing! Our popular lecture series is nearly sold out, with a small number of places still available. Tickets here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/ymcprkyx
- 📚 December’s Favourite Read is 'Interpreting Bach at the Keyboard' by Paul Badura-Skoda. Chosen by Dr Tom Farrell, it’s a thoughtful guide for those drawn to the beauty and challenge of Bach’s piano works. More here: 🔗 tcd.ie/philosophy/a...
- Celebrating our Philosophy prize winners🎓🥳 7 Philosophy prizes were presented at this year’s @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Student Prize Ceremony, together with acknowledgements of our Foundation Scholars & Gold Medal recipients. Congratulations to all! More here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/5cuncr3a
- ✨ New research from the Department. "Divinely Prescribed Evil and Moral Knowledge in Islam and Beyond" by Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social . Published in AGATHEOS – European Journal for #Philosophy of Religion, Vol 2, No 3. Read it here ⬇️ publicera.kb.se/aejpr/articl...
- Thinking about studying philosophy? Join us at the undergraduate #TrinityOpenDay this Saturday! ⏰ Philosophy talks at 10.30am (Emmet Theatre) & 1.40pm (Synge Theatre). 📍 We’ll also be in the Exam Hall, Front Square, from 10am-4pm. Call by and have a chat! More here 🔗 www.tcd.ie/openday/
- What can philosophy tell us about wealth, emotion, memory and the choices we make every day? Tickets for Philosophy Today 2026 are selling fast! ⚡️ Join us from January 29 for six evening lectures. Tickets here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/ymcprkyx
- Can Arendt still help us make sense of modern politics? PhD student Francesco Piscitello explores this question in his new paper, Arendt and the Social: A Modern Flaw?, published in Philosophy & Social Criticism. Read it here ⬇️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- ✨ New research from the Department. "Relational equality and the status of animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in Philosophical Studies, November 2025. Read it here ⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
- 🎉 Booking is now open for Philosophy Today 2026! Delighted to launch the 2026 line-up of our popular annual lecture series on #WorldPhilosophyDay. From wealth & emotion to memory & more, the series explores ideas that shape how we live today. Starts Jan 29. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ymcprkyx
- What does life after a Philosophy degree look like? Our alumni panel last week brought together graduates from law, IT, government, education & the creative industries to share their career paths with students. Thanks to our alumni, TDA, TCD Careers & all who joined us! @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
- ✨ New research from the Department. "Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social, published in @1000wordphilosophy.bsky.social, November 2025. Read it here ⬇️ 1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/11/06/a...
- Missed Dr Will Ratoff’s packed Autumn Series lecture on 2 Oct - “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence”? You can now watch it in full on YouTube! 🔗 youtu.be/MyWO014Usbo?...
- Looking forward to welcoming Professor Bart Streumer from @rug.nl to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today for his talk, ‘How Berkeley Can Go Quasi and Lose His Mind-Dependence’. More on this term’s series: 🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
- ✨🎓 Thinking about postgraduate study in philosophy? Applications are now open for Trinity’s MPhil in Philosophy. Explore course details and funding options here 🔽 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/p... #philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
- ✨ Delighted to have Dr Corine Besson from @sussex.ac.uk with us for today’s Philosophy Colloquium, where she will speak on ‘Rule-Following, Particularism and The Particular-First View of Deductive Reasoning’. More on the series here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/mpscjhm2 @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
- Hannah Arendt Today, co-organised by our Teaching Fellow Sam Fazekas, runs 31 Oct–5 Dec and features early-career researchers exploring Arendt’s political thought. ✨ Free and open to all. Full line-up & registration 🔗 tinyurl.com/2jtrcurc @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
- We’re pleased to welcome Dr Rossella De Bernardi to the Department of Philosophy 🎓👋 She joins as a @researchireland.ie Postdoctoral Fellow, exploring the role of emotions in our understanding of justice and equality.
- 📚✨ Favourite Reads is back! Over the coming months, colleagues will share books that have inspired them. First up, Dr Ashley Shaw on Richard Moran’s 'Authority & Estrangement' & our relationship with our own beliefs. #philosophy #philsky 🔗 tinyurl.com/4pyc7zns
- ✨ We’re pleased to welcome Professor Thomas Kroedel from @uni-hamburg.de to the Department later today for this week’s Philosophy Colloquium. He’ll be speaking on 'Causal Complications for Explainable AI'. #philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
- Delighted to see a packed JM Synge Theatre last Thursday for Dr Will Ratoff’s @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series talk on “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence”. Thanks to Will for a fascinating evening and to Dr Ashley Shaw for hosting. 👏🤖
- Looking forward to welcoming a full house this evening for Dr Will Ratoff’s “Machines Like Us? The Ethics of Artificial General Intelligence” - part of the @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series. #AI #Ethics #Philosophy
- A warm welcome to Dr Chris Cowie from @durham-university.bsky.social who joins us later today for the first talk of our Michaelmas Term #Philosophy Colloquium Series. He’ll be speaking on 'The Epistemology of the Search for Alien Life'.
- 🔎 New research from the Department. "Ideology, Red in Tooth and Claw: Realist Ideology Critique and Animals" by Dr Pablo Magaña, published in the Journal of Social Philosophy, September 2025. Read it here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/4nyvuz69
- Should AI have the same moral rights as humans? 🤔🤖 Ahead of his Oct 2 talk in the @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Public Autumn Series, Dr Will Ratoff discusses this question with Joe Humphreys in today's @irishtimes.com ▶️ tinyurl.com/364zdxk8
- Professor @adinapreda.bsky.social has contributed a chapter on Human Rights and Equality to the new @routledgebooks.bsky.social Handbook of the Philosophy of Human Rights. Read the pre-print via Trinity’s repository 🔽 tinyurl.com/3ucx338y Book details 🔽 tinyurl.com/3z856vy4
- ✨ New research from the Department. "Intergenerational Subjection" by Dr Pablo Magaña and Dr Iñigo González-Ricoyn, published in Legal Theory, June 2025. Read it here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/3xs6jrwn #philsky #philosophy #academicsky
- Thinking about studying philosophy? We’re at #HigherOptions in the RDS for the next three days on the @tcddublin.bsky.social Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences stand- come by for a chat and learn more! @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
- A warm welcome to Dr Ashley Shaw, who has joined the department as Assistant Professor in Philosophy.
- Welcome to our new staff starting this teaching term! 🥳 We wish the best of luck in all your teaching and research endeavours! 📣 @tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social @tcdsociology.bsky.social
- Should we create minds more powerful than our own? Join Dr Will Ratoff on 2 Oct for a free public lecture on the ethics of Artificial General Intelligence. Part of @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Autumn Series on AI. Free tickets & details here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/95ckuskb
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- Arendt, Kant, and the political potential of reflective judgment - explored in depth by our colleague Dr Sam Fazekas. 📚 'Hannah Arendt’s Unwritten Chapter on Judging' is 40% off in the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social summer sale until 31 August. Order here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/mrx8uwde
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- Our @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social Alumni Newsletter 2025 is now available to read! 📖 It looks back on the School's achievements over the past academic year. 👏 🔗Read the newsletter here: www.tcd.ie/ssp/alumni/n... @tcdeconomics.bsky.social @tcdsociology.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social
- Why does Plato continue to inspire philosophers across centuries? The Platonic Mind, co-edited by our colleague Vasilis Politis and Peter D Larsen offers a fresh look at his influence on philosophy. A great pick from the School's Summer Reads series! @routledgebooks.bsky.social
- Thanks to Anil Gomes from @ox.ac.uk who visited the department this week for a 2-day workshop & excellent chapter-by-chapter discussion of 'The Practical Self' (OUP) exploring self-consciousness & our place in the world. More here 🔗 tinyurl.com/5hxnk2ej
- Reposted by Department of Philosophy, Trinity College DublinSo, why should we care about central bank independence? 🧐 Professor @davideromelli.bsky.social (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social) tells us why it matters in the first video of our new Meet the Expert Summer Series 💫 @tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcdsociology.bsky.social @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social
- A warm congratulations to Professor David Berman, Fellow Emeritus (Philosophy) on the publication of his latest book “Whately's Historic Doubts about Napoleon's Existence and the Preliminary Question”, published by Palgrave Macmillan 👏 More here 🔗 tinyurl.com/3k4ahuvx
- A big congratulations to PhD student Enda Russell, who has been awarded a 2025 Dermot McAleese Teaching Assistant Award ⭐️ Enda’s thoughtful and engaging approach to teaching has made a real impact- well done from all of us in the department! 👏 Read more here 🔗 tinyurl.com/7uf8tpyb
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- Interested in starting an MPhil in Philosophy this September? Join Course Director, Professor Lilian Alweiss, at our upcoming webinar to discuss any questions you may have. 📅 Date: Tuesday 13 May 2025 🕒 Time: 10 am (Irish Time) 📍 Venue: Zoom (register here: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...)
- That’s a wrap on #Philosophy Today 2025! 🥳 Six evenings of big questions, generous speakers & packed-out discussions. Thanks to everyone joined us & brought such curiosity & energy each week. 👏 Sign up for updates on future events here 🔽 tinyurl.com/4nxc8vrv
- What does it mean to truly care for oneself? 🤔 Looking forward to tonight’s final talk in the #Philosophy Today series, with Professor Vasilis Politis, exploring Socrates' teachings on self-examination and their relevance today.
- ✨ The Department is pleased to welcome Dr Ashley Shaw, who joins us as Assistant Professor in #Philosophy this August. His research centres on mind & action, with current work on desire & rational agency & further interests in need, habit & self-control. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4fdrhhun
