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#PhilosophyMatters to… The event is part of the Philosophy Fortnight, #PhilosophyMatters to…

The Institute of Philosophy proudly presents the 2nd Philosophy Fortnight, in collab with the BPA. Join the #PhilosophyMatters event featuring four panels on Public Policy, Food, AI, and Public Engagement. Registrations now open: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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11.03.2026 14:26 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Democratic Futures and Artificial Intelligence The event is part of the British Philosophy Fortnight. #PhilosophyMatters 2026

The Institute of Philosophy, in collaboration with the British Philosophical Association, presents a conversation on Democratic Futures and Artificial Intelligence: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @sas-news.bsky.social @uolondon.bsky.social

10.03.2026 11:35 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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A roadmap for evaluating moral competence in large language models - Nature This Perspective offers a roadmap for tackling the challenges of the facsimile problem, moral multidimensionality and moral pluralism in large language models.

New paper by @ip-sas.bsky.social friends and collaborators in Nature Communications exploring a road map for assessing moral competence in large language models. Congratulations to Julia Haas @benhenke.bsky.social and colleagues

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

19.02.2026 19:24 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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#PhilosophyMatters 2026 British Philosophy Fortnight #BPF2026 will be: Monday 16th to Sunday 29th March 2026

The SAS Institute of Philosophy is participating for the second time in the annual national British Philosophy Fortnight, and we are excited to be part of this initiative that celebrates, promotes, and champions philosophy across the country: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

18.02.2026 12:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nick Zangwill (UCL/Lincoln): Bach and Beauty The event is part of the London Aesthetics Seminar Series and hosted by the Institute of Philosophy.

LAF Seminar | Nick Zangwill (UCL/Lincoln): Bach and Beauty.: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

17.02.2026 12:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Philosophy of AI Summer School 2026: Reasoning and Agency in AI Philosophy of AI Summer School 2026: Reasoning and Agency in AI, June 15–19, Venice. Applications now open!

🌍📖 Applications are still open!
Join our Philosophy of AI Summer School: Reasoning and Agency in AI in Venice with UHK, LUM, and VIU.
Apply now to secure your place!
philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

10.02.2026 13:36 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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PPE Seminar | Massimo Renzo (KCL): Choices, Desires, Commitments

Join us this Thursday for another PPE Seminar with Massimo Renzo (KCL) on Choices, Desires, and Commitments. Spaces are limited—register now!
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10.02.2026 10:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Catherine Wheatley (KCL): "Do you get it? Intention, Misunderstanding, and Ordinary Language in Adolescence (Philip Barantini, 2025)" This event is part of the London Aesthetics Forum Seminar series and hosted by the Institute of Philosophy.

LAF Seminar on Thursday 05 February 2026 with Catherine Wheatley. Register to secure your spot now:
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02.02.2026 16:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Partners helping us celebrate the Institute of Philosophy’s 20th Anniversary yesterday. Good to commemorate Profs Colin Blakemore and Vincent Hayward who contributed so much to @ip-sas.bsky.social and to welcome our recent collaborators from Tate and Getty, the Crick Institute and Google Research

24.01.2026 12:45 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Rounding off yesterday’s 20th Anniversary celebrations @ip-sas.bsky.social with an AI vs Human Cocktail Turing Taste Test designed by @opheliaderoy.bsky.social and delivered by Isabel Graham-Yool

24.01.2026 12:48 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Trip to Club Curling at Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross by @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab to see our Senses Unwrapped exhibition and to do some curling

20.01.2026 15:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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20th Anniversary of the Institute of Philosophy The Institute of Philosophy celebrates 20 years at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

We’re celebrating 20 years of the Institute of Philosophy 🎉
Join us for a celebratory lecture on 23 January 2026—meet our team and partners.
A few spots remaining. Register here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

09.01.2026 16:23 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Vanessa Brassey (KCL): “The Moving Life of Still Images” The event is part of the London Aesthetics Forum Seminar Series and hosted by the Institute of Philosophy.

LAF Seminar: Vanessa Brassey (KCL), “The Moving Life of Still Images” on 22 January 2026. Register here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

08.01.2026 10:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Philosophy of AI Conference 2026 — Reasoning and Agency in AI Please join us for the 4th annual Philosophy AI conference on 21-22 May 2026.

🧠 Join us for the 4th annual Philosophy of AI Conference (21–22 May 2026), focusing on Reasoning and Agency in AI. Spaces are limited—register to secure your attendance!
@sas-news.bsky.social @uolondon.bsky.social philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

07.01.2026 12:28 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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PPE Seminar | Carolina Flores (Lisbon): Moral panics! (w/Lauren Lyons, UCSC) The Practical, the Political, & the Ethical” Series, Spring 2026

Our first PPE Seminar of the year is here! Carolina Flores (Lisbon) will present on “Moral Panics”. Spaces are limited—register now: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

07.01.2026 11:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Early Career Network in Philosophy conference, Physics and the Self: interdisciplinary perspectives. The conference is run by early career researchers, Charlie Green and Jonathan Emery, who received the the Early Career Network in Philosophy Innovation Award from @ip-sas.bsky.social

13.12.2025 11:23 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Centre for the Study of the Senses brings sensory science experience to Coal Drops Yard Centre for the Study of the Senses brings sensory science experience to Coal Drops Yard

IP Centre for the Study of the Senses brings sensory science experience to Coal Drops Yard.
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12.12.2025 13:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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6th Symposium on Proof-theoretic Semantics A workshop spread across three days on current research on proof-theoretic semantics.

We are excited to host the 6th Symposium on Symposium on Proof-theoretic Semantics on 9-11 February 2026.
Registrations are now open: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

09.12.2025 10:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Focused conference on ad hoc concepts, Word Meaning and Concepts Expressed, @ip-sas.bsky.social organized by Prof Michelle Liu on the work of Prof Robyn Carston with speakers, Francois Recanati, Tamara Dobbler, John Collins and Augustin Vicente

04.12.2025 19:24 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Rose Ryan Flinn (Cambridge): “Depiction and Resemblance” This event is part of the London Aesthetics Forum lectures.

LAF Seminar | Rose Ryan Flinn (Cambridge): “Depiction and Resemblance” on 11 December 2025
Register here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

04.12.2025 16:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 We’re hiring!
Join the Centre for the Politics of Feelings as our new Research Assistant.
✨ Applications now open!
jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

04.12.2025 10:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Terrific tutored sake tasting @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab Meeting led by @asami.tasaka whose considerable expertise taught us so much. Great flavor descriptors generated with the help of Liana Lee and her exceptional palate. Kudos to Tom who wore his Xmas jumper for the lunch that followed. Thank you!

02.12.2025 20:29 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Physics and the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

🧠⚛️ We’re hosting “Physics and the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” on 13–14 December!
The conference will feature presentations from early career researchers in philosophy, physics & neuroscience. Book your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

23.10.2025 13:27 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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20th Anniversary of the Institute of Philosophy The Institute of Philosophy celebrates 20 years at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.

🎉 The Institute of Philosophy celebrates 20 years at the School of Advanced Study this year! Join us on 23rd January 2026 for a one-day lecture celebrating two decades of innovative research and ideas.
Book your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

25.11.2025 12:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Shay Kaur Grewal - 13/11/2025 - BBC Sounds Celebrating Londoners and a recap of the day's news.

ICYMI - @barrycsmith.bsky.social from the @ip-sas.bsky.social was on BBC Radio London talking about ‘Senses Unwrapped’, a new collaborative, immersive sensory experience from the Centre for the Study of the Senses (CenSes). Listen here, from around 2 hours 44 mins: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

19.11.2025 15:54 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social chocolate tasting, Raising the Bar, ranging over the sensory, historical, ethical and environmental dimensions of chocolate production. A collaboration between Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners and @ip-sas.bsky.social Centre for the Study of the Senses

10.11.2025 19:09 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Awaken your senses at Coal Drops Yard with this mini exhibition as part of the Club Curling experience at Kings Cross. A huge thanks to our friends and partners @ip-sas.bsky.social for helping us create these multisensory experiences

06.11.2025 06:31 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Today’s @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab Meeting given by Prof David Papineau telling us naturalists have nothing to fear from talk of metaphysical essences

28.10.2025 12:53 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Word Meaning and Concept Expressed: Philosophical and Linguistic Perspectives

🗣️💡 Join us for the Word Meaning and Concept Expressed: Philosophical and Linguistic Perspectives conference on 4 December 2025!
🔗 Register here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

27.10.2025 13:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0