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Craig French
@craigfrench.bsky.social
Philosopher at the University of Nottingham. Keenly interested in the philosophy of mental health and the philosophy of psychotherapy! Other interests include: Badgers, Elton John, UFOs.

www.pomhnottingham.org
www.craigfrench.xyz

#philosophy #philsky
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my paper "The Disunity of Disease" is now published in Philosophy of Medicine
philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/arti...
The Disunity of Disease | Philosophy of Medicine
philmed.pitt.edu
July 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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The paper is followed by my responses to 11 critics in the same journal, 'Explaining Intentionality: replies to critics'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Explaining Intentionality: replies to Critics
Published in Australasian Philosophical Review (Vol. 8, No. 1, 2024)
www.tandfonline.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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My paper 'On the Explanation of Intentionality' has just been published in the Australasian Philosophical Review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On the Explanation of Intentionality
It is a widespread assumption in contemporary philosophy of mind that a naturalistic explanation of intentionality must answer to what I will call the ‘question of aboutness’: what makes it the cas...
www.tandfonline.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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The Diversity Reading List Project is celebrating its 10-year anniversary!

bsky.app/profile/dive...

High quality texts in philosophy by authors from under-represented groups.

➡️texts
➡️blueprints
➡️events

Web: diversityreadinglist.org.

#DiversityAnniversaryConference
#philosophy #diversity
July 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Department of Philosophy at Warwick celebrates its 60th anniversary in Senate House @uolpress.bsky.social with speeches on why #philosophymatters by Qassim Cassam, Heather Widdows, @guylongworth.bsky.social and @mmmccabe.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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RESEARCH!

Stephen Barker's book 'The Metaphysically Dynamic Universe How Motion is the Essence of Time and Physical Reality' is out soon with @Routledge_Phil.

#philosophy #time #motion #metaphysics #physics
June 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Georgi Gardiner is hosting an online event to celebrate the philosophical art of @helendecruz.net next Tuesday, 6/24, at 11 a.m. CT. All are welcome! Details at www.georgigardiner.com/helen.
June 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Resources for philosophers on Bluesky:

1. Starter packs
go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ (people)
go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 (orgs)

2. New PhilSky+ feed 🦋
bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #PhilSky & other common hashtags (see profile for more)

3. Lists
bsky.app/profile/did:... (people)
bsky.app/profile/did:... (orgs)
March 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Super excited to have had my paper "Delusion as Embodied and Narrated Emotion" accepted for presentation at EPSSE 2025. Cannot think of a better place to go and talk about Sartre, delusions and emotions! Paris, June 11-13

@epsse.bsky.social
www.epsse.org
March 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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A new radio interview with the lovely Beth Matthews from Aussie Radio, 3CR 😁

We chat about why Mary Midgley said philosophy is like plumbing and Midgley's views on evil #philosophy #philsky

www.3cr.org.au/radicalphilo...
Mary Midgley - Dr Ellie Robson
Mary Midgley - Dr Ellie Robson discusses why Mary Midgley said philosophy is like plumbing and Midgley's views on evil.
www.3cr.org.au
March 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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The MIT Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a growing resource, expertly edited and designed, with high quality contributors (OK OK I am one of them) oecs.mit.edu
Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a new, multidisciplinary guide to understanding the mind: a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics to a bro...
oecs.mit.edu
February 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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I’ve created a new starter pack and feed for philosophy of perception and the senses. Who am I missing? #PhilSky #PhilPerception #perception #theSenses go.bsky.app/B2HQDad
November 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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Delighted to share a feed for Philosophy of Delusion.🎯

It's based on the Philosophy of Delusion starter pack. Comment or DM if you'd like to be added.🤝

#PhilPsychiatry, #PhilDelusion, #PhilMind, #PhilCognition, #PhilConsciousness, #PhilPerception, #philsci, #cogsci, #philosophy, #philsky
November 27, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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Just chanced upon this site -- what a great project that was! @craigfrench.bsky.social philcambnd.github.io/newdirection...
About - New Directions
New Directions in the Study of the Mind Project.
philcambnd.github.io
November 27, 2024 at 10:01 AM
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Resources for philosophers on Bluesky (updated)

1. Starter packs
go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ (individuals)
go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 (orgs)

2. Philosophy feeds
bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #philosophy, #PhilSky & other common hashtags
(see profile for others)

3. List of philosophers
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 25, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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I have a new paper on delusion which I'm very pleased to see published today, and open access too. I argue that monothematic delusions are best understood as beliefs formed in tricky (read: Millikanian abNormal) conditions, rather than as malfunctions of belief. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Monothematic delusions are misfunctioning beliefs - Synthese
Monothematic delusions are bizarre beliefs which are often accompanied by highly anomalous experiences. For philosophers and psychologists attracted to the exploration of mental phenomena in an evolut...
link.springer.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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I'm very moved that Vox has included me in its Future Perfect 50, a list of "innovators, thinkers & changemakers working to make the future a better place". I've drawn a lot of inspiration from previous iterations of the list. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
November 21, 2024 at 12:44 PM