Farbod Akhlaghi
@farbod-a.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Moral Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin. Former Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. DPhil (PhD) from Oxford. Moral Philosophy & Metaphysics. #philosophy #PhilSky
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Farbod Akhlaghi
@farbod-a.bsky.social
· Nov 28
I should say hello! I’m a philosopher at Trinity College Dublin, prev. at Cambridge. I’ve broad interests and teach widely, but currently working on:
- Normative Ethics (esp. of transformative experience)
- Meta-Ethics (esp. moral metaphysics)
- Metaphysics (esp. methodology)
Excited to be here!
- Normative Ethics (esp. of transformative experience)
- Meta-Ethics (esp. moral metaphysics)
- Metaphysics (esp. methodology)
Excited to be here!
❓Does God’s existence follow from the fact that something exists?
The great Persian philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) thought so. In 999 words, I explain why here!
I hope students and teachers of the phil. of religion, history of phil., or metaphysics might find this helpful. So please do share!
The great Persian philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) thought so. In 999 words, I explain why here!
I hope students and teachers of the phil. of religion, history of phil., or metaphysics might find this helpful. So please do share!
New!
"Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Farbod Akhlaghi
#avicenna #IslamicPhilosophy #philosophyofreligion #God #islam #theism
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"Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God" by Farbod Akhlaghi
#avicenna #IslamicPhilosophy #philosophyofreligion #God #islam #theism
1000wordphilosophy.com/2025/11/06/a...
Avicenna’s ‘Proof’ for the Existence of God - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology
This essay presents and explains what’s called Avicenna’s ‘proof’ for the existence of God. It is likely the most influential argument in the history of philosophy in the Islamic world.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
❓Does God’s existence follow from the fact that something exists?
The great Persian philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) thought so. In 999 words, I explain why here!
I hope students and teachers of the phil. of religion, history of phil., or metaphysics might find this helpful. So please do share!
The great Persian philosopher Avicenna (Ibn Sīnā) thought so. In 999 words, I explain why here!
I hope students and teachers of the phil. of religion, history of phil., or metaphysics might find this helpful. So please do share!
Reposted by Farbod Akhlaghi
Special issue of Philosophical Quarterly on epistemic injustice, guest edited by Mona Simion:
Volume 75 Issue 4 | The Philosophical Quarterly | Oxford Academic
The official journal of the Scots Philosophical Association and the University of St. Andrews. Publishes high-quality articles from leading international scholars across the range of philosophical stu...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Special issue of Philosophical Quarterly on epistemic injustice, guest edited by Mona Simion:
Really looking forward to this and chatting with @quiteclare.bsky.social about the ethics of transformative and other hard choices!
I'll be peppering @farbod-a.bsky.social with questions on his thoughts on 'transformative choices' and their interpersonal aspects.
Thursday 25th, 4.30pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social
Thursday 25th, 4.30pm in @tlrhub.bsky.social
Check out @tlrhub.bsky.social's excellent programme for the Arts & Humanities Research Festival kicking off on Monday 22 September at 10 am with a conversation between Nicholas Johnson and Gina Moxley about their exciting @dublintheatrefest.bsky.social show.
All free, all welcome.
All free, all welcome.
September 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Really looking forward to this and chatting with @quiteclare.bsky.social about the ethics of transformative and other hard choices!
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Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
May 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
Reposted by Farbod Akhlaghi
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May 8, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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An issue of the Monist has just appeared devoted to Ibn Sīnā/Avicenna! A great lineup of authors, and I'm honored to be part of it, having written a paper with Michael Noble about the reception of the idea of the Active Intellect.
academic.oup.com/monist/issue...
#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina
academic.oup.com/monist/issue...
#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina
Volume 108 Issue 3 | The Monist | Oxford Academic
One of the oldest and most important journals in philosophy. Publishes quarterly thematic issues on particular philosophical topics which are edited by leading philosophers in the corresponding fields...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
An issue of the Monist has just appeared devoted to Ibn Sīnā/Avicenna! A great lineup of authors, and I'm honored to be part of it, having written a paper with Michael Noble about the reception of the idea of the Active Intellect.
academic.oup.com/monist/issue...
#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina
academic.oup.com/monist/issue...
#philsky #avicenna #ibnsina
📚Delighted to share that I've accepted an invitation to write a book: a Cambridge Element on *Truth in Ethics* for Cambridge University Press!
Alongside introducing debates on the nature of truth in ethics, I'll also be arguing for greater attention to truthmaker theory in ethics!
Alongside introducing debates on the nature of truth in ethics, I'll also be arguing for greater attention to truthmaker theory in ethics!
August 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📚Delighted to share that I've accepted an invitation to write a book: a Cambridge Element on *Truth in Ethics* for Cambridge University Press!
Alongside introducing debates on the nature of truth in ethics, I'll also be arguing for greater attention to truthmaker theory in ethics!
Alongside introducing debates on the nature of truth in ethics, I'll also be arguing for greater attention to truthmaker theory in ethics!
❓Would it be wrong for someone to stop you from making a major life choice?
📽️ For a 90-second answer, check out the video below!
🔗 For a little bit more, you can also check out my paper published Open Access in Analysis: academic.oup.com/analysis/art...
⏳Hoping to say more soon!
📽️ For a 90-second answer, check out the video below!
🔗 For a little bit more, you can also check out my paper published Open Access in Analysis: academic.oup.com/analysis/art...
⏳Hoping to say more soon!
Is it wrong for someone to stop you from making a major life choice?🧐
Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social explains the moral complexity of transformative choices in our latest Meet the Expert video!🎯
📎Read his research paper:
tinyurl.com/3jhszh4b
@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social explains the moral complexity of transformative choices in our latest Meet the Expert video!🎯
📎Read his research paper:
tinyurl.com/3jhszh4b
@tcdphilosophy.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
❓Would it be wrong for someone to stop you from making a major life choice?
📽️ For a 90-second answer, check out the video below!
🔗 For a little bit more, you can also check out my paper published Open Access in Analysis: academic.oup.com/analysis/art...
⏳Hoping to say more soon!
📽️ For a 90-second answer, check out the video below!
🔗 For a little bit more, you can also check out my paper published Open Access in Analysis: academic.oup.com/analysis/art...
⏳Hoping to say more soon!
The Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin are calling for expressions of interest in two great funding schemes - one for full PhD funding, and one for postdoctoral positions, both through Research Ireland (our main state research council). 1/2
July 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin are calling for expressions of interest in two great funding schemes - one for full PhD funding, and one for postdoctoral positions, both through Research Ireland (our main state research council). 1/2
Many congratulations to Enda for winning this award! I was very happy to nominate him for it after his doing a fantastic job TA-ing Topics in Philosophy II A for us - TA-ing on transformative experience and the philosophy of death. Congrats to all winners and nominees!
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
Read more here 🔗 tinyurl.com/7uf8tpyb
May 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Many congratulations to Enda for winning this award! I was very happy to nominate him for it after his doing a fantastic job TA-ing Topics in Philosophy II A for us - TA-ing on transformative experience and the philosophy of death. Congrats to all winners and nominees!
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The Philosophy Bites podcast has a new website (with transcriptions) - over 300 interviews with leading philosophers philosophybites.com
Philosophy Bites Podcast
Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics
philosophybites.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The Philosophy Bites podcast has a new website (with transcriptions) - over 300 interviews with leading philosophers philosophybites.com
Delighted to be able to share this new forthcoming paper: my part of a book symposium on Amir Saemi's excellent 'Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond', edited by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour for Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. philpapers.org/rec/AKHDPE
Farbod Akhlaghi, Divinely Prescribed Evil and Moral Knowledge in Islam and Beyond - PhilPapers
Can one who takes Scripture to be the word of God, and who takes their independent moral judgements to be reliable, reconcile such beliefs with Scriptural injunctions that appear to permit ...
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May 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Delighted to be able to share this new forthcoming paper: my part of a book symposium on Amir Saemi's excellent 'Morality and Revelation in Islamic Thought and Beyond', edited by Mohammad Saleh Zarepour for Agatheos: European Journal for Philosophy of Religion. philpapers.org/rec/AKHDPE
Reposted by Farbod Akhlaghi
The difference between falsifiability as a logical criterion and as a methodical practice perfectly illustrated.
There's a pet psychic who got called out on Tiktok for being a fraud (getting every detail of the pet owner's life wrong) and the pet psychic responded saying that the pets must have been lying to her
May 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The difference between falsifiability as a logical criterion and as a methodical practice perfectly illustrated.
Reposted by Farbod Akhlaghi
Thinking about the word 'professor': 'profess' can mean to express a quality or belief especially when it is not true or sincere, or to affirm one's faith in, belief, or allegiance to something. Sometimes, it can feel like language itself is making a joke.
May 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thinking about the word 'professor': 'profess' can mean to express a quality or belief especially when it is not true or sincere, or to affirm one's faith in, belief, or allegiance to something. Sometimes, it can feel like language itself is making a joke.
My first Trinity Monday where we celebrate the election of new Fellows and Scholars of the College. A massive congratulations to them all - especially to our new Philosophy Scholars that I had the pleasure of examining!
April 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My first Trinity Monday where we celebrate the election of new Fellows and Scholars of the College. A massive congratulations to them all - especially to our new Philosophy Scholars that I had the pleasure of examining!
An honour to chair, and speak at, Philosophy Today 2025: six public lectures, 200 tickets sold out, and a fantastically engaged and interested audience who so kindly gave us their attention and time, coming with excellent questions every night!
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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. 👏
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April 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
An honour to chair, and speak at, Philosophy Today 2025: six public lectures, 200 tickets sold out, and a fantastically engaged and interested audience who so kindly gave us their attention and time, coming with excellent questions every night!
Please join our newsletter below for future events:
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Do you think there is anything incoherent in saying ‘some stories are better than how they’ve been told’?
March 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Do you think there is anything incoherent in saying ‘some stories are better than how they’ve been told’?
Reposted by Farbod Akhlaghi
My longterm project on #IrishPhilosophy was the subject of an article in #PhilosophyNow. philosophynow.org/issues/160
I also write this introductory post about the blog.
irishphilosophy.com/2024/02/06/i...
I also write this introductory post about the blog.
irishphilosophy.com/2024/02/06/i...
Issue 160 | Philosophy Now
Issue 160 contents
philosophynow.org
November 17, 2024 at 1:51 PM
My longterm project on #IrishPhilosophy was the subject of an article in #PhilosophyNow. philosophynow.org/issues/160
I also write this introductory post about the blog.
irishphilosophy.com/2024/02/06/i...
I also write this introductory post about the blog.
irishphilosophy.com/2024/02/06/i...
Reposted by Farbod Akhlaghi
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
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
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A rare and wonderful sight of a great UK philosophy job. Please spread widely to colleagues worldwide.
Area of Specialization: Ethics and/or Political Philosophy
Would be an advantage to be able to teach Ethics of AI
Tenure-track
Application deadline: 10th March 2025
#philsky
Area of Specialization: Ethics and/or Political Philosophy
Would be an advantage to be able to teach Ethics of AI
Tenure-track
Application deadline: 10th March 2025
#philsky
Lecturer in Philosophy (2078) - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
February 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A rare and wonderful sight of a great UK philosophy job. Please spread widely to colleagues worldwide.
Area of Specialization: Ethics and/or Political Philosophy
Would be an advantage to be able to teach Ethics of AI
Tenure-track
Application deadline: 10th March 2025
#philsky
Area of Specialization: Ethics and/or Political Philosophy
Would be an advantage to be able to teach Ethics of AI
Tenure-track
Application deadline: 10th March 2025
#philsky
Reposted by Farbod Akhlaghi
🚨 NEW FEED FOR ACADEMIC PHILOSOPHY ON 🦋! 🚨 PhilSky＋ includes all posts tagged with #PhilSky or #PhilosophySky PLUS posts from over 150 philosophy-related organisations and groups AND posts from 1300+ philosophers (and growing) that use common #philosophy hashtags. bsky.app/profile/did:...
February 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 NEW FEED FOR ACADEMIC PHILOSOPHY ON 🦋! 🚨 PhilSky＋ includes all posts tagged with #PhilSky or #PhilosophySky PLUS posts from over 150 philosophy-related organisations and groups AND posts from 1300+ philosophers (and growing) that use common #philosophy hashtags. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Enjoying some old graffiti in the Department of Philosophy Seminar Room at Trinity.
February 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Enjoying some old graffiti in the Department of Philosophy Seminar Room at Trinity.
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In case you missed it - the latest PolPhilPod
Is it ethical to not vote? Is it rational to? & does an existential threat change things? I debate with @chrisfreiman.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/ip
Is it ethical to not vote? Is it rational to? & does an existential threat change things? I debate with @chrisfreiman.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/ip
IGNORING POLITICS with Chris Freiman
Do we have an ethical obligation to vote? Chris Freiman joins the podcast to argue no, our time and energy is better spent elsewhere. I disagree, and through the conversation we pressure test many of ...
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
February 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In case you missed it - the latest PolPhilPod
Is it ethical to not vote? Is it rational to? & does an existential threat change things? I debate with @chrisfreiman.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/ip
Is it ethical to not vote? Is it rational to? & does an existential threat change things? I debate with @chrisfreiman.bsky.social
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/ip
Reposted by Farbod Akhlaghi
Reminder: post info about philosophy summer programs or summer schools you're involved with here...
Philosophy Summer Programs 2025 - Daily Nous
Are you putting on a philosophy summer program, philosophy summer school, or philosophy camp in 2025? [Moving to the top as a reminder; originally posted on Jan. 8th] Listing your summer programs here...
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January 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reminder: post info about philosophy summer programs or summer schools you're involved with here...