Department of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin
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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/
⏰ 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/
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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/
⏰ 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/
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/...
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/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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/...
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
"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
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
✨ 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
"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
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!
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@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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
@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...
"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...
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
✨ 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...
"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...
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...
More on this term’s series:
🔗 www.tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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...
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
www.tcd.ie/philosophy/p...
#philosophy #philsky @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
✨🎓 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
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
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More on the series here:
🔗 tinyurl.com/mpscjhm2
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October 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
✨ 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
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
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✨ Free and open to all.
Full line-up & registration 🔗 tinyurl.com/2jtrcurc
@tcdschoolssp.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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
✨ 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.
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
🔗 tinyurl.com/4pyc7zns
October 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📚✨ 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
🔗 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
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
✨ 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. 👏🤖
October 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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
October 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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'.
September 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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
"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
September 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🔎 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
"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
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
Read the pre-print via Trinity’s repository 🔽
tinyurl.com/3ucx338y
Book details 🔽
tinyurl.com/3z856vy4
September 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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
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
"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
September 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
✨ 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
"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
September 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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
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 ⬇️
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tinyurl.com/mrx8uwde
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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
tinyurl.com/mrx8uwde
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
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
July 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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
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
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
More here 🔗 tinyurl.com/5hxnk2ej
June 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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
More here 🔗 tinyurl.com/5hxnk2ej
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
More here 🔗 tinyurl.com/3k4ahuvx
May 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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
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
Read more here 🔗 tinyurl.com/7uf8tpyb
May 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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
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 🔽
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Sign up for updates on future events here 🔽
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April 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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
Sign up for updates on future events here 🔽
tinyurl.com/4nxc8vrv