It’s #WorldBookDay! 📚
This month’s Favourite Read comes from Dr @pmagana94.bsky.social who selects Josep Pla’s 'The Gray Notebook' - a young writer's reflections on life, uncertainty, and the future.
Read more here 🔽
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#philosophy #philsky #BookSky
The Donnellan Lectures return this April!
Hosted by the Dept of #Philosophy at @tcddublin.bsky.social, this year’s series features Prof Ruth Chang from @ox.ac.uk delivering 3 lectures on hard choices in life, law & AI.
📅 21–23 April
🎟 Free - registration required
Tickets ▶️ tinyurl.com/mv3vt4s4
Can science ever fully explain consciousness?
Looking forward to Dr Tom Farrell’s talk this evening, A Completed Science – More Than a Dream?, the next lecture in this year’s #Philosophy Today public series.
More on the series here:
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Looking forward to welcoming Dr Martin Sticker from @bristoluni.bsky.social to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today.
He’ll be speaking on Does the Formula of Humanity Prohibit (Some Forms of) Strike Action?
📍 Maxwell Theatre, Hamilton Building
More on the series:
🔗 tcd.ie/philosophy/r...
🤔 What do our desires reveal about who we are?
Looking forward to Dr Ashley Shaw’s lecture this evening, Subjects of Desire, the second talk in this year’s sold out #Philosophy Today public lecture series.
More on the series here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/2fjuvvve
✨ 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:
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👋 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 ⬇️
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✨ 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 👇
🤔 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...
We 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 ⬇️
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📢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 ⬇️
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📚 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 ⬇️
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✨ 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 ⬇️
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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 ⬇️
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✨ 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...
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