News in Philosophy

The Agency Project

New podcast by Professor Lisa Bortolotti Lisa discussing aspects of the 'Agential Stance', one way practitioners can support the sense of agency of young people who are struggling with their mental health.

World Philosophy Day 2021

On World Philosophy Day, 18 November 2021, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies and Eugenia Lancellotta wrote a post on how philosophy can help tackle bias and stigma for the De Gruyter Conversations blog

What Do God or Deities Look Like?

Birmingham skyline including multiple places of worship across different faiths

Philosophy of Religion project philosophers representing three distinct religious traditions discuss the nature and attributes of God and other deities.

The ethics of beauty on Fat Mascara podcast

Why has beauty become so important to our society? Is looks-based discrimination, or lookism, as bad as sexism or racism? Why do beauty and wellness companies use moral language to sell products?

Birmingham graduates awarded prestigious research awards

Valeria Motta, who works on loneliness and solitude, got a Society for Applied Philosophy post-doctoral grant; Federico Bongiorno, who works on delusion formation, got an Analysis Trust and Mind Association studentship.

New Textbook in the Philosophy of Psychology

Lisa Bortolotti holding her new textbook and making a peace sign with her hand

This textbook explores the ways in which the interaction and collaboration between psychologists and philosophers contribute to a better understanding of the human mind, cognition, and behaviour.

PhD blog posts on delusions research

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Three of our PhD students have recently blogged about their research on delusions and their posts have attracted several hundreds of unique views

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