News in Philosophy
Three new papers have been published by Philosophy PhD students
Amelia Bailey is an undergraduate BA Philosophy student at the University. Amelia tells us what she loves about studying philosophy and why everyone should study the subject at least once.
BA Philosophy graduate Lorcan Allerton tells us about his time as an undergraduate studying at the University of Birmingham.
Third year Birmingham Philosophy student Hannah Kosky tells us what student life is like in England's second city.
Caitlin Evans studied BA Philosophy, Religion and Ethics between 2017-20. Here she shares the highlights of her studies at Birmingham.
Professor Widdows is joined by Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, Martha Evans of The Anti-Bullying Alliance, and Phyllida Swift of Face Equality International to discuss the prevalence of appearance bullying.
Kathleen Murphy-Hollies talks about what everyday confabulation is and what its consequences are, considering in particular the costs and benefits of confabulation for our ethical behaviour.
To mark Women's History Month 2021, the Women in Philosophy Group from the Department of Philosophy recommend books that inspire them.
Lucy Prior discusses the distinction between anxiety as a universally experienced normal emotion and as a clinical problem, arguing that medicalising anxiety could impact on the agency of young people.
Rosa discusses her cross-disciplinary research into the meaning of delusions, informed by her day-to-day clinical practice as a consultant psychiatrist and by her phenomenological background.
Philosophy experts at the University of Birmingham are set to work with long-running US TV series Closer To Truth - exploring the big religious questions facing philosophers today.
Should psychopaths be blamed for disregarding others? Can they feel empathy and genuine concern? Jane Kisbey argues that psychopaths find it hard to consider the future consequences of their actions.
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