“Tóxicas, traumatizadas y con un poco de TOC: el lado oscuro del ‘theraphy-speak”.

Martes 14 a las 16.30 (CEST) online, en el ciclo "Filósofas en Streaming" organizado por SWIP-Analytic y la Sección de Filosofía de la ULL. 🙌🙌

Michael Cholbi

This week, Michael Cholbi (University of Edinburgh) and Paolo Stellino (NOVA University Lisbon) introduce: 'The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Suicide' recently published with Oxford University Press.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero, Affective injustice - PhilPapers Oppression, marginalization, and other forms of disadvantage often come with emotional burdens, such as feelings of insecurity or stress. At the same time, some features of oppression are emotional in...

Just accepted: my Phil Compass article on affective injustice! It synthesizes the debate into an overarching definition ('the unjust interference w people’s affective lives, w regard to their own affective practices or through those of others') & brings out many connections between existing views/1

Very happy to invite you to the second online-talk in our series. This thursday, Josh Knobe and Ivar Hannikainen, 4pm, everyone welcome.
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Women in Philosophy: Carme Isern Mas on affective injustice and therapy speak As part of a series of talks dedicated to the work of women in philosophy, Dr Carme Isern Mas from the University of the Balearic Islands in Spain argues that therapy speak can give rise to affective injustice. This lecture is supported by The Royal Institute of Philosophy.

Highlights from the Women in Philosophy lecture series: Carme Isern Mas on affective injustice and therapy speak youtu.be/D503DIgKtg4... #philsky

How to Walk Away | Blog of the APA Breaking up with someone can be painful and difficult. Breakups can make you depressed and even damage your heart and immune system. For that reason, being the one who says “it’s over” can be torturou...

My public philosophy piece on break-ups and morality is out today in the blog of the APA. It picks up on several threads in my ongoing work on the party who does the breaking up, but if I have to pick the one highlight: breaking up is hard, and you must be prepared to get it wrong.

The front cover of Playing Possum, with the blurbs "Remarkable" by Peter Singer and "A major contribution" by The New Yorker.

The back cover of Playing Possum with more praise.

The first page of Playing Possum with more praise.

The second page of Playing Possum with more praise.

The paperback arrived! And it's as cute as ever but now full of kind words 🥺♥️

Available for purchase from April 14: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Very happy to see this out in the world! A summary of one of my favourite publications, which I co-authored with the stellar @ldanon.bsky.social, so hopefully it will pique people's interest!

(You can read it or listen to a very cringeworthy recording by yours truly)

Death in Mind | Susana Monsó and Laura Danón | BJPS Short Reads What does the opossum’s playing dead tell us about animal minds?

🟢 New short read: “Death in Mind”

@susanamonso.com & @ldanon.bsky.social have published a short, accessible overview of their recent work in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social.

Don't miss it! Read it here 👇
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He escrit aquesta entrada al blog de la @fundaciogrifols.org explicant el projecte que ens van finançar sobre injustícia epistèmica i atribucions de credibilitat a persones amb problemes de salut mental. ❤️‍🩹

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Not enough women pursue philosophy after graduate level. But why? 🧠 🙋‍♀️

This #internationalwomensday we're revisiting a thought-provoking article by Sally Latham exploring #genderinequality in #philosophy.

🔗 Read it here: lnkd.in/ei6_6PTP

#IWD2026 #womeninphilosophy #gendergap

#WomeninEthics Cristina Voinea YouTube video by Uehiro Oxford Institute Channel

This week, for #WomeninEthics, we feature the ethics researcher, Cristina Voinea @cristinavoi.bsky.social

Her current research centers the 'quieter shifts' of AI risks - how it steers choices, weakens trust, and reshapes relationships.

See our video feature on her work: shorturl.at/URRv6

#RecercaUIB | 💬 Com els prejudicis influeixen en la percepció social de les persones amb problemes de #SalutMental?

➡️ Un estudi liderat per la #UIB analitza fins a quin punt els pacients psiquiàtrics són percebuts com a menys creïbles. @isernmas.bsky.social

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When Are Psychiatric Patients Considered Less Credible? Implications for the Epistemic Injustice Debate - Neuroethics Philosophers have argued that people with psychiatric conditions are vulnerable to epistemic injustice because their testimony is systematically, and unjustly, discredited relative to psychotypical in...

Ohh!! Gràcies!! :)

aquí va l'article (amb @ivarr.bsky.social ): link.springer.com/article/10.1... :)

Somogy Varga speaking at our Institute on moralization of heath and disease

Department of Philosophy | Tilburg University In its contribution to the global development of philosophy, the Department of Philosophy of Tilburg University focuses primarily on what it means to be human and to form a society.

The philosophy department of Tilburg University is now on Bluesky 🥳 Follow this profile for more on our research and events and, if you are curious to learn more about our department, visit our website at www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...

Hi Bluesky! 👋 We’re the Philosophical Moral Psychology Lab, based at the Uehiro Oxford Institute. We use experimental philosophy and moral psychology methods to study morality, with the aim of contributing to normative and philosophical debates in ethics. Follow us to keep up with our work!

Getting my presentation ready for Friday's conference on friendship (free and fully online!). Program and registration details here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

The mental aspects of urban justice

Affinity: the mental aspects of urban justice by @lopezcantero.bsky.social epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-... #philpsy #philsky #epistemicinjustice

Break-up duties and the limits of deliberation: A reply to Betzler Abstract. Leaving a relationship without talking to the other person seems, in principle, morally callous. Monika Betzler argues that people initiating bre

The 1st publication of my research on break-ups & morality. I argue that we don't have a duty to explain to our partners the reasons for breaking up with them. Read the short article for my argument against giving excessive weight to reasons in break-ups, & do reply if you have thoughts

Women in Philosophy: Anna Golova on Self-Illness Ambiguity YouTube video by The Philosophy Garden

A wonderful lecture on self-illness ambiguity by Anna Golova today! You can enjoy the recording here: youtu.be/_tYa_HgS7Fo Thanks again to @triphilosophy.bsky.social for supporting our series. #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone #WomeninPhilosophy

It was a treat today to have Carme Isern-Mas (@isernmas.bsky.social) as a guest lecturer at the Antwerp-Ghent-VU Brussel Research Masters in Philosophy. Students loved her ongoing work on therapy speak, and we had a great discussion on mental health, relationships and the social use of words.

Yes! Can't wait!!

this looks very interesting!!

New paper with Georgie Mills: The Ethics of Cancelling. We argue that cancelling covers a range of moral practices. It is not always punishment, it can instead involve correcting reputations, ending parasocial relationships or relationships of informal representation. Read more here: rdcu.be/e4jay

How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’ Publicly bombarding women with these images exerts control over how they present themselves online.

I wrote an article for @theconversation.com on how philosophy can help us understand the deep harms of AI-generated sexual images, e.g by Grok on X, as well as other digital misogyny like assault in virtual reality. #philsky #philtech

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Mental Disorder as a Harmful Dysfunction with Dr. Jerome Wakefield Podcast Episode · Behind the Stigma · February 20 · 1h 29m

This week on Behind the Stigma I spoke with Professor Jerome Wakefield on mental disorders as a harmful dysfunction.

We also discussed the boundary between normal suffering & disorder, evolutionary perspectives & the bereavement exclusion in DSM.

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Episode 5: Pilar Lopez-Cantero on Romantic Love The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast

Check out the latest episode of The Philosophy of Emotion Podcast! @lopezcantero.bsky.social Lopez-Cantero talks about romantic love.

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