What does #philosophy have to say about the world we're living in? Quite a lot, it turns out. The 2026 Philosophy Today series has wrapped up its 3rd year- 6 evenings, 6 speakers and a sold-out series. Thanks to everyone who came along!
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This is a reminder that our online information session about the MPhil in Philosophy takes place this Thursday 16 April!
📅 Thurs, 16 April
⏰ 3pm
💻 via Zoom
Register via: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Can we trust our memories or are they just stories we tell ourselves? 🤔 Looking forward to the final lecture in the 2026 #Philosophy Today series tonight, with Dr Julian Bacharach exploring what memory really is and what it connects us to.
More on the series here 🔗 tinyurl.com/2fjuvvve
We are delighted to announce an upcoming ONLINE information session for our MPhil in Philosophy. 👏
📅 Thurs, 16 April
⏰ 3pm
💻 via Zoom
Register: tcd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Great to see moral #philosophy in the mix here. Dr @farbod-a.bsky.social joins the panel at the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social on 16 April.
What does shame reveal about how we see each other? Do we have a moral duty to be polite? These are just some of the questions our #philosophy students are tackling in Volume IV of the Trinity Student Philosophical Review, launched last Friday at the GMB. 🎉
Read it here 🔗
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Are emotion norms fair, and who do they really serve? Looking forward to the next lecture in this year's #PhilosophyToday public series - Dr Rossella De Bernardi explores the ethics and politics of emotion norms this evening.
More on the series here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/2fjuvvve
Looking forward to welcoming Dr Vanessa Carr from @lmu.de to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today. She'll be speaking on Believing in Success Against the Odds.
📍 Room 5025, Arts Building
More here: tinyurl.com/mwas3xs3
What do hard choices in everyday life, legal reasoning & AI tell us about the limits of rational decision-making? Prof Ruth Chang of @ox.ac.uk comes to Trinity this April for the Donnellan Lectures - 3 evenings of connected philosophical inquiry. Free to attend. Register here 🔽
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Vol IV of the Trinity Student Philosophical Review launches next Friday! 🎉
📅 Friday 27 March
🕕 6pm
📍 Hist Conversation Room, GMB, TCD
Talk by Dr Sebastian Stein of Heidelberg University, followed by a wine & cheese reception. 🍷
All welcome!
#philosophy #philsky
💰🔎 What’s the upper limit on personal wealth, and is there one? Looking forward to this evening's #Philosophy Today public lecture - Dr Kenneth Silver explores Limitarianism and what extreme wealth means for fairness, democracy, and social trust.
More on the series here:
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What can thermodynamics tell us about free will? 4th year #Philosophy student Giorgia Carli took on that question at the 2nd Undergrad Philosophy Conference at @herts.ac.uk & made a case for epistemic freedom even in a deterministic world. Brilliant work Giorgia! 🎉
More here 🔗 tinyurl.com/4nc4tf5m
Looking forward to welcoming Dr Alex Franklin from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social to the #Philosophy Colloquium later today. He’ll be speaking on Against Rigour: In Favour of Informal Standards for Reduction in Philosophy of Science.
📍 Room 5025, Arts Building
More here: tinyurl.com/33tkzmzs
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 🔽
www.tcd.ie/philosophy/a...
#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:
🔗 tinyurl.com/2fjuvvve
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:
🔗 tinyurl.com/2fjuvvve
👋 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 ⬇️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
✨ 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.
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#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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