Phil on Tap 26/02/26: Ed Skidelsky – Bullshit jobs and the future of work
Freddy Purcell recounts Philsoc's recent talk from Ed Skidelsky, addressing some metaphysical worries about the state of the working world.
Embodiment and the narrative self in PTSD
Freddy Purcell explores the complexity of narrative selfhood through the lens of trauma, revealing an entangled and deeply connected relationship with embodiment.
Colloquium 40: Adrian Alsmith – Interpreting (and shaping) generative artificial behaviour
Freddy Purcell recalls the final colloquium of the term, discussing why we often feel like we are interacting with a person when using generative AI models.
Minimal Continuity and the Metaphysics of the Self: An Internal Revision of Strawson’s Pearl view
Ahmed Iskander puts forth a detailed, analytic argument that updates Galen Strawson’s view of the minimal and mental self. In this essay, I argue that Strawson is right to locate the self fundamentally in the mental, but that his metaphysical…
Colloquium 39: Mona-Marie Wandrey – Distributive Epistemic Injustice in Animal Consciousness Studies
Freddy Purcell reports on the latest colloquium, discussing the ambiguities and moral issues around assessing animals for consciousness.
Experiential Access to Global Issues
In the aftermath of COP30, Freddy Purcell argues that rich experience is fundamental in prompting moral change, creating a complex picture for issues on the world stage.
Colloquium 38: Paddy McQueen – A pitiful intellectualist trinket? Examining the “fittingness” of emotions
Freddy Purcell details Paddy McQueen's recent talk on the fittingness of emotions, including some heated discussions.
Phil on Tap 13/11/25: Carmen Mossner – Do online spaces mess with our empathy?
Freddy Purcell covers Carmen Mosser's talk questioning whether online spaces make us less empathetic and possible solutions to remedy this
Phil on Tap 30/10/25: Tyler Brunet – Time Travel with Attractors
Freddy Purcell discusses Tyler Brunet's talk on inevitability in branching models of time and why it may not be so easy to change the past.