Colloquium 36: Adrian Currie and Kirsten Walsh – Agential Distance
Freddy Purcell covers Adrian Currie and Kirsten Walsh's talk on the epistemic benefits of situating the scientist within an experiment.
Phil on Tap 23/10/25: Lucy Osler – Are chatbots shaping your reality?
Freddy Purcell covers Lucy Osler's talk on how AI may not only "hallucinate", but also dynamically shape our perception of the world.
Liberalism and Illiberalism in Arab Nationalist Movements
Laila Helmy examines how flexible and varied ideologies within Arab nationalist movements defy simple labelling, instead painting a nuanced picture of political thought.
Hermeneutical Injustice and Literacy Laws in Pre-Civil War America
Isaac McManus explores the hermeneutical injustice perpetrated through literacy laws against enslaved people, pointing out some flaws in Fricker's original description of injustice and detailing some of its nuance.
Why did Kant’s moral and political theory place freedom above other values?
Laila Helmy details a nuanced account of Kant's moral and political theory, picking out the complexities of holding freedom as foundational.
Film Review: One Battle After Another
Dan Pasfield gives his take on Paul Thomas Anderson's latest political epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, and many more.
Colloquium 35: Keith Allen – Margaret Cavendish and ADHD
Freddy Purcell discusses Keith Allen's talk on whether we can and should posthumously diagnose Margaret Cavendish with ADHD.
Status and Constitution in Psychiatric Classification – Literature Review
Ahmed Helmy analyses a recent paper by Dr Tom Roberts and Dr Sam Wilkinson that assesses the evaluative nature of what psychiatry classifies as a disorder.
Phil on Tap 02/10/25: Adrian Currie – Can You Do the Philosophy of Anything?
Freddy Purcell reports on the wild "philosophy" of Adrian Currie's recent improvisation routine.