Michael Rush

Why not buy several? 🙂 politybooks.com/bookdetail/?is…

Our #PhilosophyMatters webinar on Wednesday features Helen Beebee & @drmichaelrush, whose book Philosophy: Why It Matters has been translated in several foreign languages, including Spanish and Japanese. Join us for free by registering here: tinyurl.com/36vthk62 #BPF2025

@lisabortolotti @PTRBirmingham @Cons_Path And to close a very successful and interesting workshop, we have @lisabortolotti with ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper: in what ways are conspiracy beliefs like delusions?’ #ConsPath2024 @PTRBirmingham @Cons_Path Huge thanks to @Ema_SB for putting the whole thing together!

Here we are again! Judit Szalai on conspiracy theories as a non-pathological phenomenon at #ConsPath2024 @PTRBirmingham @Cons_Path #irrationality #motivation

@lisabortolotti @kmurphyhollies @Cons_Path @PTRBirmingham Next up, Paul Noordhof with ‘Sub-Category Generalism about Conspiracy Theories’. #ConsPath2024 @Cons_Path @PTRBirmingham

We kicked off #ConsPath2024 with @kmurphyhollies who argues that conspiracy theorists confabulate @Cons_Path @ptrbirmingham #confabulation #ConspiracyTheories

@ItsDanThomas Needs some 1990s GY!BE music under it

Trending in #Art: ooir.org/index.php?fiel… 1) Design History & Digital Materials (@JoDesignHistory) 2) Visibility of Early Hearing Aids 3) Memories, Stories & Design Histories 4) Ancient DNA of Maronite patriarchs of Qanubin 5) Unbiased Awarding of Art Prizes (@BJAtweets)

Yesterday, on #IWD2023 the @BJAtweets published my paper on implicit bias in the artworld. I’d have shared it then but it was co-authored with a man (@drmichaelrush) and they get all the other days. Anyway, here it is, open access! academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics/a…

The Women in Philosophy group at @unibirmingham is going to celebrate with you all on #WorldPhilosophyDay2022, Thursday 17th November. Watch this space! @PTRBirmingham @IMH_UoB #WomenInPhilosophy unesco.org/en/days/philos…

Really excited to see my first publication on confabulation out 😍 This is an application of my ideas about the role confabulation can play in guiding our behaviour, as applied to confabulating about our political choices and behaviours 🤓✨ bit.ly/3ET0wLu

Great paper! I talk about it in this piece on bugs and features. julianbaggini.com/bugs-and-featu….

@jameshannah One Fast One Furious

@ProfWiddows Huge loss for UoB and the philosophy department. Lucky old Warwick!

Last time wearing PVC (Research) robes....

@drmichaelrush and I discuss the issue of judging cross-genre and cross-media prizes in the arts in our paper ‘Unbiased Awarding of Art Prizes? It’s Hard to Judge’, forthcoming in @BJAtweets.

Registration has now closed for the workshop next week, but (due to popular demand!) we are going hybrid! If you would like to join the workshop via Zoom, email @Ema_SB (contact details here: emasullivan-bissett.com) by lunchtime on Tuesday 14th June.

Is there fundamental explanatory direction to the world? Or is dependence in physics always in the eye of the beholder? Some fantastic speakers will discuss these questions at our conference on Causal Perspectivalism, June 13-14. Registration open: framephys.org/causal-perspec…

Registration is now open for our second Project workshop, this time on the theme of Delusional Experience. To register go here: shop.bham.ac.uk/conferences-an…

Registration is now open for the first Birmingham Women in Philosophy Mentoring and Networking Workshop which will take place in @PTRBirmingham on 7th June. Registration is free and open to all: eventbrite.co.uk/e/birmingham-w…

Easter Break publication news: my article 'Brutalist Fundamentalism: Radical and Moderate' has been accepted for publication in Synthese. Pic for attention. #philosophy #metaphysics #metaphysicsofscience #academia #grounding #fundamentality

How does consciousness interact with cognition? Can you be conscious of something without cognitively accessing it? My new paper in Mind and Language talks about this with relation to natural kinds. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mi…

I am very happy that my paper on #fundamentality and #grounding laws is now available open access on ϕ Studies! Yet another contribution to a niche degenerate research programme or wee metaphysical progress? Read it and make your call! #philosophy link.springer.com/article/10.100…

It’s #IWD2022! A good day to announce an event I’m organising with @kmurphyhollies and @philophyser: the first Birmingham Women in Philosophy Mentoring and Networking workshop will be held on Tuesday 7th June, at @PTRBirmingham @unibirmingham.