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Studying logic? Truth tables are one of the first big tools you'll meet. In this video, Mark Jago shows you how to use them from scratch, and how to spot the one row that breaks an argument.

Full video: link in bio.

#logic #philosophy #truthtables #studytips #universityofnottingham by @uonphilosophy

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8 hours ago

Rain outside? Philosophise indoors! Open day today with tasters on #philosophy of #law, #parenthood, and #history by @uonphilosophy

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7 days ago

Professor Jon Hoover discusses Ibn Taymiyya's views on ⁣
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- the Prophet’s birthday⁣
- God, time, and space⁣
- prophetic infallibility ⁣
- the duration of Hell-Fire⁣
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Web: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8WZJN0eTqA⁣
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#JonHoover #IbnTaymiyya #IslamicPhilosophy #IslamicThought #IslamicTheology #IslamicStudies⁣
⁣ by @uonphilosophy

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a month ago

Open day! See the campus, chat to staff and students, enjoy the sunshine, and learn more about philosophy and its futures!

🎤 info talk 1.15-11.00
🕺taster sessions 11.15 - 11.45

More: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studywithus/ugstudy/courses/UG/Philosophy-BA-Hons.html

#philosophy #openday #alevel #fun #nottingham by @uonphilosophy

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a month ago

This week, two Nottingham philosophers spoke at the annual Areté Conference in Genoa.

Ian James Kidd spoke on how we should care for beautiful things, while Liz Frissell explored the relationship between Stoicism and psychotherapy.

#Philosophy #Care #Beauty #Stoicism #Therapy by @uonphilosophy

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a month ago

Care, Consent and Communication in Childbirth⁣
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6/8/26⁣
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This interdisciplinary workshop aims to advance both the ethical understanding of care, communication and consent during childbirth, the phenomenon of birth trauma and its implications for obstetric care, using the lens of birth planning and patient-HCP interaction. ⁣
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Register: https://sites.google.com/view/uonchildbirthworkshop⁣
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#philosophy #care #birth #trauma #childbirth by @uonphilosophy

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3 months ago

Michael Hannon identifies a new sceptical challenge - "meta-scepticism" - in his new paper, just out, in Philosophical Studies.⁣
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-026-02573-3⁣
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#philosophy #scepticism #epistemology #research ⁣
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3 months ago

Congratulations to Katie Monk! Winner of a Lord Dearing Award for outstanding teaching at @UniofNottingham 🎂🎇

#philosophy #teaching #award #yay #congrats by @uonphilosophy

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3 months ago

Is there an ethics of knowing? ⁣
How does epistemology relate to ethics?⁣
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Ian James Kidd is on @bbcradio4's Free Thinking this Friday 10th at 9pm📻 with @drmatthewsweet and other guests.⁣
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#philosophy #ethics #epistemology #bbc #freethinking by @uonphilosophy

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3 months ago

Gamification has been touted as a revolutionary technique for promoting education, fitness, work, and more, but has also been argued to harm the very areas it claims to improve.⁣
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What should we make of this? Karl Egerton offers answers!⁣
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𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 vol 8. issue 1 (2025).⁣
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Read: https://tinyurl.com/eepvvxch⁣
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#philosophy #games #gamification #play #cool by @uonphilosophy

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3 months ago

Great forthcoming article by our PhD student Stu Yang!⁣
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How can we capture laypeople’s implicit metaethical commitments without misunderstanding traditional metaethics?⁣
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Read: https://tinyurl.com/yzzd7csr⁣
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#philosophy #metaethics #objectivity #ethics #research by @uonphilosophy

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3 months ago

Our excellent colleague Patrice Haynes is speaking today on sexual difference in Western African indigenous contexts!

She's at the Society for Applied Philosophy annual conference on a panel with Tommy Curry and Tareeq Jalloh.

#philosophy #africa #africana #conference #talk by @uonphilosophy

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3 months ago