Michael Rush
@drmichaelrush
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Philosopher, University of Birmingham https://t.co/47V0bYVFmW https://t.co/OwyWbuAqrB https://t.co/YvEq4hqy5Y @michaelverse
Glossop, Derbyshire
Joined June 2012
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: https://t.co/45Sqg6eOpA
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Trending in #Art: https://t.co/qfpiSaG0M9 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)
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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!
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Abstract. We have higher-order evidence that aesthetic judgements in the context of awarding art prizes may be affected by implicit bias, to the detriment
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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
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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 🤓✨ https://t.co/4et3rpRuD7
cambridge.org
Self-Regulation and Political Confabulation - Volume 92
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Great paper! I talk about it in this piece on bugs and features. https://t.co/wmyKYZLlX0.
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Why many weaknesses are flip sides of strengths and more in the latest Microphilosophy newsletter
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 🤓✨ https://t.co/4et3rpRuD7
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@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.
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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: https://t.co/XPlA4lOqqn) by lunchtime on Tuesday 14th June.
Final call! Registration for our second project workshop taking place on 15th and 16th June @PTRBirmingham closes today. Register here:
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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: https://t.co/QJdUFp3w0o
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Registration is now open for our second Project workshop, this time on the theme of Delusional Experience. To register go here: https://t.co/kb9eOSYEHZ
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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:
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Birmingham Women in Philosophy Mentoring and Networking workshop, at the University of Birmingham
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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
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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
A new research programme conceives of consciousness as a natural kind. One proposed virtue of this approach is that it can help resolve the methodological puzzle of consciousness, which involves...
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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
https://t.co/uSefQN51ky
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Philosophical Studies - What grounds facts of ground? Some metaphysicians invoke fundamental grounding laws to answer this question. These are general principles that link grounded facts to their...
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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.
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We're pleased to share the third project output: @Ema_SB's paper 'Debunking Doxastic Transparency' is out now in @EujapP.
eujap.uniri.hr
DEBUNKING DOXASTIC TRANSPARENCY Ema Sullivan-Bissett (University of Birmingham) VOL. 18, NO. 1 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.31820/ejap.18.1.3 Original scientific article – Received: 28/11/2021...
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My paper 'Fundamentality and Minimalist Grounding Laws' has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies! *in Mike Breen's voice*: Bang! 💯🥳#fundamentality #grounding #philosophy #metaphysics
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What a fabulous hire for @PTRBirmingham! Congratulations Kathleen!
Today I am chuffed and excited to start as a Teaching Fellow at the @unibirmingham for 6 months! 🥳📚✨
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Very excited to announce the call for abstracts for the Philosophy of Anxiety conference, 2022, is now open! Open to continental, analytic, or disorder-specific research. Registration link available in the coming months. Please RT! ☺️
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How could the Big Bang arise from nothing? Professor of Philosophy Alastair Wilson @modalizing shares his thoughts as part of @ConversationUK new series, Life’s Big Questions https://t.co/obX9uVfC2G
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