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Online international conference between the National University of Ireland Galway / Ollscoil Na Héireann Gaillimh, The Irish Philosophical Society | Cumann Fealsúnachta Na Héireann, and the British Society for Phenomenology This conference explores the question of the future from phenomenological and other philosophical perspectives. There will be papers on various aspects of this question, whether ontological, ethical, aesthetical, epistemological, and in relation to political theory, gender theory, critical race theory, ecology, philosophy of religion, philosophy Read more…

Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork are hosting a philosophy colloquium together this year, sponsored by the Irish Philosophical Society. The printable schedule is here and will be updated as we receive abstracts. Venue Online, Zoom Time Mondays, 4-6pm, Irish Local Time Chair/organizers Adina Preda, Philosophy, TCD Director of Trinity Centre for Justice and Values Cara Nine, Philosophy, UCC President of Irish Philosophical Society   To be added to the Zoom invite list, please Read more…

We are sorry to report that the Irish Philosophical Society‘s 2020 conference has been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In lieu of that, we have organised a ‘Work in Progress’ seminar series, featuring a range of fascinating talks and the opportunity for Q&A with some of Ireland’s leading philosophers. See our events page for details. The full programme is available here.

Our most recent conference, on philosophy of science, political philosophy and the intersection between them, was held on December 6-7 2019 at University College, Cork. Keynotes were: Alfred Moore (York), Zeynep Pamuk (Oxford) and Julian Reiss (Durham). It was a hoot and we all got smashed on Guinness and Beamish. Guinness is better but if you say that in Cork, they’ll lynch you. They also served Barry’s tea instead of Lyons, but in every life a Read more…