Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin

11/01/2023

Planning your CPD for 2023? Applications are now open for Big Data, AI, and Ethics, one of six short CPD courses being offered by the School of Social Sciences & Philosophy!

Begins March 13th. Apply here 👇 https://www.tcd.ie/Philosophy/courses/continuing-professional-development/

12/12/2022

Congratulations to our colleagues in the Dept. of Philosophy, Dr. Alison Fernandes and Prof. Kenneth Pearce, who were among the 9 Trinity researchers and staff who received Irish Research Council 2022 Research Ally Prizes last week.👏👏

The mission of the Irish Research Council is to enable and sustain a vibrant research community in Ireland by supporting excellent researchers in all disciplines from Arts to Zoology →

23/11/2022

Great stuff, Simone!

Simone Nota, a philosophy PhD student at Trinity College Dublin, has been using AI image generators to create philosophy-related images. AI Images of Philosophers & Philosophy by Simone Nota I have recently been toying with AI image generators (DALL-E 2 and Midjourney) to create pictures of philosop...

21/11/2022

16/09/2022

The Department of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin welcomes applications under the Irish Research Council (IRC) Government of Ireland funding schemes for both postgraduate and postdoctoral programmes. Further details are available here: https://research.ie/funding/ The deadline for applications is October 20th, 2022.

The Department can offer supervision/mentorship in the following area of philosophy: History of Philosophy (Lilian Alweiss, John Divers, Jim Levine, Vasilis Politis), Metaphysics (John Divers, Alison Fernandes) Epistemology and Philosophy of Religion (Paul O’Grady), Philosophy of Language and Logic (Jim Levine), Philosophy of Science (Alison Fernandes) and Political Philosophy (Adina Preda).
Potential applicants should, in the first instance, contact one of the academics listed above with a research proposal.

The mission of the Irish Research Council is to enable and sustain a vibrant research community in Ireland by supporting excellent researchers in all disciplines from Arts to Zoology →

14/09/2022

“Philosophy in the Public Space” Conference Trinity College Dublin, 21-22nd October 2022 We live in a time of multiple crises when philosophy’s public role is once again a matter of significant concern. Much public discourse, whether in parliaments and public squares, on traditional or social ...

05/09/2022

Registration is now open for our online CPD courses in Data & Behavioural Science starting in late September - including Big Data, AI & Ethics - register here:

The School of Social Sciences & Philosophy is now offering six new and flexible CPD courses in the areas of Applied Behavioural Science, Data Science, Data Analysis, Ethics, R and PythoEarly enrolment is encouraged to secure placement as class sizes are limited to encourage participatio

05/09/2022

Full details about the Annual Irish Philosophical Society Conference, hosted by Trinity College Dublin on October 21-22, are available here:

The Irish Philosophical Society was founded in 1962. It counts among its members most professional philosophers in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as students and members of the public.

20/05/2022

We are sad to say goodbye to our HoD, Kenny Pearce, but we are pleased to welcome our new HoD, John Divers. Thanks for all your hard work, Kenny, and best of luck to both of you in your new positions!

17/05/2022

We are pleased to announce the 'Physics, time, and agency' conference on June 28-29, organised by our own Alison Fernandes and Daniel Deasy (UCD) under the auspices of the Irish Society for the Philosophy of Time.

Dates : 28th−29th June 2022 Location : Dublin, Ireland: TRISS Seminar Room, Trinity College Dublin and Old Physics Theatre, UCD Newman House (Museum of Literature Ireland) and online Speakers :...

26/04/2022

The deadline for the Irish Philosophical Society conference, hosted by Trinity, has been extended to May 9th!

Call for abstracts “Philosophy in the Public Space” Conference Trinity College Dublin, 21-22nd October 2022   Extended abstract deadline: Monday 9th May (midnight Irish time)   .pdf version of this call for abstracts We live in a time of multiple crises when philosophy’s public role is once ...

20/04/2022

Today is the last day to register for our new short course in ‘Big data, artificial intelligence, and ethics’ among others

The School of Social Sciences & Philosophy is now offering six new and flexible continuing professional development programmes in the areas of Big Data, Data Science, Data Analysis, and Ethics in Social Dat