Heather Widdows
@profwiddows
Philosopher, University of Warwick. Runs EverydayLookism.com.
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Does philosophy cast light on particle physics? Nikk Effingham lectures on what philosophy teaches us about whether tachyons exist or not #PhilosophyMatters #HAPP Nikk Effingham youtube.com/watch?v=zqvAWD… #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhiloFortnight2025
In this video Henry Taylor asks Peter Vickers whether today’s science will always be true UK Research and Innovation youtube.com/watch?v=pcBmCy… #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhiloFortnight2025
Last chance to register for free for this amazing webinar on Philosophy and Conspiracy Theories starting in an hour! With Joe Pierre, MD, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies, U-Wen Low, and Nele Van de Mosselaer. birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr/de… #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhiloFortnight2025
Fascinating work by Henry Taylor on knowing when babies, animals, and robots are conscious. Science and philosophy working together 😀 The Conversation #consciousness #animalminds #babies #robots #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhilosFortnight2025
Our #PhilosophyMatters webinar on Wednesday features Helen Beebee & Michael Rush, 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
Out in Newsweek TODAY. #PhilosophyMatters #PhiloFortnight2025 British Philosophical Association AI "chubby" filter causes outrage on TikTok newsweek.com/tiktok-ai-chub…
#PhiloFortnight2025 DAY 3. Heading to London for meetings in Westminster, and check-ins with friends and colleagues. TOMORROW, official launch events in Westminster @10am and Senate House Two O'clock. Details and press release here: bpa.ac.uk/activities/phi… #PhilsophyMatters
Philosophy matters! Let some leading philosophers and scientists tell you why tinyurl.com/y9sdau3c Anil Seth Barry C Smith Heather Widdows Julian Baggini Quassim Cassam Fiona Macpherson Sir Paul Nurse #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhilosFortnight2025
British Philosophy Fortnight launch in Westminster today! Simon Kirchin Fiona Macpherson Heather Widdows Angie Hobbs Barry C Smith John Lloyd Thanks to host Natalie Bennett and chair ritula shah 🙏 Read: bpa.ac.uk/activities/phi… #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhilosFortnight2025
Heather Widdows on why philosophy matters. Watch: tinyurl.com/5ryvd9k4 #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025 #PhilosFortnight2025 #philosophy
Week 2 of #PhiloFortnight2025. Attend online tomorrow's event with Prof Lisa Bortolotti Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @Lauradol4 & Henry Taylor on philosophy in classrooms, or join @UoGlasgow's public lecture on 'why demagogues lie big'. Visit bpa.ac.uk/activities/phi…
Coming to the end of #PhiloFortnight2025. Philosophy asks that philosophy expertise is used, and that provision is extended in schools and funded in universities. Keep using #PhilosophyMatters and looking forward to next year! British Philosophical Association Fiona Macpherson Barry C Smith
“In some way, lookism is wired into our genetics”—prejudice towards those meeting ‘beauty ideals’ is hard to resist, as is pursuing these ideals—the more so as they are reinforced in enhanced social media images Jonny Thomson speaks with @profwiddows: buff.ly/Zkglg6G
New post from Heather Widdows and @J_T_Suth for Psychology Today on what public reactions to Pamela Anderson’s makeup free look shows us about the beauty ideal psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/perfec…
Department of Philosophy at Warwick celebrates its 60th anniversary in Senate House University of London with speeches on why #philosophymatters by Quassim Cassam , Heather Widdows, Guy Longworth and Mary Margaret McCabe All on point!