First week of teaching. @PhilosophyRHUL @rhulpirp

UK exit polls: bing bong, here’s the prime minister US exit polls: is it better to be loved or feared? Give your answer to the nearest cubit

Had a great time taking part in Ming's Rorty reading group. The ideally liberal society is still worth hoping for.

I was delighted to talk about AI and misinformation with the Rory Peck Trust last night. Thank you to them and the beautiful Mayfair Arts Club for hosting us.

RIP David Lodge.

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Pleased that my essay on psychoanalysis is being discussed today by practitioners. Aeon Magazine sipsychotherapy.org/event/power-an…

This post got some attention yesterday. If you are interested in understanding Pragmatism better, I recommend Michael Bacon's book which "show[s] that pragmatism is a contested tradition, indicating how different pragmatists have interpreted the insistence on attending to the

A short essay by me on pragmatism. psyche.co/ideas/to-resis… Psyche Magazine Cheryl Misak Robert Talisse

The Trust's May newsletter is out now! Read about intersectionality and the musical, exploring our future in space, plantation afterlives: landscape change and environmental experience in Guyana, and much more: leverhulme.ac.uk/newsletter Andrew Futter Michael Bacon

We have a one year lectureship in political theory at Royal Holloway to cover Michael Bacon's well deserved time away on a Leverhulme Fellowship - details below: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Leverhulme Research Fellow Michael Bacon writes back back to his therapist in a critical study of the theory and practice of child psychoanalysis. flipsnack.com/leverhulmetrus… Royal Holloway

Hanging in Bloomsbury with Michael Bacon

I am very sad to learn of the passing of Rodney Barker. A wonderfully engaging and supportive teacher, and one of the kindest people I've had the good fortune to know. blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/202…

Jeff Bezos has told wedding guests not to bring a gift, with people asking ‘what do you give the man who has everything?’ A tax bill would be a good start

I was delighted to talk to journalist Julie Henry about what it was like to spend three years in psychoanalysis as a child. The Leverhulme Trust telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/2…

“I was reading an essentially fictionalised version of myself that was nevertheless me” The discovery by Michael Bacon adds to growing concerns over the efficacy of child therapy Find out more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/2…

"El pragmatismo desafía la presunción, generalmente implícita, de que nuestras prácticas son necesariamente inadecuadas y requieren el soporte de algún estándar o principio que yace más allá de ellas". Gran idea de Michael Bacon en Pragmatism: an Introduction