Despite problems arising from fundamentalism, the beliefs fundamentalists hold can seem quite reasonable. In this paper, Finlay Malcolm considers whether, in fact, fundamentalist beliefs are rational by drawing on recent ideas in contemporary epistemology: extremebeliefs.com/paper/the-rati…

On 15th and 16th December our first interdisciplinary workshop on mapping #ExtremeBeliefs as found in fundamentalism, conspiricism, fanaticism and extremism will take place at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. For more info, visit our website: extremebeliefs.com/event/workshop…

What kind of faith does Jesus love? Dr Finlay Malcolm explores: premierchristianity.com/features/the-k…

New on the C-REX RightNow! blog: Finlay Malcolm explores 3 ways by which extremist beliefs might be irrational by drawing on underexplored ideas from academic philosophy & suggests how some of these ideas might be useful for research on deradicalisation. sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/…

Published 2022 with Routledge Books, my monograph (w/Michael Scott) that gives a philosophical account of faith. The book explores different kinds of faith, how it relates to trust and belief, whether faith is a virtue and how it's a resolute attitude. routledge.com/A-Philosophy-o…

🆕What are the public attitudes towards the #Covid19 pandemic? New data from a PERITIA study led by The Policy Institute reveals people's views on #vaccines, #conspiracytheories, #masks and the impact of the pandemic on their lives. (🧵thread) peritia-trust.eu/seven-in-ten-p… #H2020 #survey

NEW PERITIA - Policy, Expertise and Trust study: Notable minorities of the public in the UK and other European nations still hold misperceptions related to Covid-19, incl. disputing the scientific consensus on vaccine safety and thinking governments are exaggerating Covid deaths kcl.ac.uk/news/covid-mis…

"The more you trust governments, the more you trust scientists", says Finlay Malcolm (The Policy Institute) explaining some of the key findings of the PERITIA survey results. #EUfunded #Survey #TrustinScience #Scicomm #Sci4Policy #ScienceAdvice

Finally, or first in-person General Assembly! We are in #Berlin hosted by our partner ALLEA. Great discussions and ideas on how to implement the project findings on trust in science for phase 3. More to come soon! #EUfunded #H2020 maria baghramian

My recent report on attitudes towards climate change scientists discussed in The Economist

This event shares the details of our forthcoming report on #freespeech in higher education - please sign up if you're interested!

Our report released today on free speech in U.K. higher education. Later today there will be an event hosted by The Policy Institute King's College London where the results will be presented and discussed in relation to The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill.

An article here summarising our #freespeech work as it concerns HE policy.

My report on Social Inclusion in Autonomous Vehicles for UKRI TAS Hub authored with Dr Justyna Lisinska

A recent talk I gave on religion and climate change beliefs for Extreme Beliefs: Fundamentalism: youtu.be/NZMkYgRaYYI

Now published in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice - my paper on "Analysing Extremism" - as part of my work on the Extreme Beliefs: Fundamentalism project based at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Open Access: rdcu.be/c6g6y

Now published in Inquiry - my paper "What's so bad about echo chambers?", co-authored with christopharie. Also part of my work with the Extreme Beliefs: Fundamentalism project based at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Now published in Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy - my paper: "The Purpose and Limits of Electoral Accountability" Explores how accountability at the ballot box really works. Probably my favourite paper that I've written to date! jesp.org/index.php/jesp…

Now published in The Monist, my special edited collection on 'Faith, Hope and Trust'. academic.oup.com/monist/issue/1… The issue includes a range of fantastic contributions from all authors, exploring the relationships between these three important concepts. The Monist Oxford Philosophy

📢📢📢 Caleb Gordon and I are absolutely delighted to be hosting a new seminar stream on ‘Ecotheology’ SST #SST24. A huge thank-you to Scott Midson Prof David Clough @dlclough.bsky.social and several others who have enabled this. A brief🧵with details…