Philosopher Post-Doc in Mental Health Ethics @UniofOxford Committee Member for @SWIPUK @ljspencer.bsky.social
University of Oxford
Joined October 2022
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🔓 New open access editorial! 🔓 Myself, Prof. Matthew Broome and Prof. Giovanni Stanghellini discuss the future of phenomenological psychopathology as an introduction to our RPP special issue in @JournalPHP 👉 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
🚨New blog post for #EPIC! 😎From my recent paper on epistemic isolation in psychiatric institutions (when knowledge is wrongfully withheld from the patient), I argue that this constitutes more than an epistemic disadvantage; it's an #epistemicinjustice 👉epistemicinjusticeinhealthca…
And here is the relevant article on epistemic isolation: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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End of November is the deadline! Submit your work on Dennett’s philosophy to @JournalPHP
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Hi! 👋 At 1pm (UK) I give an online talk for the #Phenomenology of #Dementia & Aging Network! I explore epistemic injustice and the phenomenology of #shame in dementia care. @UniCologne @BetterResearch @martinrossor @NIHRrdn @BritishPhen @OxPsychiatry 👉dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.u…
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Congratulations to CEPPA's Katharine Jenkins whose book 'Feminist Philosophy a Very Short Introduction' has just been published with OUP!
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Glasgow Philosophy is looking to hire two new colleagues! 🎉
jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK155/lectur…
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On the #projectEPIC blog Eleanor Byrne discusses narrative deference: how are our personal narratives shaped by others? epistemicinjusticeinhealthca…
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I'm honoured to be the speaker for the 2nd annual Philosophy of Disability and Difference lecture at @Sheffphilosophy . If you want to hear more about Cripistemologies of Chronicity, come to the Broad Lane LT 4 at 2:30 on Friday 1 November. @WAARC_Sheffield #CripTheory
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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion is an incredible resource, superbly edited by @Ema_SB.
Also contains my chapter with @JeannetteL16 , where we open up new transdisciplinary lines of enquiry across phenomenology and linguistics!
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Kicking off my 31st birthday (🎉) by lecturing on the ethics of diagnosis for the MSc in Clinical and Therapeutic Neuroscience 🧠 @OxPsychiatry 😎
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Reminder about the 4th (free) event from the renamed #Dungeons and #Dragons #Research Tavern on 22nd Oct 9AM. Four confirmed talks.. details here sites.google.com/view/dungeo…
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Just back from the BBC where @csandis and I participated in tonight’s episode of Free Thinking (radio 4) discussing hidden truths, conspiracy theories, and transdisciplinary philosophy! @PTRBirmingham Listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023yg…
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We have a fully funded PhD project @UniMelb & @KU_Leuven to develop real-time solutions for preventing youth self-harm & suicide. Join a fab team of supervisors (biased, but true!) @JoRobinson_Aus @LivveyKirtley @ajclapperton Contact for info. Plz share! tinyurl.com/484jtaka
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UOI invites all UK undergraduate and postgraduate students to enter the Annual National Uehiro Oxford Prize in Practical Ethics by submitting an essay of up to 2000 words on any topic relevant to practical ethics. Entries due by 23:00 2/2/25. Winner from each category will receive a prize of £500, runner up £200. full details here: uehiro.ox.ac.uk/oxford-uehir…
#OxfordUniversity #Ethics #Essays #Competition #prize
@UniofOxford @TORCHOxford @Cambridge_Uni @CambridgePhilos @StAndrewsPhil @LancasterUni @durham_uni @KingsCollegeLon @OxfordConted @EdinburghUni @PhilosWarwick @cardiffphilos @PhilFacOx @OpenUniversity @OxHumanities @MancPhilosophy @BristolEthics @unibirmingham @UniofReading @UniLeedsNews @RIPhilo @EthicsInAI @HeLEXOxford @OUPPhilosophy
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"Notably, what explained this increase in conspiracy beliefs was the fact that high-risk participants felt a sense of existential threat. This suggests that when people feel vulnerable due to environmental risks, they turn to conspiracies to regain control"
Our new @ConversationUK piece explains why conspiracy theories thrive in the wake of natural disasters.
As climate change intensifies, these theories spread, fostering climate denial, distrust, and blocking action.
Read & share: theconversation.com/why-migh… @IwanDinnick @Notts_Psych
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Our Race & Psychiatry Journal Club resumed today, a year since being set up by @mayaogonah & @anabellepauli
@OxRacePsych aims to reflect on race in psychiatric research & the challenges faced by minoritised individuals in healthcare 🧵1/3
More 👇
psych.ox.ac.uk/news/introduc…
ALT India Francis-Crossley from UCL presents her research at today's session of the Race and Psychiatry Journal Club at the University of Oxford's Department of Psychiatry. She is standing next to a screen listened to by people sitting around a table.
Here, I apply Kidd and Carel's concept of Epistemic Isolation to psychiatric healthcare. Epistemic Isolation occurs in ‘situations where a person or group lacks the knowledge of, or means of access to, particular information' #epistemicinjustice #MentalHealth
➡ 🔓 [OPEN ACCESS] "Institutional Epistemic Isolation in Psychiatric Healthcare" by Lucienne Jeannette Spencer tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
#socialepistemology #journal #article #academia #research #Academics #knowledge #Health