Exploring the practice of public philosophy through interviews with practitioners. Created by @ciarancummins1.

United Kingdom
Joined January 2018
New interview! @CiaranCummins1 talks to @GraemeTiffany, whose pioneering work in Community Philosophy empowers people in any context to be active citizens and to generate ideas at a grassroots level. thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk…
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New post! Great chat w/ @ahlstromvij on #philosophyinprisons, #publicphilosophy & academia. "I thought less and less about the supposed boundaries of philosophy and was simply liberated by the fact that, as a philosopher [...] you have a lot of latitude" thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk…
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Busy times! 1) Interview with @ahlstromvij on #philosophyinprisons will be online this week!
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New interview! @CiaranCummins1 spoke to Canadian PhD student Ty Branch to learn about her public philosophical experiences, including working as a philosopher-in-residence/field philosopher in an architecture firm and in a big data analytics organisation. thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk…
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Very excited to be lining-up an interview with @GraemeTiffany to talk about his work in #communityphilosophy! Learn more about Graeme’s work here: graemetiffany.co.uk/
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Check out our interview w/@PhilosophyUNB's Kilian Jorg! "'Failure is welcome'. [...] We always wanted to make philosophy less elitist and more accessible and for this I think it's important that it doesn't have this appearance of being a perfect thing" thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk…
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New interview w/ Kilian Jorg of @PhilosophyUNB. Enjoy! thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk… "Philosophy is a struggle for bringing something into a concept, in a way, and it's very limiting if you have just one kind of form for it"
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New interview w/ Kilian Jorg of @PhilosophyUNB. Enjoy! thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk… "Philosophy is a struggle for bringing something into a concept, in a way, and it's very limiting if you have just one kind of form for it"
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Interview w/ Kilian Jorg of @PhilosophyUNB up soon! A snippet: "Music has these thousands of little sub-scenes which can make it so vivid and so alive, and I wanted to try and establish something like this for philosophy."
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Wonderfully said @KieranSetiya (in the @LRB)
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We spoke to Todd Altschuler to learn about his ‘Philosophical Investigation Agency’: “I was worried [...] I'd have to water philosophy down, or I would lose the intellectual freedom, but I've actually found the opposite. It really opens things up” thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk…
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The Public Life of the Mind spoke to @ToddAltschuler to learn about his experience of engaging in consultation work outside of academia from a distinctly philosophical angle. A truly fascinating project! thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk…
The Public Life of the Mind spoke to @ToddAltschuler to learn about his experience of engaging in consultation work outside of academia from a distinctly philosophical angle. A truly fascinating and unique project! thepubliclifeofthemind.co.uk…
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“I've started to realise that actually the proper way to do philosophy and the things I love about philosophy are conversation" Read our new interview w/@LSEPhilosophy's Chloé de Canson on #philosophyinschools!
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