On the Highline, New York
November 2024. I am giving four lectures at the Collège de France under the title "Thoughts and Things". They will cover pretty much everything I think about mental representation. Here is the poster for the lecture series (illustrated by a painting by Katy Papineau)
December 2021. I am about to start a semester of leave from King's in which I hope to get my book on causation finished. It's all pretty clear in my head--I just need to write it down.
October 2021. I'm teaching Philosophy of Biology at King's this semester. Everything back to normal--so far--with all teaching face to face. In the new year I have a semester's sabbatical from King's and am aiming to complete a draft of a book on 'The Causal Structure of Reality'. Here's a long preliminary paper that should end up as the first half of it.
January 2021. The pandemic has curtailed my spring terms in New York, so this semester I am back at King's College London and running our MA in Philosophy of Medicine. Something of a new departure for me, but it turns out I have plenty of interests in the area. On a different subject, my new book The Metaphysics of Sensory Experience will be out with Oxford University Press in March.
April 2020. Still holding weekly meetings for my CUNY course "Intervention, Causation and Decision". Guest speakers have included Stephen Neale, Brad Weslake, Jenn McDonald, Thomas Blanchard, Jonathan Schaffer, Michael Strevens and Barry Loewer. But since mid-March we have been scattered to the four winds, with me in England and others in Hungary, Sweden, Arizona and Wisconsin as well as New York.
January 2020. Due to return to New York at the end of this month. My CUNY course this semester (Thursdays 11.45-1.45) will be on "Intervention, Causation and Decision".
February 2019. Back in New York once more; my CUNY course this semester is Mind, Brain and Consciousness.
November 2017. I'll be back in New York for the spring semester at the beginning of February; the topic of my CUNY course this time will be Mental Representation.
October 2017. The department at King's is generously hosting a two-day conference this month on "The Philosophy of David Papineau" 20-21 October.
May 2017. Knowing the Score is published this month. Here's some associated activity:
- Times review by Richard Beard 22 April
- Scientific American guest blog by me about sporting traditions 27 April
- Institute of Arts and Ideas News extract about citizenship and sporting identity 25 April
- Imperfect Cognitions guest blog by me about writing the book 9 March
- Times extract about choking and the yips 29 April
- Times article by Matthew Syed about my chapter on sporting dynasties 3 May
- TalkSport short interview on Hawksbee and Jacobs show (I'm 18 mins from end) 4 May
- Mail on Sunday review by Jim White 7 May
- The Hindu discussion of book on mental focus by Suresh Menon 16 May
- Mirror website online interview about book 18 May
- The Reading Lists online interview about my favourite books 18 May
- Irish Times interview about book 23 May
- Guardian review by William Skidelsky 26 May
- NPR website blog post by Alva Noë discussing book 26 May
- Guardian article by Richard Williams citing book's analysis of the yips 27 May
- NewsTalk Ireland short interview about book on Sean Montcrieff Show (I'm after 45 mins) 29 May
- Arts and Letters Daily featured the Guardian review as its top book item May 30
- TLS article by me on philosophy vs science (with book plug) 2 June
- Spectator review by Simon Kuper 3 June
- The Hindu discussion of themes from book by Mini Kapoor 3 June
- Deborah Kalb website interview 4 June
- Washington Independent Review of Books review by Jay Price 9 June
- Podium Cafe cycling website review by Feargal McKay 9 June
- Thinking Allowed BBC Radio 4 interview about the book with Laurie Taylor 14 June
- You and Yours BBC Radio 4 interview on 'Is bridge a sport?' (about 25 mins in) 16 June
- Library Journal review by Scott Duimstra 16 June
- The Week review of reviews of the book 17 June
- Times article by Matthew Syed citing book's analysis of the 'Tebbit test' 21 June
- The Hindu review by Suresh Menon 25 June
- NewsTalk Ireland Sean Montcrieff Show interview on 'Is bridge a sport?' 27 June
- The Higher review by Lincoln Allison 5 July
- New York Journal of Books review by Roger Abrams 6 July
- Institute of Art and Ideas News interview on the book 7 July
- Wall Street Journal review by Michael Shermer 7 July
- The Philosophers' Magazine extract about team identity over time 27 July
- Tourneygeek.com review by Daniel Dabney 30 July
- New Statesman review of Mike Brearley's 'In Form' by Ian Leslie discusses my book 16 September
- Times Literary Supplement review by Michael Wheeler 27 September
- New Criterion review by David Guaspari 18 November
- The Browser podcast interview with me about writing about philosophy and sport November
- Vox.com essay by me on the virtues of international sport 8 February 2018
- Kinesophy.com interview with me about the book 1 March 2018
- New York Review of Books review by Avishai Margalit 22 March 2018
- Institute of Arts and Ideas News article about Mesut Ozil and citizenship 25 July 2018
- Kinesophy.com review by Greg Hickey September 2018
- The Understanding Project podcast interview December 2018
- Here's a photo (below) of the Australian National Rugby League Referees Association watching an interview with me about themes in book 26 June
November 2016. My sports book Knowing the Score will now be out next May. I'll be back in New York for the spring semester at the end of January; the topic of my CUNY course this time will be Causation and Related Topics. Last month I took part in this video debate on the Brexit referendum with A.C. Grayling, Jen Hornsby and Anthony O'Hear.
March 2016. The sports book is now with the publishers (Basic Books USA, Constable UK). I am currently doing my regular spring semester at the Graduate Center at CUNY, and this Autumn will again be on sabbatical leave from King's College London, this time to write a book on the metaphysics of perception.
July 2015. For the first half of the coming academic year I will be on sabbatical leave from King's College London to write a book based taking a philosophical look at various sporting issues. At the end of next January I will be back at the Graduate Center at CUNY for the second semester.
June 2015. The 'Five Books' website has Nigel Warburton interviewing me on philosophically interesting sports books.
Mar 2015. I am now half-way through my graduate course on 'The Metaphysics of Sense Experience' in the Graduate Center at CUNY. On 25 March I will give the Dean Kolich Lecture in our departmental colloquium on the same topic.
Jun 2014. The Philosophers' Zone, Australian Broadcasting Company has broadcast an interview with me on mind and brain.
May 2014. There have now been eight essays on my sports/philosophy blog 'More Important than That'. The latest is 'Professional Fouls and Political Obligation'. The blog currently comes out top on Google searches for "sport philosophy" etc.
Mar 2014. I have a new Philosophy Bites podcast out on Philosophy and Sport.
Jan 2014. From next academic year 2014-5 I shall be divided between King's College London and the City University of New York. I will spend the second semester of each academic year in New York.
Jan 2014. Cambridge Journals Blog has given a generous plug for my article 'In The Zone' and for my own blog on sport and philosophy
March 2016. The sports book is now with the publishers (Basic Books USA, Constable UK). I am currently doing my regular spring semester at the Graduate Center at CUNY, and this Autumn will again be on sabbatical leave from King's College London, this time to write a book on the metaphysics of perception.
July 2015. For the first half of the coming academic year I will be on sabbatical leave from King's College London to write a book based taking a philosophical look at various sporting issues. At the end of next January I will be back at the Graduate Center at CUNY for the second semester.
June 2015. The 'Five Books' website has Nigel Warburton interviewing me on philosophically interesting sports books.
Mar 2015. I am now half-way through my graduate course on 'The Metaphysics of Sense Experience' in the Graduate Center at CUNY. On 25 March I will give the Dean Kolich Lecture in our departmental colloquium on the same topic.
Jun 2014. The Philosophers' Zone, Australian Broadcasting Company has broadcast an interview with me on mind and brain.
May 2014. There have now been eight essays on my sports/philosophy blog 'More Important than That'. The latest is 'Professional Fouls and Political Obligation'. The blog currently comes out top on Google searches for "sport philosophy" etc.
Mar 2014. I have a new Philosophy Bites podcast out on Philosophy and Sport.
Jan 2014. From next academic year 2014-5 I shall be divided between King's College London and the City University of New York. I will spend the second semester of each academic year in New York.
Jan 2014. Cambridge Journals Blog has given a generous plug for my article 'In The Zone' and for my own blog on sport and philosophy
