Lisa Bortolotti

Stories from The Philosophy Garden: The Fawn and the Mountain Lion. "Doing #philosophy hones those skills that improve our capacity to exercise our epistemic agency, that is, the capacity to acquire, produce, share, and use knowledge" lisatpg.substack.com... #philsky #edusky #epistemicinjustice

This protocol was developed in collaboration with, and the review itself will be carried out alongside, my wonderful colleague Raffaele Lavalle, with constructive input from our other lovely co-authors @lisabortolotti.com @ipanalysis.bsky.social Antonio Preti and @matthewbroome.bsky.social

New post on Substack, featuring my colleagues' work on the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence: Can we be friends with a robot? Some great resources to start a conversation with young people on the topic. lisatpg.substack.com... #philsky #edusky #AI #robots #friendship

What can we learn from Wittgensteinian conceptions of autism? Virginia Ballesteros reviews four accounts on the blog today: imperfectcognitions.... #philsky #philpsy #autism

"It is good that we get to hear lived experience voices. But hearing those voices is not enough. We should listen to them without prejudice & create safe and inclusive environments where they make a difference to mental health research & mental healthcare provision." lisatpg.substack.com... #philsky

On the #projectEPIC blog today: Davy Tennison discusses the dislike of fibromyalgia patients epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/10/how-... #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy

"Some illnesses change external perceptions of us as knowers and agents. If we see things other people don’t, maybe we shouldn’t be trusted when we describe what we saw. If we can't remember key events in our lives, maybe we aren’t interesting enough to talk to." lisatpg.substack.com... #philsky

At the #projectEPIC seminar, Ian James Kidd discusses illness and mortality and how they give rise to cases of #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy

Do we have a right to digital inclusion? lisatpg.substack.com/p/distribute... My colleague Merten Reglitz on the importance of the internet and my take on the role of fables in the classroom #philsky #edusky #philosophyforeveryone #philosophy

“Intersectionality encourages us to ask not only what is happening within a person, but also what has happened around them and what they are continuing to navigate. It invites us to consider how social conditions, power & inequality shape distress.” lisatpg.substack.com... #philsky #philpsy #voices

Really enjoyed the @natre-update.bsky.social group meeting yesterday, where I explained why #epistemicinjustice is a great topic for the classroom and presented The Philosophy Garden free resources for teachers! #philsky #edusky Slides here: canva.link/natre-bortol...

What can existing medical evidence can tell us about epistemic injustice? On today's post, Mara Floris explores this question. imperfectcognitions.... #newresearch #philsky #philpsy

Conor at The Philosophy Garden does it again! Is it the Magnus Archives or Nietzsche? #philsky #philpsy #philosophyforeveryone

New post by Cristina Ganz: Affective and #EpistemicInjustice in Perinatal Care epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/10/like... #philsky #philpsy

Collaboration, autonomy, mutual respect: what does agency look like for young people accessing mental health services? Find out in our new videos for the Agency project with @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social 👉 mcpin.org/agency-videos/

How can we validate young people’s mental health experiences meaningfully? Validation can make or break trust in a clinical setting, but it's surprisingly easy to get wrong. In today's blog @rachelred94.bsky.social shares some advice on what to do (and what not to!) 👉 mcpin.org/how-to-valid...

Today's World Mental Health Day explores “Lived experiences heard” Hear from John, McPin senior service user researcher who gives a talk about the Social Health Hub How social health factors can impact severe mental illness – a lived experience perspective https://youtu.be/bLU9A23YZhs Syeda

Building on collaborations with @matthewbroome.bsky.social @ipanalysis.bsky.social @rachelred94.bsky.social @mcpinypnetwork.bsky.social @fionamalpass.bsky.social @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social @rosemccabe.bsky.social and many more ❤️

New substack article today on the role of lived experience in mental health research and healthcare provision #WMHD lisatpg.substack.com/p/no-wallflo... #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice

On World Mental Health Day Conor from The Philosophy Garden visited the grounded cafe and asked everyone how they keep relaxed 😌 The video is on our Instagram and TikTok but the Bluesky crowd deserves to see it too! #WMHD #philsky #thephilosophygarden

Today is World Mental Health Day #WMHD2026 so let us share two among our most read papers in the last year that address issues in the philosophy of mental health! #philsky #philpsy

It is world mental health day and the theme is the crucial role of lived experience. So time to share this open access article again: jmepb.bmj.com/content/2/2/... #WMHD #philsky all the subtle ways we obstruct expertise that reveal our prejudices #epistemicinjustice

A good day for Birmingham Philosophy of Psychiatry with Rosa Ritunnano and Anna Golova presenting their work at INPP 2026! #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice

A very stimulating Q&A followed our symposium on the project EPIC case studies at INPP! #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice

Great talks by @awaisaftab.bsky.social and Sofia Jeppsson at INPP 2026, offering their own understanding of what philosophy can do for psychiatry #philsky #philpsy

Can AI Understand the Metaphors We Use About Illness? On Imperfect Cognitions today, Yufeng Liu explores this question. imperfectcognitions.... #newresearch #philsky #philpsy

An exciting new book by Dan Degerman on silence in mood disorders! Dan has written a post on it too for the APA blog blog.apaonline.org/2026/09/29/s... #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice

And we’re starting! #INPP2026 #philsky #philpsy

8 hours and 3 trains later I made it to Nijmegen where tomorrow I will chair an EPIC symposium for #INPP2026! #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice

New issue, new thread! Adam Toon and Tamás Demeter present "As If We Had Minds: The Prospects of Mental Fictionalism", with sixteen papers (nine are open or free access). Follow the thread to learn more! www.tandfonline.com/... #philsky

Stoked to find out today that the paper I've co-authored with @lucyosler.bsky.social, "The (Under)diagnosis of Endometriosis: Epistemic and Affective Injustices in the Medical Niche", is officially forthcoming in @journalphp.bsky.social edited by @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social & @eabyrne.bsky.social 🤩

New issue, new Editor's Choice! From the new special issue on mental fictionalism, guest editors Adam Toon & Tamás Demeter have selected Bruno Mölder's paper, "Can mental fictionalism avoid cognitive collapse?" doi.org/10.1080/0951... It will be free access for three months. #philsky #philpsy 1/2

Now that The Philosophy Garden is on TikTok we would like to follow some philosophers, teachers of philosophy, and other philosophy accounts. Who is on TikTok? 🤨#philsky #philosophy #edusky

Delighted to announce that Anna Golova joined our EPIC team today as a Philosophy postdoc at @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Anna works on self-illness ambiguity and will research strategies to reduce #epistemicinjustice #philsky #philpsy

New post on the EPIC blog! Lucy Jamieson and Wiedaad Slemming consider how an international co-production project helped to empower a group of young care leavers epistemically and politically. #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/09/ampl...

What happens if two psychiatrists assess the same patient? On today's post, Mateo Boberg, Julie Nordgaard and Mads Gram Henriksen explore how reliable psychiatric diagnoses are in the 21st century. imperfectcognitions.... #newresearch #phisky #philpsy

Seeing this paper out open access makes me so happy! With Anna Ichino & Matteo Mameli. Public philosophy may not save the world, but is not just entertainment either. Doing philosophy can help us practice the skills underpinning our epistemic agency www.pdcnet.org/pdc/b... #philsky #edusky

Omg The Philosophy Garden is on TikTok #philsky #philosophyforeveryone #edusky #philosophy

Of note for #philsky followers in London: tonight!

Last two days to submit your contribution for what I expect to be a very interesting special issue: www.argumenta.org/cf... with Elisabetta Lalumera We can predict a healthy variety of views & approaches from the list of invited contributors alone! #philsky #philpsy #epistemicinjustice

Back to University sale at Bloomsbury Academic! Take advantage of the 30% discount, Why Delusions Matter has never been cheaper... www.bloomsbury.com/u... #philsky #philpsy #booksky

Congratulations Laura! #philosophyforveryone

New Monday, new post: philosophy as a performative and productive art #philsky #philosophy #thephilosophygarden #philosophyforeveryone #publicphilosophy @matteomameli.bsky.social @thoughtfulp4c.bsky.social @sophia-network.bsky.social

The role of personal responsibility in wrongful discrimination judgments #philsky #psych #responsibility #ethics

Exploring #epistemicinjustice creatively: a young person's reflections epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-yo... on the #projectEPIC blog #philsky #philpsy

Being part of the agency projects was transformative for me and working alongside these amazing young researchers a delight! #philsky #philpsy #livedexperience #epistemicinjustice @rachelred94.bsky.social @ipanalysis.bsky.social @matthewbroome.bsky.social