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News and Events

  • 10 Jan

    Macpherson on The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

    The CSPE's Fiona Macpherson was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 Programme The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry on 10th January 2023. The case was the Blind Mind's Eye and Fiona discussed how different philosophers' and psychologists' imagery capacities may have influenced their thoeries of how the mind works.
  • 11 Dec

    Macpherson's work on aphantasia featured in the Sunday Post

    Fiona Macpherson's was interviewd in the Sunday Post about aphantasia - the reduced ability to form mental imagery.
  • 09 Dec

    Macpherson on Philosophy Takes On The News

    The CSPE's Fiona Macpherson was a guest on the Philosophy Takes On The News podcast, on 9th December 2022 on Series 2, Episode 8. It was the end of year special on constitutional reforms, crypto and effective altruism, end of year round-up, plus hopes and fears for 2023.
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The Illusions Index

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Extreme Imagination Art Exhibition

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