@KeithAllenYork

Philosopher at the University of York.

york.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/keith-allen/
Joined August 2021
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Join us on August 1st at Bolsover castle for Margaret Cavendish's MindFest! english-heritage.org.uk/visi… Sophie White will be onsite throughout the day giving lightening talks, exploring Margaret’s bold ideas and asking questions such as do animals think, and can we touch colours?
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We are hiring two postdoctoral researchers, to work on questions about the impact of AI on science! See details here, and direct questions to [email protected]! jobs.ac.uk/job/DRN637/resear…
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You can listen to me talking about Margaret Cavendish and neurodiversity on History's Heroes: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0n44j…

History's Heroes - BONUS Margaret Cavendish Blazes Through the World Part 2 - BBC Sounds

Alex von Tunzelmann and Professor Keith Allen discuss the life of Margaret Cavendish.

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New paper in the European Journal of Philosophy discussing David Katz's theory of colour and colour perception: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/shar…
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People's philosophical intuitions often clash. Is this due to conflicts between underlying beliefs? Three studies validate a new belief inventory and show laypeople collectively and individually hold conflicting beliefs about vision: link.springer.com/article/10…

Direct or indirect realism? Assessing conflicting folk conceptions of vision

Synthese - Longstanding philosophical debates about the nature of perception revolve around a clash between Direct Realist and Indirect Realist conceptions of vision. These deny and affirm,...

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CfA: PGR Conference – Styles of Perception 📅 30 June – 1 July 2026 📍 University of York Financial support provided. 🔗 Full details and submission information: sites.google.com/view/styles… 🗓 Submit by 1 May!
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Curious about the researchers we host at the Centre? @KeithAllenYork reflects on philosophy of colour and perception — and the questions shaping his work on seeing and experiencing atmospheres. Affective Atmospheres, Civic House (Feb 2026) youtu.be/vdLjTPnID6w?si=ARLJ…
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Exposing conflicts within common sense helps resolve longstanding problems: New x-phi paper in PandPR shows common sense is torn between conflicting conceptions of vision, and argues findings facilitate a new approach to the 'problem of perception': doi.org/10.1111/phpr.70063

Scientific or naïve? Perceptions of direct and indirect realism, and why they matter

Philosophical debates about the nature of perception are standardly informed by an empirical assumption about folk beliefs: They assume there is such a thing as “the” common-sense conception of...

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New paper which finds evidence of perceptual averaging for orientation (even when it is irrelevant to the task), but that processing of colour relies instead on similarity: rdcu.be/d5U90
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Sometimes you just need the right manager to come in and change the whole mood. For Everton that man was Ange Postecoglou
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Looking at a cat, there's a sense in which you perceive 2 things: the part of the cat that's facing you, and the whole cat. How? In a new paper, Daniel Kim resolves this by combining two accounts of perception: naive realism and sensorimotor theory: t.ly/HCGic
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Really enjoyed presenting about common sense views of seeing with @eugen_fischer at the @BritishAcademy_ Summer Showcase
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CFA for a two-day postgrad conference at York on phenomenology and philosophy of mind! Deadline Aug 9th. Talks should be 20 mins, and the theme is open, but talks concerning neurodivergence and mental health are encouraged. Conference generously funded by the AHRC and WRoCAH.
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You can find about more about Margaret Cavendish here: features.york.ac.uk/philosop…

Thomas Hobbes and Margaret Cavendish

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Reminder that the deadline for the @WRoCAH funded PhD on Margaret Cavendish's philosophy of mind with @UoYPhilosophy and @EnglishHeritage is next Wednesday, 6th March. Details: wrocah.ac.uk/wp-content/uplo…
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People have opposing intuitions in the philosophy of perception. But why? @eugen_fischer finds that it’s not: some people have one intuition, and others have the opposite intuition Instead, it’s: individual people have both conflicting intuitions link.springer.com/article/10…
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Exciting collaborative PhD opportunity at the @UoYPhilosophy & @EnglishHeritage on the ground-breaking philosopher Duchess, Margaret Cavendish, and @EHBolsover funded by @WRoCAH. Deadline for expressions of interest: 6th March. wrocah.ac.uk/wp-content/uplo…
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Interested in feminist philosophy, emotion, perception, imagination, and Margaret Cavendish? Do your PhD on these in a Castle! Deadline for expressions of interest: 12 noon on 6th March. Further details of WRoCAH’s Collaborative Doctoral Awards here: wrocah.ac.uk/cda-projects-of…
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Interested in doing a funded PhD on Margaret Cavendish's philosophy of mind at the University of York and English Heritage? Funded by the White Rose College of the Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH). Deadline for expressions of interest 6th March. wrocah.ac.uk/wp-content/uplo…
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New paper exploring home dissatisfaction and sociocultural attitudes and pressures, with @NicholasPleace and Daryl Martin in Housing, Theory and Society tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Home Dissatisfaction, Body Image, and Sociocultural Attitudes: An Exploratory Study

This article explores home dissatisfaction using methods modelled on those used to understand negative body image and its causes. We found that a substantial proportion of UK participants (13–39%) ...

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