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#Philosophy News from The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) at #LSE
Many thanks for attending our public lecture on 'Saving Britain's #wildlife' with Iris Berger, Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, @kneppwilding.bsky.social, and chaired by @birchlse.bsky.social last night!
👉 The recording is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHe...
🌲 @gsos-lse.bsky.social
👉 The recording is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHe...
🌲 @gsos-lse.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Many thanks for attending our public lecture on 'Saving Britain's #wildlife' with Iris Berger, Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, @kneppwilding.bsky.social, and chaired by @birchlse.bsky.social last night!
👉 The recording is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHe...
🌲 @gsos-lse.bsky.social
👉 The recording is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHe...
🌲 @gsos-lse.bsky.social
🎓 Thinking about pursuing a #PhD in #philosophy? Then join us for the upcoming virtual graduate open event next month!
📅 Thursday 20 November, 10-11am (London time)
📍 Zoom
👉 Register via the event page: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
📅 Thursday 20 November, 10-11am (London time)
📍 Zoom
👉 Register via the event page: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎓 Thinking about pursuing a #PhD in #philosophy? Then join us for the upcoming virtual graduate open event next month!
📅 Thursday 20 November, 10-11am (London time)
📍 Zoom
👉 Register via the event page: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
📅 Thursday 20 November, 10-11am (London time)
📍 Zoom
👉 Register via the event page: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
Join the #LSEPhilosophy Virtual Graduate Open Day online and learn more about our MSc programmes!
🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time)
📍 Zoom
Meet our programme directors and ask questions about our department and programmes!
👉 Sign up: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time)
📍 Zoom
Meet our programme directors and ask questions about our department and programmes!
👉 Sign up: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Join the #LSEPhilosophy Virtual Graduate Open Day online and learn more about our MSc programmes!
🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time)
📍 Zoom
Meet our programme directors and ask questions about our department and programmes!
👉 Sign up: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time)
📍 Zoom
Meet our programme directors and ask questions about our department and programmes!
👉 Sign up: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Catch up on the Auguste Comte Lecture 2025 delivered by Luara Ferracioli, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and a leading thinker on the #philosophy of #immigration and the philosophy of the #family.
📽️ "Depopulation: an ethical perspective": www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfCv...
📽️ "Depopulation: an ethical perspective": www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfCv...
October 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Catch up on the Auguste Comte Lecture 2025 delivered by Luara Ferracioli, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and a leading thinker on the #philosophy of #immigration and the philosophy of the #family.
📽️ "Depopulation: an ethical perspective": www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfCv...
📽️ "Depopulation: an ethical perspective": www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfCv...
Join our Law, Ethics and Justice Seminar by #LSEPhilosophy Associate Professor Kieran Oberman
🗓️ 7 October, 4.30-6pm
📍 LAK 2.06. LSE Campus - and online!
🔗 Zoom registration: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ 7 October, 4.30-6pm
📍 LAK 2.06. LSE Campus - and online!
🔗 Zoom registration: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Join our Law, Ethics and Justice Seminar by #LSEPhilosophy Associate Professor Kieran Oberman
🗓️ 7 October, 4.30-6pm
📍 LAK 2.06. LSE Campus - and online!
🔗 Zoom registration: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️ 7 October, 4.30-6pm
📍 LAK 2.06. LSE Campus - and online!
🔗 Zoom registration: lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🥳 The @thetimes.com Good University Guide 2026 has ranked LSE as the number one university in the UK.
#LSEPhilosophy has been ranked as the best department in the country for #Philosophy - for the second year in a row!
👉 To the league table: www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...
#LSEPhilosophy has been ranked as the best department in the country for #Philosophy - for the second year in a row!
👉 To the league table: www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...
September 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🥳 The @thetimes.com Good University Guide 2026 has ranked LSE as the number one university in the UK.
#LSEPhilosophy has been ranked as the best department in the country for #Philosophy - for the second year in a row!
👉 To the league table: www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...
#LSEPhilosophy has been ranked as the best department in the country for #Philosophy - for the second year in a row!
👉 To the league table: www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...
📄 We are pleased to announce that Volume 7 – Issue 1 of ‘Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics’ is now available online. The latest edition contains seven articles and two book reviews by our #LSEPhilosophy PPE students.
🔓 Link to the journal: sppe.lse.ac.uk/7/volume/7/i...
🔓 Link to the journal: sppe.lse.ac.uk/7/volume/7/i...
August 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📄 We are pleased to announce that Volume 7 – Issue 1 of ‘Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics’ is now available online. The latest edition contains seven articles and two book reviews by our #LSEPhilosophy PPE students.
🔓 Link to the journal: sppe.lse.ac.uk/7/volume/7/i...
🔓 Link to the journal: sppe.lse.ac.uk/7/volume/7/i...
‼️ Join #LSEPhilosophy!
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability
Application deadline: 3 November 2025
More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability
Application deadline: 3 November 2025
More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs
August 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
‼️ Join #LSEPhilosophy!
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability
Application deadline: 3 November 2025
More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs
We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability
Application deadline: 3 November 2025
More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs
🚨We're hiring! 🚨
👉Open Position: Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #AI
🗓️ Application deadline: 3 November 2025
Apply via: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#PartOfLSE #LSEPhilosophy #Jobs
👉Open Position: Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #AI
🗓️ Application deadline: 3 November 2025
Apply via: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#PartOfLSE #LSEPhilosophy #Jobs
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨We're hiring! 🚨
👉Open Position: Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #AI
🗓️ Application deadline: 3 November 2025
Apply via: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#PartOfLSE #LSEPhilosophy #Jobs
👉Open Position: Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #AI
🗓️ Application deadline: 3 November 2025
Apply via: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
#PartOfLSE #LSEPhilosophy #Jobs
🌞It's half-time of 2025 - and campus has never looked better in the summer glow!
#LSEPhilosophy #PartOfLSE #Philosophy #London
#LSEPhilosophy #PartOfLSE #Philosophy #London
July 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🌞It's half-time of 2025 - and campus has never looked better in the summer glow!
#LSEPhilosophy #PartOfLSE #Philosophy #London
#LSEPhilosophy #PartOfLSE #Philosophy #London
🌐What is #truth in changing social & political contexts?
👉At "The Future of Truth panel" our speakers @charliebeckett.bsky.social, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, & Jason Alexander discussed misinformation, #AI, & group identity
🎥 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIw...
#LSEPhilosophy #LSEFestival
👉At "The Future of Truth panel" our speakers @charliebeckett.bsky.social, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, & Jason Alexander discussed misinformation, #AI, & group identity
🎥 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIw...
#LSEPhilosophy #LSEFestival
June 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🌐What is #truth in changing social & political contexts?
👉At "The Future of Truth panel" our speakers @charliebeckett.bsky.social, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, & Jason Alexander discussed misinformation, #AI, & group identity
🎥 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIw...
#LSEPhilosophy #LSEFestival
👉At "The Future of Truth panel" our speakers @charliebeckett.bsky.social, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, & Jason Alexander discussed misinformation, #AI, & group identity
🎥 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIw...
#LSEPhilosophy #LSEFestival
🥳 #LSEPhilosophy has been ranked number 1 for Philosophy in the Complete University Guide 2026 for the second year in a row!
🏆 The Complete University Guide ranks the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas.
More: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...
🏆 The Complete University Guide ranks the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas.
More: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...
June 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🥳 #LSEPhilosophy has been ranked number 1 for Philosophy in the Complete University Guide 2026 for the second year in a row!
🏆 The Complete University Guide ranks the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas.
More: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...
🏆 The Complete University Guide ranks the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas.
More: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...
📽️ The recording of the Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture 2025 by @petergs.bsky.social on freedom and tolerance is now available online!
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/1TWy0xa...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/1TWy0xa...
June 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
📽️ The recording of the Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture 2025 by @petergs.bsky.social on freedom and tolerance is now available online!
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/1TWy0xa...
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/1TWy0xa...
The #LSEPhilosophy Department is hiring a Teaching Delivery Officer to support the efficient administration of teaching and learning activities. Application deadline: 6 May 2025.
Apply via the LSE Job Portal: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply via the LSE Job Portal: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The #LSEPhilosophy Department is hiring a Teaching Delivery Officer to support the efficient administration of teaching and learning activities. Application deadline: 6 May 2025.
Apply via the LSE Job Portal: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply via the LSE Job Portal: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience led by @birchlse.bsky.social is hiring a Research Officer in Animal Sentience (Animals and AI).
⏰ Application deadline: 6 May 2025
▶️ Apply via the LSE job portal and spread the word:
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
⏰ Application deadline: 6 May 2025
▶️ Apply via the LSE job portal and spread the word:
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
April 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience led by @birchlse.bsky.social is hiring a Research Officer in Animal Sentience (Animals and AI).
⏰ Application deadline: 6 May 2025
▶️ Apply via the LSE job portal and spread the word:
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
⏰ Application deadline: 6 May 2025
▶️ Apply via the LSE job portal and spread the word:
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We are pleased to announce that Ella Whiteley will join the #LSEPhilosophy Department as Assistant Professor!
More about Ella's work: ellawhiteleywrites.com
More about Ella's work: ellawhiteleywrites.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We are pleased to announce that Ella Whiteley will join the #LSEPhilosophy Department as Assistant Professor!
More about Ella's work: ellawhiteleywrites.com
More about Ella's work: ellawhiteleywrites.com
📸Here are some impressions of Carl Hoefer's Lakatos Award ceremony from earlier this month.
Carl Hoefer was awarded the 2024 Lakatos Award for his book ‘Chance in the World'
🎥You can find the recording of the workshop now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=97t2...
cc @biap.bsky.social
Carl Hoefer was awarded the 2024 Lakatos Award for his book ‘Chance in the World'
🎥You can find the recording of the workshop now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=97t2...
cc @biap.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📸Here are some impressions of Carl Hoefer's Lakatos Award ceremony from earlier this month.
Carl Hoefer was awarded the 2024 Lakatos Award for his book ‘Chance in the World'
🎥You can find the recording of the workshop now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=97t2...
cc @biap.bsky.social
Carl Hoefer was awarded the 2024 Lakatos Award for his book ‘Chance in the World'
🎥You can find the recording of the workshop now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=97t2...
cc @biap.bsky.social
Assisted dying: what should we think?
🎥 Watch the video of the public event now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpPz...
With Emily Jackson (LSE Law School), Kenneth Chambaere (Ghent University), Hugh MacKenzie (Westminster Cathedral), Alex Voorhoeve (LSE Philosophy), and Lewis Ross (LSE Philosophy)
🎥 Watch the video of the public event now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpPz...
With Emily Jackson (LSE Law School), Kenneth Chambaere (Ghent University), Hugh MacKenzie (Westminster Cathedral), Alex Voorhoeve (LSE Philosophy), and Lewis Ross (LSE Philosophy)
March 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Assisted dying: what should we think?
🎥 Watch the video of the public event now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpPz...
With Emily Jackson (LSE Law School), Kenneth Chambaere (Ghent University), Hugh MacKenzie (Westminster Cathedral), Alex Voorhoeve (LSE Philosophy), and Lewis Ross (LSE Philosophy)
🎥 Watch the video of the public event now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpPz...
With Emily Jackson (LSE Law School), Kenneth Chambaere (Ghent University), Hugh MacKenzie (Westminster Cathedral), Alex Voorhoeve (LSE Philosophy), and Lewis Ross (LSE Philosophy)
🏆 We are pleased to share that we were ranked 2nd best in the world for #Philosophy in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025! This is the highest ranking of any UK-based philosophy department for the second year in a row!
More: www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
More: www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
March 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🏆 We are pleased to share that we were ranked 2nd best in the world for #Philosophy in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025! This is the highest ranking of any UK-based philosophy department for the second year in a row!
More: www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
More: www.topuniversities.com/university-s...
#LSEPhilosophy PhD student Kangyu Wang was interviewed for the Toronto Centre Podcast.
The podcast highlights the benefits and challenges of using #AI in prudential supervision.
🎧 blubrry.com/torontocentr...
The podcast highlights the benefits and challenges of using #AI in prudential supervision.
🎧 blubrry.com/torontocentr...
February 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#LSEPhilosophy PhD student Kangyu Wang was interviewed for the Toronto Centre Podcast.
The podcast highlights the benefits and challenges of using #AI in prudential supervision.
🎧 blubrry.com/torontocentr...
The podcast highlights the benefits and challenges of using #AI in prudential supervision.
🎧 blubrry.com/torontocentr...
"Alexander reminds us that revolution begins with a change in perspective, a willingness to see new possibilities beyond entrenched divisions."
The Open Society as an Enemy by Jason Alexander
(published with @lsepress.bsky.social) has been reviewed by Mazlum Özkan:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
The Open Society as an Enemy by Jason Alexander
(published with @lsepress.bsky.social) has been reviewed by Mazlum Özkan:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
January 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Alexander reminds us that revolution begins with a change in perspective, a willingness to see new possibilities beyond entrenched divisions."
The Open Society as an Enemy by Jason Alexander
(published with @lsepress.bsky.social) has been reviewed by Mazlum Özkan:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
The Open Society as an Enemy by Jason Alexander
(published with @lsepress.bsky.social) has been reviewed by Mazlum Özkan:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
On this day, it's been 99 years since Karl Popper arrived at #LSEPhilosophy & in celebration @lsepress.bsky.social is gifting 5 copies of J. McKenzie Alexander's new book The Open Society as an Enemy!
✉️ Subscribe to the LSE Press newsletter to win: https://buff.ly/3VKfNpg
⏰ Deadline: 13 January
✉️ Subscribe to the LSE Press newsletter to win: https://buff.ly/3VKfNpg
⏰ Deadline: 13 January
January 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
On this day, it's been 99 years since Karl Popper arrived at #LSEPhilosophy & in celebration @lsepress.bsky.social is gifting 5 copies of J. McKenzie Alexander's new book The Open Society as an Enemy!
✉️ Subscribe to the LSE Press newsletter to win: https://buff.ly/3VKfNpg
⏰ Deadline: 13 January
✉️ Subscribe to the LSE Press newsletter to win: https://buff.ly/3VKfNpg
⏰ Deadline: 13 January
🥳 Congratulations to our #LSEPhilosophy graduates 2024! We are so very proud of you and wish you all the best for the future!
#PartOfLSE #LSE #London #Philosophy #Graduation2024
#PartOfLSE #LSE #London #Philosophy #Graduation2024
December 19, 2024 at 11:12 AM
🥳 Congratulations to our #LSEPhilosophy graduates 2024! We are so very proud of you and wish you all the best for the future!
#PartOfLSE #LSE #London #Philosophy #Graduation2024
#PartOfLSE #LSE #London #Philosophy #Graduation2024