In our latest blog article Jonathan Birch talks about his life as a researcher and reflects on the questions: What can we do to reduce the risk of living absurdly? And should we want to?
Imagine you’re the UK Health Secretary during the worst pandemic in a century, signing your name under the most restrictive public health rules […]
LSE Philosophy Assistant Professor Lewis Ross just published his article ‘Why it’s time to allow researchers access to jury deliberations’ in the LSE magazine ‘Research for the World’ Issue 13.
While the secrecy of jury deliberations is regarded as fundamental, philosopher Lewis Ross argues there is a moral imperative to allow access for research. You […]
We are pleased to announce that Jingyi Wu will be joining our Department in September 2023 as Assistant Professor.
Jingyi Wu is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science (LPS) at UC Irvine. Jingyi primarily works on social epistemology and philosophy of physics but also has an interest in general […]
LSE Assistant Professor Kate Vredenburgh was interviewed by Lara Lewington from BBC Radio 4 about ChatGPT.
In her latest radio piece, Lara Lewington explores the possibilities of AI and how it will change our lives – as well as the ethical aspects of applications such as ChatGPT. The interview is available on the BBC website.
CPNSS project leader Tom Dickins just published his new book ‘Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory’.
Tom Dickins, together with Jonathan Birch, leads the project Foundations of Evolutionary Theory at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS). As a result of […]
Last month, we published the blog article ‘What’s the Point of Protest’ by Jonathan Parry. His work didn’t go unnoticed.
In a recent post my friend Jonathan Parry considers the question of whether political protest can be valuable, even when it is ineffective at changing government policy. He offers the example of the 2003 London demonstration against the […]
‘Evolutionary Game Theory’ by J. McKenzie Alexander has been published online and will be available for free until 22 March 2023.
The online version of the book has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The PDF can be downloaded for free until 22 March 2023 here. The book is part of the ‘Elements […]
Anna Mahtani and Jonathan Birch have been promoted to Professor in recognition of their outstanding research, teaching and contributions to the Department, School and discipline. The title will be official starting August 2023.
Anna Mahtani is an Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy at LSE. She completed her PhD on the Epistemic Theory of […]
LSE Philosophy Associate Professor Jonathan Birch and Professor of Philosophy at York University in Toronto Kristin Andrews wrote an essay on animal sentience for the digital magazine Aeon.
Why would an AI system want to convince its user of its sentience? Or, to put it more carefully, why would this contribute to its objectives? It’s tempting to think: only […]
1. Why did you choose LSE and the programme?
For my masters I wanted to pursue Philosophy with a practical, application-based approach, especially towards policy. I wanted to build a specialisation in ethical policy-making and LSE offered the best possible combination in the form of its MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy. LSE is also one of the most reputed […]
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