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LSE Graduation 2022: Congratulation!

22 July 2022|

We are excited to welcome back the 2020 and 2022 cohorts for their in-person graduation ceremony this summer! The ceremonies took place on 13 and 21 July 2022 in the Peacock Theatre followed by a reception in the Shaw Library.

We congratulate all graduates to their achievement and wish you all the best for the future!

 

 

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    New LSE Philosophy Publication: ‘Models and Theories’ by Roman Frigg

New LSE Philosophy Publication: ‘Models and Theories’ by Roman Frigg

27 June 2022|

The new book ‘Models and Theories – A Philosophical Inquiry’ by LSE Philosophy Professor Roman Frigg has now been published

Models and theories are of central importance in science, and scientists spend substantial amounts of time building, testing, comparing and revising models and theories. It is therefore not surprising that the nature of scientific models and theories has been […]

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    Do Octopuses Have Feelings? The Question of Animal Sentience

Do Octopuses Have Feelings? The Question of Animal Sentience

24 June 2022|

To be sentient is to have positive or negative experiences, such as experiences of pain, pleasure, comfort, warmth, hunger, anxiety or joy. Humans are sentient, but are we alone?

This is one of the many questions the expert panel discussed during the LSE Festival 2022. Title of the talk: “Do Octopuses Have Feelings? The Question of Animal Sentience”

Speakers:
Jonathan Birch, […]

Announcement: LSE Fellows 2022

21 June 2022|

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method has selected three new LSE Fellows to start in September 2022.

About the new Fellows:

Dr. Wesley Wrigley will be joining from the University of Oxford to take up a one-year LSE Fellowship to support teaching in Logic and the Philosophy of Science.

Dr. Thomas Ferretti, who has already been teaching […]

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    LSE ranked 2nd for Philosophy in the Complete University Guide 2023

LSE ranked 2nd for Philosophy in the Complete University Guide 2023

16 June 2022|

LSE Philosophy has been ranked 2nd in the country in The Complete University Guide 2023.

The Complete University Guide provides a comprehensive and definitive guide to all matters related to higher education. The guide ranks the country’s top universities in 74 individual subject areas and is published annually.

We are pleased to announce that we were able to improve our ranking […]