We’re pleased to announce Professor Roman Frigg as the new Head of Department.
After three years as our Head of Department, Professor Alex Voorhoeve will be stepping down this year to be replaced by Professor Roman Frigg.
Roman Frigg is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method. He is the winner of the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel […]
LSE is pleased to announce that Professor Alex Voorhoeve has been appointed as the next Vice President and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Faculty Development), effective from 1 September 2025.
Alex Voorhoeve is a leading thinker on egalitarian conceptions of justice and their implications for public policy, especially in health. While his focus is on political philosophy, Alex’s work is thoroughly interdisciplinary; he […]
1. Why did you choose LSE and the programme?
In my senior year of university I remember very clearly approaching a professor after a lecture on Aristotle’s ethics. I was double majoring in philosophy and sociology, and told the professor I was stuck in deciding whether to apply to graduate programs in philosophy or political economy. His reply was that […]
LSE Philosophy Assistant Professor Lewis Ross has published his new article ‘Mock juries, real trials: how to solve (some) problems with jury science’ in the Journal of Law and Society.
Jury science is fraught with difficulty. Since legal and institutional hurdles render it all but impossible to study live criminal jury deliberation, researchers make use of various indirect methods […]
1. Why did you choose LSE and the programme?
I wanted to engage in philosophical debates surrounding contemporary social and economic issues in order to reimagine a more just society. The Philosophy of the Social Sciences MSc at LSE was particularly well-suited to my interests and goals given its interdisciplinary approach and emphasis on socially relevant research.
2. Which aspects of […]
1. Why did you choose LSE and the programme?
As someone passionately interested in the philosophical questions around science, my bachelor’s degree in physical sciences left me wanting more. At that point, I knew I wanted to pursue a master’s programme in philosophy of science, and LSE was a natural choice. The programme offered modules that perfectly aligned with my […]
1. Why did you choose LSE and the programme?
I come from a physics background but was interested in important questions that aren’t typically addressed in degree programmes in the hard sciences. What is the role of science and scientists in policymaking? What sorts of philosophical commitments are tacitly held by practicing scientists? In virtue of what do theories and […]
Question 1: Why did you choose LSE and the programme?
I chose the MSc in Philosophy of Science at LSE because it focuses on the intersection of science and philosophy, which aligns with my interest in David Hume’s theory of causation and its implications for the reliability of scientific knowledge. I am also intrigued by Karl Popper’s philosophy of science, […]
We are pleased to announce the winners of Popper Prize and The John Watkins Memorial Prize 2024.
Lea Bourguignon has been awarded the Watkins Prize for her paper “On the Possibility of Act Contractualism” (Australasian Journal of Philosophy).
Lorenzo Sartori has been awarded the Popper Memorial Prize for his paper “Model Organisms […]
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Lakatos Award, which goes to Carl Hoefer for his book ‘Chance in the World: A Humean Guide to Objective Chance’ (Oxford University Press, 2019).
The Lakatos Award was made possible by a generous endowment from the Latsis Foundation, in memory of […]
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