Apply Now: Assistant Professorship in Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for an Assistant Professorship in Philosophy, to start September 2019
GalleryProfessor J. McKenzie Alexander becomes Head of LSE Philosophy
We’re pleased to welcome Professor J. McKenzie Alexander as our new Head of Department.
GalleryFinancial Regulations Post Brexit
On 12 September this half day conference will look at issues surrounding the UK’s financial regulations after it leaves the European Union.
Now it is official. The UK has given up the idea of passport for the financial industry in favour of “regulatory flexibility”. The Chequers Statement says that a deal should “provide regulatory flexibility where it matters most for […]
GalleryMedia Impartiality, Part 1: What, When, and Why
In the first of this two-part series, Joe Mazor looks at media impartiality, what it is, and when and why it is important.
GallerySilvia Milano and David Kinney awarded Popper Prize
We’re pleased to announce that PhD students Silvia Milano and David Kinney have been jointly awarded the 2017/8 Popper Prize.
2018 undergraduate prize winners
We’re pleased to announce that this year’s undergraduate prizes have been awarded to Weijian Chen, Emma Curran, Grace Sum and Vasily Romanovskiy.
GallerySabina Leonelli and Craig Callender win the 2018 Lakatos Award
The London School of Economics and Political Science is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Lakatos Award.
GalleryGetting the Details Just Right: Solving the “Goldilocks Problem” of Scientific Explanation
How much detail is the right amount of detail for a scientific explanation? David Kinney looks at getting things just right.
GalleryProbability and the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
On 2 July, this workshop will bring together philosophers of physics to explore the nature of probability in quantum theory and in the Everett interpretation.
All of our experiments in quantum theory are statistical and probabilistic in nature. But the nature of probabilities in quantum theory is surprisingly philosophically subtle. This subtlety is particularly present on the Everett or […]
GalleryThe Ethical Homeopathic Placebo?
Should doctors be allowed to prescribe homeopathic treatments on the NHS? John Worrall looks at the scientific and ethical status of homeopathy.
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