Max Steuer (LSE): “Expertise in Well-Defined Problems and Expertise in Ill-Defined Problems in Economics”
This paper argues that while expertise in ill-defined economic problems benefits from some level of expertise in well-defined problems, the two kinds of expertise are not the same. Expertise in ill-defined problems requires different skills. It is important for applied economics to […]
Thomas Pradeu and Brian Epstein, winners of the 2015 and 2016 Lakatos Awards, will deliver this year’s Lakatos Award Lectures on 9 November.
Owen Griffiths (LSE): “Isomorphism invariance and overgeneration”
The isomorphism invariance criterion of logical nature has much to commend it. It can be philosophically motivated by the thought that logic is distinctively general or topic neutral. It is capable of precise set-theoretic formulation. And it delivers a plausible extension of ‘logical constant’ which respects the intuitively clear cases. Despite […]
Charles Sherwood, a graduand from our Philosophy and Public Policy MSc programme, has won first prize in the Institute of Business Ethics 2017 student essay competition.
Dr Jonathan Birch’s new book, The Philosophy of Social Evolution, is out today.
On 10 November, this half-day expert workshop will look at issues of biological identity.
Applications for our world-leading MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes are now open. Programmes start September 2018.
Prof Daniel M. Hausman (Madison): “Is Social Science Possible?”
Using economics as an example, this lecture addresses a perennial philosophical question that also occupied Auguste Comte: Can inquiries into social phenomena be sciences?
How do you hope to be thought of after you die? In his final post in this series, Luc Bovens looks at attitudes towards the dead.
Bryan W. Roberts and Nicholas J. Teh, a philosopher of physics at the University of Natre Dame, have been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation grant for their forthcoming project on the nature of observation in science.
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