Gallery2017 LSE-Bayreuth Student Conference
The 2017 LSE-Bayreuth Student Conference took place at LSE 11-12 May.
Prof Daniel Hausman to become Lachmann Fellow
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Daniel Hausman to a Lachmann Fellowship with the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, starting September 2017.
GalleryHasok Chang (Cambridge): “If you can spray phlogiston, is it real? A pragmatist conception of reality”
Hasok Chang (Cambridge): “If you can spray phlogiston, is it real? A pragmatist conception of reality”
Any statements we make in science are about some presumed entities (e.g., hormones, electrons, or the gross national product), unless it is a pure report of sensation within oneself. Entity-realism is prior to truth-realism, since it would not make sense to maintain […]
GalleryDeterminism, Probability and Agency
On 16 May, this workshop will bring together faculty and graduate students to investigate the connections between probability, determinism and agency.
GalleryPhilosophy of Language for Decision Theory Part 2: Indexicals and Vagueness
In her second post in this series, Anna Mahtani explores the parallels between philosophy of language and decision theory’s treatment of indexicals and vagueness.
Undergraduate students present their work to colleagues and faculty
Undergraduate students were given a chance to present their papers to colleagues and faculty in our hugely successful Reason, Knowledge and Values Colloquium last week.
Cristian Larroulet (2015–2016)
I came to the LSE after a parallel career as a development economist and a junior instructor in philosophy of economics. Before coming to London, I have studied economics for several years (undergraduate and master) and have taken many courses in philosophy of science and moral philosophy. As many people with similar backgrounds know well, these two branches of […]
GalleryUniversal health coverage paper published in The Lancet
Following his work with the World Health Organisation, Alex Voorhoeve offers further guidance on the path to universal health coverage in this brand new article in The Lancet.
GalleryThe Origins of Consciousness
This one-day, interdisciplinary workshop will bring together philosophers, neuroscientists, experimental biologists and evolutionary biologists to discuss the origins of consciousness. Pre-registration is required.
GalleryThe Last Hope Part 1: A Worthwhile Life
In the first in this three-part series, Luc Bovens looks at death, immortality and the worthwhile life.
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