Luc Bovens discusses the ethics of “Nudge” for public health
On 11 May, Luc Bovens took part in “Influencing Healthy Life Styles: The Ethical Debate”, a symposium organised by the Republic of Ireland’s Department of Health.
On 11 May, Luc Bovens took part in “Influencing Healthy Life Styles: The Ethical Debate”, a symposium organised by the Republic of Ireland’s Department of Health.
For those of you unable to attend the recent meetings of the Sigma Club, you can now view photos from our regular philosophy of physics lectures on Flickr.
The 3rd LSE–Bayreuth Student Philosophy Conference took place 7-8 May at LSE. As you’ll be able to see from the photos, this year’s conference was a huge success!
In this recent addition to his video series, Prof Michael Redhead interviews Harvey R. Brown, professor of philosophy of physics at the University of Oxford.
Ideas developed by LSE Philosophers Luc Bovens and Roman Frigg encouraged the Dutch Government to adopt novel approaches to sustainability and predicting climate change.
We make countless judgements each day based on our perceptions. But can we really trust our senses? In a recent paper, Peter Dennis considers this question and poses a new challenge to one attempt to answer it.
Jonathan Birch specialises in the philosophy of biology and in this interview – “Darwinian conundrums” – he discusses topics such as natural selection, the origins of human cooperation and the role of philosophy in science.
Benjamin Lange, third year student on our BSc in Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, has been awarded a Clarendon Scholarship for the full-time BPhil in Philosophy at the University of Oxford.
LSE Philosophy has been ranked among the top ten philosophy departments in the UK and worldwide!
We’re proud to announce that several of our PhD students have been formally recognised by the School for the quality of their teaching!
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