We are pleased to announce that Jingyi Wu will be joining our Department in September 2023 as Assistant Professor.
Jingyi Wu is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science (LPS) at UC Irvine. Jingyi primarily works on social epistemology and philosophy of physics but also has an interest in general […]
LSE Assistant Professor Kate Vredenburgh was interviewed by Lara Lewington from BBC Radio 4 about ChatGPT.
In her latest radio piece, Lara Lewington explores the possibilities of AI and how it will change our lives – as well as the ethical aspects of applications such as ChatGPT. The interview is available on the BBC website.
CPNSS project leader Tom Dickins just published his new book ‘Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory’.
Tom Dickins, together with Jonathan Birch, leads the project Foundations of Evolutionary Theory at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS). As a result of […]
‘Evolutionary Game Theory’ by J. McKenzie Alexander has been published online and will be available for free until 22 March 2023.
The online version of the book has just been published by Cambridge University Press. The PDF can be downloaded for free until 22 March 2023 here. The book is part of the ‘Elements […]
Anna Mahtani and Jonathan Birch have been promoted to Professor in recognition of their outstanding research, teaching and contributions to the Department, School and discipline. The title will be official starting August 2023.
Anna Mahtani is an Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy at LSE. She completed her PhD on the Epistemic Theory of […]
LSE Philosophy Associate Professor Jonathan Birch and Professor of Philosophy at York University in Toronto Kristin Andrews wrote an essay on animal sentience for the digital magazine Aeon.
Why would an AI system want to convince its user of its sentience? Or, to put it more carefully, why would this contribute to its objectives? It’s tempting to think: only […]
LSE Philosophy Assistant Professor Lewis Ross just published his new paper ‘Criminal Proof: Fixed or Flexible?’ in ‘The Philosophical Quarterly’
Abstract: Should we use the same standard of proof to adjudicate guilt for murder and petty theft? Why not tailor the standard of proof to the crime? These relatively neglected questions cut to the heart of central issues in […]
LSE Philosophy Associate Professor Johanna Thoma just published the new paper ‘Taking Risks on Behalf of Another’ in the ‘Philosophy Compass’.
Abstract: A growing number of decision theorists have, in recent years, defended the view that rationality is permissive under risk: Different rational agents may be more or less risk-averse or risk-inclined. This can result in them making different […]
Giacomo Giannini (LSE Philosophy) and Donatella Donati (University of L’Aquila) published their new paper ‘Dispositionalism’s (grand)daddy issues: time travelling and perfect masks’ in ‘Analysis’.
Abstract: There is a tension between Dispositionalism––the view that all metaphysical modality is grounded in actual irreducible dispositional properties––and the possibility of time travel. This is due to the fact that Dispositionalism makes it much […]
The video of our Philosophy Live event ‘Time’s Arrow’ is online!
The asymmetry between the past and the future is called the Arrow of Time. For example, the events of the past year have shaped all of us, but the future years are ours to shape. We all perceive the Arrow: we remember the start of the pandemic, but […]
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