LSE Philosophy opened its application process for the 2023 PhD programme starting in September. Applications close 13 January 2023.
The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method is a world-leading centre for research in philosophy, especially in the areas of rational choice theory and formal epistemology; philosophy of science; and moral and political philosophy.
We’re pleased to announce this year’s MSc prize winners – Congratulations to all of them!
The 2022 prize winners are:
The Faculty of Public Health has released a collection of essays reflecting on the paternalism debate in public health practice and policy.
The report was compiled by LSE Philosophy Assistant Professor Jonathan Parry, Jessica Begon (Durham University) and Farhang Tahzib (UK Faculty of Public Health). The collection contains an essay by Parry and Begon on ‘Paternalism and Public Health: Mapping […]
LSE Philosophy Fellow Michael Diamond-Hunter contributed the chapter on ‘Race and Racism’ for the new publication ‘The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health’
Abstract of the ‘Race and Racism’ chapter:
This chapter aims to bring to the fore some of the ontological presuppositions that undergird the concepts of race and racism as they are used in public health. […]
A new issue of the LSE Public Policy Review on Tax Justice has just been released.
The issue contains analyses of the pros and cons (and feasibility of) schemes for wealth taxation, inheritance tax, and global minimum taxes on corporations. Tove Maria Ryding and Alex Voorhoeve contribute an analysis of the OECD’s proposed corporate tax reform.
Reversing the Arrow of Time by Bryan W. Roberts has been published online and will be available as hardcover copy on 8 December 2022.
This book is published Open Access by Cambridge University Press, so you can read it for free online!
The arrow of time refers to the curious asymmetry that distinguishes the future from […]
Fabian Beigang (PhD student at LSE Philosophy) just published an article in Minds and Machines, the Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy and Cognitive Science.
In many domains, decision-making is nowadays supported by machine learning algorithms. These algorithms generate models that attempt to predict or estimate relevant unobserved properties on the basis of historical data. These predictions, in turn, inform […]
LSE Philosophy seeks to recruit one research student for a fully funded 4-year PhD degree, contributing to the ‘Not in My Name!’ project. Applications close 13 January 2023.
In many personal and political contexts, agents justify their actions by claiming to act ‘on behalf of’ others or ‘for the sake’ of others. Doctors perform surgery on patients, parents […]
The paper ‘Invertebrate sentience and sustainable seafood’ by Andrew Crump (LSE Philosophy), Heather Browning (LSE Philosophy), Alexandra K. Schnell (University of Cambridge), Charlotte Burn (Royal Veterinary College) and Jonathan Birch (LSE Philosophy) has now been published in nature food.
Octopuses, crabs and lobsters are probably sentient, yet their welfare needs are poorly protected in the food system. Upholding animal welfare in the seafood industry presents challenges, […]
‘Why AI must learn to forget – Machines with perfect memory would be dangerous’ – new blog article by LSE Philosophy Assistant Professor Ali Boyle
We think of our tendency to forget as a cognitive defect. When it comes to Artificial Intelligence, we could eradicate this human limitation by creating machines with infallible memories. But forgetting is in fact […]
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