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LSE Philosophy welcomes Susanne Burri

10 August 2015|

We’re pleased to welcome the newest member of the LSE Philosophy faculty, Dr Susanne Burri, who starts as an Assistant Professor in September 2015.

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    Making Fair Choices on the Path to Universal Health Coverage

Making Fair Choices on the Path to Universal Health Coverage

10 July 2015|

Countries around the world are setting out on the path to Universal Health Coverage but there are difficult choices to face along the way. Philosophy can help.

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    LSE Philosophers help introduce secondary school students to philosophy

LSE Philosophers help introduce secondary school students to philosophy

9 July 2015|

Over the past term, LSE philosophers have helped introduce secondary school students to philosophy as part of the Harris Experience programme.

Where does altruism come from?

19 June 2015|

Can altruism be reconciled with evolutionary theory? Philosopher of biology, Jonathan Birch, discusses “Hamilton’s Rule”.

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    LSE Philosophers help Dutch Government respond to environmental challenges

LSE Philosophers help Dutch Government respond to environmental challenges

13 May 2015|

Ideas developed by LSE Philosophers Luc Bovens and Roman Frigg encouraged the Dutch Government to adopt novel approaches to sustainability and predicting climate change.

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    You can’t have it both ways: Peter Dennis on disjunctivism

You can’t have it both ways: Peter Dennis on disjunctivism

12 May 2015|

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.

Three new “Meet the Faculty” videos

15 April 2015|

Check out the latest additions to our “Meet the Faculty” video series, featuring three of our newest faculty members: Dr Jonathan Birch, Dr Anna Mahtani and Dr Bryan Roberts. Enjoy!

Facing difficult decisions: when to give priority and why

5 March 2015|

Some people believe that when facing difficult decisions we should give priority to those who are worst-off. In ‘Prioritarianism and the Measure of Utility’, Michael Otsuka argues that this is only true in some situations.

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    Free Will, Determinism and the Possibility of Doing Otherwise

Free Will, Determinism and the Possibility of Doing Otherwise

22 January 2015|

Can free will exist in a deterministic universe? In “Free Will, Determinism, and the Possibility of Doing Otherwise”, Christian List argues that it can.

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    LSE Philosophy ranked among the best in the world in multiple areas

LSE Philosophy ranked among the best in the world in multiple areas

11 December 2014|

LSE Philosophy is ranked among the top places in the world for graduate study in virtually all of its areas of specialty. These rankings are based upon survey reports by a group of leading experts in the field and are published at the Philosophical Gourmet Report.

1. Philosophy of Social Science

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In philosophy of social sciences, LSE Philosophy […]