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Philosophy Elevator Pitches: A New Event Series

2 November 2016|

This term, the Department has launched a new event series for all LSE philosophy students: Philosophy Elevator Pitches.

Graduate Applications for 2017/8 now open

10 October 2016|

Apply now for our world-leading MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes. Programmes start September 2017.

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    28 September: Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture with Paul Nurse

28 September: Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture with Paul Nurse

21 September 2016|

Join us on 28 September for the 8th Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture with Nobel Prize winning geneticist Sir Paul Nurse.

Accepting Applications for Open Assistant Professorship

14 September 2016|

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for an Assistant Professor in Philosophy, to start September 2017.

Luc Bovens joins Hope and Optimism project

24 August 2016|

From August 2016, Luc Bovens will take part in Cornell University’s Hope and Optimism project, researching the philosophy of coping.

Katherine Furman to take up Postdoctoral Position at Durham

5 August 2016|

PhD student, Katherine Furman, will be taking up a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Durham University’s Philosophy Department in October.

James Nguyen awarded Popper Prize

29 July 2016|

James Nguyen, has been awarded this year’s Popper Prize for his paper “On the Pragmatic Equivalence between Representing Data and Phenomena”.

2016 Andrea Mannu Undergraduate Prize Winners

6 July 2016|

We’re pleased to announce that the 2016 Andrea Mannu Undergraduate Prize has been awarded to Geoff Keeling and Sam Altmann.

LSE Philosophy welcomes Ioannis Votsis

28 June 2016|

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of a new LSE Fellow to the Department: Ioannis Votsis, who will be joining us in September.

17 July: Why Physics needs Philosophy

17 June 2016|

Carlo Rovelli, leading physicist and author of the best-selling Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, will give a free public lecture entitled Why Physics Needs Philosophy on Sunday, 17 July 7:30–9pm.