LSE Philosophy Professor Anna Mahtani has published her new book ‘The Objects of Credence’ with Oxford University Press.
About the book: This book brings to light a simple and deep insight with profound theoretical and policy implications for all who use the credence framework. There are concepts which need to be rethought, moves which turn out to be invalid, and […]
During one of LSE’s popular Research Showcases, LSE Philosophy Professor Anna Mahtani delved into the crucial question of how we should approach decision-making for people with dementia. The recording of Anna Mahtani’s LSE Research Showcase is now available on YouTube.
About the talk: Anyone who has cared for a person with dementia will know there are many decisions to […]
LSE Philosophy Fellow Nikhil Venkatesh has now published his new paper ‘Williams’s Integrity Objection as a Psychological Problem’ with Springer Nature.
About the paper: Utilitarianism is the view that as far as morality goes, one ought to choose the option which will result in the most overall well-being—that is, that maximises the sum of whatever makes life worth living, […]
In her recent article for Forbes, Marlena Corcoran dives into PPE offers in the UK. Her verdict: PPE is booming!
The undergraduate degree PPE stands for Philosophy, Politics And Economics and has along tradition in the UK. It’s being offered at various universities across the UK – including LSE. Forbes has now published an articles highlighting the advantages of […]
Wesley Wrigley (LSE Philosophy) and Alexander Paseau (Oxford) have now published their new book ‘The Euclidean Programme’ with Cambridge University Press.
About the book: The Euclidean Programme embodies a traditional sort of epistemological foundationalism, according to which knowledge – especially mathematical knowledge – is obtained by deduction from self-evident axioms or first principles. Epistemologists have examined foundationalism extensively, but […]
Miklós Rédei (LSE Philosophy) and Márton Gömöri (Eötvös University) have published their new paper ‘Entropic taming of the Look Elsewhere Effect’ in Springer.
About the paper: To mitigate the Look Elsewhere Effect in multiple hypothesis testing using p-values, the paper suggests an “entropic correction” of the significance level at which the null hypothesis is rejected. The proposed correction uses […]
CPNSS seeks to appoint a two-year Postdoctoral Researcher for the ‘Cohesion and Deliberative Decision-Making’ Project. Application deadline: 8 March 2024.
The Postdoctoral Research Officer for the work stream ‘Cohesion and Deliberative Decision-Making’, will be led by Prof. Alex Voorhoeve, Prof. Kai Spiekermann, and Prof. Richard Bradley, within the Cohesive Capitalism programme, funded by the Open Society Foundation. The position […]
LSE Philosophy seeks to appoint a two-year LSE-Fellow in Philosophy of Science and Physics. Application deadline: 8 March 2024.
An LSE Fellowship is intended to be an entry route to an academic career and is deemed by the School to be a career development position. As such, applicants who have already been employed as a LSE Fellow for three […]
LSE Philosophy Professor Roman Frigg and CPNSS Project Leader Charlotte Werndl have published their new book ‘Foundations of Statistical Mechanics’ with Cambridge University Press.
About the book: Statistical mechanics is the third pillar of modern physics, next to quantum theory and relativity theory. It aims to account for the behaviour of macroscopic systems in terms of the dynamical laws that […]
LSE Philosophy Professor Roman Frigg will speak at the upcoming HPS Annual Conference, which will take place 4-5 April 2024. Call for papers now open!
The University of Notre Dame is hosting its fifth annual History and Philosophy of Science conference. Our theme is Unity & Disunity in Science: Philosophical, Historical, and Theological Perspectives. The plenary speakers are Peter Harrison, […]
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