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    Jonathan Birch appointed to the Animals in Science Committee

Jonathan Birch appointed to the Animals in Science Committee

15 March 2024|

LSE Philosophy Professor Jonathan Birch has been appointed to the Animals in Science Committee. The Animals in Science Committee has appointed 9 new members and reappointed its Chair and 5 of its existing members.

The role of the Animals in Science Committee is to advise the Secretary of State on all matters concerning the use of animals in scientific procedures […]

How can we help achieve universal health coverage?

13 March 2024|

LSE Philosophy Professor Alex Voorhoeve gave one of LSE’s popular Research Showcase talks recently and discussed the important question: How can we help achieve universal health coverage? The video of the talk is now available on YouTube.

About the talk: Achieving universal health coverage is one of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. A new World Bank report, “Open and Inclusive”, […]

New Book: The Objects of Credence by Anna Mahtani

29 February 2024|

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 […]

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    How should we approach decision-making for people with dementia?

How should we approach decision-making for people with dementia?

20 February 2024|

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 […]

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    New Paper: Williams’s Integrity Objection as a Psychological Problem

New Paper: Williams’s Integrity Objection as a Psychological Problem

19 February 2024|

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, […]

Why study PPE?

5 February 2024|

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 […]

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    New Book: The Euclidean Programme by Wesley Wrigley and Alexander Paseau

New Book: The Euclidean Programme by Wesley Wrigley and Alexander Paseau

31 January 2024|

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 […]

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    Entropic taming of the Look Elsewhere Effect: New Paper by Miklós Rédei

Entropic taming of the Look Elsewhere Effect: New Paper by Miklós Rédei

29 January 2024|

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 […]

Open Position: Postdoctoral Research Officer at CPNSS

26 January 2024|

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 […]

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    Open Position: LSE Fellow in Philosophy of Science and Physics

Open Position: LSE Fellow in Philosophy of Science and Physics

24 January 2024|

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 […]