Date: Thursday 5 May 2016
Time: 6-7.30pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Professor Gordon Belot, Professor David Malament
Chair: Professor John Worrall

The Lakatos Award is given for an outstanding contribution to the philosophy of science.

This year’s Award winners, Gordon Belot and David Malament, will speak respectively on “Objectivity, Limited” and “On the Concept of “Rotation” in Relativity Theory”.

Gordon Belot is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Michigan.

David Malament is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine.

John Worrall is a mainstay of The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and the School, and is this year celebrating his 50th year here.

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method (@LSEPhilosophy) at LSE was founded by Professor Sir Karl Popper in 1946, and remains internationally renowned for a type of philosophy that is both continuous with the sciences and socially relevant.

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A copy of Professor Gordon Belot's powerpoint presentation is available to download. Download 'Objectivity, Limited' (pdf).

A copy of Professor David Malament's powerpoint presentation is available to download. Download 'On the Concept of “Rotation” in Relativity Theory' (pdf).

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