CPNSS researchers Andrew Crump and Jonathan Birch and colleagues have now published their new article ‘Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare?’ in PLOS Biology.
About the article: Insect researchers are rarely asked to think about their subjects’ welfare. However, most people agree that humans should, where feasible, at least consider the welfare of animals […]
LSE Philosophy is searching for an LSE Fellow in Philosophy. Application deadline: 12 June 2023.
This is a fixed term appointment for 24 months commencing from September 2023.
Candidates should have
Kieran Oberman (Associate Professor) and Thomas Ferretti (former LSE Philosophy Fellow) will take part in the upcoming LSE Festival. The festival takes place from 12-17 June 2023. Tickets for the programme are now available!
How does change affect people? How do people effect change? The LSE Festival 2023 will take place from Monday 12 to Saturday 17 June 2023. […]
Rosalind Arden, Research Fellow at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), and Theodore Hill (Georgia Institute of Technology) have now published their new paper ‘Recurring Errors in Studies of Gender Differences in Variability’ in the journal ‘Stats’.
About the paper:
Charles Darwin noticed that in some species, in some traits, males were more variable than females. Since […]
Rosalind Arden, Research Fellow at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS), and colleagues have now published their new paper ‘Majestic tigers: personality structure in the great Amur cat’ in the journal ‘Royal Society Open Science’.
“Our research shows that tigers can be understood through two key personality features and how they rate for each. All […]
LSE Philosophy Assistant Professor Lewis Ross, Miguel Egler (Tilburg University) and Lisa Bastian (VU Amsterdam) have edited a special issue of the ‘American Philosophical Quartlery’ titled ‘Philosophical Dimensions of the Trial’
About the special issue:
Legal trials are a rich source of philosophical interest. Familiar moral and political topics often discussed in the abstract by philosophers find concrete expression in […]
We are pleased to announce that Harriet Fagerberg will be joining our Department in September 2023 as LSE Fellow.
Harriet Fagerberg completed a PhD in philosophy with King’s College London and Humboldt-Unversität zu Berlin before becoming a Postdotoral Fellow at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). Harriet’s primary research […]
Marius Backmann (LSE Philosophy) and Amber Griffioen (Duke Kunshan University) have published their book ‘Pluralizing Philosophy’s Past: New Reflections in the History of Philosophy’ with Springer
The book is a collection of 15 accessible essays on neglected philosophical figures and traditions aims to provide readers with concrete access points to less familiar philosophical sources and methods. Showcasing the latest […]
LSE Philosophy has been ranked 3rd in the world in the 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject, the highest ranking of any UK-based philosophy department.
The QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the world’s top universities in individual subject areas, covering 51 subjects. Published annually since 2011, the rankings by subject are based on academic reputation, employer […]
In our latest blog article Jonathan Birch talks about his life as a researcher and reflects on the questions: What can we do to reduce the risk of living absurdly? And should we want to?
Imagine you’re the UK Health Secretary during the worst pandemic in a century, signing your name under the most restrictive public health rules […]
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