We are pleased to announce that Volume 4 Issue 1 of our student journal ‘Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics’ is now online.
The journal ‘Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics’ publishes sharp, original, and interdisciplinary articles by students on LSE’s PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) degree. The journal engages with pressing questions of national and international policy that […]
This year some departments will be electing their Academic Reps through the Students’ Union Website. On this page you will be able to nominate yourself and / or vote for your Academic Reps.
The Academic Representation Team at the LSESU is here to support you with the elections process. If you have any questions, please contact su.academicreps@lse.ac.uk.
Nominations open: Monday […]
The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method is searching for an Assistant Professor of Philosophy.
This appointment is due to commence from 1 September 2023.
The closing date for receipt of applications is noon on Monday 12 December 2022 (12:00 UK time). We are unable to accept late applications.
We’re excited to welcome you to the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method! Tuesday 20 September marks the beginning of the Welcome week, which is your chance to meet the Department, get to know one another and get a taste of life at LSE before the serious (philosophical) work begins.
Here are the most important resources at a glance:
We’re pleased to welcome Remco Heesen to the Department, who joins us in September 2023 as a new Assistant Professor.
Remco Heesen is a philosopher of science specialising in the social epistemology of science, seeking to understand how the social structure of science contributes to (or detracts from) its epistemic success. He uses a combination of rational choice […]
We are pleased to announce that four LSE Philosophy students have been awarded with the Popper Prize and The John Watkins Memorial Prize 2021-22 – Congratulations!
The Popper award has been awarded jointly to Cecily Whiteley for her paper ‘Depression as a Disorder of Consciousness’, which has been published in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, and […]
The new book ‘Scientific Representation’ by LSE Philosophy Professor Roman Frigg and CPNSS Research Associate James Nguyen has now been published.
Models are important in the scientific process because scientists can study a model to discover features of reality. But what does it mean for something to represent something else? This is the question discussed in this book. The […]
Four LSE academics have become Fellows of the British Academy, in recognition of their outstanding contribution to humanities and social science.
LSE Philosophy Professor Richard Bradley is among 85 distinguished Fellows who have been elected to the Academy. Bradley works on decision theory and related fields such as formal epistemology and semantics. His research explores individual decision-making under uncertainty and […]
We are excited to welcome back the 2020 and 2022 cohorts for their in-person graduation ceremony this summer! The ceremonies took place on 13 and 21 July 2022 in the Peacock Theatre followed by a reception in the Shaw Library.
We congratulate all graduates to their achievement and wish you all the best for the future!
The new book ‘Models and Theories – A Philosophical Inquiry’ by LSE Philosophy Professor Roman Frigg has now been published
Models and theories are of central importance in science, and scientists spend substantial amounts of time building, testing, comparing and revising models and theories. It is therefore not surprising that the nature of scientific models and theories has been […]
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