GalleryRace and Racism in Public Health: New publication by Michael Diamond-Hunter
LSE Philosophy Fellow Michael Diamond-Hunter contributed the chapter on ‘Race and Racism’ for the new publication ‘The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Public Health’
Abstract of the ‘Race and Racism’ chapter:
This chapter aims to bring to the fore some of the ontological presuppositions that undergird the concepts of race and racism as they are used in public health. […]
GalleryNew LSE Public Policy Review issue on Tax Justice
A new issue of the LSE Public Policy Review on Tax Justice has just been released.
The issue contains analyses of the pros and cons (and feasibility of) schemes for wealth taxation, inheritance tax, and global minimum taxes on corporations. Tove Maria Ryding and Alex Voorhoeve contribute an analysis of the OECD’s proposed corporate tax reform.
GalleryNew LSE Publication: ‘Reversing the Arrow of Time’ by Bryan W. Roberts
Reversing the Arrow of Time by Bryan W. Roberts has been published online and will be available as hardcover copy on 8 December 2022.
This book is published Open Access by Cambridge University Press, so you can read it for free online!
The arrow of time refers to the curious asymmetry that distinguishes the future from […]
GalleryNew LSE Philosophy Article in ‘Minds and Machines’
Fabian Beigang (PhD student at LSE Philosophy) just published an article in Minds and Machines, the Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy and Cognitive Science.
In many domains, decision-making is nowadays supported by machine learning algorithms. These algorithms generate models that attempt to predict or estimate relevant unobserved properties on the basis of historical data. These predictions, in turn, inform […]
GalleryOpen Position: PhD in the ‘Not in My Name!’ project
LSE Philosophy seeks to recruit one research student for a fully funded 4-year PhD degree, contributing to the ‘Not in My Name!’ project. Applications close 13 January 2023.
The NIMN Project
In many personal and political contexts, agents justify their actions by claiming to act ‘on behalf of’ others or ‘for the sake’ of others. Doctors perform surgery on patients, parents […]
Gallery‘Invertebrate sentience and sustainable seafood’ – New paper online!
The paper ‘Invertebrate sentience and sustainable seafood’ by Andrew Crump (LSE Philosophy), Heather Browning (LSE Philosophy), Alexandra K. Schnell (University of Cambridge), Charlotte Burn (Royal Veterinary College) and Jonathan Birch (LSE Philosophy) has now been published in nature food.
Octopuses, crabs and lobsters are probably sentient, yet their welfare needs are poorly protected in the food system. Upholding animal welfare in the seafood industry presents challenges, […]
GalleryWhy AI must learn to forget – New Article by Ali Boyle
‘Why AI must learn to forget – Machines with perfect memory would be dangerous’ – new blog article by LSE Philosophy Assistant Professor Ali Boyle
We think of our tendency to forget as a cognitive defect. When it comes to Artificial Intelligence, we could eradicate this human limitation by creating machines with infallible memories. But forgetting is in fact […]
100th Birthday of Imre Lakatos
Imre Lakatos was born on 9 November 1922. He is an internationally renowned philosopher of mathematics and science. He was lecturer at the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE from 1960 until his untimely death in 1974.
He is the author of the classic work in the philosophy of mathematics Proofs and Refutations and proposed […]
GalleryYou’ve got this!
Uni has its ups and downs. Whatever comes your way, you’ve got this. The new LSE ‘You’ve got this’ campaign just launched!
Check out the webpages and find useful information such as the Student Support Map.
Whatever you need, LSE got your back!
And as always, feel free to contact our lovely service staff!
GalleryLSE grant for Research on Open and Inclusive Processes for Health Financing
LSE Professor and Head of the Philosophy Department Prof. Alex Voorhoeve receives LSE funding to generate impact of his research on open and inclusive processes for health financing.
Prof. Voorhoeve has contributed extensively to a new report: Open and Inclusive: Fair Processes for Financing Universal Health Coverage which will soon be published by the World Bank. The LSE Impact Funding […]
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