GalleryLSE Philosophers help introduce secondary school students to philosophy
Over the past term, LSE philosophers have helped introduce secondary school students to philosophy as part of the Harris Experience programme.
GalleryWhere does altruism come from?
Can altruism be reconciled with evolutionary theory? Philosopher of biology, Jonathan Birch, discusses “Hamilton’s Rule”.
GalleryLSE Philosophers help Dutch Government respond to environmental challenges
Ideas developed by LSE Philosophers Luc Bovens and Roman Frigg encouraged the Dutch Government to adopt novel approaches to sustainability and predicting climate change.
GalleryYou can’t have it both ways: Peter Dennis on disjunctivism
We make countless judgements each day based on our perceptions. But can we really trust our senses? In a recent paper, Peter Dennis considers this question and poses a new challenge to one attempt to answer it.
GalleryThree new “Meet the Faculty” videos
Check out the latest additions to our “Meet the Faculty” video series, featuring three of our newest faculty members: Dr Jonathan Birch, Dr Anna Mahtani and Dr Bryan Roberts. Enjoy!
GalleryFacing difficult decisions: when to give priority and why
Some people believe that when facing difficult decisions we should give priority to those who are worst-off. In ‘Prioritarianism and the Measure of Utility’, Michael Otsuka argues that this is only true in some situations.
GalleryFree Will, Determinism and the Possibility of Doing Otherwise
Can free will exist in a deterministic universe? In “Free Will, Determinism, and the Possibility of Doing Otherwise”, Christian List argues that it can.
LSE Philosophy ranked among the best in the world in multiple areas
LSE Philosophy is ranked among the top places in the world for graduate study in virtually all of its areas of specialty. These rankings are based upon survey reports by a group of leading experts in the field and are published at the Philosophical Gourmet Report.
1. Philosophy of Social Science
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In philosophy of social sciences, LSE Philosophy […]
Thinking precisely about vagueness: an interview with Anna Mahtani
How many hairs must a person lose before they become bald? There doesn’t seem to be an easy way of answering this. This is because “bald”, along with a large number of other words, is vague. This vagueness causes problems and Anna Mahtani specialises in thinking very precisely about these problems…
Can we design a perfect democratic decision procedure?
The democratic process aims to make convincing collective decisions on the basis of individual preferences. There are a number of different democratic decision procedures via which such decisions may be reached. In this talk at the Visions in Science Conference in Berlin, Christian List outlines three plausible requirements of democracy before going on to show that no democratic decision procedure […]
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