We’re very pleased to announce that one of our PhD students, Johannes Himmelreich, has recently accepted a 3-year Postdoc in Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin!
Johannes started his PhD in the Department in 2011 and is completing his thesis – ‘Agency of polities: is the state a group agent?’ – under the supervision of
The 2014 LSE-Bayreuth Student Conference took place in the University of Bayreuth, Germany from 8-9 May. See photographs (courtesy of Donal Khosrowi), the flyer, and programme here.
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.
In philosophy of social sciences, LSE Philosophy […]
The Philosophical Gourmet Report has included Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at LSE in its top departments for political philosophy.
The scores reveal that LSE Philosophy is ranked 3rd worldwide in political philosophy, up from 23rd in 2011, after hiring Michael Otsuka and Laura Valentini. The department was also ranked very highly in virtually all […]
Every year the Department awards prizes to students who have performed particularly well on our MSc programmes.
There are two prizes available at the MSc level:
Ben Lange, 3rd year student on our BSc Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method, will be presenting his paper ‘Probabilistic Causation, Cartwright and Interactive Forks’ at the Autumn 2014 British Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.
The biannual BJUP conference hosts speakers from among the national undergraduate philosophy community, and well-known keynote speakers from across the world.
The Autumn 2014 BJUP […]
Anna Mahtani and Jonathan Birch have both been awarded Philip Leverhulme Prizes for their upcoming research projects!
Here’s what the Leverhulme Trust website says about the prize:
Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise the achievement of early career researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising.
Anna’s project is entitled “Subjective Probability and Intensional […]
We are pleased to announce details of the next LSE Graduate Open Evening for prospective postgraduate students on Wednesday 5 November 2014, between 5pm and 8:30pm.
At the Open Evening, you will have the opportunity to obtain more information about our graduate taught and research programmes, meet academic staff and current students, and find out about the application process, […]
Proofs and Refutations by former LSE Professor Imre Lakatos is coming out in print again as part of the ‘Cambridge Philosophy Classics‘ book series.
Proofs and Refutations is one of the great classics in the philosophy of mathematics, produced as a manuscript by LSE Professor Imre Lakatos during the height of his career as an elaboration […]
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Every year we hold a departmental weekend at Cumberland Lodge in Windsor Great Park, which is attended by students and staff.
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