The Choice Group

The LSE Choice Group is a group of philosophers, political scientists and economists based mainly at LSE with a shared interest in the theory of rational decision making in individuals and groups and its application to economic, political and social questions. Choice Group seminars take place most Wednesday evenings during term time and are open to all.

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• Lara Buchak (Berkeley): TBA

  2 December, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• PhD Student Session: Sophie Kikkert and Cecily Whiteley

  9 December, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Julia Staffel (Colorado): TBA

  20 January 2021, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Jessie Munton (Cambridge): TBA

  10 February 2021, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Charles Mills (The Graduate Center, CUNY): TBA

  10 March 2021, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Cristina Bicchieri (Penn): TBA

  31 March 2021, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Johanna Thoma (LSE): “Time for Caution”

  25 November, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• *POSTPONED* Alex Voorhoeve & Veronika Luptakova (LSE): “How Do People Balance Saving Some from Death against Saving Others from Lesser Burdens?”

  18 November, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Jonathan Birch (LSE): “Science and policy in extremis: the UK’s initial response to COVID-19”

  11 November, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Richard Bradley (LSE): “Social Ethics Under Ambiguity”

  28 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Richard Pettigrew (Bristol): “On the pragmatic and epistemic virtues of inference to the best explanation”

  21 October, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• David Kinney (Santa Fe): “Why Average When You Can Stack? Better Methods for Generating Accurate Group Credences”

  14 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• Aron Vallinder (Forethought Foundation, Oxford): “The Evidentialist’s Wager”

  7 October, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• James Joyce (Michigan): “Experts and Accuracy”

  30 September, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• ONLINE: PhD Student Session: Margherita Harris and Dmitry Ananyev

  24 June, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom

• CANCELLED: Cailin O’Connor (UC Irvine): TBA

  10 June, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm at Online via Zoom