• Imre Lakatos Centenary Conference

Imre Lakatos Centenary Conference

  • 3 February 2022

On 3 & 4 November 2022, this conference will celebrate the life and work of Imre Lakatos, a central figure in the history of LSE Philosophy, on the centenary of his birth.

  • Individual and Collective Attitudes

Individual and Collective Attitudes

  • 6 September 2019

On 3–5 October, this three-day interdisciplinary workshop will addresses attitudes in various ways, ranging from philosophical to formal aspects, and from normative to empirical aspects.

  • Preference-based modeling in economics

Preference-based modeling in economics

  • 5 October 2018

On 10 November, this one-day workshop will look at the interpretation of (revealed) preferences and preference-based modeling in economics.

  • Workshop on Risk and Aggregation in Ethics

Workshop on Risk and Aggregation in Ethics

  • 19 January 2018

On 2–3 March this two-day workshop organised jointly with the Department of Philosophy, University College London will bring together philosophers to discuss problems of risk and aggregation in ethical theory.

  • The Ant Trap: An Expert Workshop

The Ant Trap: An Expert Workshop

  • 2 November 2017

On 10 November, this half-day workshop will explore some of the issues raised by Brian Epstein’s award-winning book, The Ant Trap.

  • Reasons, Rationality, and Intentional Agency

Reasons, Rationality, and Intentional Agency

  • 18 September 2017

On 29 September, this two-day interdisciplinary workshop will bring together philosophers, economists, and scholars from neighbouring disciplines to discuss issues ranging from new approaches to rational choice theory at one end of the spectrum to contributions concerning the metaphysics of intentionality and agency at the other.

  • Determinism, Probability and Agency

Determinism, Probability and Agency

  • 16 May 2017

On 16 May, this workshop will bring together faculty and graduate students to investigate the connections between probability, determinism and agency.

  • The Origins of Consciousness

The Origins of Consciousness

  • 26 April 2017

This one-day, interdisciplinary workshop will bring together philosophers, neuroscientists, experimental biologists and evolutionary biologists to discuss the origins of consciousness. Pre-registration is required.

  • 5th LSE Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Probability

5th LSE Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Probability

  • 14 December 2016

On 2–3 June 2017, this conference will bring together researchers and graduate students in Philosophy, Psychology/Cognitive Science, Physics, Medicine, Computer Science and related fields to discuss issues in the philosophy of probability.

  • Reasons and Mental States in Decision Theory

Reasons and Mental States in Decision Theory

  • 11 May 2016

On 9–10 June this workshop will explore whether, and how, we can make progress in decision theory by modelling a decision-maker’s reasons and/or mental states.

  • Workshop: Geometry and Physics

Workshop: Geometry and Physics

  • 17 April 2016

A workshop on the philosophical foundations of geometry and physics, held on the occasion of Gordon Belot and David Malament jointly winning the Lakatos Award.

  • Decision Theory with a Human Face

Decision Theory with a Human Face

  • 27 January 2016

On 5 February 2016 this one day workshop will focus on themes from Prof Richard Bradley’s forthcoming book, Decision Theory with a Human Face.

  • Foundations 2016

Foundations 2016

  • 1 October 2015

Exploring, challenging, and reinventing the foundations of modern physics: scenes from an exciting 3-day [...]

  • Decisions, Games and Logic 2015

Decisions, Games and Logic 2015

  • 18 June 2015

The Decisions, Games and Logic (DGL) workshop series aims to bring together graduate students, post-docs and researchers from philosophy, economics and logic working on formal approaches to rational individual and interactive decision making.

  • Lakatos Award Conference on Philosophy of Physics

Lakatos Award Conference on Philosophy of Physics

  • 24 September 2014

This workshop is in honor of Laura Ruetsche and David Wallace jointly winning the 2013 Lakatos Award. Read more. Date: Tuesday, 21 Oct 2014 (all day) Location: LAK 2.06 More Details: Calendar Entry Lakatos Award Ceremony: To follow the next day on Wednesday evening.