News

We’re pleased to welcome Dr Bryan W. Roberts as the new Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Michael Redhead, former member of the Department and Deputy Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, has passed away.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of a new Assistant Professor, Kate Vredenburgh, who joins the Department in September.

Matthew Adler, Richard Bradley and Alex Voorhoeve, along with a number of other researchers, have written a policy brief on how to evaluate the wellbeing impacts of policies to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, to be presented at the Think20 forum later this year.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s undergraduate prizes have been awarded to Gwyn Edwards, Keane Farley, Joshua Freeman, Dina Korzdorfer, Kerry Neitzel, Max Schachermayer and Alexander Sligo-Young.

We’re pleased to announce the publication of the second volume of our undergraduate student journal, Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of two new LSE Fellows to the Department, Michael Diamond-Hunter and Ella Whiteley, who join us for the start of the next academic year.

We’re pleased to announce that PhD student Nicolas Cote has been awarded the 2019-20 Popper Prize.

LSE is pleased to announce the winner of the 2020 Lakatos Award.

Visit LSE’s Virtual Undergraduate Open Day pages now for all the information you need to apply to study with us in 2021, 2022 and beyond.

We’re pleased to announce a series of innovative online offer holder events for undergraduate and taught master’s students, to take place over the coming weeks.

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for a one-year LSE Fellowship in Philosophy. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 15 April.

LSE Philosophy has been ranked 5th in the world in the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Azita Chellappoo, who joins the Department this month as an LSE Fellow.

It is with great sadness that we report that Colin Howson, the former Chair of Philosophy of Science at LSE and a member of the Department for 40 years, died on Sunday, 5 January.

LSE Philosophy seeks to recruit one research student for a fully funded 4-year PhD degree, contributing to our exciting new research project on the foundations of animal sentience, ASENT. Applications close 10 January 2020.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s MSc prizes have been awarded to Pascal Meier, Robert Pepper, Lorenzo Sartori, Andre Van Parys and Toby Zambardino.

Applications for our world-leading MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes are open. Programmes start Autumn 2020.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of two new LSE Fellows to the Department, Marius Backmann and Lewis Ross, who join us this month.

Associate Professor Jonathan Birch has been awarded a European Research Council Starting Grant worth €1.5m for a new research project on the foundations of animal sentience.

As part of a group of researchers from Africa, America and Europe, Professor Alex Voorhoeve will participate in a new multi-year research project in support of Universal Health Coverage in East Africa, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Norwegian Development Agency (NORAD).

We’re very pleased to introduce our new undergraduate student journal, Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s undergraduate prizes have been awarded to Carlo Bellomo, Neil Sebastian Crawford, Giovanni Marco Rosso, Ridhi Raj Thukral and Cheryl Shin Pey Ting.

We’re pleased to announce that PhD student Bastian Steuwer has been awarded the 2018/9 Watkins Prize.

The London School of Economics and Political Science is pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Lakatos Award.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of a new Assistant Professor to the Department, Jonathan Parry, who will be joining us in September.

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for a one-year LSE […]

We’re pleased to introduce our new podcast, Out of the Vat.

Meet LSE students and academics, explore campus and experience the unique atmosphere of the School at our undergraduate open day on 3 April. Book your place now.

We’re pleased to introduce our brand new seminar series, Conjectures and Refutations.

Join us on 10 December for the LSE Philosophy Christmas Party, featuring live music from The Critique of Pure Rhythm.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s MSc prizes have been awarded to Andreas Achen, Nina-Karolin Krumnau, Charles Sherwood and Martin Vaeth.

Philosophy and Public Policy MSc graduate, Max Rose, has been elected to the US House of Representatives.

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for an Assistant Professorship in Philosophy, to start September 2019

We’re pleased to welcome Professor J. McKenzie Alexander as our new Head of Department.

We’re pleased to announce that PhD students Silvia Milano and David Kinney have been jointly awarded the 2017/8 Popper Prize.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s undergraduate prizes have been awarded to Weijian Chen, Emma Curran, Grace Sum and Vasily Romanovskiy.

The London School of Economics and Political Science is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Lakatos Award.

Meet LSE students and academics, explore campus and experience the unique atmosphere of the School at our undergraduate open day on 5 July. Book your place now.

The 2018 LSE-Bayreuth Student Philosophy Conference took place 4–5 May at the University of Bayreuth in Southern Germany.

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for an exciting fellowship position in philosophy of physics.

We’re pleased to announce that Professor John Worrall has been appointed patron of Humanists UK.

The 2017/18 Philosophical Gourmet Report has ranked LSE Philosophy among the top places in the world for graduate study in virtually all of the areas in which we specialise.

LSE has been ranked 8th in the world for philosophy in the 2018 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

Thinking of applying for one of our BSc Degrees? Then come along to the LSE undergraduate open day on 11 April for your chance to experience the unique atmosphere of the School.

Opening in January 2018, the Philosophy Exchange is an innovative new feedback and study space for our undergraduate students.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s MSc prizes have been awarded to David Freeborn and Rodrigo Gordillo Cerrutti.

Now into its 3rd year, LSE Philosophy’s work with the Harris Experience will continue into 2017/8 with our research students using short stories to introduce philosophy and ethics to secondary schools.

Dr Bryan W. Roberts has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research on the philosophy and physics of observation.

Professor Richard Bradley’s new book, Decision Theory with a Human Face, is available now from Cambridge University Press.

Thomas Pradeu and Brian Epstein, winners of the 2015 and 2016 Lakatos Awards, will deliver this year’s Lakatos Award Lectures on 9 November.

Charles Sherwood, a graduand from our Philosophy and Public Policy MSc programme, has won first prize in the Institute of Business Ethics 2017 student essay competition.

Dr Jonathan Birch’s new book, The Philosophy of Social Evolution, is out today.

Applications for our world-leading MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes are now open. Programmes start September 2018.

Bryan W. Roberts and Nicholas J. Teh, a philosopher of physics at the University of Natre Dame, have been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation grant for their forthcoming project on the nature of observation in science.

Daniel M. Hausman, Herbert A. Simon and Hilldale Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-founder of the journal Economics and Philosophy, will deliver this year’s Auguste Comte Memorial Lecture on 4 October.

Papers by Luc Bovens and Alex Voorhoeve have been ranked among the ten best philosophy articles of 2016 by The Philosopher’s Annual.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of a new LSE Fellow in Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Mattia Gallotti, who will be joining the Department in September.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of a new LSE Fellow in Logic, Owen Griffiths, who will be joining the Department in September.

We’re pleased to announce that Todd Karhu has been awarded the 2017 John Watkins Memorial Prize for his work on the wrongs of killing.

The London School of Economics and Political Science is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 and 2016 Lakatos Awards.

Come along to the LSE Undergraduate Open Day on 6 July for your chance to experience the unique atmosphere of the School.

PhD graduate, Johannes Himmelreich, will be taking up a prestigious Interdisciplinary Ethics Fellowship at Stanford University in 2017-2018.

The 2017 LSE-Bayreuth Student Conference took place at LSE 11-12 May.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Daniel Hausman to a Lachmann Fellowship with the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, starting September 2017.

Undergraduate students were given a chance to present their papers to colleagues and faculty in our hugely successful Reason, Knowledge and Values Colloquium last week.

Following his work with the World Health Organisation, Alex Voorhoeve offers further guidance on the path to universal health coverage in this brand new article in The Lancet.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Matthew Adler to a Lachmann Fellowship with the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, starting in September 2017.

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for two one-year LSE Fellowships, to start September 2017.

We look forward to welcoming two new Assistant Professors, Liam Kofi Bright and Laurenz Hudetz, who will be joining us in August 2018.

Catch up with recordings of our public lectures, seminars and conferences on our brand new Watch and Listen page.

Donald MacKenzie, Professor of Social and Political Science and author of the influential book An Engine, Not a Camera, will give this year’s Auguste Comte Memorial Lecture on 23 February.

With so many career paths open to philosophy graduates, the choice of what to do next can seem a little daunting. So each year alumni from a whole range of professions return to the Department to offer our students a bit of advice…

Thinking of applying for one of our BSc Degrees? Then come along to the LSE undergraduate open day on 29 March for your chance to experience the unique atmosphere of the School.

LSE Philosophers will be taking to the stage for two special philosophical events at this year’s LSE Literary Festival.

In a brand new LSE video, staff, students and graduates discuss our world-leading philosophy MSc programmes and give an insight into the unique atmosphere of the department.

Further to his role in the WHO’s Consultative Group on Equity and Universal Health Coverage, Alex Voorhoeve has published three case studies to illustrate how the groups findings can guide practical decision making.

We’re pleased to announce that this year’s MSc prizes have been awarded to David Coombs, Christian Larroulet, Xing Li and Thomas Tozer.

We’re pleased to announce that PhD graduate Chris Thompson has been appointed Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tromsø .

This term, the Department has launched a new event series for all LSE philosophy students: Philosophy Elevator Pitches.

Apply now for our world-leading MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes. Programmes start September 2017.

Join us on 28 September for the 8th Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture with Nobel Prize winning geneticist Sir Paul Nurse.

Looking to apply to one of our MSc programmes for 2017/18? Then don’t miss our live webinar on 27 September.

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method seeks applications for an Assistant Professor in Philosophy, to start September 2017.

From August 2016, Luc Bovens will take part in Cornell University’s Hope and Optimism project, researching the philosophy of coping.

PhD student, Katherine Furman, will be taking up a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Durham University’s Philosophy Department in October.

James Nguyen, has been awarded this year’s Popper Prize for his paper “On the Pragmatic Equivalence between Representing Data and Phenomena”.

We’re pleased to announce that the 2016 Andrea Mannu Undergraduate Prize has been awarded to Geoff Keeling and Sam Altmann.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of a new LSE Fellow to the Department: Ioannis Votsis, who will be joining us in September.

Carlo Rovelli, leading physicist and author of the best-selling Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, will give a free public lecture entitled Why Physics Needs Philosophy on Sunday, 17 July 7:30–9pm.

The 4th annual LSE-Bayreuth Student Philosophy Conference took place 12–13 May at the University of Bayreuth, Germany.

The Guardian University Guide 2017 has ranked LSE 5th in the country for philosophy

Applied for one of our BSc Degrees, starting in September? Hoping to get a feel for life as an LSE Philosopher? Then come along to the LSE undergraduate open day on 7 July.

Starting in 2016/7, our new course will provide the ideal introduction to the key philosophical issues surrounding philanthropy.

Research students, staff and the Department as a whole were among those recognised by this year’s LSE Teaching Awards.

Professor Roman Frigg has won the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s prestigious Bessel Research Award.

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of two new Assistant Professors, Campbell Brown and Johanna Thoma, who will be joining us in September.

For the sixth consecutive year, The Complete University Guide has placed LSE Philosophy in the top three philosophy departments in the country.

MSc Philosophy and Public Policy student, Matt Hitchens, has been awarded 2nd place prize in the Institute for Government‘s recent essay competition.

Listen to John Worrall recounting his early days at the School in this recording from the LSE’s Tales from Houghton Street oral history project.