22 Friday Sep 2017
“From Descartes and Locke to philosophers of the present day, learn how great thinkers can help you to understand who you are.”
Professor Bill Brewer hosted this masterclass on 12 September at The Guardian headquarters. More philosophy masterclasses by King’s philosophers can be expected in the future.
19 Tuesday Sep 2017
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John Callanan will be speaking about Kant’s Categorical Imperative on the In Our Time programme on BBC Radio 4, this Thursday, 21 September, at 9am.
The show will be available for streaming after the event on the BBC website.
16 Wednesday Aug 2017
Posted in Public engagements
In 2016, the King’s Department of Philosophy piloted an 8-week philosophy course for prisoners at HMP Belmarsh. With the support of Professors Bill Brewer and MM McCabe, Mike Coxhead (PhD candidate and Visiting Research Fellow in the Department), Andy West (senior specialist at The Philosophy Foundation), and Andrea Fassolas (honorary therapist at the Guild of Psychotherapists) developed and delivered a course of discussion-based philosophy classes.
In 2017, King’s will offer a re-run of the original pilot course, as well as a second course specifically targeted at ESOL learners.
More details about the course content and its outcomes can be found on the King’s Philosophy research pages.
04 Friday Aug 2017
Posted in Mind, Metaphysics, Psychology
Following Daniel Dennett’s recent publication of his From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Professor David Papineau wrote a surprisingly critical response in the Times Literary Supplement (TLS).
This debate is continued in the TLS this week — introduced by Tim Crane.
31 Monday Jul 2017
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Announcing a one-day London based workshop on “Post-Kantian receptions of the Enlightenment”.
August 30, 2017: 9:00 — 18:00
Senate House, University of London.
Registration required by 10 August by email to Alexis Papazoglou: alexis.papazoglou@rhul.ac.uk
26 Wednesday Jul 2017
Posted in Ideas, Interviews, Uncategorized
King’s Eliot Michaelson teams up with Hollywood star James Franco in Philosophy Time, a newly released series of short video interviews with contemporary philosophers on the topics of beauty, abortion, metaphor and imagination. Continue reading
21 Friday Jul 2017
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We are thrilled our much-loved colleague MM McCabe has been announced to the position today, 21 July, along with 65 other of the world’s leading minds in the humanities and social sciences.
The full announcement and list can be found here.
We extended our warmest congratulations to MM and to all those elected.
12 Monday Jun 2017
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Marking the 20th anniversary of Peter Winch’s death, this major international conference brings together leading academics from around the world to examine the legacy of Peter Winch’s work and to reassess its relevance to contemporary issues. Participants will draw on both Winch’s published work and also unpublished materials contained in the Winch archives. Topics to be discussed include: political philosophy, ethics, and the philosophies of Spinoza and Wittgenstein. The conference is generously supported by the Mind Association and the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value at the University of Pardubice.
Speakers: Marina Barabas (CAS / Pardubice), Ondřej Beran (Pardubice), Michael Campbell (Pardubice), David Cockburn (Wales), Alice Crary (NSSR), Helen Geyer (Weimar), Lars Hertzberg (Åbo), Drew Johnson (Independent), Olli Lagerspetz (Åbo), David Levy (Edinburgh), Michael McGhee (Liverpool), Tony Milligan (KCL / Pardubice), Rupert Read (UEA), Lynette Reid (Dalhousie), Duncan Richter (VMI), Sean Stidd (WSU), Craig Taylor (Flinders), Mark Theunissen (New School), Sarah Tropper (AAU Klagenfurt), Carolyn Wilde (Bristol)
Dates: June 30 – July 2
Full Programme: http://filosofie.upce.cz/data/File/winch-conference-program.pdf
Venue: Room K-1.56, King’s Building, King’s College London
Admission: Free, but please register by e-mailing winchconf@gmail.com
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1274330602662240/?active_tab=discussion
30 Tuesday May 2017
Posted in Events, History of Philosophy, Public talks, Research
30 Tuesday May 2017
Posted in Events, Mind, Metaphysics, Psychology, Public talks, Research
Ellen Fridland will talk on the topic ‘Do as I say and as I do: imitation, pedagogy, and cumulative culture.‘
7.00 p.m. at Blackwell’s bookshop on Broad Street, Oxford.
