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Formal Methods: june talks

04 Thursday Jun 2020

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The Formal Methods research group re-launches its seminar online in June. We have two guest talks given by Branden Fitelson and by Matt Mandelkern, organized with the London Group for Formal Philosophy.

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Formal methods research seminar 2020

24 Monday Feb 2020

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Formal Methods, guest speakers, London Group for Formal Philosophy

Schedules of guest speakers for the Formal Methods Group in winter 2020. Some of these talks are organized jointly with the newly formed London Group for Formal Philosophy. (Note: we are planning further talks and may update this page accordingly)

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Rationality and Formal methods research seminars 2019

10 Thursday Jan 2019

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The Rationality and Formal Methods Group run guest speakers series at the same time slot. The guest speakers for winter and spring 2019 are as follows. (“FM” and “R” indicate talks organised by the formal methods and rationality groups, respectively.)

Winter 2019

Fri Jan 18th Georgi Gardiner (Oxford) (R)
Fri Feb 1st Johannes Stern (Bristol) (FM)
Fri March 1st Corinne Besson (Sussex) (FM)
Fri March 8th Lavinia Picollo (UCL) (FM)
Fri March 15th Michael Hannon (Nottingham) (R)
Fri March 22st Nick Hughes (Durham / Oxford) (R)
Fri March 29th Louise Hanson (Durham) (R)

Spring 2019

Fri May 17th James Studd (Oxford) (FM)
Fri May 24th Balthasar Grabmayr (Jerusalem) (FM)

The talks take place on Fridays 3:00-5:00, in room 508, Philosophy Building, KCL Strand Campus. Everyone is welcome, but if you come from outside King’s you need to email Julien Dutant at julien.dutant@kcl.ac.uk in advance to be included in the visitor list.

Masterclass on Higher-Order Metaphysics with Andrew Bacon

20 Thursday Dec 2018

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Prof. Andrew Bacon (USC) will give a masterclass on Higher-Order Metaphysics at King’s College London on May 8th-10th, 2019. The masterclass will include guest talks by Nick Jones (Birmingham), Jessica Leech (KCL), and Timothy Williamson (Oxford).

The event is open to graduate students and researchers from any institution. Attendance is free but registration is required. To register fill in the form below.

You can download a pdf version of the programme.

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Masterclass on Probabilistic Knowledge with Sarah Moss

22 Thursday Feb 2018

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Prof. Sarah Moss (Michigan) will give a masterclass on Probabilistic Knowledge at King’s College London on March 6th-7th, 2018. The masterclass will include guest talks by Siliva Milano (LSE), Jason Konek (Bristol), Matt Mandelkern (Oxford) & Daniel Rothschild (UCL), Bernhard Salow (Cambridge) and Richard Holton (Cambridge). The keynote lecture of the masterclass is a joint session with LSE’s Choice Group.

The event is open to graduate students and researchers from any institution. Attendance is free but registration is required. To register fill in the form below.

Here is a pdf version of the programme. Final location confirmed: though the strike is taking place and many of us would have preferred not to cross picket lines, the event will have to take place in KCL (venues below).

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Philosophy Time: a video series with Eliot Michaelson and James Franco

26 Wednesday Jul 2017

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Philosophy Time w James Franco and Eliot Michaelson

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 →

Clayton Littlejohn and Julien Dutant on Reasonable Doubt

02 Tuesday May 2017

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Clayton Littlejohn, doubt, epistemology, Julien Dutant, scepticism

Clayton Littlejohn and Julien Dutant are taking part in the large interdisciplinary conference From Reasonable Doubt to Undue Scepticism organized by Ulrike Hahn and Marion Worms at Birkbeck this week. Both will be defending knowledge-centred views on the topic. See the programme here.

Epistemic Utility Theory Masterclass with Richard Pettigrew

04 Tuesday Apr 2017

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belief, Clayton Littlejohn, epistemic utility theory, epistemology, formal epistemology, Jason Konek, Julien Dutant, knowledge, Richard Pettigrew

Prof. Richard Pettigrew (Bristol) will give a masterclass on Epistemic Utility Theory at King’s College London on Thursday-Saturday April 27th-29th, 2017. In addition to the masterclass we will have three guest talks by Jason Konek (Kent), Julien Dutant (KCL) and Clayton Littlejohn (KCL).

The event is open to graduate students and researchers from any institution. Attendance is free but registration is required. To register fill in the form below.

Here is a pdf version of the programme.

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Graduate Teaching Assistantships 2017-18

10 Friday Mar 2017

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The philosophy department has just extended for a few days the deadline for applying to Graduate Teaching Assistant positions in 2017-2018. The new deadline is this sunday March 12th, midnight.

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JOB: Lecturer in Philosophy (Logic)

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

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The philosophy department is hiring a permanent Lecturer in Philosophy with expertise in Logic. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing and lively department. Full details here.

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