08 Monday Oct 2018
Posted in Events, Public engagements, Public talks
Bill Brewer will be delivering a masterclass on personal identity for the Guardian newspaper next week (15th October).
More infromation can be found here.
08 Monday Oct 2018
Posted in Announcements, Research
Congratulations to Thomas Hodgson on the publication of his paper ‘Russellians can solve the problem of empty names with nonsingular propositions’ which is now available online with Synthese!
Click here to read Thomas’s paper.
07 Sunday Oct 2018
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Sarah Fine will be chairing a discussion with Sacha Golob, Robert Montgomery and Stephanie Schwartz.
10th December, 1830-2000
Click here for details.
03 Wednesday Oct 2018
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03 Wednesday Oct 2018
Posted in Announcements
Topic: “Doctor, will my treatment make me better?” Who is responsible for reducing uncertainties about the effects of treatments?
Eligibility: Students and alumni of all University of London schools, including undergraduate and postgraduate, and medical and professional schools.
Prize: £500
Length: less than 4,000 words
Due: 28 October 2018
Submission: Prepare your paper for blind review by making sure your name does not appear anywhere in the pages of the file, and send it to philandmed@kcl.ac.uk. Essays will be assessed by a panel of distinguished academics from the University of London, chaired by Dr Tuomas Pernu.
Click here for more details.
02 Tuesday Oct 2018
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Bill Brewer is giving a talk at the Jowett Society in Oxford on the 2nd November.
Details here.
01 Monday Oct 2018
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A two-day conference in memory of Bob Hale will be taking place at the Institute of Philosophy this month (15th and 16th October).
The full schedule can be found here.
Bob was a visiting professor at KCL and at Birkbeck and was an active member of the London philosophy scene over the past few years.
There will also be a book coming out in Bob’s honour, co-edited by Jessica Leech.
30 Sunday Sep 2018
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KCL MAP (Minorities and Philosophy) will be running a collaboratively lead reading group this coming academic year. MAP aims to address issues surrounding the representation of and participation in Philosophy of minority groups. ‘Minorities’ is a broad term that covers race, gender, class, sexuality, ability, and more. Our reading group aims to celebrate and raise awareness of the works done by and regarding issues of minority groups within academia. We will be engaging in a wide range of texts and modes of expression, from analytic and continental philosophy to poetry, literature, and film.
The reading group will be held in room 508 (Philosophy Building), Wednesday, 2pm. The reading group is open to everyone at all levels of the university. The KCL MAP committee will also be holding a regular meeting prior the reading group at 1.30pm in the UG common room (opposite the printer room), which is open to anyone who wishes to discuss MAP-related issues.
For more info regarding specific readings/dates, please email mapforthegap.kcl@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kclmap
26 Wednesday Sep 2018
Posted in Announcements, Ideas, Research
King’s philosophy PhD candidate Jon Thompson’s paper “‘Intimations of immortality’: a response to Bernard Williams” is now available online with Religious Studies. Many congratulations, Jon!
Click here to read the paper.
24 Monday Sep 2018
Posted in Announcements, Events, Mind, Metaphysics, Psychology
The first meeting of the London Mind Group will take place in Senate House on the 11th October 4-6pm. Matthew Crosby (Imperial) is speaking.
From the London Mind Group website:
“We are an intercollegiate University of London group featuring read-ahead meetings where postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers can share their work. Once each academic term we also host an invited guest for a more traditional, non-read-ahead meeting.”
The full schedule for the 2018/19 academic year can be found here.
