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
Posted in Announcements, Events, Public engagements, Public talks
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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
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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.
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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.
20 Thursday Sep 2018
Posted in Announcements, Ideas, Resources
Rebecca Buxton (ex KCL BA philosophy student, now working on a Dphil at Oxford) is co-editing a book on women in philosophy called The Philosopher Queens:
“For all the young women and girls sitting in philosophy class wondering where the women are, this is the book for you. This collection of 21 chapters, each on a prominent woman in philosophy, looks at the impact that women have had on the field throughout history. From Hypatia to Angela Davis, The Philosopher Queens will be a guide to these badass women and how their amazing ideas have changed the world.”
Click here to find out more and support this fantastic project!
18 Tuesday Sep 2018
Posted in Announcements, Research
Congratulations to King’s Philosophy PhD student, Jake Wojtowicz, on the publication of his paper ‘Bernard Williams on Regarding One’s Own Action Purely Externally’ in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association.
Congratulations to Alex Franklin and Eleanor Knox on the publication their paper ‘Emergence without limits: The case of phonons’ in Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics.
And congratulations to Alex Franklin on his paper ‘Whence the Effectiveness of Effective Field Theories?’, which is forthcoming in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
14 Monday May 2018
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Following a generous gift from the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament from the Estate of their member Estella Newsome, we are able to offer an annual prize of £100 for an undergraduate philosophical essay on issues in ethics arising from conflict and war. No particular viewpoint need be represented in the essay, which will be judged on purely philosophical grounds.
2018 Topic: Pacifism
Winning essay prize: £100
Eligibility: The essay competition is open to any current undergraduate student at King’s College London (including final year students). Only one submission per student.
Length: up to 3,000 words (including footnotes, excluding bibliography).
Deadline: 16 July 2018.
Instructions: Please send your completed essay via email attachment to philosophy@kcl.ac.uk. Word document or pdf. Email subject line: ‘The Estella Newsome Memorial Prize’.
Panel: The essays will be assessed by a panel of 3 philosophers.
