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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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Jo Wolff in the BJPS

31 Tuesday Oct 2017

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Jo Wolff has just published an essay on ‘The Metaphysical Status of Quantities‘ in Auxiliary Hypotheses, the online blog of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

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The 2016 Edgington Lectures: Kit Fine

24 Tuesday May 2016

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King’s student, Samuel Kimpton-Nye, will present his work on the laws of nature and counterlegals at a graduate workshop led by Professor Kit Fine. The workshop  accompanies the 3rd biennial Edgingtion Lectures, and will take place on June 3rd and 4th at the Department of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, London.

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Reading Group on Acquaintance

06 Wednesday Apr 2016

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A new reading group on the topic of acquaintance will begin this month. The organizers of the reading group intend to give particular focus to the work of John Campbell.

The first meeting will take place at noon on Monday the 11th of April. The location is the Philosophy Graduate Common Room.

For more details, contact Jørgen Dyrstad: jorgen.dyrstad@kcl.ac.uk.

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