🥳 The @thetimes.com Good University Guide 2026 has ranked LSE as the number one university in the UK. #LSEPhilosophy has been ranked as the best department in the country for #Philosophy - for the second year in a row! 👉 To the league table: www.thetimes.com/uk-universit...

Join us for the annual Auguste Comte lecture delivered by Luara Ferracioli, a leading thinker on the #philosophy of #immigration and the philosophy of the family. 🗓️ Mon 6 October, 6.30-8pm 📍LSE campus and online 🎟️ The event is free but registration is required 👉 More: www.lse.ac.uk/events/depop...

Join our launch event for the Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience! 👉 How AI is helping - and harming - animals 📅 30 September, 6.30pm (London time), LSE Campus With Kristin Andrews, @birchlse.bsky.social, Leonie Bossert, Jane Lawton, Jeff Sebo, & Roman Frigg www.lse.ac.uk/events/how-a...

What situations warrant #humanitarian #intervention, and does it always help those it aims to protect? The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention by Jonathan Parry @lsephilosophy.bsky.social examines the moral complexities, high stakes and consequences involved @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social.

📢 The LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method is hiring for an Assistant Professor with a focus on sustainability, and close collaboration with us! ⬇️

NEW✨ What kinds of #HumanRights abuses warrant #humanitarian intervention? And does #intervention effectively help those it aims to protect? The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention by Jonathan Parry @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social reviewed by Riti Kumari.

📄 We are pleased to announce that Volume 7 – Issue 1 of ‘Studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics’ is now available online. The latest edition contains seven articles and two book reviews by our #LSEPhilosophy PPE students. 🔓 Link to the journal: sppe.lse.ac.uk/7/volume/7/i...

‼️ Join #LSEPhilosophy! We are hiring an Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #Sustainability Application deadline: 3 November 2025 More information: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #London #PartOfLSE #hiring #jobs

🚨We're hiring! 🚨 👉Open Position: Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #AI 🗓️ Application deadline: 3 November 2025 Apply via: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... #PartOfLSE #LSEPhilosophy #Jobs

"Addressing real psychological & sociological needs is something those false, misinformed beliefs are doing. We actually need to try to tackle the underlying social problems, like alienation, people are grappling with" My in-depth essay with brilliant insights from LSE's Prof J McKenzie Alexander ⬇️

🌞It's half-time of 2025 - and campus has never looked better in the summer glow! #LSEPhilosophy #PartOfLSE #Philosophy #London

#LSEPhilosophy Professor Roman Frigg & colleagues published the book “Proofs and Research Programmes: Lakatos at 100” with @springernature.com 👉It's the first book in this century to cover the contemporary significance of Lakatos’ philosophy 🔓 Open access link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #philsci

Are we headed for real-life Black Mirror? In an interview on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social, @jonathanbirch.bsky.social @lsephilosophy.bsky.social argues that the possibility of #AI becoming #conscious is a real one, warning that we are not ready, conceptually or societally, for such an eventuality.

#ICYMI You can now view the event we held as part of Open Science & Scholarship Week w @eve.gd @rouhiroo.bsky.social Frances Pinter & chaired by @lsephilosophy.bsky.social's Jason McKenzie Alexander on #OpenResearch in the Age of #Populism. Well worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=52fq...

New! The question of whether Artificial Intelligence can become conscious is not just a philosophical question, it’s a political one. @birchlse.bsky.social of @lsephilosophy.bsky.social warns that we are not ready, conceptually or societally, for such an eventuality. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

I'm a "centrist" about AI sentience. I take two risks seriously: the risk of creating a new kind of sentient being, and the risk of millions of users misattributing sentience to chatbots on the basis of mimicry and role-playing. LSE invited me to explain in 5 minutes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg8v...

📘 Roman Frigg from #LSEPhilosophy & David A. Lavis (King’s College) have published their new book “The Fundamentals of Thermodynamics” with @springernature.com 👉 Great read for everyone interested in #philsci link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

🎥In case you missed it: The recording of JB Manchak's Sigma Club is now available online! 👉Learn more about ‘Spacetime Asymmetry’ here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=feJd...

📚 Do you know a #philosophy of science book that's Lakatos Award worthy? Then let us know! We are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2026 Lakatos Award! ⏰ Deadline: 15 September 2025. 👉 More information: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...

I am so thrilled for my Edinburgh philosophy colleague Maazviita Chirimuuta, whose brilliant book The Brain Abstracted has been given the 2025 Lakatos Award. It also won the Royal Institute of Philosophy’s Al-Rodhan book prize last year!

🏆 We are pleased to announce the 2025 Lakatos Award winner Mazviita Chirimuuta, who receives the award for her book “The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience” Congratulations! 👏 👉More about the award: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...

🌐What is #truth in changing social & political contexts? 👉At "The Future of Truth panel" our speakers @charliebeckett.bsky.social, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, & Jason Alexander discussed misinformation, #AI, & group identity 🎥 Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIw... #LSEPhilosophy #LSEFestival

⏰ Tomorrow!

🎧 New Phlexible Philosophy podcast online! How bad do things have to get before humanitarian intervention is justified? #LSEPhilosophy graduate Hamza King interviews LSE Philosophy Associate Professor Jonathan Parry about his latest book. 👉 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1OZH...

As #LSEFestival continues (16-21 June) with events considering Visions for the future 👁 explore a range of posts from across LSE Blogs connected to the programme. First, J. McKenzie Alexander @lsephilosophy.bsky.social ‪@lsepress.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social on the future of #truth.

📽️ Check out our new #LSEPhilosophy research video on Moral & Political Philosophy! 🤔⚖️ What does it mean to live a good life? What do we owe one another? This video explores the key questions of moral and political philosophy, where ethics meets real-world challenges www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeZF...

💡New! What future for truth? - British Politics and Policy at LSE by J. McKenzie Alexander of @lsephilosophy.bsky.social. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

👁️‍🗨️ How do we defend knowledge and informed debate in the digital age? Join J. McKenzie Alexander, @charliebeckett.bsky.social @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social Abi Whistance & Paola Romero for a panel on truth, the media and politics. 👁️‍🗨️ Sat 21 June from 15.30pm www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F... #LSEFestival

Don't miss our LEJ group seminar tomorrow!

Today! Don't miss the last Sigma Club seminar of this term 🔽

New podcast! Professor J. McKenzie Alexander featured on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social's New Books in Critical Theory podcast 🎧 🔽 Listen below: newbooksnetwork.com/the-open-soc... 🔽 The Open Society as an Enemy is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

📣 Next week!

🧠🔍What is knowledge? How do we build and transfer it? And how do we make decisions based on different knowledge and beliefs? 👉Watch our brand new research video about Formal and Social Epistemology at #LSEPhilosophy here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQAt...

Join our Law, Ethics & Justice seminar next week! David Enoch (University of Oxford): ‘Foreseeing Intended Harm’ 🗓️ 17 June - 4:00pm (London time) - hybrid! Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

🥳 #LSEPhilosophy has been ranked number 1 for Philosophy in the Complete University Guide 2026 for the second year in a row! 🏆 The Complete University Guide ranks the best universities in the UK, overall and in 74 subject areas. More: www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...

Next week! #SigmaClub seminar by JB Manchak (UC Irvine): ‘Spacetime Asymmetry’ 🗓️ 16 June - 4:00pm (London time) Hybrid and open to all! Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

🎥 The recording is now online! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGjk...

🧠🐘🤖 Are animals sentient? And what about artificial intelligence? Our new #LSEPhilosophy video series highlights the various philosophical topics our researchers are exploring. 👉 Featuring @birchlse.bsky.social, Ali Boyle, and Kate Vredenburgh www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv1v...

Tomorrow, 4:30pm-6:00pm!

Next week! Please note that we changed the time. The seminar will run from 4:30pm-6:00pm.

Evidence shows that long #prison sentences aren't effective at reducing #crime. Lewis Ross @lsephilosophy.bsky.social looks at the #UK Government’s new Independent Sentencing Review which aims to move away from high sentences and towards punishment in the community ‪@lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social‬

Join our Law, Ethics & Justice seminar next week! Hasan Dindjer (University of Oxford): ‘The Law’s False Promise’ 🗓️ 10 June - 4:00pm (London time) - hybrid! Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

📽️ The recording of the Sir Karl Popper Memorial Lecture 2025 by @petergs.bsky.social on freedom and tolerance is now available online! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/1TWy0xa...

💡New! Lewis Ross of @lsephilosophy.bsky.social looks at the Government's new Independent Sentencing Review reforms and argues that they are in the right direction and in line with academic evidence about the inefficacy of high sentences in reducing crime. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Tonight! Join in-person or online!

⏰ Today!

🎥 The recording of our Sigma Club seminar by Margarida Hermida (King’s College London) about the ‘Philosophy of Quantum Biology’ is now available online! ➡️ Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G06j...

🎫 Get your free ticket for the #LSEFestival! Join our LSE Philosophy panel on 'the future of truth' with Jason Alexander,‪ @charliebeckett.bsky.social, @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social, Abi Whistance, & Paola Romero 📅 21 June at 3:30pm - in-person or online! ▶️ Tickets: www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...

📣Join us for the Formal Democratic Theory Workshop organised as part of the ‘Cohesion and Deliberative Decision-Making’ project at CPNSS. 🗓️ 2-3 June 2025 📍 LSE Campus London. This is an in-person workshop only. Programme and registration: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

Next week! #SigmaClub seminar by Klaas Landsman (Radboud University Nijmegen): ‘Philosophy of mathematical physics from A to B’ 🗓️ 2 June - 4:00pm (London time) Hybrid and open to all! Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...