Join us for the Oxford-Cambridge-London Philosophy of Medicine Society talk by Stephen John (University of Cambridge) 🗓️ Friday 13 March 2026 3pm - 5pm 📍 In-Person, LSE Campus Abstract: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e... #Philosophy #Medicine #PhilSci #LSEPhilosophy @ox.ac.uk

The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences (CPNSS) is searching for two Research Officers for the ‘Your Boss is a Machine – Protecting Worker Autonomy in an #AI-Driven Economy’ project ⏰ Application deadline: 30 April 2026 💻 Apply via the LSE job page: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Here is the recording of our Inaugural BSPS Popper prize lecture we gave w/ Alex Franklin at the LSE yesterday. This was such an amazing experience!! @lsephilosophy.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Sa...

⚛️ Do molecules have structure? Yesterday, @vanessaseifert.bsky.social and Alexander Franklin delivered the BSPS Popper Prize lecture and talked about their award winning research. 📹 Lecture recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Sa... #PhilSci @aliboyle.bsky.social @thebsps.bsky.social

⚗️🔭 How do we spark new scientific discoveries? Why do some breakthroughs seem accidental? The new book 'The Engine of Scientific Discovery' by CPNSS Research Associate Alexander Krauss is for anyone who wants to understand how we make discoveries. ➡ Link to the book: doi.org/10.1093/oso/...

⏰ Tonight! @aliboyle.bsky.social @thebsps.bsky.social @vanessaseifert.bsky.social #PhilSci #Philosophy #Popper

Save the date for a special seminar talk at #LSEPhilosophy Luz Christopher Seiberth (University of Potsdam): "Arguments as Vehicles for the Space of Intelligence" 📅 Wednesday 11 March, 2-4pm 📍 LAK 2.06, LSE Campus and online 👉 Abstract & Zoom: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e... #PhilSci #Philosophy

📣 CPNSS is searching for two Research Officers! Deadline: 15 March 🌟 Research Officer in Cosmology and the Edge of the Universe: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... 🌟 Research Officer in Gauge and the Edge of the Universe: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... @soulphysics.bsky.social #Philsci #Philosophy

👉The recording of our Social Epistemology Research Group (SERG) Seminar by C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social is now available online! 🎲The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeSz... #epistemology #philosophy #games #partoflse #lsephilosophy

📢Call for papers! Workshop: New Directions in Law-Based Explanations in the Sciences 🗓️ 14-15 September ⏰ Deadline for papers: 31 March More information: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

⏰ Next week! @aliboyle.bsky.social @thebsps.bsky.social @vanessaseifert.bsky.social #PhilSci #Philosophy #Popper

One week left! We’re accepting Expressions of Interest for our funded MPhil/PhD in Philosophy at LSE, joining our interdisciplinary team advancing understanding of, and ways of caring for, nonhuman species. Deadline 23 Feb. Details: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

📣 Join us for the inaugural BSPS #Popper Prize lecture, delivered by philosophers of science Alexander Franklin and @vanessaseifert.bsky.social. 🗓️ Wednesday 25 February, 6.30pm - 8pm 📍 LSE Campus and online 💻 Register now to attend in-person or online! More: www.lse.ac.uk/events/molec...

🙌Huge congratulations to Lea Bourguignon, Junior Research Fellow @trincollcam.bsky.social, on the successful completion of her PhD @lsephilosophy.bsky.social , 'On Being Justifiable to Others: Act Contractualism, Numbers, and Justification'. leabourguignon.com

🐈‍⬛Animal Minds: New Theories and new Observations🐒 09.-10.02. @ruhr-uni-bochum.de ZEMOS Building & Online via Zoom animal-cognition.philosophy-cognition.com @lsephilosophy.bsky.social #LSEPhilosophy #CognitiveScience #AnimalCognition @birchlse.bsky.social @kristinandrews.bsky.social #AnimalMinds

Join our upcoming Social Epistemology Research Group (SERG) Seminar by C. Thi Nguyen @add-hawk.bsky.social 🗓️ Monday, 9 February, 12pm (London time) 📍 LSE Campus and Zoom 🎲 Title: "The Score: How to Stop Playing Someone Else’s Game" 🔗 Abstract & Zoom: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

🎓We are pleased to announce the new Maria Kandarakis Memorial PhD #Scholarship, supporting one funded PhD place at #LSEPhilosophy. 🗓️Register your interest by 23 February 2026. 📣 Please share widely! More information: www.lse.ac.uk/sentience/phd

Join our #Popper Seminar by Chiara Ambrosio (UCL) next week! Chiara will talk about "Scientific Images as Pragmatist Experiments" 🗓️ Tuesday 27 January, 2pm (London time) 📍 LSE Campus - and online Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

A reminder! Tonight we've got Lewis Ross from @lsephilosophy.bsky.social: 'Are Philosophers Absurd? Progress, Testimony & Dividing Labour' 📍18.15, Woburn Suite, Senate House. Please note: our website is temporarily down and we hope to have it up and running again soon! Apologies. #philosophy

📣 Join us for the inaugural BSPS #Popper Prize lecture, delivered by philosophers of science Alexander Franklin and @vanessaseifert.bsky.social. 🗓️ Wednesday 25 February, 6.30pm - 8pm 📍 LSE Campus and online 💻 Register now to attend in-person or online! More: www.lse.ac.uk/events/molec...

🤔Is #AI benefitting society right now? A group of experts including #LSEPhilosophy Associate Professor Kate Vredenburgh discuss the present state of human/AI relationships on the Suspicious Minds Podcast 🎧 #ai #mentalhealth #podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieAv...

🎄And that’s a wrap on another successful year at #LSEPhilosophy! We’re now heading off for a short break, but we’ll be back soon with more exciting events and news. ✨We are wishing you all a restful and festive season✨ #PartOfLSE #Philosophy #LSE #London

🥳 Congratulations to our #LSEPhilosophy Class of 2025! 🥂 We had an amazing time at graduation and are so incredibly proud of you all! We can't wait to have you back on campus and hear all about your life after graduation! #PartOfLSE #Philosophy #LSE #London #Graduation

📽️ The recording of our Sigma Club seminar by Claudio Calosi is now available online! #LSEPhilosophy #PhilSci #Philosophy #LSE youtu.be/9j2My6MCWRw

CPNSS Fellow Rosalind Arden has written an article about embryo selection for Quillette. A number of companies are now offering embryo screening - Rosalind Arden discusses the process, history, and #ethics of a potentially revolutionary new #technology: quillette.com/2025/12/02/e... #Philosophy

Warm congratulations to Mazviita Chirimuuta, who received the 2025 Lakatos Award for her book "The Brain Abstracted" — "an outstanding example of the kind of work being done at the cutting edge of contemporary philosophy of science." mitpress.mit.edu/978026254804...

Last Friday Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta was presented with the Lakatos Award in recognition of her book “The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience”. At the ceremony Dr Chirimuuta gave a lecture which you can view below.

🎥 Watch the Lakatos Award Lecture 2025 by Mazviita Chirimuuta on "Apocalyptic Technology: #AI and the Limits of #Science" Mazviita Chirimuuta received the award for her book “The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience” www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KkX...

Tomorrow! Join us in-person or online!

Mazviita Chirimuuta's Lakatos Award Lecture will be live streamed on Friday, November 28 from the London School of Economics: lse.zoom.us/j/8494972146... Congratulations to Mazviita on this very prestigious award for her @mitpress.bsky.social book THE BRAIN ABSTRACTED!

This Friday, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy Dr Mazviita Chirimuuta will deliver the Lakatos Award Lecture. You can book FREE tickets to attend the lecture (in-person or online. By Following the link below. (1/2)

Tomorrow 👇

#LSEPhilosophy Associate Professor Kate Vredenburgh has been featured on the Suspicious Mind Podcast discussing the impact of #AI on human relationship. The episode is part of a series that investigates the disturbing rise of AI as a trigger for delusional thinking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUd5...

Join our #LSEPhilosophy Popper Seminar by Karen Kovaka (University of California) on "What is meta-analysis good for?" next week! 🗓️ Tuesday 18 November 2025 2pm - 3.30pm 📍 LSE Campus and online! 👉 Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

Many thanks for attending our public lecture on 'Saving Britain's #wildlife' with Iris Berger, Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, @kneppwilding.bsky.social, and chaired by @birchlse.bsky.social last night! 👉 The recording is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHe... 🌲 @gsos-lse.bsky.social

🐝 TONIGHT - Britain's wildlife has been under pressure for centuries. Is there any way back? Combining ecology and conservation with @lsephilosophy.bsky.social and the social sciences, explore the protection of our habitats with The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience - in person or online!

#LSEPhilosophy Associate Professor Jonathan Parry and his colleague @chreaston.bsky.social (University of Birmingham) have published a new article in Big Issue discussing the current recruitment practices in the UK military 👇

📣 Tomorrow!

📣Save the date for the Lakatos Award Lecture 2025 by Mazviita Chirimuuta! 🗓️ Friday 28 November, 6pm (London time) 📍 LSE campus and online More: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

Join our upcoming public lecture on 'Saving Britain's wildlife' with Iris Berger, Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, @kneppwilding.bsky.social - chaired by @birchlse.bsky.social 🗓️ Tuesday 11 November - 6.30pm (London time) 📍 LSE campus and online 🎟️ Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...

Congratulations!!! 👏

🎓 Thinking about pursuing a #PhD in #philosophy? Then join us for the upcoming virtual graduate open event next month! 📅 Thursday 20 November, 10-11am (London time) 📍 Zoom 👉 Register via the event page: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

🎥 The recording of our latest Sigma Club seminar by Kasia Rejzner is now available online! Topic: Quantum reference frames and semi-local observables in quantum field theory www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZHn... #philsci #philosophy #science #LSEPhilosophy

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⏰ Calling all #AI experts! Apply now!

Join the #LSEPhilosophy Virtual Graduate Open Day online and learn more about our MSc programmes! 🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time) 📍 Zoom Meet our programme directors and ask questions about our department and programmes! 👉 Sign up: lse.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"Chance as a Guide to Life: The Other Principal Principle" by Richard Bradley #newarticle #philosophy #philsky doi.org/10.5840/jphi...

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🎥 The recording of our latest Popper Seminar is now available online! Listen to Jingyi Wu (LSE Philosophy) talk about 'Rigor Capture' www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXdN...