[PhilPhys] Philosophy at LSE Newsletter May2013

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Visitors

The Centre <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/home.aspx>  welcomes its
visitors for the term: Alessandro Allegra, Seamus Bradley, Bruce
Caldwell, Mike Dascal, Conal Duddy, Andrew Goldfinch, Stephan
Guettinger, Hykel Hosni, Yuko Nishiyama, Andrea Polonioli, Stefan
Schubert, Omri Tal, Christopher Thompson and Oswaldo Zapata. We also
welcome Tom Rowe, PhD student, who will be working on the new Managing
Severe Uncertainty Project
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/projects/managingSevereUncertainty/about.as
px> . 

 

Events

Erica Thompson (LSE) will give a Sigma Club
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/events/SigmaClub/Current%20Events.aspx>
talk on 'Attitudes Towards Uncertainty: The Perspective of a Physical
Scientist' on May 20, 5:15-6:45pm, LAK.2.06.

Foad Dizadji-Bahmani (California State University, LA) will give a
Popper seminar
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/NewsandEvents/seminars/popperseminars.
aspx>  on 'A New Model of Intertheoretic Reduction' on May 21,
2:00-3:30pm, LAK.2.06.

The Forum
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/forumForEuropeanPhilos
ophy/Home.aspx> , Centre <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/home.aspx>  and
Department <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/home.aspx>  will co-host a
lecture by Daniel Dennett (Tufts University) on 'Intuition Pumps and
Other Tools for Thinking' on May 23, 6:30-7:00pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre. 

The Centre <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/home.aspx>  and the Department
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/home.aspx>  will host a 'Nancy
Cartwright Farewell Conference' on June 3, 1:45-5:00pm, LAK.2.06. The
programme can be found here
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/events/nancyCartwrightFarewellConference.as
px> . 

The Forum for European Philosophy
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/forumForEuropeanPhilos
ophy/Home.aspx>  will host a dialogue with Rupert Read and Roger Scruton
on 'Green Philosophy' on June 5, 6:30-8:00pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre. 

The Government Department <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/home.aspx> ,
in conjunction with the Philosophy Department
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/home.aspx>  and the Choice Group
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/projects/CoreResearchProjects/ChoiceGroup/c
hoice_group_events.aspx>  will host a workshop on 'New Perspectives on
Free Will and Responsibility: From Metaphysics to Politics' on June
13-15.

Avishai Margalit (Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton) will give a
lecture on 'Proportionality and Total War' as part of the Centre's Order
Project <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/projects/orderProject/home.aspx>
on June 19, 4:30pm, OLD.3.21.

Harold Nax (CNRS Paris) will give a Choice Group
<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/projects/CoreResearchProjects/ChoiceGroup/c
hoice_group_events.aspx>  presentation on 'Learning in a Black Box' on
June 19, 5:30-7:00pm. 

 

News

Bryan Roberts (currently a postdoc at the University of Southern
California) will join the Department as a lecturer in October 2013. His
AOS is history and philosophy of physics. 

Congratulations to Susanne Burri and Fernando Morett for winning this
year's Teaching Prize!

 

 

 	
 	

 

 

 

 

 
 
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