[PhilPhys] Philosophy at LSE Newsletter October 2011

[R.P.Frigg at lse.ac.uk]

October 2011 Issue
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Philosophy at LSE
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Visitors

The Centre <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/home.aspx>  welcomes Conal Duddy, David Etlin, Simon Hayhoe, Harry Hurwitz, Deborah Mayo, Flavia Padovani, Elena Paduretu, Fredrich Pukelsheim, Christophe Schinckus, and Semra Ucar as new visitors for the Michaelmas term 2011-2012.

 

New Hires

The Department <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/home.aspx>  appointed two new LSE Fellows, Amandine Catala from the University of Colorado at Boulder and Foad Dizadji-Bahmani from the LSE for 2011-12.

 

Events

Evelyn Fox Keller will give the first Friends <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/Friends/Home.aspx>  of the Centre public lecture on 'What is a Rational Response to Catastrophic Risk?' on 17 November 2011, 6-7.30pm, Old Theatre, Old Building. Click here <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2011/20111117t1830vOT.aspx> for more information.

 

Alex Broadbent will present 'From Prediction to Causation in Epidemiology' as part of our regular Popper Seminars <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/newsAndEvents/seminars/popper_seminars.aspx>  on 22 November 2011, 2-3.30pm, LAK.2.06.

 

Prof Lorraine Daston will discuss 'The Passions of the Unnatural', as part of the Centre's Order Project <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/projects/orderProject/home.aspx>  on 4 November 2011, 2-4pm, LAK.2.06. 

 

Ben Rogers and Roger Scruton will debate 'Architecture and Happiness' at the Forum for European Philosophy <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/forumForEuropeanPhilosophy/Home.aspx> on 6 October 2011, 6.30-8pm, Old Theatre, Old Building. For a full programme of the Forum's events see here <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/forumForEuropeanPhilosophy/pdf/FEPAutumn2011Programme_website.pdf> .

 

Huw Price will give a Sigma Club <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/events/SigmaClub/Home.aspx>  talk 'Retrocausality - What Would It Take' on October 31, 5-7pm, LAK.2.06.

 

NEWS

Roman Frigg <http://www.romanfrigg.org/>  has taken over directorship of the Centre from Rom Harré.

 

 


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