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🗓️ 4 March - #PopperSeminar by Xinhe Wu (LSE Philosophy): ‘Multidimensional Concepts’ Hybrid and open to all! Abstract and Zoom link ⬇️ www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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🗓️ 3 March - #SigmaClub by Victoria Wright (Quantinuum): Quantum field theory can be more contextual than non-relativistic quantum theory Hybrid and open to all! Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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🏥 Why Is Procedural Fairness in Health Financing Valuable? New #LSEPhilosophy blog article by Alex Voorhoeve about fair decision making to finance Universal Health Coverage (UHC): www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b... #Philosophy #HealthCare

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The Lakatos Award Expert Workshop on Carl Hoefer’s “Chance in the World. A Humean Guide to Objective Chance” is happening on the same day. Open to all. Find the programme at: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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Could #AI develop true intelligence without sentience? #LSEPhilosophy Professor @birchlse.bsky.social explores the boundaries of artificial and evolved minds. New article on Big Think ⬇️ bigthink.com/mini-philoso...

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🗓️ 4 March - #PopperSeminar by Xinhe Wu (LSE Philosophy): ‘Multidimensional Concepts’ Hybrid and open to all! Abstract and Zoom link ⬇️ www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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The Lakatos Award Expert Workshop on Carl Hoefer’s “Chance in the World. A Humean Guide to Objective Chance” is happening on the same day. Open to all. Find the programme at: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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Join us for the Lakatos Award Lecture by Carl Hoefer! 📅 Friday 7 March 2025 ⏲️ 6:00pm–7:15pm 📍 Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE Campus. Hybrid option TBA. ▶️ The event is free and open to all. No registration required. More: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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🗓️ 24 February - #SigmaClub by David Wallace (University of Pittsburgh): What Gibbsian Statistical Mechanics Says Hybrid and open to all! Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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#LSEPhilosophy PhD student Kangyu Wang was interviewed for the Toronto Centre Podcast. The podcast highlights the benefits and challenges of using #AI in prudential supervision. 🎧 blubrry.com/torontocentr...

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New #LSEPhilosophy blog article by Alex Voorhoeve: What Is Procedural Fairness in Financing Universal Health Coverage? ➡️ Read it on our blog: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...

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Join us for the Lakatos Award Lecture by Carl Hoefer! 📅 Friday 7 March 2025 ⏲️ 6:00pm–7:15pm 📍 Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE Campus. Hybrid option TBA. ▶️ The event is free and open to all. No registration required. More: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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AI could lead to new ways for people to abuse animals for financial gain. That’s why we need strong ethical guidelines | by Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert & Jonathan Birch aeon.co/essays/how-t...

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Jonathan Birch erforscht, wie sich eine Fliege fühlt. Besuch bei einem Grenzgänger zwischen Biologie und Philosophie, dessen Wissen Gesetze beeinflusst.

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📽️ Video now available online on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlH4...

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I'm really pleased to see that the official Audible Audiobook of The Edge of Sentience will be out on 18 February. Thanks to OUP for believing in the book and making this happen!

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👇 New #OpenAccess journal article published in #PhilosophyofPhysics. How Do Laws Produce the Future? by Charles T. Sebens https://buff.ly/3EaQVkJ @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

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Today 🔽

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Coffee break research talk with J. McKenzie Alexander (@lsephilosophy.bsky.social) on his book "The Open Society as an enemy" - a defence of the core principles put forward by Karl Popper & reassessment of the threats it faces Tuesday 4 February, 11-11.30am, LSE campus info.lse.ac.uk/staff/servic...

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🗓️ 3 February - #SigmaClub by Guido Bacciagaluppi (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social): Against ‘local causality’ Hybrid and open to all! 🔗Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...

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👇 New #OpenAccess journal article published in #PhilosophyofPhysics. How Do Laws Produce the Future? by Charles T. Sebens doi.org/10.31389/pop...

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Has neoliberalism failed? Reflections on Western society LSE Public Lecture by Samuel Gregg - with a commentary by Paola Romero (@lsephilosophy.bsky.social) & chaired by Jason Alexander (@lsephilosophy.bsky.social) 🗓️ Wed, 29 Jan 🕢 6:30pm-8:00pm 📍LSE Campus & online www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...

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"Alexander reminds us that revolution begins with a change in perspective, a willingness to see new possibilities beyond entrenched divisions." The Open Society as an Enemy by Jason Alexander (published with @lsepress.bsky.social) has been reviewed by Mazlum Özkan: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

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Thank you to everyone who attended my talk at The London School of Economics. If you missed it, you can watch the recording here: 📹 youtube.com/watch?app=de... Grateful to LSE Events and everyone who joined the discussion on how we can improve economic policymaking.

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📰 #LSEPhilosophy Assistant Professor Lewis Ross has published his new paper on ‘Reintegrative Retributivism’ in the Modern Law Review. 🔓 Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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80 years after Popper’s The Open Society and its Enemies, J. Alexander McKenzie has written a book for @lsepress.bsky.social defending the Open Society, published weeks before Trump returns to office. I interviewed him for @philosopher1923.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZUO...

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Engaging with Karl Popper's work on the #OpenSociety, Jason Alexander's new book proposes multifaceted social engineering to address today's fractured, unequal societies instead of Popper's idea of piecemeal change. @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social‬ @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social

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Join us to hear former colleague and CPNSS Research Associate @maxsteuer.bsky.social talk about his new book, Dangerous Guesswork In Economic Policy. Free and open to all ⬇️

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#LSEPhilosophy Associate Professor Jonathan Parry has published his new book ‘The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention – An Introduction’ with Routledge. Chapter 3 'Intervention and Consent' is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF! More: www.routledge.com/The-Ethics-o...

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📄 Kieran Oberman's (LSE Philosophy) new paper 'Enough Spurious Distinctions: Refugees are Just People in Need of Refuge' is now available online (open access) 🔗 Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, was the founding figure of the @lsephilosophy.bsky.social dept. LSE Press author J. McKenzie Alexander explores the philosopher's influence for #LSEHistory blog 💭 https://buff.ly/3ZNqREI @lseblogs.bsky.social

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New event - our first of 2025! 📣💬🔨 Tune in for a conversation between author J. McKenzie Alexander and @alexispapazoglou.bsky.social as part of @philosopher1923.bsky.social's On Philosophy event series. Online | Mon 13th Jan ⤵️ www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/the-o... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

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How did morality evolve? Discussing different models of evolutionary game theory, applications in social theory and proto-moral behaviour, Open Society as an Enemy author J. McKenzie Alexander featured on Game Changer podcast. 🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/3mPe... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

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On this day, it's been 99 years since Karl Popper arrived at #LSEPhilosophy & in celebration @lsepress.bsky.social is gifting 5 copies of J. McKenzie Alexander's new book The Open Society as an Enemy! ✉️ Subscribe to the LSE Press newsletter to win: https://buff.ly/3VKfNpg ⏰ Deadline: 13 January

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🥳 Congratulations to our #LSEPhilosophy graduates 2024! We are so very proud of you and wish you all the best for the future! #PartOfLSE #LSE #London #Philosophy #Graduation2024

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In 2024 the work of DSI Affiliates has been recognised with significant awards🔻 🔴UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship 🔴Philip Leverhulme Prize 2024 🔴European Research Council Consolidator Grant Find out more🔻 lse.ac.uk/DSI/Research #LSEDSI2024 @lsephilosophy.bsky.social @lsemethodology.bsky.social

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We are living in an age of unprecedented transparency, but is our openness undermining rather than strengthening liberal societies? J. McKenzie Alexander spoke with Research for the World Mag around his new book The Open Society as an Enemy 📚 https://buff.ly/4gyhpuy @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

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💥New: Alexander Krauss argues that for the science of science to be effective it needs to integrate many relevant perspectives into a coherent field. #MetaScience #AcademicSky #SciComm

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A fantastic inaugural lecture by @birchlse.bsky.social at the @lsephilosophy.bsky.social yesterday, taking the audience on “a walk along the edge of sentience”. The pdf version of his book can be downloaded for free at academic.oup.com/book/57949 Proud to be a member of Jonathan’s team!

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Congrats to Dr Milena Tsvetkova, and Professor Bryan W. Roberts from @lsephilosophy.bsky.social for being awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants!👏 🔗 Read more: lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...

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Karl Popper, one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century, was the founding figure of the @lsephilosophy.bsky.social dept. LSE Press author J. McKenzie Alexander explores #KarlPopper's influence for #LSEHistory blog 💭 buff.ly/3ZNqREI @lseblogs.bsky.social

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Did you miss our book launch lecture with J. McKenzie Alexander, Ilka Gleibs, and Alan Manning on the rise of populism in the context of "Open Society"? Listen to the discussion here 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?i... @lsephilosophy.bsky.social

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