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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...
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...
Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh): Apocalyptic Technology: AI and the Limits of Science
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December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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...
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...
Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh): Apocalyptic Technology: AI and the Limits of Science
YouTube video by LSE Philosophy
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December 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🎥 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...
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!
📣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...
🗓️ Friday 28 November, 6pm (London time)
📍 LSE campus and online
More: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...
Lakatos Award Lecture 2025 by Mazviita Chirimuuta
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November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Tomorrow! Join us in-person or online!
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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!
Congratulations to Mazviita on this very prestigious award for her @mitpress.bsky.social book THE BRAIN ABSTRACTED!
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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!
Congratulations to Mazviita on this very prestigious award for her @mitpress.bsky.social book THE BRAIN ABSTRACTED!
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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)
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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 👇
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...
🗓️ Tuesday 18 November 2025 2pm - 3.30pm
📍 LSE Campus and online!
👉 Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...
Popper Seminar by Karen Kovaka (University of California)
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November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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.
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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...
SUSPICIOUS MINDS EPISODE 5 | WILL AI DESTROY HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS?
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November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#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...
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...
🗓️ Tuesday 18 November 2025 2pm - 3.30pm
📍 LSE Campus and online!
👉 Abstract and Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...
Popper Seminar by Karen Kovaka (University of California)
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November 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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...
🗓️ 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...
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👉 The recording is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHe...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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
👉 The recording is now available online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYHe...
🌲 @gsos-lse.bsky.social
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🐝 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!
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!
Saving Britain's wildlife | Ethics of conservation
6.30pm Tues 11 Nov | Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, Matt Phelps | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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November 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🐝 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!
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 👇
"when we display poppies and attend Remembrance services this year, we can reflect on how we might make our system a little less unfair in the future"
Jonathan Parry and I wrote for the Big Issue this week. The longer version is published online here today:
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Jonathan Parry and I wrote for the Big Issue this week. The longer version is published online here today:
www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Military recruitment is in crisis. Here's how we can make the system fairer
This Remembrance Day, we should reflect not just on sacrifices past, but on how Britain fills its military ranks today.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#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!
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...
🗓️ Tuesday 11 November - 6.30pm (London time)
📍 LSE campus and online
🎟️ Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Saving Britain's wildlife | Ethics of conservation
6.30pm Tues 11 Nov | Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, Matt Phelps | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📣 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...
🗓️ Friday 28 November, 6pm (London time)
📍 LSE campus and online
More: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...
Lakatos Award Lecture 2025 by Mazviita Chirimuuta
www.lse.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📣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...
🗓️ 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...
🗓️ Tuesday 11 November - 6.30pm (London time)
📍 LSE campus and online
🎟️ Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Saving Britain's wildlife | Ethics of conservation
6.30pm Tues 11 Nov | Luke Hecht, Karen Kovaka, Matt Phelps | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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...
🗓️ Tuesday 11 November - 6.30pm (London time)
📍 LSE campus and online
🎟️ Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Congratulations!!! 👏
The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI (oxunipress.bsky.social) by Jonathan Birch birchlse.bsky.social has been selected as this year’s Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/winner-...
Learn more: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/winner-...
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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...
📅 Thursday 20 November, 10-11am (London time)
📍 Zoom
👉 Register via the event page: www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🎓 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...
📅 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
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#philsci #philosophy #science #LSEPhilosophy
Topic: Quantum reference frames and semi-local observables in quantum field theory
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#philsci #philosophy #science #LSEPhilosophy
Kasia Rejzner (York): Quantum reference frames and semi-local observables in quantum field theory
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October 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🎥 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
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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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 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
October 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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⏰ Calling all #AI experts! Apply now!
🚨We're hiring! 🚨
👉Open Position: Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #AI
🗓️ Application deadline: 3 November 2025
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👉Open Position: Assistant Professor of #Philosophy with focus on #AI
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October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Join the #LSEPhilosophy Virtual Graduate Open Day online and learn more about our MSc programmes!
🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time)
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Meet our programme directors and ask questions about our department and programmes!
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🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time)
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October 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Join the #LSEPhilosophy Virtual Graduate Open Day online and learn more about our MSc programmes!
🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time)
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Meet our programme directors and ask questions about our department and programmes!
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🗓️12 November, 1.30-2.30pm (London time)
📍 Zoom
Meet our programme directors and ask questions about our department and programmes!
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"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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Chance as a Guide to Life: The Other Principal Principle - Volume 122, Issue 5, May 2025
When choosing between actions having the same two possible outcomes, we should choose the act for which the conditional chance of the preferred outcome, given its performance, is higher. This simple p...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"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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⏰ Calling all #AI experts! Apply now!
🚨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
👉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
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
⏰ Calling all #AI experts! Apply now!
⏰ Deadline approaching - apply and share now!
‼️ 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 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
October 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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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'
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Listen to Jingyi Wu (LSE Philosophy) talk about 'Rigor Capture'
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Jingyi Wu (LSE Philosophy): 'Rigor Capture'
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October 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🎥 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...
Listen to Jingyi Wu (LSE Philosophy) talk about 'Rigor Capture'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXdN...
Join our #LSEPhilosophy seminar by Rachel Ankeny (Wageningen University) next week!
Title of the talk: "Organisms as technologies between lab and field: Modelling in precision toxicology"
📅 Tuesday 21 October, 11am-12.30pm
📍 LSE Campus & Zoom
Abstract & Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...
Title of the talk: "Organisms as technologies between lab and field: Modelling in precision toxicology"
📅 Tuesday 21 October, 11am-12.30pm
📍 LSE Campus & Zoom
Abstract & Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...
LSE Philosophy Seminar by Rachel Ankeny (Wageningen University)
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October 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Join our #LSEPhilosophy seminar by Rachel Ankeny (Wageningen University) next week!
Title of the talk: "Organisms as technologies between lab and field: Modelling in precision toxicology"
📅 Tuesday 21 October, 11am-12.30pm
📍 LSE Campus & Zoom
Abstract & Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...
Title of the talk: "Organisms as technologies between lab and field: Modelling in precision toxicology"
📅 Tuesday 21 October, 11am-12.30pm
📍 LSE Campus & Zoom
Abstract & Zoom link: www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/e...