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British Philosophy Fortnight

20 March 2025

British Philosophy Fortnight, 17-30 March 2025 British Philosophy Fortnight is a new annual initiative to celebrate, promote and champion philosophy. We are raising awareness of what philosophy is and why it matters. Philosophy matters intrinsically, as a vibrant intellectual discipline, and extrinsically, providing...

The Annual Conference of the British Society for History of Philosophy will take place on the theme of Animals and the Environment in the History of Philosophy in Cambridge on 3-5 April 2025

16 March 2025

Annual Conference of the British Society for History of Philosophy Animals and the Environment in the History of Philosophy 3-5 April 2025 University of Cambridge Organisers: Julia Borcherding, Angela Breitenbach, Lea Cantor, Sophia Connell and Lia Nordmann bshp_2025_poster_draft_1_copy.pdf bshp_2025_poster_draft_1_copy...

Society for Applied Philosophy's Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme

13 March 2025

The Faculty welcomes expressions of interest for the Society for Applied Philosophy's Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme. Details, including eligibility requirements, are here .The deadline for sending expressions of interest is Wednesday, 26 March 2025. Please first find a Faculty member willing to act as your mentor, then...

British Academy International Fellowship Scheme

1 February 2025

The Faculty welcomes expressions of interest for the British Academy International Fellowship Scheme. Details, including eligibility requirements, are here .The deadline for sending expressions of interest is Thursday, 13 February 2025 via the application form , which should be sent to philref@phil.cam.ac.uk .

University of Cambridge Philosophy A-Level Day Thursday, 20th March 2025

28 January 2025

The Faculty of Philosophy at Cambridge is organising an event for Philosophy and Religious Studies A-Level students. The aim is to present students with talks by lecturers about different areas of philosophy with an aim of stimulating interest in philosophy, helping them out with material related to the A-Level course, and...

Dr Sophia Dandelet awarded a 12-month Mind Association Research Fellowship

10 June 2024

Dr Sophia Dandelet has been awarded a 12-month Mind Association Research Fellowship for her project "Epistemic Norms, Moral Communities, and Political Liberalism" to be held during the 2024-25 academic year. Congratulations, Sophia!

Lia Nordmann has received Newnham's Wood-Whistler Scholarship 2023-24 for her paper "Disability and Teleology: Aristotelian Problems in Korsgaard's Kantian Animal Ethics

22 May 2024

Lia Nordmann has been chosen to receive Newnham's Wood-Whistler Scholarship 2023-24 for her work submitted: "Disability and Teleology: Aristotelian Problems in Korsgaard's Kantian Animal Ethics", which the assessors deemed to be an excellent piece of work. Lia will receive a medal and a £3,000 scholarship.

Professor Rae Langton elected to the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Sciences)

16 May 2024

Professor Rae Langton has just been elected to the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Sciences), as a corresponding member. She will be formally admitted in Munich on May 17th 2024. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften | BAdW

Philosophy of Art and Aesthetic Normativity, Annual Conference of the Society for German Idealism and Romanticism, Cambridge 10-11th May 2024

6 May 2024

The Society for German Idealism and Romanticism is holding its Annual Conference on Philosophy of Art and Aesthetic Normativity at St. John’s College, Lightfoot Room, 10-11th May 2024. For the conference programme and to register please go here: https://www.thesgir.org/2024-sgir-conferences-and-sessions.html

Jonathan Bennett (1930–2024)

19 April 2024

The Faculty of Philosophy was saddened to hear of the death of Jonathan Bennett (1930–2024), who was lecturer in the Faculty from 1956 to 1968. Simon Blackburn has provided this appreciation of Jonathan and his work: As a Trinity student in the 1960s I was supervised by Casimir Lewy, for whom I had unbounded respect. But...

British Philosophy Fortnight

The Annual Conference of the British Society for History of Philosophy will take place on the theme of Animals and the Environment in the History of Philosophy in Cambridge on 3-5 April 2025

Society for Applied Philosophy's Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme

British Academy International Fellowship Scheme

University of Cambridge Philosophy A-Level Day Thursday, 20th March 2025

Dr Sophia Dandelet awarded a 12-month Mind Association Research Fellowship

Lia Nordmann has received Newnham's Wood-Whistler Scholarship 2023-24 for her paper "Disability and Teleology: Aristotelian Problems in Korsgaard's Kantian Animal Ethics

Professor Rae Langton elected to the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Sciences)

Philosophy of Art and Aesthetic Normativity, Annual Conference of the Society for German Idealism and Romanticism, Cambridge 10-11th May 2024

Jonathan Bennett (1930–2024)

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