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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...

The Faculty of Philosophy is saddened to report that Michael Tanner died on Wednesday, 3 April. Michael had been a member of the Faculty for all his adult life, first as an undergraduate on the Moral Sciences Tripos from 1955, taking firsts at Part I and at Part II, and from 1961 as Assistant Lecturer and as Lecturer from...

The Faculty of Philosophy is aware of a recent blog post by Dr. Nathan Cofnas and the negative impact that it is having on some of our students. The Faculty recognises the importance of upholding academic freedom and freedom of speech within the law, but remains resolutely committed to eliminating racism and unlawful...

Professor Clare Chambers will be one of the members of the Advisory Board for a major new public engagement project on the ethics of assisted dying. The research is being led by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics , who have appointed Hopkins Van Mil, M.E.L Research, and the Sortition Foundation to design, facilitate, and...