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Lucy McDonald has been awarded the Royal Institute of Philosophy 2021 essay prize

13 May 2021

Lucy McDonald has been awarded the Royal Institute of Philosophy 2021 essay prize. For further information about the award please see: https://www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org/2021/05/12/2020-philosophy-essa... https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/philosophers-thumbs-down-to-social-m...

Rae Langton will give a public lecture, "Reimagining Free Speech”, with discussion chaired by Onora O’Neill, at 6 pm on Friday 30th April, in a series celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Newnham College

26 April 2021

Rae Langton will give a public lecture, "Reimagining Free Speech”, with discussion chaired by Onora O’Neill, at 6 pm on Friday 30th April, in a series celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Newnham College For further information and registration please see: https://150.newn.cam.ac.uk/event/prof-rae-langton/

Congratulations to Dr. Nikhil Krishnan who has been awarded a 2021 Pilkington Prize, by the University of Cambridge's Centre for Teaching and Learning

22 April 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Nikhil Krishnan who has been awarded a 2021 Pilkington Prize, by the University of Cambridge's Centre for Teaching and Learning. https://www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/news/congratulations-winners-2021-pilkington-prize

A warm welcome to Dr. Sarah Fine and Dr. Neil Dewar, who will both be taking up permanent teaching posts in the Faculty in September 2021.

25 March 2021

Dr. Sarah Fine and Dr. Neil Dewar are taking up permanent teaching posts in the Faculty in September 2021: Dr. Fine is joining us from Kings College, London. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/sarah-fine Dr. Dewar is joining us from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/people/...

William Simpson a recent PhD student at Philosophy has proposed a new ontology for quantum mechanics

16 February 2021

William Simpson a recent PhD student at Philosophy has proposed a new ontology for quantum mechanics. For further details see: https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/about/news/there-just-one-fundamental-thing-exists-jrf-proposes-new-ontology-quantum-mechanics

Congratulations to Dr. Julia Borcherding, who has been awarded the Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship, by the Foundation for Polish Science

21 January 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Julia Borcherding, who has been awarded the Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship, by the Foundation for Polish Science. See further details about the announcement here .

In Memoriam: Judith Jarvis Thomson 4 October 1929-20 November 2020

7 December 2020

In Memoriam: Judith Jarvis Thomson 4 October 1929 - 20 November 2020 We announce with sadness the death of Judith Jarvis Thomson, one of the world’s leading philosophers, and an eminent alumna of Cambridge and of Newnham College. Thomson was awarded a Cambridge BA in 1952, and an honorary doctorate from Cambridge in 2015...

The deadline for applications for 2021 entry onto the MPhil in Philosophy and the PhD in Philosophy is Thursday 3rd December 2020

30 November 2020

Applications for 2021 entry onto the MPhil in Philosophy, and the PhD in Philosophy, are now being accepted. The deadline for all applicants is 3rd December 2020 . For further information on how to apply, please visit: https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/application-process/how-do-i-apply For more specific information...

Congratulations to Jessie Munton for winning the 2020 Sanders Prize in the Philosophy of Mind, for her essay "Prejudice as the Misattribution of Salience"

30 November 2020

Congratulations to Jessie Munton for winning the 2020 Sanders Prize in the Philosophy of Mind, for her essay "Prejudice as the Misattribution of Salience". See here for more details: https://marcsandersfoundation.org/philosophy-of-mind/

Listen to Richard Holton and Zoe Fritz being interviewed at the THIS Institute about the ethical challenges faced by doctors

5 November 2020

Tackling the ethical challenges faced by doctors Listen to Richard Holton and Zoe Fritz being interviewed at the THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) about the ethical challenges faced by doctors by visiting the link below: https://www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/podcast/tackling-the-ethical-challenges...

Lucy McDonald has been awarded the Royal Institute of Philosophy 2021 essay prize

Rae Langton will give a public lecture, "Reimagining Free Speech”, with discussion chaired by Onora O’Neill, at 6 pm on Friday 30th April, in a series celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Newnham College

Congratulations to Dr. Nikhil Krishnan who has been awarded a 2021 Pilkington Prize, by the University of Cambridge's Centre for Teaching and Learning

A warm welcome to Dr. Sarah Fine and Dr. Neil Dewar, who will both be taking up permanent teaching posts in the Faculty in September 2021.

William Simpson a recent PhD student at Philosophy has proposed a new ontology for quantum mechanics

Congratulations to Dr. Julia Borcherding, who has been awarded the Leszek Kołakowski Honorary Fellowship, by the Foundation for Polish Science

In Memoriam: Judith Jarvis Thomson 4 October 1929-20 November 2020

The deadline for applications for 2021 entry onto the MPhil in Philosophy and the PhD in Philosophy is Thursday 3rd December 2020

Congratulations to Jessie Munton for winning the 2020 Sanders Prize in the Philosophy of Mind, for her essay "Prejudice as the Misattribution of Salience"

Listen to Richard Holton and Zoe Fritz being interviewed at the THIS Institute about the ethical challenges faced by doctors

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