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Read more at: Senthuran Bhuvanendra has won the Emanuel Miller Prize in philosophy of science for his paper "Objectivity through second-personal intersubjectivity: justifying interpretation in the behavioural sciences”

Senthuran Bhuvanendra has won the Emanuel Miller Prize in philosophy of science for his paper "Objectivity through second-personal intersubjectivity: justifying interpretation in the behavioural sciences”

5 November 2019

Senthuran Bhuvanendra has won the Emanuel Miller Prize in philosophy of science for his paper "Objectivity through second-personal intersubjectivity: justifying interpretation in the behavioural sciences”. For further details see: https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/emanuel-miller-prize


Read more at: Applications for 2020 entry onto the MPhil in Philosophy and the PhD in Philosophy now being accepted

Applications for 2020 entry onto the MPhil in Philosophy and the PhD in Philosophy now being accepted

29 October 2019

Applications for 2020 entry onto the MPhil in Philosophy, and the PhD in Philosophy, are now being accepted. The deadline for all applicants is 3rd December 2019 . For further information on how to apply, please visit: https://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/how-do-i-apply


Read more at: Applications are invited for the Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy. Deadline Friday 18th October 2019

Applications are invited for the Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy. Deadline Friday 18th October 2019

4 October 2019

Applications are invited for the Bertrand Russell Professorship of Philosophy Click here for further information and details of how to apply. The deadline for applications is Friday 18th October 2019 (midnight UK time). (Published 11th July 2019.)


Read more at: Dr Clare Chambers featured in El País

Dr Clare Chambers featured in El País

1 October 2019

A profile of Dr Clare Chambers featured in the “Ideas” section of El País, Spain’s second-largest daily national newspaper. The article is available to read here (in Spanish).


Read more at: Call for Expressions of Interest for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship applications: Faculty deadline Thursday 29th August 2019

Call for Expressions of Interest for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship applications: Faculty deadline Thursday 29th August 2019

15 August 2019

Call for Expressions of Interest for British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship applications: Faculty deadline Thursday 29th August 2019 Cambridge operates an internal ranking of applications for this fellowship, and only a limited number will be submitted to the British Academy. If you are interested in applying through the...


Read more at: Karina Vold has been announced as one of five winners of the American Philosophical Association's 2019 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest, for her article "Are 'you' just inside your skin or is your smartphone part of you?"

Karina Vold has been announced as one of five winners of the American Philosophical Association's 2019 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest, for her article "Are 'you' just inside your skin or is your smartphone part of you?"

15 August 2019

Karina Vold has been announced as one of five winners of the American Philosophical Association's 2019 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest , for her article "Are 'you' just inside your skin or is your smartphone part of you?" , published in Aeon Magazine.


Read more at: Dr Clare Chambers writes on marriage in the New Statesman

Dr Clare Chambers writes on marriage in the New Statesman

5 August 2019

What’s in a name? As it turns out, rather a lot. Clare Chambers explores the significance of the name “marriage” and the difference between a marriage license and a marriage certificate in an article published in Agora, the New Statesman’s philosophy column, on 2 August 2019. You can read the article here: https://www...


Read more at: What makes a good excuse? A Cambridge philosopher may have the answer

What makes a good excuse? A Cambridge philosopher may have the answer

11 July 2019

Dr Paulina Sliwa argues that intentions are the key to making sense of our everyday morality For further details about the article click here


Read more at: Applications are invited for three Philosophy fixed-term lectureships in (i) Ethics and Political Philosophy (ii) Philosophy of Language and Logic (iii) Metaphysics. Deadline 19 June 2019.

Applications are invited for three Philosophy fixed-term lectureships in (i) Ethics and Political Philosophy (ii) Philosophy of Language and Logic (iii) Metaphysics. Deadline 19 June 2019.

21 May 2019

Applications are invited for three one year lectureships in the areas of: (i) Ethics and Political Philosophy (ii) Philosophy of Language and Logic (iii) Metaphysics Other areas would be an advantage. The deadline for applications is 19 June 2019 (midnight UK Time). Click on the links above for each post for further...


Read more at: Huw Price has been appointed as one of the first board members to lead the Ada Lovelace Institute

Huw Price has been appointed as one of the first board members to lead the Ada Lovelace Institute

4 December 2018

The Nuffield Foundation has appointed the first board members to lead the strategic development of the Ada Lovelace Institute, an independent research and deliberative body with a mission to ensure data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) work for people and society. For further information see: https://www...