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    LSE Philosophy
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    Sep 22, 2025
    🥳The @thetimes Good University Guide 2026 has ranked LSE as the number one university in the UK. #LSEPhilosophy has been ranked as the best department in the country for #Philosophy - for the second year in a row! 👉 To the league table: thetimes.com/uk-university-…
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    Jul 6, 2023
    👏Congratulations to Michela Massimi (@p_realism) - Winner of the Lakatos Award 2023 for her book ‘Perspectival Realism’ All about the award: lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blo…
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    LSE Philosophy
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    May 19, 2021
    LSE is pleased to announce the winner of the 2021 Lakatos Award, which goes to Anya Plutynski for her book Explaining Cancer (OUP, 2018). The prize winner will receive their Award and deliver their public prize lecture at LSE at a time and location to be confirmed later.
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    LSE Philosophy
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    May 19, 2022
    #LSE is pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Lakatos Award, which goes to Catarina Dutilh Novaes (@cdutilhnovaes) for her book The Dialogical Roots of Deduction (@CambridgeUP, 2020).
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    LSE Philosophy
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    Apr 26, 2023
    People on the internet, you have to do better! Please give the fabulous @daisyldixon a follow and send her some good vibes!
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    Dr Daisy Dixon
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    Apr 25, 2023
    I posted my pic next to a pic of Hume and men on the Internet lost their minds
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    LSE Philosophy
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    Jun 9, 2020
    Why do Scientists lie? Our very own Liam Kofi Bright (@lastpositivist) looks at the social epistemology of science in this video from his @RIPhilo lecture last November. Enjoy! youtu.be/mNs1sumAT68
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    LSE Philosophy
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    Jul 11, 2018
    We're pleased to announce that the 2018 #Lakatos Award is to be awarded to Sabina Leonelli for her book Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study, and to Craig Callender for his book What Makes Time Special? Congratulations! lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blo…
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    Nov 23, 2021
    "We concluded that cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans should be regarded as sentient, & should therefore be included within the scope of animal welfare law." LSE Philosophy research by @birchlse and team leads to change in UK animal welfare law. lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blo…
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    LSE Philosophy
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    Jul 2, 2020
    #LSE is pleased to announce the winner of the 2020 Lakatos Award, which goes to Nicholas Shea for his book Representation in Cognitive Science (Oxford University Press, 2018). lse.ac.uk/philosophy/lak…
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    Aug 12, 2024
    We are happy to announce that the 2024 Lakatos Award goes to Carl Hoefer (@CarlHoefer1) for his book ‘Chance in the World: A Humean Guide to Objective Chance’ (Oxford University Press, 2019) - Congratulations! 🎉 More: lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blo…
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    LSE Philosophy
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    Mar 31, 2022
    What does it mean when a pig oinks, squeals or grunts? This new study, co-authored by #LSE Philosophy PhD student eva rose read, investigates whether pig's vocal indicators of emotion could be used to develop automated systems to monitor their welfare.
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    Swine language: scientists decode pig emotions from their sounds
    Analysis of vocal expression of emotions is being increasingly used as a tool to assess pigs’ welfare, study finds
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    LSE Philosophy
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    May 9, 2024
    The recording of the Lakatos Award Lecture by Michela Massimi (@p_realism) is now available on YouTube! Link to the video: youtube.com/watch?v=lgoInI…
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    LSE Philosophy
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    Oct 20, 2020
    Congratulations to Liam Kofi Bright (@lastpositivist), who's been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize in recognition of the quality of his research! lse.ac.uk/philosophy/blo…
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    LSE Philosophy
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    Jun 17, 2021
    Next up in our series of #LSE Philosophy student articles in top international journals we have “Aphantasia, imagination and dreaming” by @cecilymwhiteley (2020), in 𝑃ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠. Stay tuned for more. link.springer.com/article/10.100… #LSEPhD
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