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 Unfortunately Kristie had to cancel. the first slot only will now take place online

 Yesterday I read Steven Hales' thought-provoking post about how students have changed (with thanks to Daily Nous for flagging it). Ha...

Blown away by these moving words on mental illness from philosopher justin_garson. Great article. I hope the abyss is kind.  https://aeon.co...

I don't normally get on that well with podcasts, annoyingly. They rarely seem to hold my attention adequately, and my mind starts wander...

 I’m travelling to this on Sunday  http://www.paradoxoftheorganism.com/ Looking forward to it!

I teamed up with some colleagues last week to produce a short video promoting philosophy of science to physics undergraduates. All credit to...

 Last week I had a blast at How the Light Gets in , a Philosophy festival in Hay, where I spoke on a panel about scientific expertise and wh...

For anyone interested, I'm giving a talk to the Philosophy, Psychology and Informatics Group at the University of Edinburgh tomorrow.  M...

  Last week was the inaugural field trip of the Leverhulme Extinction Studies Doctoral Training Program at Leeds. Students and supervisors ...

  Dear All,   There will be an online workshop  (Zoom) on Metaphysics of Biological Individuality  on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st of Se...

In November 2020 we announced an essay competition, in which year 12 and 13 A-Level students were invited to send us 800-word essays telling...

 The Leeds Centre for History and Philosophy of Science has a sensational spring seminar schedule. HPS Matters Shining a spotlight on rese...

Good news: Leverhulme Doctoral Training Programme in Extinction Studies funded at University of Leeds. I am delighted to announce that I am ...

Calling all year 13 science students (and those who teach them): The Leeds Centre for History and Philosophy of Science is excited to announ...

Did you ever think about taking a masters degree, or studying for a doctorate? I'd love to supervise your project in philosophy of evolu...

Congratulations to  Kevin Laland and Tobias Uller have just been awarded a stonking £5.7 million grant for an international, multi-discipl...

Philosophy of Biology in the UK Bristol, 8th-9th June 2016 The University of Bristol is hosting the 2016 meeting of Philosophy o...

All talks take place in LR23 at Balliol College, Oxford   Thursday 25 th June   09.45am – 10.15am Welcome coffee...

Inheritance and Cooperation June 25 th & 26 th , Balliol College Oxford Heredity is understood to be a core ingred...

  It is with much sadness that I note the passing of Prof. Werner Callebaut (1952-2014). He was the jovial stalwart of my former workp...