Philosophy

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Philosophy at Edinburgh

Since 1583, philosophy has been taught at the University, where David Hume was a student and Adam Smith lectured (history of philosophy at Edinburgh).
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News

3 Minute Thesis Competition Winners

19 May 2013

The PPLS heat of the 3 minute thesis competition was won by...

Edinburgh at the HowTheLightGetsIn2013

2 May 2013

Michela Massimi (Philosophy) will take part in two roundtables...

Royal Institution Public Lectures in collaboration with Philosophy

26 Apr 2013

The Ri will host in June a series of three public lectures...

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Events

Cambridge-Edinburgh-St Andrews Kant Reading Group

21 May 2013 15:30 – 17:00

The theme of this joint Cambridge-Edinburgh-St Andrews Kant Reading Group is "Kant and the lawful...

Philosophy PG Professional Development Seminar

22 May 2013 13:10 – 14:00

Speaker: Alasdair Richmond
Topic: "Writing an MSc Dissertation"

Social Philosophy FiESTa

23 May 2013 11:00 – 17:00

An informal departmental workshop featuring six postgraduate presentations of social philosophy, ...

Evaluative Language

29 May 2013 11:00 – 16:30

Evaluative Language Mini-workshop

Speakers: James Dreier, (Brown University) and Mark Richard, (...

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