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Edinburgh has a distinguished place in the history of philosophy, having been home to David Hume and Adam Smith. Philosophy has been taught at the university since its foundation in 1583. The department counts among its past scholars such leading figures as Adam Ferguson, Dugald Stewart, Sir William Hamilton, A. E. Taylor, Norman Kemp Smith, John Macmurray and W.H. Walsh.
The current department, now part of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (PPLS), has research strengths in almost all the main areas of philosophy, with special expertise in the following areas:
In the latest UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), 65% of the Department of Philosophy`s research activity was judged to be either `world-leading` or `internationally excellent`. As a guide, this puts us on a par with the Departments of Philosophy at Oxford and Cambridge, and so confirms our status as one of the leading Departments of Philosophy in the UK for research (in the last RAE, in 2001, we were one of only a small handful of Departments of Philosophy in the UK to obtain the highest ranking of 5*). Considering that we are a relatively young Department, this is a significant achievement, and one that bodes very well for the future.
The Philosophy department is hoping to appoint a new lecturer in Philosophy of Mind and Cognition. Closing date: December 4, 2009. See here for more details.
Latest News and Events
News
News: Chrisman Awarded BA Conference Grant
Well done to our own Dr. Matthew Chrisman, who has been awarded a British Academy Overseas Conference Grant to give a keynote talk at a conference in Australia.
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News: Edinburgh Philosophy Student Named UK`s Best Bartender
One of our undergraduate students, Ryan Chetiyawardana, has been named the UK`s best bartender. Well done Ryan!
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Publication: Berkeley`s Principles of Human Knowledge (Richmond)
Our very own Dr. Alasdair Richmond has just had his new book on Berkeley`s Principles of Human Knowledge published.
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Events
Workshop: Epistemology
The Epistemology research cluster will be hosting an informal workshop on Epistemology on Sunday 29th November....
Workshop: Epistemology
The Epistemology research cluster will be hosting an informal workshop on Epistemology on Sunday 13th December....
Conference: 2010 Episteme Conference on `Social Ecology`
The Department of Philosophy will be hosting the 2010 Episteme conference on the topic of `Cognitive Ecology: The Role of the Concept of Knowledge in our Social Cognitive Ecology`....
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PhilosophyUniversity of Edinburgh
Dugald Stewart Building
3 Charles Street
Edinburgh EH8 9AD
Scotland (UK)
Tel: +44 (0) 131 651 3733
Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 3660
Email: philosophy-department@ed.ac.uk