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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 (College heat)

31 May 2013

CHSS have nominated three candidates to go through to the University heat...

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...

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Events

The Gettier Problem at 50

20 – 21 Jun 2013

Conference programme

Thursday, 20 June

The Greco Workshop

24 Jun 2013 16:00 – 19:00

There will be a talk given by John Greco as well as two presentatons examining aspects of his wor...

Kant and the Laws of Nature

27 – 28 Jun 2013

The theme of this workshop is Kant’s view on the lawfulness of nature, and in particular the role...

Epistemology Research Group

9 Jul 2013 15:30 – 17:00

Speaker: Nikolaj Pedersen (Underwood International College (UIC), Yonsei University)
Title: 'TBA'

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