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

Evaluative Language

29 May 2013 11:00 – 16:30

Evaluative Language Mini-workshop

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

Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar

29 May 2013 13:00 – 14:00

Speaker: Chris Ranalli
Topic: "Making Cognitive Contact: Externalism and Experience"

Abstract: Im...

Third Annual Graduate Epistemology Conference

31 May – 1 Jun 2013

We are pleased to announce that registration for the University of Edinburgh’s 3rd Annual Graduat...

Postgraduate Work in Progress Seminar

5 Jun 2013 13:00 – 14:00

Speaker: Mario Villalobos
Topic: "Radical Embodied/Enactive Cognitive Science (REC) and Autopoieti...

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