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BSPS doctoral scholarship open for applications

12 January 2016/in News /by Bryan W. Roberts

The British Society for the Philosophy of Science is offering a scholarship for doctoral work in the philosophy of science at a UK university, subject to a candidate of sufficient merit presenting themselves. The competition is open to both UK/EU and international students. In order to be considered, applications must be received by the deadline of 7 […]

Talk Cancellation

12 January 2016/in News, Ordinary Meetings /by Oliver Pooley

Unfortunately Liz Irvine’s talk, scheduled for Monday 18 January, has had to be cancelled.

BSPS 2016 Annual Conference in Cardiff, 7-8 July

2 January 2016/in Annual Conference, News /by Bryan W. Roberts

Sir Karl Popper - Photo by Adam Chmielewski

2015 Popper Prize Winner: Matthew H. Slater

21 December 2015/in Karl Popper Essay Prize Winner, News /by Bryan W. Roberts

The decision of the Co-Editors of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science is that the Sir Karl Popper Prize for 2015 should be awarded to Matthew H. Slater for his article ‘Natural Kindness’, Brit. J. Phil. Sci. 66 (2015), 375–411. (Journal Article / PhilSci-Archive Preprint). How we understand natural kind phenomena is one […]

Introducing the 2015 Ordinary Meeting Lectures

11 October 2015/in News /by Bryan W. Roberts

The BSPS is pleased to announce the 2015 lecture series associated with our Ordinary Meetings. Lectures occur on Monday Evenings at 5:15pm in the Lakatos Building at LSE room 2.06, and are preceded by a welcome tea at 4:45pm in LSE Common Room G.01. Jonathan Birch (LSE) Monday, 12 October 2015 “Kin selection, group selection and […]

Reports from the BSPS 2015 Annual Conference in Manchester

20 July 2015/in News /by Bryan W. Roberts

It was a successful and memorable annual meeting for the BSPS this year in Manchester. Here is a snapshot of what people were saying about it on Twitter. British Society for the Philosophy of Science conference starts this week! Programme: http://t.co/vwur30CEw9 #BSPS2015 @TheBJPS — New Directions (@studyofthemind) July 1, 2015 Just arrived in Manchester for […]

BSPS 2015 Conference – Registration Info

7 June 2015/in News /by Bryan W. Roberts

Registration for the BSPS 2015 annual conference in Manchester was open until 26 June. Standard registration (waged): £155 Standard registration (unwaged): £90 Conference dinner: £25 Wine/beer with conference dinner: £8 The registration fee includes lunch and tea/coffee on both days, plus the drinks reception on Thursday evening.