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Halloween in Philosophy
As a department, Philosophy regularly host wider student experience events throughout the academic year. The aim of these events is to bring our learning community together for a relaxing evening out.
The most recent wider student experience was held on Thursday 31st October 2024 in the Kingsgate Lounge at Durham Student Union.
Below is a few more images from the event.
Professor Peter Vickers uncovers new method to measure global scientific consensus
A team of international researchers led by Professor Peter Vickers from our top-rated Philosophy department has developed a breakthrough method for gathering and analysing global scientific opinion with speed and precision.
Dr Greg Lusk named Associate Editor
Dr. Greg Lusk has been named and Associate Editor at world-leading philosophy journal: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (BJPS).
Professor Matthew Tugby has published a new short book!
Matthew has published a new short book called 'Teleology', which is part of the Elements in Metaphysics series (Cambridge University Press).
Professor Emily Thomas appears on Radio 4's The Moral Maze
“Should Foreign Tourism Be Discouraged?” Emily Thomas says ‘no’, defending the value of travel on BBC Radio 4’s The Moral Maze.
Professor Philip Goff's book wins a prize from the International Society for Science and Religion
Congratulations to Professor Philip Goff
Professor Nancy Cartwright gives lecture at the Sorbonne.
Professor Nancy Cartwright gives lectures at both Condorcet Lecture and at first ever Mary Hesse Lecture.
Philosopher wins prestigious scientific book prize
Congratulations to Professor Matthew Daniel Eddy who has won The British Society for the History of Science’s (BSHS) Pickstone Prize.
Philosophy of Life: In conversation with Professor Nancy Cartwright (at 80)
On 22 June 2024, our Department of Philosophy threw a party to honour and celebrate the world-class academic achievements of our colleague, Nancy Cartwright, to mark the occasion of her 80th birthday.
Transformative Humanities framework launched
Durham University's Transformative Humanities launched yesterday and gathered more than 130 researchers, colleagues, students, and partners from across the region and beyond to celebrate this new interdisciplinary framework.
Durham philosopher selected as BBC New Generation Thinker
Dr Jack Symes has been recognised as one of the UK’s most promising arts and humanities early career researchers.
The mystery of consciousness shows there may be a limit to what science alone can achieve
Science is rightly celebrated, but as the problem of consciousness is revealing, there may be a limit to what we can learn through science alone, argues Professor Philip Goff in our Department of Philosophy.