News in Brief - July 2023

Published on 8 August 2023

Featured News

Rachael Wiseman was on Radio 3, Free Thinking, to discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy 

PhD researcher Paul Taylor awarded the Robbins Rotblat Scholarship 

Jack Symes and ‘The PhD Experience’ 

 

Other News 

Laura Gow gave a talk, ‘The Truth about Belief’ at a Philosophy of Mind workshop in Luxembourg.  

Rachael Wiseman gave the de Gruyter keynote lecture at the Society for the Study of the History of Analytic Philosophy (SSHAP) in Berlin and was appointed to the society’s Board.  

Michael Hauskeller returned from research leave to resume as Head of Department. Many thanks to Richard Gaskin for his excellent caretaking.  

 

Publications 

Stephen Clark, How the Worlds Became: Philosophy and the Oldest Stories  

Stephen Clark, ‘Atheists and Idolaters: the case of John Ween-Lewis’, in Harris and Harrson (eds) Atheisms: The Philosophy of Non-Belief 

Thomas Schramme, ‘Health as Complete Well-Being: The WHO Definition and Beyond’, in Public Health Ethics 

Thomas Schramme, ‘Why Health-enhancing Nudges Fail’ in Health Care Analysis 

Rachael Wiseman will be the section editor for section editor for Philosophy of the 20th Century (with focus on Analytical Philosophy) for the new De Gruyter Works of Philosophy and Their Reception series.