News in Brief - January 2024

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Philosophy News Digest

Featured News

British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference 2024

Liverpool to host British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference 2024 - register now!  

Artists Remake the World book cover by Vid SImoniti

Vid Simoniti's Artists Remake the World: book launch at Open Eye   

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University ‘Books of the month: January 2024’ featuring books by Robin McKenna and Vid Simoniti 

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Entrapment, Criminal Justice, and Ethics: project update 

 

International News  

Introducing Professor Yanhua Wang: Honorary Visiting Scholar from Sichuan Normal University   

Introducing Chiara Pellegrini, visiting PhD researcher from University of Padua: 

Robin McKenna gave a lecture on 'The Ethics and Epistemology of Persuasion’ at VU Amsterdam on 18 January.  

 

Publications 

Daniel Hill, Stephen McLeod & Attila Tanyi have an article forthcoming in Phil Studies. ‘Policing, Undercover Policing & “Dirty Hands”: The Case of State Entrapment’.

 

Other News  

Thomas Schramme hosted a School-funded workshop on ‘Mediated interpersonal understanding and community maintenance’. Speakers included Laura Gow, Robin McKenna, Katherine Furman and Thomas. 

 

Upcoming Events 

8 Feb: Stapledon, ONLINE: Marta Sznajder on ‘Janina Hosiasson-Lindenbaum's Place in the History of Inductive Logic and Confirmation Theory’. Book a place 

22 February: Stapledon, ONLINE: Sherri Irvin, ‘Compliments as Power Plays’,Book a place 

6 March: Philosophy Society Dissertation Showcase. Contact Rachael Wiseman for information 

8-10 April: BSHP Annual Conference. Registration now open 

11-12 April HYBRID, ‘Normative Implications of the Metaphysics of Extra-Corporeal Gestation’. Booking required (free)