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Surely science should avoid metaphors?! Not so, according to new historical and philosophical research. As part of the May Festival, Dr Ulrich Stegmann will discuss how the ‘genetic code’ metaphor helped scientists like Francis Crick to think about a biological mechanism that nobody had encountered before. Learn how interdisciplinary humanities...

As part of the May Festival, Dr Beth Lord will deliver an illustrated talk on ‘Spinoza’ with a focus on the ideas that derive from the Jewish tradition of thought. She will introduce Spinoza’s life and work, and discuss how his concept of economic equality derives from the Hebrew concept...

The robot ‘hosts’ in the television series Westworld start a revolution when they become self-aware. As part of the May Festival, join Mark Sprevak to question, 'What is self-awareness, and how likely is a computer to acquire it'? Recent work in philosophy and artificial intelligence give clues about what artificial...

SSEMP IX is the 9th edition of a yearly event that brings together established scholars, young researchers and advanced graduate students working in the field of Early Modern Philosophy. The aim is to foster scholarly exchange among the different generations of academics in the UK and to strengthen international collaboration. PROGRAMME Thursday...

All talks will take place on Wednesdays in 50-52 College Bounds CB203 and will end no later than 4:45pm.

All talks will take place on Wednesdays in 50-52 College Bounds CB203 and will end no later than 4:45pm.

All talks will take place on Wednesdays in 50-52 College Bounds CB203 and will end no later than 4:45pm.

All talks will take place on Wednesdays in 50-52 College Bounds CB203 and will end no later than 4:45pm.

All talks will take place on Wednesdays in 50-52 College Bounds CB203 and will end no later than 4:45pm.

Alexander Douglas (St Andrews) "Spinoza and the British Idealists: Acosmism, Determination, and Negation" 1 Nov 2017 at 3:00