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New appointments in Philosophy
We are delighted to announce the appointment of four new members of Philosophy staff in spring and summer 2020. Professor Michael Beaney joins Aberdeen as Regius Chair of Logic. This distinguished position was established by James IV of Scotland in 1505 just ten years after the University was founded. Prof. Beaney...
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Episteme Journal accepts article from PhD Student
The journal Episteme has accepted an article by our PhD student Kevin Olivier. The title of his paper is “Agent Reliabilism and Inferential Knowledge from Gettiered Belief”.
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Student/Employer Networking Event hosted by Dr Helen Pierce
Here are some photos from this week's Student-Employer Networking Event, hosted by University of Aberdeen Department of History of Art's Dr Helen Pierce: The event provided an excellent opportunity for students to make contacts and explore options – regardless of their career aspirations. Employers included Aberdeen City Council, ACVO, Enterprise Rent...
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Dr Gerry Hough named Best Undergraduate Lecturer
We are delighted to announce that Dr Gerry Hough was named Best Undergraduate Lecturer in the 2019 University of Aberdeen Excellence Awards, in a competition including a total of 50 nominees across the University! This outstanding success is made even more remarkable by the fact that this is the second time...
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SPA Centenary Fellows
The Philosophy department is delighted to announce that it will host three distinguished visiting philosophers in 2019-20, funded by the Scots Philosophical Association Centenary Fellows’ scheme. Each Centenary Fellow will visit Aberdeen for up to three weeks, and will give a public lecture, a research seminar, and a postgraduate workshop...
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New Reading Group: Philosophy of Sports
Under the aegis of the Centre for Knowledge and Society, the nascent Philosophy of Sports Reading Group will be dedicated this half-session to a close reading and discussion of Bernard Suits’s delightful masterpiece The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia (1978). Here is a review by Nigel Warburton. This Reading Group is...
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Library Subject Development Award for CEKAS
The Centre for Knowledge and Society has received a Library Subject Development Award for 2019. This award will greatly support the CEKAS project on Visualisation in Biomedicine, which investigates the role of visual representation in the biomedical sciences, including their use in science education. The award will allow acquiring monographs...
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School of Divinity, History & Philosophy Student/Employer Networking Event
On Wednesday the 14th of November, the School hosted a Student/Employer Networking Event in the Sir Duncan Rice Library. This event aimed to broaden students’ career thinking and knowledge regarding the diverse range of opportunities available to non-vocational degree students, as well as improving students’ networking skills. After an opening...
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PG Open Day
Funding & scholarship opportunities exist for those looking to study a postgraduate qualification. Find out more at our PG Open Day on Wednesday 14th November. You can book your place at the Open Day here: https://buff.ly/2zzqWyk
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Congratulations to Ruaraidh Macleod, recipient of a Principal's Scholar Award!
Many congratulations to Ruaraidh Macleod, Level 2 Philosophy-Anthropology student, who has been selected as one of the recipients of the Principal's Scholar Award! This is an outstanding achievement, and the Philosophy Department is happy to celebrate with Ruaraidh.