Monthly Archives: January 2013

Department of Philosophy achieves 100% student satisfaction

‘This is clearly a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone in the Department, as well as our wonderful support staff in the School of Humanities, and to the willingness of everybody to go the extra mile for our students.’ … Continue reading

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Department newsletter September 2012

The annual newsletter is one of the ways the Department tries to communicate useful information to students and to let you know about any changes that have occurred in the Philosophy Department. If you have any suggestions about what you’d like to hear about in future newsletters, … Continue reading

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Welcome Dr James Stazicker, Dr Nat Hansen and Professor Gabriel Segal

The Department is delighted to welcome Dr James Stazicker and Dr Nat Hansen to the Department starting this autumn.  We are also excited to announce that Professor Gabriel Segal is joining us for the 2012-13 academic year, and welcome him to … Continue reading

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Legendary billionaire investor Jim Rogers extols the value of studying philosophy!

Legendary billionaire investor Jim Rogers extols the value of studying philosophy Click here for the podcast  

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Philosophy at Reading RAE

Research Assessment Exercise 2008 Philosophy at Reading: equal 3rd in the UK among the top 5 philosophy departments in the country ahead of both Oxford and Cambridge 2nd place within the University of Reading At the end of 2008, the … Continue reading

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Speakers programme

All sessions begin at 2.15pm on Tuesdays unless otherwise stated. Open to staff and graduate students; others may request special permission to attend from either the speaker or the organiser of the meeting (Prof. David Owens). Location: Humss 25. Speakers Programme Spring … Continue reading

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Graduate research seminar

Sessions are at 11am on Thursdays in room G73, HumSS. Open to staff and PhD students in the Department. The schedule for the Spring Term is available here.

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Graduate class

Topic: Unbelievable Errors: An error theory about all normative judgements. Led by Dr. Bart Streumer. Sessions are at 2pm on Thursdays in room G73, HumSS. Open to graduate students in the Department. There’s a schedule for the term available here.      

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Staff-Students reading group

Sessions are at 1pm on Thursdays in HumSS 287. The book this term is Ronald Dworkin’s Justice for Hedgehogs, and the organizer is Dr Alex Gregory. Open to graduate students in the Department and interested visitors.      

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Institute of Arts & Ideas philosophy videos

There are videos of some interesting debates and talks about philosophical issues here, on the Institute of Arts and Ideas website.

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