logo: drawing of a lightbulb above capital letters reading cogito, with headline epistemology at glasgow
logo: drawing of a lightbulb above capital letters reading cogito, with headline epistemology at glasgow

COGITO launches!

Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:28:00 BST

We are delighted to announce the founding of COGITO, the epistemology research group at the University of Glasgow

Fraser building exterior (winter)
Fraser building exterior (winter)

Depiction, Pictorial Experience, and Vision Science 15-17 November 2018

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 15:34:00 BST

The aim of this multi-day conference is to bring reflection on depiction and pictorial experience in the philosophy of perception and aesthetics into dialogue with relevant research and methodologies in the vision sciences

Gilmorehill and the main building looking south from the Library
Gilmorehill and the main building looking south from the Library

Workshop 10-12 December 2018: Themes from Alan Weir

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:14:00 BST

The workshop will be on topics from the philosophy of Alan Weir (naïve theories of truth and of sets, formalism, physicalism, ultra-realism about perception). 10–12 December 2018 at the University of Glasgow

photograph of Salim Hirece: headshot of a mixed-race man with black short hair and stripy t-shirt, in a domestic setting
photograph of Salim Hirece: headshot of a mixed-race man with black short hair and stripy t-shirt, in a domestic setting

Dr Salim Hireche (University of Geneva) will join the Theoretical Philosophy Research Cluster from November 2017 to May 2018.

Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:17:00 GMT

Dr Salim Hireche (University of Geneva) will join the Theoretical Philosophy Research Cluster from November 2017 to May 2018, hosted by Stephan Leuenberger. He is funded by a Mobility Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation to work on his project "Modality and Explanation - Necessitation in Causation and in Grounding".

Robert Briscoe
Robert Briscoe

Professor Robert Briscoe joins the CSPE for the academic year 2017-18

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:47:00 BST

Professor Robert Briscoe (University of Ohio) will join the CSPE for the academic year 2017-18 on a Visiting Fulbright Professorship.

Neil McDonnell
Neil McDonnell

Neil McDonnell takes up Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellowship

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 11:30:00 BST

Dr Neil McDonnell will be taking up a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellowship in Virtual and Augmented reality at the CSPE. This is a five-year research-focused position, which is expected to morph into a permanent post.