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Philosophy

Subject Leader for Philosophy: Dr. Brendan Larvor

We offer undergraduate and research degrees in philosophy.

Hertfordshire's philosophy teaching was rated 'Excellent' and awarded a grade of 24 (out of 24) in the Quality Assurance Agency's Subject Review of November 2001. Read their report on us. In the National Student Survey we achieved an overall student satisfaction score of 4.3 (out of 5). See also the reports of external assessors and external examiners.

In the 2008 RAE, 90% of our research was rated as ‘internationally recognised' or 'internationally excellent' in terms of originality, significance and rigour.

• Conditionals as Random Variables

  Thursday 18 March

  

  Research seminar – Philosophy

  Lecture by: Richard Bradley (Professor of Philosophy, LSE)

• Reaching a Consensus

  Thursday 18 March

  

  Philosophy Society meeting

  Lecture by: Richard Bradley (Professor of Philosophy, LSE)

• Professorial Lecture by Professor Luciano Floridi

  Tuesday 23 March

  The Fourth Revolution: The impact of Information Technology on our lives. Professorial Lecture by Professor Luciano Floridi

• RAYMOND TALLIS Michelangelo's Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence

  Thursday 4 February

  Wednesday 17 February 2010

  6.30pm - 8.00pm The Library (upstairs)

  Conway Hall

  25 Red Lion Square

  WC1R 4RL

  Nearest tube: Holborn

   

  For this event, Professor Tallis will speak about the central themes of his book.

• Professor Floridi appointed Editor-in-Chief of new journal by Springer

  Thursday 21 January

  Professor Luciano Floridi, from the School of Humanities, has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy and Technology, a new journal to be launched by Springer in 2011.

• First Class Philosophy Student Benefits From Local Scholarship

  Monday 21 December

  Lee Whittington of Harpenden graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a first class honours degree and is the first student to be awarded the Jarvis Group Centenary Scholarship.

• Embodied Virtues and Expertise: UK-Australian Research Collaboration

  Monday 30 November

  The Embodied Virtues and Expertise project – which centrally involves philosophers at Hertfordshire – was awarded funding (AUD $293k) for 4-years (2009-2013) under the Australian Research Councils Discovery Projects Scheme.