Department of Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy is one of the largest and most distinguished in the country. We have 22 permanent academic staff and 4 research fellows, and teach a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees. We have research strengths in: history of philosophy; philosophy of mind and psychology; philosophy of language and linguistics; metaphysics and philosophy of science; ethics, politics and aesthetics.

King’s College London is offering 10 scholarships to the value of £5,000 each to students studying for a Masters degree in the School of Arts & Humanities in 2010-11. The studentships are open to all international students who are classified as 'overseas'. The deadline is 1 March.
 
The AHRC has allocated our Department 4 Doctoral Awards and 4 Master's Awards for UK and EU graduate students in philosophy. This is over 10% of the total allocated to UK universities and the largest single allocation apart from Oxford. The closing date for King's AHRC applications was 1 February 2010. There are also other funding opportunities for prospective graduate students who want to come to our Department. For full details see here.
 
The Welcome Trust has made a £1.95 million award for 2009-14 to King's for research in the Medical Humanities, including the Philosophy of Medicine. As part of this project, two Wellcome Studentships to do a PhD in our Department will be awarded. One is for a PhD in the Philosophy of Medicine and one is for a PhD in the Philosophy of Psychiatry. The deadline for applying was 1 February.

The National Student Survey (NSS) is currently taking place. Click here for more information.
 
Professor MM McCabe has been elected President of the British Philosophical Association and Professor David Papineau has been elected President of the Mind Association.
 
Zach Abrahams from Cornell is here this year on a Norman Malcolm Fellowship, and Michael Campbell from King's is visiting Singapore and Monash this term on a King's Partnership grant. These are part of our programme of financially supported exchanges, which allows our students to spend time at other universities including Cornell and North Carolina.
 
Peter Adamson, Rai Gaita, MM McCabe, David Papineau and Thomas Pink have all recently made contributions to the popular 'Philosophy Bites' series of podcasts. See the recent podcasts and broadcasts by members of the Department.