The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) is an
interdisciplinary research centre at the
London School of Economics and Political Science
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...
. The CPNSS was established in 1990 and aims to promote research into philosophical, methodological and foundational questions arising in the natural and the social sciences, as well as their application to practical problems.
The CPNSS supports interdisciplinary and inter-institutional research and maintains international collaborations and partnerships. It is home to a number of research projects that bring together academics from different backgrounds, and it hosts researchers pursuing individual research initiatives. The CPNSS also hosts a visitors' programme through which researchers are able to visit the Centre for a term or an academic year to participate in existing projects and pursue their own research.
Its current director is Professor
Roman Frigg Roman Frigg (born 1972) is a Swiss philosopher, Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science and director of its Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science. In 2016 he was awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research A ...
.
Other academics and researchers associated with the CPNSS are:
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Rom Harré
Horace Romano "Rom" Harré (; 18 December 1927 – 17 October 2019), was a New Zealand-British philosopher and psychologist.
Biography
Harré was born in Āpiti, in northern Manawatu, near Palmerston North, New Zealand, but held British citi ...
(Former Director)
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Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress. She is the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', for which she has received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Perform ...
(Former Director)
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Helena Cronin
Helena Cronin (born 1942) is a British Darwinian philosopher and rationalist. She is the co-director of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science and the Darwin Centre at the London School of Economics. Cronin's important work is ...
(Co-Director)
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Michael Redhead
Michael Logan Gonne Redhead (30 December 1929 – 31 August 2020) was a British academic and philosopher of physics.
Biography
Redhead was born on 30 December 1929 in London and educated there at Westminster School.
Redhead was Centennial ...
(Co-Director)
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John Worrall
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Nicholas Humphrey
Nicholas Keynes Humphrey (born 27 March 1943) is an English neuropsychologist based in Cambridge, known for his work on evolution of primate intelligence and consciousness. He studied mountain gorillas with Dian Fossey in Rwanda; he was the fi ...
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John Dupré
John A. Dupré (born 3 July 1952) is a British philosopher of science. He is the director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, and professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter. Dupré's chief work area lies in philosophy ...
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Meghnad Desai
Meghnad Jagdishchandra Desai, Baron Desai (born 10 July 1940) is a India-born naturalised British economist and former Labour politician. He stood unsuccessfully for the position of Lord Speaker in the House of Lords in 2011. He has been a ...
External links
CPNSS homepage
London School of Economics
Multidisciplinary research institutes
Research institutes in London
Economic research institutes
Philosophy research institutes
Social science research institutes
Research institutes established in 1990
1990 establishments in the United Kingdom
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