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Healthcare professionals, or those with links to practitioners, might be interested in this piece on conscientious objection in healthcare, from Reading philosopher Prof. David Oderberg, ahead of the 2018 Committee…Read More >

On 4 December 2017, the University of Reading will host an Open Day to provide an opportunity for those interested in applying to the AHRC SWW DTP for a PhD…Read More >

We welcome applications for graduate study at CCR. As an example of the kind of interdisciplinary project our PhD students pursue, take a look at this excellent European Society for…Read More >

Two members of CCR, Emma Borg and Nat Hansen, have recently returned from Beijing, where, in collaboration with colleagues Prof. YE Chuang and Dr. LI Qilin at Peking University, they…Read More >

CCR members may be interested in the following call for grant proposals, directed at interdisciplinary projects investigating alternatives to reductive physicalism in understanding the mind: http://www.newdirectionsproject.com/pdfs/newdirections_callforproposals_2015.pdf

You can listen to Centre Director, Emma Borg, discussing what makes us human with Anne Diamond on BBC Radio Berkshire (starts at 01:07:00): BBC Radio Berkshire – Anne Diamond

CCR will host a major AHRC funded international network between the University of Reading and Peking University, China, during 2014-2016, on the topic of ‘Pervasive context-sensitivity in natural language’. The…Read More >

CCR is delighted to announce that it has received funding from the John Templeton Foundation to run a research cluster on the above topic. More details are available at: Intellectual…Read More >

The conference programme is now available: Semantics_Science_programme    

CCR Director, Prof. Emma Borg, has been interviewed for the popular ‘Philosophy Bites’ podcast series. Her interview on ‘Language and Context’ can be heard at: http://philosophybites.com/2014/01/emma-borg-on-language-and-context.html (In the nine days since…Read More >

Offered by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership Our Doctoral Training Partnership will be offering a considerable number of AHRC studentships in Philosophy this year. Successful applicants for these…Read More >

Philosopher Jason Stanley (Yale) and neurologist John Krakauer (John Hopkins) offer their take on the relationship between philosophy and cognitive neuroscience, focusing on the case of HM: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/is-the-dumb-jock-really-a-nerd/?_r=0

An interesting documentary series about the South London and Maudlsey NHS Foundation Trust, starts Thursday 31-Oct at 9pm on Channel 4 with “Anxiety”. http://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/bedlam-on-c4