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Posted 13 November 2018

What does it take to be a brain disorder?

Anneli Jefferson summarises her paper on the nature of brain disorder, recently published in Synthese.

Posted 08 November 2018

PERFECT talks: October to December 2018

Researchers from Project PERFECT will be giving a series of talks from October to December 2018.

Posted 05 November 2018

New blog looking at the philosophy, history and popular image of time travel

Dr Nikk Effingham (Department of Philosophy) has started a new blog exploring the philosophy, history, and popular perception and portrayal of time travel. The blog will also dip into some speculative physics, for example, how might we time travel if it were physically possible?

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