Department of Philosophy, King's College London

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Department of Philosophy,
King's College London
Surrey Street, King's College, London.jpg
King's College buildings on Surrey Street
Established
  • 1906 - Department of Philosophy and Psychology
  • 1912 - Department of Philosophy
Parent institution
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, King's College London
Head of Department
Academic staff
40
Students450
Location
Surrey Street, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
WebsiteDepartment of Philosophy

The Department of Philosophy is an academic division in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King's College London. It is one of the largest and most distinguished centres for the study of philosophy in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3][4][5]

History[]

For over half a century since the Anglican foundation of King's College in 1829, the study of philosophy was restricted to courses within the Department of Theology and the Department of English Literature. In 1906 a separate Department of Philosophy and Psychology was explicitly established, and in 1912 Philosophy split to form its own department.[6][7]

The department is located in the Philosophy Building on Surrey Street, a set of three adjacent townhouses joined through a series of corridors and forming part of the Strand Campus of King's College.[8][9][10] The vaults along the back of the building are those containing the old Roman Baths on Strand Lane.[11][12]

In 1989, Sir Richard Sorabji founded the King's College Centre for Philosophical Studies at the department with the aim of promoting philosophy to the wider public.[13][14][15]

The Head of Department is currently Bill Brewer, Susan Stebbing Professor of Philosophy at King's.[16][17]

Traditions[]

The Department of Philosophy owns a historic bar on its premises in Surrey Street, officially the King's College Sports & Social Club Bar but referred to informally as simply the Philosophy Bar. Management of the bar was taken over by the King's College London Students' Union in 2016.[18]

Academic staff and students of the department also make an annual trip to Cumberland Lodge, a Grade II listed country house in Windsor Great Park.[19] There is a programme of lectures, communal meals and other activities, including an annual football match played between staff and students.[20]

Student life in the department is administered mainly by the King's College London Philosophy Society.[21]

Rankings[]

The Department of Philosophy at King's ranks highly in both national and global rankings.[22][5][23]

The Philosophical Gourmet Report lists the department at 4th in the UK and 26th in the English-speaking world.[24]

QS World University Rankings places the department at 4th in the UK and 9th globally in 2021.[25]

Current faculty[]

  • Peter Adamson, Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
  • Adrian Alsmith, Lecturer in Philosophy (Mind and Psychology)
  • , Professor of Philosophy
  • Maria Rosa Antognazza, Professor of Philosophy
  • Joachim Aufderheide, Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Bill Brewer, Susan Stebbing Professor of Philosophy
  • John Callanan, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Rachel Cristy, Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Julien Dutant, Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Sarah Fine, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Alexander Franklin, Lecturer in Philosophy of Science
  • David Galloway, Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Sacha Golob, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
  • , Professor of Philosophy
  • Elselijn Kingma, Peter Sowerby Professor of Philosophy and Medicine
  • Eleanor Knox, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Jessica Leech, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Clayton Littlejohn, Professor of Philosophy
  • Matteo Mameli, Reader in Philosophy
  • Eliot Michaelson, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Carlo Nicolai, Lecturer in Philosophy
  • , Professor of Philosophy
  • David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy of Science
  • , Professor of Philosophy
  • Will Rasmussen, Matilal Lecturer in Indian philosophy
  • Jasper Reid, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy
  • , Professor of Philosophy
  • , Chair in Philosophy of Mind
  • James Stazicker, Lecturer in Philosophy
  • Mark Textor, Professor of Philosophy
  • Shaul Tor, Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy
  • Raphael Woolf, Professor of Philosophy

Emeritus faculty[]

  • Dov Gabbay, Augustus De Morgan Professor Emeritus of Logic
  • Raimond Gaita, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy
  • , Reader Emeritus in Philosophy
  • Ruth Kempson, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics
  • , Emeritus Professor of Computational Linguistics
  • Mary Margaret McCabe, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy
  • , Emeritus Lecturer in Computational Linguistics
  • , Emeritus Professor of the History of Philosophy
  • David-Hillel Ruben, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
  • , Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
  • Gabriel Segal, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
  • Sir Richard Sorabji CBE FBA FKC, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and founder of the King's College Centre for Philosophical Studies
  • , Emeritus Professor of Philosophy

Former faculty[]

Notable alumni[]

See also: List of King's College London alumni

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Department of Philosophy, KCL".
  2. ^ "Results & submissions : REF 2014 : View results and submissions by UOA". Results.ref.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ https://www.timeshighereducation.com/sites/default/files/Attachments/2014/12/17/x/o/z/sub-14-01.pdf[bare URL]
  4. ^ "Philosophy - Top UK University Subject Tables and Rankings 2018". Complete University Guide. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Philosophy, B.A. | King's College London | London, United Kingdom".
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  7. ^ "King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : PHILOSOPHY: King's College London Department of Philosophy Student Records". Kingscollections.org. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  8. ^ "King's College London How to find us". King's College London. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. ^ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/philosophy/about/Map-Philosophy-building.pdf[bare URL]
  10. ^ http://transact.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/Strand.pdf[bare URL]
  11. ^ Historic England. "33 and 34 Surrey Street (1237425)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Early C17 cistern to Old Somerset House (aka The Roman Bath), Non Civil Parish (1237102)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  13. ^ "McGill to bestow 11 exemplary individuals with honorary degrees at Spring Convocation | Newsroom - McGill University". Mcgill.ca. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "Richard Sorabji CBE". The Putney Debates 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Staff profile, KCL".
  17. ^ "Philosophy: Understanding personal identity with Professor Bill Brewer | Global". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  18. ^ "King's College London Life in the Department". King's College London. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  19. ^ "King's College, London". Cumberland Lodge. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  20. ^ "King's College London Join us for our annual residential weekend in Windsor Great Park!". King's College London. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Philosophy Society". Kclsu.org. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  22. ^ "The Complete University guide, Profile on KCL".
  23. ^ "History of Philosophy, M.A. - at King's College London, London, United Kingdom". MastersPortal.eu. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  24. ^ "Overall Rankings". The Philosophical Gourmet Report. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  25. ^ "Philosophy". Top Universities. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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