Department of Philosophy News

Is trust in political institutions declining? How much does media bias affect electoral outcomes? And how can we re-establish trust where it has been lost? These are just some of the questions explored by economics, philosophy, political science and sociology academics at a recent public lecture.

Two Trinity graduates—Conor McGlynn and Conor O’Meara—are among the 147 individuals that comprise the 2020 cohort of the Schwarzman Scholars, which is one of the world’s leading graduate fellowship programmes, located at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

An interdisciplinary conference, Irish Philosophy in the Age of Berkeley, will take place in the Trinity Long Room Hub 5th-6th April 2019. Potential presenters should submit abstracts by 15 October 2018.

The inaugural William Lyons Prize in Philosophy was awarded to Ruairi Maguire for his MPhil. Ruairi has been awarded a scholarship to Oxford University to do a DPhil in political philosophy. 66% of the MPhil class went on to fully funded PhD studies.

Incoming philosophy academics Brian Carey, Alison Fernandes, Elizabeth Ventham and Ben White will strengthen research and teaching expertise in Trinity in the fields of political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics and philosophy of mind.

Evening course to consider crucial ideas about values and humankind´s place in the world which were developed by philosophers such as Aristotle and Nietzsche. Lectures run for 11 weeks from September 11, 2018.

Trinity philosophy graduates and penultimate/final year students are invited to mentoring events taking place from 25-27 Sept, 2018. It will be an excellent opportunity for current students to connect with alumni working in a range of sectors.