Nick Shea, IP Professor of Philosophy, was interviewed by Catherine De Lange for a special issue of New Scientist on difficult concepts. They discussed how people sort between 'difficult' and everyday concepts, and whether concept-metacognition is involved. That didn't make it into the magazine, but there is a nice short piece on why consciousness is a difficult thing to study: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831840-300-how-to-think-about-consciousness/

The Institute of Philosophy will host new Visiting Fellows:  Professor Robert Stainton , Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western, will be here until 30 May 2018.  Professor Catherine Wearing , Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley College, will be here until 30 April 2018.  Dr Elizabeth Edenberg , Senior Ethicist at Georgetown University, will be here from 9 May until 8 August 2018. 

Google awarded three consecutive Faculty Research Awards (2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, total: US$200,000) to Professor Vincent Hayward, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, to support research on "Tactile Communication Technology for Use by The Deafblind".     Professor Hayward working with Sven Topp, who is a deafblind researcher from Austrilia, and Basil Duvernoy, a PhD candidate from Sorbonne Université, to develop a machine-mediated, affordable technology capable of reproducing formal Deafblind communication techniques with a minimal learning curve.

Call for Applications – Institute of Philosophy Visiting Fellowships 2017/18 The Institute of Philosophy is extending a call for International and UK based candidates to apply for Visiting Fellowships for up to 6 months (dependant on the fellowship route applied for). Currently the Institute runs two types of fellowship –