What does it mean to be? Professor Barry C Smith , director of the Institute of Philosophy ( IP ), and founder of the Centre for the Study of the Senses ( CenSes ), has been unpicking the question, ‘What does it mean to be me?’ for one of the programmes in the BBC Radio 4 series, A history of ideas . In Descartes and Consciousness, he examines, with the help of his neuroscientist colleague, Professor Chris Frith, what provides us with the unique access to our inner lives that sustains our sense of self. Listen to 'What does it mean to be me'

This two-day conference brings together prominent researchers from several fields in which philosophical issues about the practices and conventions involved in interpretation have had a profound impact on subject matter—linguistics, law, cognitive science, archaeology, architecture, literature, and music. The conference is organised by Professor Stephen Neale and the Institute of Philosophy. Further details. Speakers:

Propensities and Statistics Seminar: Propensities for Agent-Based Accounts of Causation Alison Fernandes 26 March 2015,  17:15 - 19:00 Room 243 (Senate House) Further details. 

IP Aesthetics Forum: Problems of light and shadows in art Roberto Casati (Jean Nicod) Wednesday, 11 March 2015, 16:00 - 18:00 Room 349 (Third Floor, Senate House) Further details.