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We're making more than 50 articles from Philosophy and Think free to read for those homeschooling or stuck in lockdown. This week, Ryle, Lowe, Parfit, Fine, Law and Hyman.

Homeschooling? Have a bit more time in your armchair? The Royal Institute is making a large number of articles from Philosophy and Think available to read for free. Arranged by theme and selected by the editors, we'll put new essays up from time to time, so keep an eye out for word on @RIPhilo.

Subscribers to Philosophy and Think: the press has postponed the publishing of journals, but they say by 15 May they will email subscribers with instructions for getting online access. The print versions will appear when the presses are running again.

This year's prize essay competition is open, and the topic is 'Knowledge, Truth and Power in an Online World'. You can find details here.

We're very happy to say that Clare Carlisle's A-level teaching guide to the metaphysics of God is now freely available. You can find all our teaching guides here.

The Royal Institute now welcomes applications for Jacbosen Studentships and Royal Institute of Philosophy Bursaries for work towards higher degrees in philosophy in 2020/2021. Full details here.

We're working with the Philosophy Foundation to deliver more free online philosophy courses for 15 - 18 year olds. Find out more here.

Happy to say that we are moving our Jacobsen philosophy courses for students in schools online -- 250 students are taking part right now. Keep an eye here for announcements if you'd like to take part.

In a spirit of optimism, we now welcome applications for departmental event funding, postgraduate conference funding, and school event funding. The deadline for all is 1 June.

Our series of talks in London has now ended, and as we all move ourselves into online interactions, we'll announce new plans on Twitter. Keep an eye on @RIPhilo and join our mailing list on the bottom left of this page, so you don't miss anything. Keep well.

Hugo Mercier's talk on 13 March has been cancelled. The speaker sends his apologies, but the evolving public health situation have made it impossible for him to attend. We hope to reschedule when we can.

The Royal Institute of Philosophy Annual Conference 2020 will be held in at the University of Liverpool: 'Meaning in Life and the Knowledge of Death'. Full details here.

There are Friday talks coming up in February by Sanford C Goldberg, Peter Adamson and Lani Watson. Full details here.

The editors of Philosophy are delighted to announce the outcome of the 2019 essay prize. The winning entry is Georgi Gardiner's 'Profiling and Proof: Are Statistics Safe?'. Details here.

And we're back with the first event of 2020. Jennifer Lackey on the role that confessions play in the US criminal justice system. All welcome, tickets here, 5.45 Friday 17 Jan at Foyles on Charing Cross.

Congratulations to the new editors of the Royal Institute's journal Philosophy, Maria Alvarez and Bill Brewer, on the publication of their first issue! Many important changes are underway. Have a look at their first editorial.

Miranda Fricker on ‘Being Believed’, 5.45pm, 6 December in Foyles Charing Cross, the last talk of the year in our series on the social dimension of knowledge. Reserve your free place here.

The Annual Debate, "What's the Point of Diversity?', 21 November at 6.30, Beverage Hall. Details here.

Philip Pettit will give the Annual Lecture, 'My Three Selves' on 25 October at 6 pm in The Old Theatre, LSE. Details here.

Susan Neiman will give the the 2019 Royal Institute of Philosophy / Royal Society of Edinburgh Lecture. The topic is "Justice and History". Details and tickets here.

Tickets are now available for all the events in the London Lecture Series on the social dimension of knowledge. The first talk is by Paul Giladi on 11 October. Reserve your seat here.

The new editors of Philosophy have extended the submission deadline for the Philosophy Essay Prize to 1st November 2019. Details here.

The Royal Institute has now contacted all Jacobsen Studentship and Bursary winners for this academic year. Congratulations to all.

We are very happy to announce this year’s London Lecture Series, ‘How Do We Know? The Social Dimension of Knowledge’. Full program here.

The Institute welcomes proposals for funding for events for students and teachers of philosophy in schools. Details here.

The new editors of Philosophy, Maria Alvarez and Bill Brewer, now welcome online submissions.

https://tinyurl.com/y3hfp6nw

Jacobsen Studentships Update: the committee will meet in the first week of September, so successful candidates will be contacted shortly thereafter.

The Institute welcomes proposals for postgraduate conference funding. The deadline is 16 September. More info here.

The Institute seeks an editorial assistant. Details here. Deadline for applications is 15 August.

The Summer issue of Think: Philosophy for Everyone is out now. Here's the table of contents, here's a free article on the virtues of running marathons, and here's how to subscribe.

Cardiff Annual Lecture, Ruth Chang "Hard Choices", 16 May. Details here.

Postgraduates are invited to apply for studentships and bursaries. Deadline 1 July.