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University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy Summer School 2024

Philosophy and Psychiatry Summer School 2024: Mind, Value and Mental Health

Organized by members of the University of Oxford Faculty of Philosophy, the 2024 summer school will explore urgent questions at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, ethics and the philosophy of mental health and mental illness.

Throughout the event, participants will engage in an intellectually stimulating environment featuring guest lectures and seminars. Presentations – each of which pairs a philosopher with an expert from outside philosophy including clinicians, scientists and people with lived experience – are informal and designed to encourage substantial dialogue with and among the audience. To be held in the state-of-the-art new Anniversary Building situated alongside the river at St Hilda’s College.

For more information please see: https://philosophy.web.ox.ac.uk/event/philosophy-and-psychiatry-summer-school-2024

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