LSE - Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method Cumberland Lodge Weekend November 7-9 November 2014

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1 LSE - Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method Cumberland Lodge Weekend November 7-9 November What to bring 2. Travel info from LSE 3. Programme 4. General travel info 5. Instructions for students (all the things you must NOT do ) 1. What to bring Good walking shoes/boots and waterproof clothing. Games, ball/frisbee, musical instruments anything you think will make our time there more fun. Cash (there are no cash machines in the park or at the station in Egham!) Passport (in case you want to attend chapel where HM the Queen might be in attendance). Dancing shoes for party on Saturday night. 2. How to get there from LSE on Friday Meet ground floor/just outside LSE Philosophy Department at 15: min. Walk to Waterloo Station across Waterloo Bridge Buy ticket for Egham station. Train leaves at 16:20. Arrives Egham approx 17:00 We take shared cabs to Cumberland Lodge (bring your own cash for this a few quid per person) Emergency contact: Peter s mobile If you are making your own way there: Take the train to Egham from Waterloo station. Take a cab from the station to Cumberland Lodge. There is a taxi rank outside Egham Station. Otherwise telephone - All Point Cars (01784) , Area Cars (01784) , Arrow Cars (01784) , A2B (01784) , Egham Taxis (01784) The approximate costs of taxis to Cumberland Lodge are - 7 from Egham station (15 mins). Also see info in section 4.

2 3. Programme Friday 5-7pm 6.30pm 7.15pm 8.15pm 8.30pm 10.00pm Arrival Bar Dinner Welcome by Member of Staff from Cumberland Lodge Anna Mahtani (LSE) How Should We Designate the People We Care about? Bar opens (until 12pm) Saturday 8.15am 9.30am 11.00am 11.30am 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.30pm 3:45pm 6.30pm 7.15pm 8.30pm Breakfast Luc Bovens (LSE) Child Euthanasia Coffee Orestis Palermos (Edinburgh) Knowledge and Cognitive Integration Lunch Joanna Burch-Brown (Bristol) Kant on Football Tea Free time Bar opens Dinner Party in Basement (until 1am) Sunday am Breakfast 10.00am 11.30am 1.00pm 3.00pm John Worrall (LSE) The Intelligent Person s Guide to the Intelligent Design Debate Free Time Lunch Depart from Cumberland Lodge

3 4. Cumberland Lodge Details The Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 2HP Telephone: E- mail: Website: 5. Cumberland Lodge rules. (see below) NOTES FOR STUDENTS VISITING CUMBERLAND LODGE Address - Cumberland Lodge, The Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 2HP Telephone - (01784) Fax - (01784) Website - Cumberland Lodge is a former Royal residence in The Great Park at Windsor. In 1947 King George VI granted the Lodge to St Catharine's, a then newly established educational charitable trust, as a place where students could come for short periods to get to know each other and their teachers in a relaxed environment. They would also have the opportunity to discuss important social and ethical issues and to think about the value of their academic work in relation to society. Cumberland Lodge, (formerly the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation of St Catharine s), a registered charity, now provides a substantial subsidy to enable students to stay at the Lodge. There are two main buildings - the Lodge and the Mews. The dining rooms, lounges, chapel, library and administrative offices are in the Lodge, while the two conference rooms plus four seminar rooms are on the ground floor of the Mews. Bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms and are mostly located on the higher floors of both buildings. They are allocated by the Domestic Bursar, in discussion with the visiting group as far as possible. Where more than one user group is staying at the Lodge, we will do our best to allocate the bedrooms fairly between them, but our allocation is final. Students generally share a twin bedded room. Towels and toiletries are provided. There are facilities for ironing. Rooms should be vacated by 9.00 am on the day of departure. (Bags can be left in the entrance hall). Coin operated telephones are located inside the main and side doors of the Lodge and at the top of the staircase in the Mews. Messages for guests will be at the reception desk. You should bring enough cash for the visit as the nearest cash machine is in Egham, over 3 miles away. Credit cards can be used in the bar for purchases greater then 10 in value. Internet access is provided free through PC s in the Mews and the basement of the Lodge, and both buildings have wireless access. Wireless cards are available for loan in return for a small deposit if guests own laptops are not equipped for wireless. It is the responsibility of

4 guests to ensure that they have current anti-virus software installed on their laptops, and CL will not be financially liable for any damage or lost data. All guests are asked to complete a registration card on arrival. New visitors are surprised to learn that there are no room keys. We are able to secure valuables in one of our insurancerated safes by arrangement. There are guest safes for laptop computers, and most bedrooms have small room safes large enough for personal items, I Pods, mobile phones and cameras. Please ask the Duty Manager for advice about security. Meal Times - breakfast at 8.15 am (9.00 am on Sundays), lunch at 1.00 pm and dinner at 7.15 pm. The bar opens before dinner, and again after dinner and evening conference sessions until midnight at the latest. A party bar can sometimes be provided by prior arrangement, operating for a maximum of four hours and closing no later than 1.00 am. The bar is also used to serve coffee in mid-morning and after lunch and dinner, as well as afternoon tea. Recreational facilities at the Lodge include a small gymnasium, tennis, croquet, snooker, pool and table tennis. The basement has a room for a party and disco - bring your own tapes and CDs. There is an electronic organ in the chapel and grand pianos in the drawing room and tapestry hall. The television set is in the sitting room. Guests are strongly recommended to take the opportunity for a walk in the Great Park and therefore to bring footwear suitable for walking off-road on the various tracks and paths. There are printed walks available at reception. On Sundays those staying at the Lodge have the opportunity to attend services at the Royal Chapel in the grounds of Royal Lodge. Over-casual clothing is not appropriate for Chapel. **As part of a security review by the Police, Official Photographic ID is absolutely essential for access to Royal Chapel. Out of courtesy to fellow students, to the staff of the Lodge and to those who will come after you depart, please observe a few basic rules : Please do NOT smoke anywhere in conjunction with the new law we are now a completely non-smoking establishment Please do NOT bring alcohol purchased elsewhere into the Lodge. If you do so, it will be taken from you and returned to you when you leave the Lodge. Please do NOT make a noise late at night, other than in the Basement. Do not disturb others by being noisy in bedrooms or corridors or when moving between the Lodge and the Mews. Please consider our neighbours and resident Staff. Please do NOT enter 'private areas' near the Lodge or anywhere in the Great Park. Much of the Park is working farmland and forest, and there are extensive areas reserved for shooting. Please do NOT leave valuables in bedrooms. If you are worried about your property, ask the Duty Manager to lock it in one of our safes. CL will not accept liability unless you do so. Please do read the fire notice in your bedroom and locate the nearest extinguisher and fire exit. Please do return cups and glasses to the bar. Please do NOT, other than when escaping from Fire, attempt to get onto the roof in either building. To do this is dangerous and reckless, and will result in your institution being banned from the Lodge, without exception.

5 Finally, and regrettably, we have found it necessary to introduce a 100 charge if a bedroom has been soiled in any way. We do not simply have an unpleasant cleaning job to do; we lose revenue from the room, sometimes for several days. This charge will be made to your group, but the room and the occupant(s) will be identified. Similarly physical damage anywhere in the buildings will be charged to the visiting institution. If the Lodge is being shared by more than one group, and we are unable to establish responsibility, we will charge each group pro-rata to the numbers attending.