Cosmology and Quantum Foundations Minicourse: Oxford, 10-12 June 2013

The Establishing the Philosophy of Cosmology mini course will take place on 10th – 12th June 2013 at St Anne’s College, Oxford. The title of this particular mini course is “Cosmology and Quantum Foundations”. Attached is a poster with details of times and speakers and the link to register (if you wish to attend). Please note that there is a limited amount of attendees so it is the case of first come first served.

Updated CFP: Seminar on the Philosophical Foundations of Quantum Gravity

26-28 September 2013 – University of Illinois at Chicago

Invited Speakers:

Jeremy Butterfield (Cambridge)
Elena Castellani (University of Florence)
Bianca Dittrich (Perimeter Institute)
Jeff Harvey (University of Chicago)
Nick Huggett (UIC)
Christian Wüthrich (UCSD)

Annual Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics Graduate Conference: Western Ontario, 18-19 May 2013

The 13th Annual Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics Graduate Conference will take place on Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19, 2013, at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada.

Hans Halvorson from Princeton University will deliver the keynote address.

The conference is held in conjunction with the annual Philosophy of Physics Conference (Friday May 17, 2013), with speakers Jill North, Erik Curiel, Christian Wüthrich, and James Owen Weatherall. More information can be found at http://logicmathphysics.ca

We hope that you join us.

Please send questions to:
Melissa Jacquart
uwolmp@gmail.com
Department of Philosophy, Stevenson Hall,
The University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario CANADA N6A 3K7

Summer school on “Revolutions in Science”, Utrecht, 26-30 August 2013

History and Philosophy of Science: Revolutions in Science

Science is one of the major determinants of modern society. Both the history and philosophy of science aim at a deeper understanding of the nature of the scientific enterprise and the knowledge it produces. The philosophy of science studies general questions concerning the nature of scientific knowledge and scientific methods, but also includes conceptual analysis of fundamental theories such as relativity, quantum mechanics, evolution and modern genetics. The historical approach focuses on the development of scientific thought and practice in times past. It does not limit itself to the problems, methods and solutions assigned by scientists, but extends its scope to the interplay with cultural, social or institutional features at particular times and places.

COURSE AIM
Introducing students to modern debates in the History and Philosophy of Science. The central theme will be “Scientific Revolutions”.

Workshop: Reduction and Emergence in Physics, Munich, 21-22 June 2013

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy & Center for Advanced Studies at LMU Munich

www.lmu.de/reductionandemergenceinphysics

The aim of the workshop is to bring together physicists and philosophers of physics for a meeting focused on fundamental issues in physics relating to reduction and emergence. Participants will include researchers with expertise in string theory, statistical physics, condensed matter physics, and renormalisation. The workshop will combine consideration of issues in contemporary physics research with discussion of longstanding philosophical questions, such as the nature of scientific explanations and the relationship between different systems of physical laws.

Rotman Summer Institute 2013: Foundations of Statistical Mechanics (repost)

This year’s Rotman Summer Institute is aimed at fostering an understanding of conceptual issues in the foundations of statistical mechanics. The goal for students is to come away from the course prepared to engage the philosophical literature on the foundations of statistical mechanics at a professional level.

As there isn’t a consensus as to what the correct approach is to understanding statistical mechanics, we will be bringing together leading contributors to the philosophical debates to date. Lecture topics will include both introductions to basic issues, and specialized topics.

The institute will take place between Sunday, July 14 and Saturday, July 20, in a charming setting on the shores of Lake Huron.

Faculty for this year’s institute are David Z. Albert (Columbia University), Wayne Myrvold (Western University), John Norton (University of Pittsburgh), Jos Uffink (University of Minnesota), David Wallace (University of Oxford).

Yet another summer school: the philosophical history of modern spacetime theory, Tuebingen, 5-9 August 2013

Call for Applications

The Forum Scientiarum (University of Tuebingen) kindly invites 20 graduate students and young researchers in the field of philosophy, physics and mathematics, to apply for the International Interdisciplinary Summer School:

The Philosophical History of Modern Space-Time Theory
with Robert DiSalle, University of Western Ontario

Tuebingen, August 5 – August 9, 2013

Rotman Summer Institute 2013: Foundations of Statistical Mechanics

Each year the Rotman Summer Institute brings graduate students together with exceptional faculty from around the world to focus on a topic of special interest.

This year’s institute is aimed at fostering an understanding of conceptual issues in the foundations of statistical mechanics. The goal for students is to come away from the course prepared to engage the philosophical literature on the foundations of statistical mechanics at a professional level.

As there isn’t a consensus as to what the correct approach is to understanding statistical mechanics, we will be bringing together leading contributors to the philosophical debates to date. Lecture topics will include both introductions to basic issues, and specialized topics.

The institute will take place between Sunday, July 14 and Saturday, July 20, in a charming setting on the shores of Lake Huron.

Faculty for this year’s institute are David Z. Albert (Columbia University), Wayne Myrvold (Western University), John Norton (University of Pittsburgh), Jos Uffink (University of Minnesota), David Wallace (University of Oxford).

CFP: Dutch Society for the Philosophy of Science Meeting, 23-25 May 2013

Every three years, the Dutch Society for the Philosophy of Science (DSPS; in Dutch: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Wetenschapsfilosofie, NVWF), organises this international conference with the original aim to collect everybody in one place who is active in this area of philosophy in the Netherlands and Flanders (PhD-students, professors, lecturers, readers, students). This conference is intended for an academic audience interested in philosophy of science in the broadest possible sense. The first edition of Philosophy of Science in a Forest, Spring 2010, was the first with English as the conference language. Contributions in the Dutch language are however not forbidden. Contributions from all over the world are now welcome in English.

Workshop: Quantum information and foundations of quantum mechanics, Vancouver, 2-5 July 2013

The workshop “Quantum information and foundations of quantum mechanics” will be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, from July 2 – 5, 2013.

Registration and abstract submission are now open!

Please visit the workshop website at: http://www.qi.ubc.ca/QMFmain.html