We are happy to announce the MAP programme of the next year, with some interesting news: https://www.usi.ch/en/feeds/2470
It should be noted that the MAP programme at USI is one of only few MA programmes in philosophy in which philosophy of physics is prominently taught, with one mandatory course and several elective seminars.
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This PhD course will focus on the phenomenon of entanglement and non-locality in quantum mechanics, with the aim of deepening the understanding of their philosophical implications.
University of Oslo, 11-12 September 2023
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Utrecht University is advertising a PostDoc and a PhD position in philosophy of physics and/or foundations of physics and/or metaphysics of science, in the context of the ERC project “COSMO-MASTER” led by Niels Martens.
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(Guest editors: Richard Dawid, Siska De Baerdemaeker, and Tushar Menon)
Supersymmetry has, for the last forty years, been a central feature of theoretical physics, especially in the efforts to reconcile the Standard Model of particle physics, our best quantum theory of matter, and General Relativity, our best theory of gravitation. On the one hand, it has strongly influenced conceptual thinking in fundamental physics. On the other, recent debates on the prospects of low energy supersymmetry in light of its non-discovery at the LHC raise interesting epistemological questions. Yet supersymmetry has remained almost entirely ignored by philosophers of physics. The primary goal of this topical collection is to help establish the philosophy of supersymmetry as a research discipline. We invite contributions that address the history and philosophy of supersymmetry, broadly construed. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
Continue readingFor more information, please visit https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=307755&jobTitle=Lecturer%20in%20Philosophy%20of%20Physics
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The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy invites registration for the following event:
Foundations of Observational, Classical and Semi-Classical Gravitational Physics and The Problem of Agency and Laws of Nature
MCMP, LMU Munich
28-31 March 2023
https://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/fndnsphys23/index.html
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We are looking for two Assistant Professors who will join the newly established Radboud Center for Natural Philosophy (RCNP), a collaboration between physicists, philosophers and historians of science from Radboud University’s Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies. The RCNP is an initiative of 2022 Spinoza Prize winner Prof. Klaas Landsman. Its focus will be on the foundations of physics, studied in an interdisciplinary way combining mathematical, philosophical, and historical approaches. In particular, the closely related themes of causality, determinism, randomness, and emergence will be studied in the context of the important theoretical frameworks of modern physics.
The links to the vacancies are:
https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/assistant-professor-of-philosophy-of-science
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STEM, social science & humanities scholars are joining forces to create high-quality videos of black holes with an Earth-sized virtual telescope. New white paper out now (open access): https://www.mdpi.com/2139392If you are a philosopher, historian, sociologist, HPS, STS or legal scholar interested in contributing to the Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (ngEHT.org), contact n.c.m.martens[at]uu.nl or @EU_phil_cosmo with a brief description of your background and thoughts about contributing to the ngEHT.
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Application deadline: February 15, 2023
More at: https://www.usi.ch/en/reality
Lecturers: Magdalena Balcerak Jackson, David Chalmers, Nathan Wildman
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University of Illinois at Chicago
The philosophy of physics group at the Department of Philosophy at UIC solicits applications for a junior visiting fellowship for advanced PhD students, August 2023 (or as soon as possible thereafter) through December 2023. The position is funded by the John Templeton Foundation grant ‘Cosmology Beyond Spacetime’.
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A blog on (all of) philosophy of physics run by Christian Wüthrich (wuthrich), with contributions by John Manchak (manchak) and Chris Smeenk (smeenk).
(Photograph by Jonathan Cohen)
Taking up Spacetime 