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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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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The 22nd annual Philosophy of Logic, Mathematics, and Physics (LMP) Graduate Conference will take place on May 17-18, 2023. We are pleased to announce that Jenann Ismael (Johns Hopkins University) will be giving the keynote address.
Call for Papers: Graduate students who have not yet defended their PhD thesis are invited to submit papers on any topic in philosophy of logic, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of physics. Papers in philosophy of physics will be considered for the Annual Clifton Memorial book prize. The contest will be adjudicated by philosophy of physics faculty members at Western.
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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
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Applications are invited for a three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the History, Philosophy, & Sociology of Science in the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) at Harvard University and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). We are looking for candidates interested in a full range of questions regarding black holes, black hole observation, theory, or cultural resonance. The BHI is the first interdisciplinary research center worldwide to focus on the study of black holes. It is located within Harvard University at 20 Garden Street in Cambridge, MA. Current senior members of the BHI include Harvard faculty Peter Galison (Director; Physics/ History & Philosophy of Science), Ramesh Narayan (Astronomy); Priya Natarajan (Astronomy); Andy Strominger (Physics); Netta Engelhardt (Physics); as well as SAO astronomer Sheperd Doeleman (Astronomy; Director of the next generation Event Horizon Telescope project).
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Philosophy of Dark Matter
XXVI International Summer School in Philosophy of Physics
05-09 June 2023, University of Urbino
DEADLINE: March 24, 2023.
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4-year PhD Fellowship in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
The University of Geneva (https://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/en/homepage/) offers a 4-year fully funded PhD position within Dr. Baptiste Le Bihan’s SNSF Starting Grant project Space, Time and Causation in Quantum Gravity. The project will be housed at the Geneva Symmetry Group, which is part of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Geneva (https://genevasymmetrygroup.wordpress.com/).
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The Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity Department, led by Alessandra Buonanno, at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam, in collaboration with the Lichtenberg Group for History and Philosophy of Physics at the University of Bonn, led by Dennis Lehmkuhl, and the Department I and Max Planck Research Group “Final Theory Program” at the Max Planck Institute for History of Science, led by Jürgen Renn and Alexander Blum, respectively, is seeking a PhD student. The position will start in the fall of 2023, and it is fully supported by the 2021 Balzan Prize Funds for three years with the possibility of extension for a fourth year.
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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).
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