Dear Cambridge Philosophers of Science and other interested parties, Please find below the Michaelmas term card for CamPoS, the Cambridge Philosophy of Science weekly colloquium. It meets in the History and Philosophy of Science Department in room 2 (the basement) on Wednesdays, usually at 1 p.m. till 2:30.
This term's schedule has two special features. First, our term opens on 11 October with a talk by an eminent physicist, Carlo Rovelli. Unusually, this talk will start at 12 NOON. All other talks will be at 1 p.m. Second, we have a bonus talk at the end of the term, giving us nine, not a mere eight, occasions of enlightenment. 11 October, 12 noon: Carlo Rovelli, Marseille, ‘What is Quantum Theory Actually Telling us about the World? The “Relational” Interpretation’ 18 October, 1 p.m.: Jacob Stegenga, HPS, ‘The Perils of P-Hacking and the Promise of Pre-Analysis Plans’ 25 October: Sam Fletcher, Minnesota, ‘The Principle of Stability’ 1 November: Eric Martin, Baylor, ‘“The battle is on.” Lakatos, Feyerabend, and the Student Protests’ 8 November: Melissa Fusco, Columbia, ‘Causal Decision Theory and Tragic Evidence: Death in Damascus Revisited’ 15 November: Paul Roth, UC Santa Cruz, ‘Reviving Analytical Philosophy of History’ 22 November: Harvey Brown, Oxford, ‘Quantum Bayesianism: The Ineffable Reality behind “Participatory Realism”’ 29 November: Alisa Bokulich, Boston University, ‘Representing and Explaining: The Eikonic Conception of Explanation’ 6 December: Emily Thomas, Durham, ‘What’s the Point of Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing World?’ -- J. Brian Pitts Senior Research Associate Faculty of Philosophy University of Cambridge [email protected] Ph.D., Philosophy/History & Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame Ph.D., Physics, University of Texas at Austin _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
