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Taking up Spacetime
http://takingupspacetime.wordpress.com/
A blog on (all of) philosophy of physics run by Christian Wüthrich (wuthrich), with contributions by John Manchak (manchak) and Chris Smeenk (smeenk).
LATEST ARTICLES ( 574 )
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Bristol, 4 November 2015: Centennial Workshop on GR
Geometry, Topology, and Gravity: A Workshop to Mark the Centenary of General Relativity4 November 2015, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Cotham... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Varna, 30 May – 2 June 2016: Fourth International Conference on the Nature and...
This will be an exciting conference:Fourth International Conference on the Nature and Ontology of Spacetimehttp://www.minkowskiinstitute. Read more
Posted on 15 October 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Michigan State: Assistant Professorship in Philosophy of Science
Philosophy Department, Michigan State UniversityThe Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University invites applications for a tenure-system, academic yea... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
McGill: Assistant Professorship in Philosophy of Science
Assistant Professor, Philosophy of Science, or History and Philosophy of ScienceThe Department of Philosophy at McGill University invites applications for a... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Harvard: Assistant Professorship in the History of Physics
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the History of Modern or Contemporary PhysicsThe Department of the History of Science at Harvard University seeks to... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Lakatos Award 2014: Belot and Malament
Some of you have been waiting for this announcement for a while; here it is:The London School of Economics and Political Science announces that the Lakatos Awar... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Einstein Papers Project’s Website Relaunched
The Einstein Papers Project at Caltech has relaunched its website, which can be found at http://www.einstein.caltech.edu. The plan for the rebooted website is t... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Université De Montréal: Professor of Philosophy of Science
The University of Montreal has announced two searches for faculty positions, one in epistemology and one in philosophy of science. For the one for philosophy... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Call for Nominations: The Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize
The undersigned hereby issue a call for nominations for the 2015 Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize prize in the field of History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. Read more
Posted on 14 September 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Pittsburgh: Two Faculty Positions in History and Philosophy of Science
The University of Pittsburgh’s HPS department advertises two faculty positions, one at the junior, tenure-track level and a senior tenured position. Read more
Posted on 06 September 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Aarhus: Professor/Associate Professor in Science Studies
The Centre for Science Studies at Aarhus University invites applications for the position of full professor or associate professor (depending on the... Read more
Posted on 24 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Guido Bacciagaluppi from Aberdeen to Utrecht
Guido Bacciagaluppi (philosophy and history of physics) has accepted a position of Associate Professor (‘Universitair Hoofddocent’) in the Foundations of the... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
New Email Distribution List in Philosophy of Quantum Gravity
There is now a new email distribution list to share information about events and opportunities concerning the philosophy of quantum gravity, broadly construed. Read more
Posted on 14 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Jaakko Hintikka (1929-2015)
Jaakko Hintikka was not a philosopher of physics, of course, but the following obituary from Ilkka Niiniluoto might still be of interest to many readers of... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
CFP Essay Prize: Space and Time After Quantum Gravity
Call for Papers:Prize competition for essays on SPACE AND TIME AFTER QUANTUM GRAVITYRun by the University of Geneva-University of Illinois at Chicago ‘Space... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Abner Shimony (1928-2015)
From Don Howard:One of the world’s finest philosophers of science has passed. His many students and friends will miss him dearly. Read more
Posted on 12 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Workshop ‘Scientific Realism About the Quantum State’: Leeds, 9 September 2015
University of Leeds Centre for the History and Philosophy of ScienceThis workshop examines recent debates about the nature of the quantum state (e.g. epistemic... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
2015 FQXi Essay Contest Winners Have Been Announced
The 2015 FQXi essay context winners on ‘Trick or Truth: the Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics’ have just been announced here:... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Bernard d’Espagnat (1921-2015)
Bernard d’Espagnat, French physicist and philosopher of science famous for his concept of a ‘veiled reality’, died last Saturday, 1 August 2015, at age 93 in... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Call for Applications: Junior Fellowship at Geneva
Call for Applications: JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP in PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM GRAVITYUniversity of GenevaThe philosophy of physics group at the Department of Philosophy in... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2015 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE