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• Philosophy of Physics at the German Physical Society (DPG), Berlin, 18-20 March...

  At the occasion of the centenary of the general theory of relativity, The Working Group “Philosophy of Physics” (AGPhil) of the German Physical Society (DPG)... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• RIP: Hans Jonas (1928-2014)

  Back in October, the Swiss chemist Hans Jonas died. Jonas’s work included the consideration of ‘philosophical’ problems, such as the measurement problem in... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• RIP: Hans Primas (1928-2014)

  Back in October, the Swiss chemist Hans Primas died. Primas’s work included the consideration of ‘philosophical’ problems, such as the measurement problem in... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• RIP: Alexander Grothendieck (1928-2014)

  Another notable recent death that may be of interest to readers of this blog is that of Alexander Grothendieck, who passed on 13 November. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• RIP: Peter Mittelstaedt (1929-2014)

  One thing that happens when one updates the list of philosophers of physics is that one comes across people who have left the field, and people who have left us... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• Updated List of Philosopher of Physics

  I have finally updated the list of philosophers of physics (click the tab above), so I hope it is accurate and complete! If not, please don’t hesitate to let... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• CFP: Logic, Relativity and Beyond, at Budapest, 9-13 August 2015

  FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT:Logic, Relativity and Beyond 2nd international conference http://www.renyi.hu/conferences/lrb15/August 9-13 2015, Budapest, Hungary... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• Patrick Suppes (1922-2014)

  News from the chair of the Department of Philosophy at Stanford, Prof. Lanier Anderson:With great sadness, I write to share the news that our great friend and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• CFP: HQ-4 Conference, Donostia/San Sebastian (Spain), 16-18 July 2015

  Fourth Conference on History of Quantum PhysicsThe last decade saw a surge in new scholarship on the history of quantum physics, built upon new sources,... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• CFP: IPP 2015, Princeton, 19-20 March 2015

  Announcing the Third Irvine-Pittsburgh-Princeton conference on the mathematical and conceptual foundations of physics (IPP 2015). March 19-20, 2015 at... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• CFP: Quantum Computation, Quantum Information, and the Exact Sciences, LMU...

  We invite submissions from both philosophers and scientists exploring the connections between the philosophy and foundations of quantum computation and quantum... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• Rethinking Foundations of Physics Workshop, 28 March – 4 April 2015

  A spring school of sorts in the Austrian Alps! Here is the announcement:Traditional conferences and subject-specific workshops offer little room for in-depth... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• CfP: First Annual Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science

  The Society for the Metaphysics of Science will be holding its first annual conference on September 17-18, 2015 at Rutgers University – Newark. Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• New BLOC (Bristol-London-Oxford-Cambridge) Philosophy of Physics Seminar

  When: Thursday Nov. 13th, 6pm. Where: King’s College London, Strand Building, room S0.13 (on the ground floor – if you enter via the revolving doors on the... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• Irvine-Munich Workshop on the Foundations of Classical and Quantum Field Theories

  LMU Munich, December 14th 2014http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/found_field_theories/index. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• Fellowships: Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science

  The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for Fellowships supporting visits in the Center for a term or an... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• CFP: First Annual Conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science

  The Society for the Metaphysics of Science will be holding its first annual conference on September 17-18, 2015 at Rutgers University – Newark. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• PhD Studentships at Vienna

  Two Phd studentships (fully funded for three years) at the University of ViennaThe first studentship is earmarked for a project at the borderline of philosophy... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• Fellowships at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

  The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP; http://www.lmu.de/mcmp) invites applications for visiting fellowships for one to three months in the... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• Two PhD Positions at Leeds

  In the context of the three-year AHRC-funded project “Scientific Realism and the Quantum” project at the University of Leeds, there will be two PhD positions. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE