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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 ( 562 )
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CFA: 2014 Spring School in Particle Physics and Philosophy, Wuppertal
2nd Spring School in Particle Physics and Philosophy March 26-April 4, 2014 in Wuppertal, GermanyThe Interdisciplinary Center for Science and Technology... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
CFP: Second Irvine-Pittsburgh-Princeton Conference on the Mathematical and...
Organizing committee: Jeff Barrett (Irvine), Hans Halvorson (Princeton), Giovanni Valente (Pittsburgh), and Jim Weatherall (Irvine). Read more
Posted on 01 November 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
CFP: Quantum [Un]Speakables II: 50 Years of Bell’s Theorem in Vienna
What better way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bell’s Theorem than with a celebratory conference? With ‘Quantum [Un]Speakables II: 50 Years of Bell’s... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
CFP: Metaphysics of Contemporary Physics
Call for papers Metaphysics in Contemporary PhysicsPoznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the HumanitiesEdited by Tomasz Bigaj and Christian... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
New Book Series: Philosophy of Physics and Mathematics
Series editors: Elaine Landry and Dean RicklesThe editors of a new book series on issues in the philosophy of mathematics and physics are seeking proposals for... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Call for Abstracts: SILFS 2014 – Triennial International Conference of the...
Webpage: http://www.silfs.net/#442-2On June 18-20 2014 SILFS, the Italian Society of Logic and Philosophy of Science (www.silfs.net) will hold its triennial... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
CFA: Fellowships in the Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh
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 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Call for Nominations: Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize 2013
The prize – which has been funded by donations through the Hanneke Janssen Memorial Fund – is open to international candidates, for any Thesis submitted for a... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science: Time in Cosmology, 18 October 2013
The Robert S Cohen Forum presentsTime in CosmologyFriday, 18 October 2013, 1-5pm The Castle, 22 Bay State Road, BostonUnfortunately, the Boston Colloquium’s... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Online Resources: Database of Open Course Ware in Physics
Here are a couple of links to collections of free open online courses in physics. The first catalogues a database of open course ware collection from the world’... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
CFP: PhiloSTEM-6: The Sixth Midwest Workshop in the Philosophy of Science,...
11–12 April, 2014, Fort Wayne, Indiana Department of Philosophy Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)This workshop continues the tradition of... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Call for Nominations: 2014 Cushing Memorial Prize
The family, students, friends, and colleagues of Jim Cushing are pleased once again to solicit nominations for the James T. Cushing Prize in the History and... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Nobel Prize 2013: Englert and Higgs
As expected, and as you probably heard (but just in case you haven’t), this year’s physics Nobel Prize was awarded to Englert and Higgs “for the theoretical... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Call for Applications: Emergence Project, Durham
The Durham Emergence Project is an interdisciplinary research initiative involving collaboration between philosophers and physicists, made possible through the... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
PhD Position in Philosophy of Physics at the University of Lausanne
Funding by the Swiss National Science Foundation of the project “The metaphysics of physics: natural philosophy” enables me to hire two new PhD students for... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Sigma Club LSE: Fall Program
Please find below this term’s programme of the Sigma Club. As always, further information is available at:http://www.lse.ac.uk/CPNSS/events/SigmaClub/Home. Read more
Posted on 02 October 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Bohemian Gravity
This is great, even if you don’t like Queen or string theory:http://io9.com/so-this-physics-grad-student-made-a-mindblowing-bohemia-1333515132?autoplay=1(For th... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Postdoctoral Positions in Philosophy/Foundations of Physics at Oxford and...
Information at the Quantum Physics/Statistical Mechanics Nexus: Entropy, Time Asymmetry, Probability and PerspectiveTwo fixed-term (three year) posts: 1... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Seminar at UCSD: Reduction and Emergence
I will be offering a seminar on reduction and emergence this fall quarter. It will meet on Tuesdays, 2-5pm. Here is a short description:Both ancient thought... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Conference: Reduction and Emergence, LMU Munich, 14-16 November 2013
Reduction and emergence play a central role in the relations of scientific theories and disciplines. For instance, a reducible theory is in some sense... Read more
Posted on 21 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE