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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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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 -
British Society for the History of Science Postgraduate Conference, Leeds, 8-10...
I post the announcement of this conference as they specifically invite submissions in the philosophy of science. The British Society for History of Science is... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Workshop: Metaphysics Meets the Philosophy of Physics in Rochester, 13-14...
I should have posted this before the actual event, but since the event was so great–actually metaphysicians and philosophers of physics actually talked to one... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
WE-Heraeus-Seminar “Quantum Contextuality, Non-Locality, and the Foundations of...
Registration is now open for the 554. WE-Heraeus-Seminar “Quantum Contextuality, Non-Locality, and the Foundations of Quantum Mechanics” to take place from... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
New MSc Specialisation in Philosophy of Science at Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh has recently established a new research cluster in philosophy of science, which is uniquely placed to pursue interdisciplinary... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
CFP: “Quantum Time”, Pittsburgh, 28-29 March 2014
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT: 1000-word extended abstract EMAIL SUBMISSIONS TO: [email protected] DEADLINE: October 15, 2013 NOTIFICATION BY: November 10,... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Workshop on Incompatible Quantum Measurements, Technical University Munich,...
We are announcing an open event, the Workshop on “Incompatible Quantum Measurements”. It is an event gathering scientists from the topic of quantum... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
CFP: Israeli Society for History & Philosophy of Science
The Israeli Society for History & Philosophy of Science is pleased to announce its fourteenth annual conference, which will be held on Sunday, December 22, 2013... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE -
Two Back-to-back Conferences: Cambridge-London-Oxford 2013
There will be two back-to-back conferences in the UK this fall organized by Adam Caulton, Eleanor Knox, Bryan W. Roberts, David Wallace–the... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2013 PHILOSOPHY, PHYSICS, SCIENCE