During this past month, Rotman members have organised, and taken part in many conferences. Those that included participation by more than one member are listed chronologically below: The Rotman Institute was a co-sponsor of the fifteenth annual Philosophy of Logic, Math and Physics (LMP) graduate student conference, held on June 9-10, here at Western University. [...]
Information-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, the 20th annual UWO philosophy of physics conference, was held on June 11-12, 2016 at Western University. The workshop was inspired by Jeffrey Bub’s recently published book Bananaworld: Quantum Mechanics for Primates (Oxford University Press). The workshop brought together diverse views on issues raised by and related to Professor Bub’s [...]
HOPOS 2016, the eleventh biennial meeting of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science, will take place on June 22-25 in Minneapolis. We're pleased to announce that several members of the Rotman Institute will take part in the conference. Sessions that include Rotman members are listed below. The full conference program and [...]
On Friday, June 10th, immediately following the LMP conference, the Rotman Institue is pleased to announce a special colloquium talk: "Laws of Nature: Revisiting the 17th Century Debate" Stathis Psillos Friday, June 10th, 3:30-5:00pm StvH 1145 In this talk I will review the transition from powers to laws in the seventeenth century. I will argue [...]
Once again, we are pleased to open this month's post with job news. Yann Benetreau-Dupin accepted a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh for 2016-2017. Alkistis Elliott-Graves will be a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of Social Sciences (TINT) [...]
The annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, now in its 85th year, begins this weekend. This year's congress is being hosted by the University of Calgary. Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from the Rotman Institute will be participating in the congress. Listed below are the many sessions that include Rotman members. If [...]
The Rotman 2016 Annual Conference: Rethinking the Taxonomy of Psychology was held on April 15 – 17, 2016. The workshop playlist on the Rotman Institute YouTube Channel is now complete. It includes videos of each of the speakers, poster presentations, and the concluding plenary session. Newly uploaded videos are listed below. Workshop posters, a paper archive, and [...]
Conference organisers of the 2016 Philosophy of Logic Math and Physics Graduate Student Conference and Information-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics: 2016 Annual Philosophy of Physics Conference have announced they will be able to provide three bursaries of $300 (CAD) each for graduate students who'd like to attend LMP and ITIQM. Priority will be given to [...]
Rotman doctoral candidate, Andrew Peterson, is researching the ethical issues that stem from testing brain-injured patients for consciousness. On May 4th, his work was featured on an episode of the CBC radio program, Ideas from the Trenches. The series, hosted by Paul Kennedy, focuses on research being conducted by graduate students at universities across Canada. [...]
Carl Craver is a philosopher of neuroscience with side interests in the history and philosophy of biology, general philosophy of science, metaphysics, and moral psychology. He is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program at Washington University in St. Louis. On March 31 and April 1, he delivered two lectures here [...]
