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May 14, 2013
Schedule for Annual Western Philosophy of Physics Conference
Here is the schedule for the Annual Western Philosophy of Physics Conference: Friday, May17th in Stevnson Hall 1145 9:30 a.m Jill North (Cornell University) “The Structure of Spacetime: A New Approach to the Spacetime Ontology Debate” 11:00 … Continue reading
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May 13, 2013
Logic, Math and Physics Conferences this weekend!
Join us on May 18-19, 2013 for the thirteenth annual Philosophy of Logic, Math and Physics (LMP13) graduate student conference in philosophy at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. LMP13 will bring together philosophers of logic, mathematics and physics for two … Continue reading
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May 7, 2013
Special Lecturer in Philosophy of Biology: Gregory M. Mikkelson on “Unity in Diversity: Richness Theory in Environmental Ethics” (By Justin J. Bzovy and Antoine C. Dussault)
On April 19th, 2013 Gregory M. Mikkelson from McGill University visited as a special lecturer in the philosophy of biology, which was co-organized by the Rotman Institute and the Biology Department’s Friday Philosophicals. Mikkelson’s main research interests are in environmental … Continue reading
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February 12, 2013
Broadening the Goals of Science Education – Reuven Brandt
BU Conference: “How HPS can contribute to science education” 2/5 The breakout meeting I attended focused on how HPS might be used to improve science education in the areas of : ethics of science, the role of science in a … Continue reading
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February 11, 2013
HPS and Science Education – Benétreau-Dupin, Brandt, Fox, Jacquart
This past December four Rotman graduate students, Yann Benétreau-Dupin, Melissa Jacquart, Craig Fox and Reuven Brandt participated in “How Can the HPS Contribute to Contemporary U.S. Science Teaching”. This two-day event, funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), consisted of a … Continue reading
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November 5, 2012
An Interview with Dr. Lainie Ross (By Nanette Ryan)
An Interview with Dr. Lainie Ross Dr. Lainie Ross is the Carolyn and Matthew Bucksbaum Professor of Clinical Ethics; Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, Surgery and The College; and Associate Director of the Maclean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, at the … Continue reading
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October 29, 2012
Does Science Need Math? – Pub night at The Morrissey House (By Reuven Brandt)
On Wednesday October 17th the Rotman Institute sponsored a pub night at The Morrissey House where we discussed the history of quantification in science. The purpose was to discuss some of the ideas raised at The Language of Nature Workshop … Continue reading
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October 14, 2012
Commentary on George Reisch's "The Paranoid Style in American History of Science" – By Reuven Brandt
The last talk in the Rotman lecture series, given by George Reisch of Northwestern University, focused on how the political and social climate of the late 1950s influenced Kuhn’s famous book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Reisch claims that Kuhn’s … Continue reading
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September 24, 2012
What’s New about Systems Biology? – Valérie Racine
What’s New about Systems Biology? I was recently invited to an inter-disciplinary workshop held at the Institute of Systems Biology (ISB) in Seattle, where HPS scholars and scientists met to address the question: What’s new about ‘Systems Biology’? The workshop … Continue reading
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September 13, 2012
Interested in Working in the Rotman Institute?
The Rotman Institute of Philosophy currently has positions available for visiting fellows. For more information see
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