Uncertainty in Astrochemistry: An Interview with Marie Gueguen

Marie Gueguen is an alumnus of the Rotman Institute, who completed her doctorate under the supervision of Chris Smeenk in 2019. She was recently awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship (IF) grant by the European Commission. Her unique project will embed her in a research group working with molecular physicists and astrochemists--one of [...]

2021-02-23T14:06:00-05:00February 23rd, 2021|Alumni, Philosophy of Cosmology|

On Spacetime & Discovery: Interview with Niels Linnemann

Niels Linnemann worked as a postdoctoral fellow on the New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology grant project, with principal investigator Chris Smeenk. His fellowship came to end in January 2021, but he will continue working with Chris and other collaborators on the project. And as the situation with COVID improves & travel is permitted we [...]

2021-02-18T14:20:34-05:00February 18th, 2021|Philosophy of Cosmology, PostDoctoral Fellows|

The Intersection of Particle Physics and Cosmology: Interview with Adam Koberinski

Adam Koberinski has worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow on the New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology research project, under Chris Smeenk, for the past year. His research focuses on the intersection of particle physics and cosmology. Laura Cardozo conducted this virtual interview with Adam to learn more about his research and what sparked his interest [...]

2019 Essay Prize in Philosophy of Cosmology

The purpose of this competition is to promote new work in the emerging interdisciplinary field of philosophy of cosmology, in particular by encouraging scholars at all career stages to consider the central questions in this area. We solicit papers on any topic concerning the philosophy of cosmology. We are particularly (but not exclusively) interested [...]

Philosophy of Dark Energy Workshop: March 8 – 10, 2019

Please mark your calendar for the upcoming workshop, Philosophy of Dark Energy, to be held in Irvine, California. PHILOSOPHY OF DARK ENERGY WORKSHOP March 8 - 10, 2019 University of California, Irvine In the late 1990s, scientists working on the High-Z Supernovae Search Team and the Supernova Cosmology Project provided the first evidence that the [...]

2019-01-08T10:06:28-05:00January 8th, 2019|Philosophy of Cosmology|

Remaining videos from Cosmology and the Future of Spacetime Conference

Remaining videos from the 2017 Annual Rotman Conference, Cosmology and the Future of Spacetime, have been published. The complete conference playlist can be found on our YouTube channel. Videos of all Rotman Institute of Philosophy events can be viewed on our YouTube channel--subscribe to be notified whenever new videos are added. Tessa Baker (University of [...]

Videos from Cosmology and the Future of Spacetime Conference

The 2017 Annual Rotman Conference, Cosmology and the Future of Spacetime, was held here at Western from June 12-14. We are very pleased to shared videos from the first five talks--we'll have more to share later this week. In addition to these videos, a photo album from the conference can be viewed on our Flickr [...]

Grant Awarded for Philosophy of Cosmology

Rotman Director, Chris Smeenk, was recently awarded a $205,000 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to pursue research on the philosophy of cosmology. Smeenk will serve as principal investigator, along with co-investigators Jim Weatherall and John Manchak, both from the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at UC Irvine. Physical cosmology has made enormous [...]

2016-04-25T10:14:36-04:00April 25th, 2016|Philosophy of Cosmology, Rotman News|

In memory of Dr. Leo Kadanoff

Leo Kadanoff—renowned physicist and beloved teacher—passed away early this week. Here at the Rotman Institute, we benefited greatly from Dr. Kadanoff’s deep knowledge of physics and extensive academic experience. He was a valued member of the Institute's International Advisory Committee (IAC) from 2008 to 2012. These five years were pivotal for the Institute, and we [...]

Anthropics, Selection Effects, and Fine-tuning in Cosmology: A report from an Oxford conference, Dec. 2013

by Yann Benétreau-Dupin   The fourth Oxford mini-course and workshop on the philosophy of cosmology took place last month. It was another event made possible by a grant from the Templeton foundation, which has funded two large projects on the philosophy of cosmology at Rutgers and Oxbridge  (see a previous post on this blog about another such event, the [...]

2014-06-05T22:35:49-04:00January 16th, 2014|Philosophy of Cosmology|
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