Interview with Catherine Stinson

This is the third post in our our weekly series of interviews with the Rotman Institute's postdoctoral fellows. Last week's interview with Tommaso Bruni can be found here, and the interview with Alida Liberman can be found here. Catherine Stinson is a postdoctoral fellow at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Prior to joining the Rotman Institute, she [...]

Interview with Professor Markus Müller

Professor Markus Müller joined Western University in 2015 as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Applied Mathematics and Philosophy. He also holds a Canada Research Chair in the Foundations of Physics at Western. In addition, Dr. Müller is an associate faculty member at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo. His work addresses [...]

Video Posting — Carl Craver: Memory, Time and Agency & Ontic Basis of Network Explanation

Carl Craver, of Washington University in St. Louis, recently delivered two talks at the Rotman Institute, co-sponsored by Western's Brain and Mind Institute, as part of our yearly neurophilosophy speaker series. The first talk, entitled Memory, Time and Agency, was an examination of how individuals with episodic amnesia make future-oriented decisions. The second talk, Ontic [...]

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 [...]

Anouk Barberousse and Robert Batterman have been added to the ACMES playlist on the Rotman Youtube Channel

Videos of lectures by Anouk Barberousse and Robert Batterman have been uploaded onto the Rotman YouTube channel, and can be found in the ACMES playlist. The Algorithms and Complexity in Mathematics, Epistemology and Science (ACMES) conference was held this past May, here at Western. The final video from this conference, a lecture by Ursula Martin, [...]

2015-08-26T09:35:43-04:00August 26th, 2015|Events, Philosophy of Science|

Algorithms and Complexity in Mathematics, Epistemology and Science playlist created on Rotman YouTube channel

The Algorithms and Complexity in Mathematics, Epistemology and Science (ACMES) conference was held this past May, here at Western. Invited speakers at the conference included Max Gunzburger, Jesús Sanz-Serna, and Mark Wilson. Videos of each of their lectures have been uploaded onto the Rotman YouTube channel, and can be found in the ACMES playlist. Remaining [...]

2015-08-19T09:58:33-04:00August 19th, 2015|Events, Philosophy of Science|

#TBT Colin Howson’s lecture, “Should Probabilities be Countably Additive?”, is up on the Rotman YouTube Channel

During the 2010/2011 Rotman Institute of Philosophy Speaker Series, Colin Howson, of the University of Toronto, delivered a lecture entitled "Should Probabilities be Countably Additive?", examining a specific case in the philosophy of science related to probability. Video of this lecture is now available on the Rotman YouTube channel.

2015-07-16T18:49:04-04:00July 16th, 2015|Events, Philosophy of Science|

#TBT Susan Haack’s lecture, Six Signs of Scientism, is up on the Rotman YouTube Channel

During the 2010/2011 Rotman Institute of Philosophy Speaker Series, Susan Haack spoke about Scientism, the view that natural science is the most authoritative way of looking at the world, and is superior to other interpretations of life. Video of this lecture, Six Signs of Scientism, is now available on the Rotman YouTube channel.

2015-07-09T15:59:02-04:00July 9th, 2015|Events, Philosophy of Science|
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