Rotman 2013 Annual Conference: Science and Reality

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION Science has changed the ways we think of, and act on, the world. But do we really understand the relation between scientific theories and the world? Are there different perspectives on the world? How can it be that science, a characteristically human and social endeavour, yields successful predictions and fruitful explanations? What is [...]

2014 PhilMiLCog Graduate Conference

PhilMiLCog is a three-day graduate conference with a broad and interdisciplinary scope. The conference, now in its 12th year, is recognized as one of the top philosophy graduate conferences in North America, synthesizing research from the Philosophy of Mind, Language, and Cognitive science, including psychology, linguistics, evolution, and computer science. PhilMiLCog provides an opportunity for [...]

2014 Philosophy of Logic Math and Physics Graduate Student Conference

Join us for the fourteenth annual Philosophy of Logic, Math and Physics (LMP) graduate student conference in philosophy at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The LMP Graduate Student Conference will bring together philosophers of logic, mathematics, and physics for two days of presentations and discussions with some of the leaders in these fields. We [...]

Metaphysics Within and Without Physics: Annual Philosophy of Physics Conference

Room 1145 - Stevenson Hall Stevenson Hall, Room 1145, London, Ontario, Canada

18th ANNUAL PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS CONFERENCE The Rotman Institute of Philosophy will devote the 2014 International Conference in the Philosophy of Physics on the relation between science and metaphysics. More specifically, the conference will bring together scientists and philosophers to address an important question about science and its cognitive aspirations: what is the relation between [...]

Rotman 2014 Annual Conference: Knowledge and Models in Climate Science

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION The Rotman Institute of Philosophy second annual conference, Knowledge and Models in Climate Science: Philosophical, Historical, and Scientific Perspectives, took place on Oct. 24-26, 2014. The conference brought together researchers to discuss the use of models in understanding the climate from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Models and computer simulations are essential not [...]

Algorithms and Complexity in Mathematics, Epistemology and Science

ACMES (Algorithms and Complexity in Mathematics, Epistemology and Science) is a multidisciplinary conference that focuses on a combination of the science of reliability and uncertainty quantification with conceptual and foundational issues concerning reliability in the application of scientific theories to real phenomena. The conference integrates longer talks from six leading computational scientists and philosophers of [...]

2015 PhilMiLCog Graduate Student Conference

PhilMiLCog is a three-day graduate conference with a broad and interdisciplinary scope. The conference, now in its 13th year, is recognized as one of the top philosophy graduate conferences in North America, synthesizing research from the Philosophy of Mind, Language, and Cognitive science, including psychology, linguistics, evolution, and computer science. PhilMiLCog provides an opportunity for [...]

2015 Philosophy of Logic Math and Physics Graduate Student Conference

The fifteenth annual Philosophy of Logic, Math and Physics (LMP) Graduate Student Conference will take place June 4-5, 2015 at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The LMP Graduate Student Conference will bring together philosophers of logic, mathematics, and physics for two days of presentations and discussions with some of the leaders in these fields. [...]

Gravity and Geometry: Centenary Perspectives on General Relativity

2015 Annual Philosophy of Physics Conference Participants will present physical, philosophical, and historical reflections on Einstein’s theory of gravity and space-time geometry, its development over the past century, and its future prospects. The conference will include speakers: Kaća Bradonjić (Wellesley College) Carla Cederbaum (University of Tuebingen) Michael Friedman (Stanford University) Marco Giovanelli (Einstein Papers Project) [...]

Rotman 2016 Annual Conference: Rethinking the Taxonomy of Psychology

Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre 551 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, Canada

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION This workshop focused on an emerging research project in the cognitive neurosciences wherein the traditional scientific approach of using psychological investigations to enhance our understanding of the brain has been flipped, and instead scientists are using neuroscientific investigations to challenge and change the conceptual foundations of psychology. Specifically, it has become possible, using [...]