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Rotman Institute member, Charles Weijer, awarded the 2014 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research

Rotman Institute member, Charles Weijer, awarded the 2014 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research

Charles Weijer of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities has been awarded the 2014 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research. The honour recognizes faculty members with outstanding international reputations for their contributions in research – one of the defining hallmarks of a university. Two prizes are offered annually, one in the area broadly defined as the natural sciences and engineering, one in the [...]

Andrew2016-01-29T12:06:23-05:00April 24th, 2014|Members, Rotman News|

New video: Rotman Institute Lecturer Bas van Fraassen, “The Semantic Approach to Science, After 50 Years”

New video: Rotman Institute Lecturer Bas van Fraassen, “The Semantic Approach to Science, After 50 Years”

What is a scientific theory? How does it get empirical meaning? What are its linguistic status and formal characteristics? 50 years ago, the advent of the semantic view of scientific theory marked a departure from the 'received view' or syntactic approach, according to which a theory is given by a system of axioms (definitions and [...]

Yann Benétreau-Dupin2014-04-12T17:39:51-04:00April 14th, 2014|Events, Philosophy of Science|

William L. Harper is the 2014 recipient of the Patrick Suppes Prize

William L. Harper is the 2014 recipient of the Patrick Suppes Prize

American Philosophical Society HELD AT PHILADELPHIA FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE William L. Harper is the 2014 recipient of the Patrick Suppes Prize. The American Philosophical Society is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2014 Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science is William L. Harper in recognition of his book Isaac Newton's Scientific Method: [...]

Ton Va2014-03-31T12:14:59-04:00March 31st, 2014|Rotman News|

Rotman Institute Alumnus Interview: Spencer Hey (PhD ’11)

The mission of the Rotman Institute is to bring philosophers into productive engagement with scientists, policy makers and the public. An important component of accomplishing this mission is building strong ties with our alumni and celebrating their accomplishments as they put their training into practice in academic, governmental and private spheres. Spencer Hey [...]

Andrew2016-01-29T12:08:14-05:00March 27th, 2014|Alumni|

Is Motivated Reasoning Bad Reasoning? Part III

Productive Disagreement among Motivated Reasoners By Dan Hicks This is part III of a three-part series. This series will be posted simultaneously on Je Fais, Donc Je Suis, my personal blog, as well as the Rotman Institute Blog. In part I of this series, I discussed motivated reasoning, reasoning in which emotions or values play a significant [...]

Ton Va2014-03-25T11:09:43-04:00March 25th, 2014|Science and Society|

Is Motivated Reasoning Bad Reasoning? Part II

Alternatives to Antagonism: Ambiguity and Uncertainty By Dan Hicks This is part II of a three-part series. This series will be posted simultaneously on Je Fais, Donc Je Suis, my personal blog, as well as the Rotman Institute Blog. In the first part of this post, I discussed the work of social psychologist Dan Kahan [...]

Ton Va2014-03-25T11:03:07-04:00March 25th, 2014|Science and Society|

Is Motivated Reasoning Bad Reasoning? Part I

The Pervasiveness of Motivated Reasoning By Dan Hicks This is part I of a three-part series. This series will be posted simultaneously on Je Fais, Donc Je Suis, my personal blog, as well as the Rotman Institute Blog. Social and political values predict your views on climate change: if you're an egalitarian-communitarian (think: liberal, on the political [...]

Ton Va2014-03-25T10:57:47-04:00March 25th, 2014|Science and Society|

Douglas Kutach: Influencing The Past March 26th

Rotman's Visiting Fellow, Dr. Douglas Kutach will be presenting a talk on March 26th at 1:30-3:00pm in Somerville House room 3355. For his final talk in his three part series, he will be speaking about Influencing The Past. Further information on Douglas Kutach can be found here: http://sagaciousmatter.org/ Abstract In the final installment of this [...]

Ton Va2016-01-29T12:08:49-05:00March 19th, 2014|Events, Philosophy of Physics|

Interviews with Robert Foley and Jody Culham

Interviews with Robert Foley and Jody Culham

Below are interviews with Jody Culham and Robert Foley who are working on different aspects of perception as part of a partnership between the Brain and Mind Institute and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Jody Culham is professor in the psychology department and is studying the neuroscience of perception and action. Robert Foley holds a joint post-doc between the [...]

Reuven Brandt2017-01-03T12:03:28-05:00March 6th, 2014|Lab Associates, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Projects|

The Metaphysics Of Causation, Solved

The Metaphysics Of Causation, Solved

Join us next Wednesday March 5th at 1:30pm in University College room 287 for a talk by our Visiting Fellow, Douglas Kutach. The Metaphysics Of Causation, Solved In order to illustrate how Empirical Fundamentalism works in practice, I conduct an empirical analysis of causation. The result I present constitutes a comprehensive metaphysics of causation. I [...]

Ton Va2014-07-25T09:29:50-04:00February 27th, 2014|Events|