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Philosophy of Physics Seminars in early 2011
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- Created on 14 January 2011
The Philosophy of Physics seminar will, as usual, meet this term on Thursdays at 4.30pm in the Lecture Room at 10 Merton St, every week except 1st week. The schedule is as follows:
Week 1: no seminar
Week 2: Roman Frigg (LSE): “Explaining Thermodynamic-Like Behaviour In Terms of Epsilon-Ergodicity” (Abstract)
Week 3: Carl Hoefer (Barcelona): TBC
Week 4: David Wallace (Oxford): “Symmetry, locality, and space” (Abstract)
Week 5: Jon Barrett (Royal Holloway): TBC
Week 6: Steven French (Leeds): “Doing Away with Dispositions: Towards a Law-Based View of Modality”(Abstract)
Week 7: Eleanor Knox (Institute of Philosophy, University of London): TBC
Week 8: Chris Wuthrich (San Diego): TBC
As usual, all are welcome. There will normally be an opportunity to dine with the speaker after the seminar.
Philosophy of Physics Seminars in November and December
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- Created on 23 November 2010
1) Thursday, 18 November:
Vlatko Vedral (Oxford and Singapore)
"Quantum effects in biological systems"
Philosophy Centre, 10 Merton Street, 4.30pm.
2) Thursday, 25 November:
Michel Ghins (Université catholique de Louvain)
"Bas van Fraassen on scientific representation"