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Philosophy of Physics Seminars in early 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.

 

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Philosophy of Physics Seminars in November and December

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"