Pictures - Bryan W. Roberts - HPS - University of Pittsburgh

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It's hard to call it work when it's so darn fun.

Every week is packed with events. There are often several talks in the same week. It's hard to find time to attend everything, but it's certainly worthwhile to try. Being completely immersed in HPS is a completely stimulating experience. Here, Paolo Palmieri explains Galileo's philosophy of experience over bagels.

The CMU Campus is literally across the street from the Cathedral of Learning, and CMU Philosophy has a close relationship with Pitt. This means, among other things, that we can enjoy both their classes and the colloquia there whenever we care to, which effectively doubles the available activities for us. Here I am hanging out with Nuel Belnap and Solomon Feferman at Feferman's CMU lecture. Dr. Feferman gave another lecture at the Pitt Center for the Philosophy of Science the next day.

Faculty and visiting scholars aren't the only ones getting things done around here. The HPS graduates hold regular Work in Progress (WIP) talks, in which students present papers recently finished or currently under way. This is a fantastic opportunity to get feedback on your work, as well as to stay updated on what the other graduates are up to.

My favorite part of these sessions is the questions and answers period. Here, Sam Thomson and Justin Sytsma talk it out after Justin's presentation.

When it's time to get down to business, graduate students share very accomodating offices (which, I need not mention, sport a fabulous view from our ninth-floor perch). Everybody prefers to study in a different place; when I want to really get stuff done, I go to the office.