| 2009-10 monthly bulletins
7 July 2009
Peterfest: A Workshop in Honor of Peter Machamer 24 October 2009
Call for papers for Pitt-Paris II
Call for papers for Newton and Empiricism
So, what's it like?
30 July 2009
Second Call for Papers; deadline August 15
Emergence and Reduction in the Sciences
Second Pittsburgh-Paris Workshop
Center for Philosophy of Science and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris
Friday, December 11- Saturday, December 12, 2009 (possibly extending to morning, Sunday, December 13) at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
See workshop Web page: Pitt-Paris II
For more, visit the Center Web site: www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
3 August 2009
::: Welcome 2009-10 Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows
Peterfest: A Workshop in Honor of Peter Machamer 24 October 2009
Call for papers for Pitt-Paris II
Call for papers for Newton and Empiricism
So, what's it like?
2 September 2009
We welcome our 2009-10 Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows. Arriving this month: Lisa Damm, Natalie Gold, Lydia Patton, Slobodan Perovic, Athanassios Raftopoulos, Mark Sprevak, and Drozdstoj Stoyanov.
Speakers this month are Nicholas Rescher, Natalie Gold, Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Slobodan Perovic, and Lisa Damm. See Calendar for details.
Please join us for:
Peterfest: a workshop in honor of Peter Machamer, 24 October 2009,
Francis Crick Biography Workshop, 20 November 2009, and
Pitt-Paris II, a workshop on Emergence and Reduction, 11-13 December 2009.
Call for papers for Newton and Empiricism
Interested in visiting?
Through its Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Programs the Center for Philosophy of Science invites philosophers of science to work in the Center for a term or a year. More . . .
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
16 September 2009
Dear Staff,
We are pleased to announce that our Annual Review is now available on line at
Annual Review 2008-2009.
John D. Norton, Director
Center for Philosophy of Science
21 September 2009
The Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, announces two postdoctoral fellowships for the academic year 2010-2011. Each fellowship includes a $40,000 stipend with benefits. Eligible candidates must be within 5 years of the awarding of their doctorates at the time of commencement in September 2010 and must have their doctorate awarded by April 15, 2010.
Visit the Center Web site for more details about the Postdoctoral Fellows Program.
John D. Norton
Director
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh
www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr 1 October 2009
Speakers this month are Lydia Patton, Drozdstoj Stoyanov, Mark Sprevak, Athanassios Raftopoulos, John Norton, and Alan Baker. See the October Calendar for details.
Please join us for:
Peterfest, A Workshop in Honor of Peter Machamer, 24 October 2009,
Francis Crick Biography Workshop, 20 November 2009, and
Pitt-Paris II, a workshop on Emergence and Reduction, 11-13 December 2009.
Call for papers for Newton and Empiricism.
We are pleased to announce that our Director's Annual Review is now available on line at Annual Review 2008-2009.
Interested in visiting?
Through its Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Programs the Center for Philosophy of Science invites philosophers of science to work in the Center for a term or a year. More . . .
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
21 October 2009
Second Call for Papers; deadline December 1
Newton and Empiricism
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
10-11 April 2010
Invited Speaker: Lisa Downing ( Ohio State)
Program Committee: Zvi Biener (Western Michigan University), J. E. McGuire (University of Pittsburgh), and Eric Schliesser (University of Leiden)
Call for papers
Isaac Newton and John Locke are sometimes portrayed as dual fathers of the British Enlightenment, with Newton providing the exemplar of human knowledge and Locke providing the philosophical infrastructure required for understanding the merit and reach of that exemplar. Yet their union was neither simple nor unchallenged. Newton’s empiricism developed while defending and revising his Principia against philosophical critique, and Locke’s hospitability to Newtonian gravity and realization of Newton’s achievement developed through successive drafts of the Essay and other texts. Moreover, similar complexity exists in the work of Newton’s and Locke’s intellectual heirs. This conference will focus on the compatibility and incompatibility, tensions, and developing relations between Newton, Locke, and their successors in Newtonianism and Empiricism.
The conference will take place on 10-11 April 2010 at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh. Possible conference participants should note that Catherine Wilson ( University of Aberdeen) will deliver an Annual Lecture Series talk for the Center for Philosophy of Science on the afternoon of 9 April 2010. Conference participants are encouraged to attend.
Partial travel stipends will be available for young scholars, who are highly encouraged to submit abstracts.
The deadline for submitting abstracts (of approximately 750 words) is 1 December 2009. Email submissions are highly encouraged and can be sent to Zvi Biener at zvi.biener@wmich.edu. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt of your abstract within a week, please resubmit or contact the organizers.
For updates, visit the Center Web site: www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr
2 November 2009
Speakers this month are A.W. Carus, Michela Massimi, Robert Rupert, and Hasok Chang. See Calendar for details.
Please join us for:
Francis Crick: Hunter of Life's Secrets by Robert Olby Workshop, 20 November 2009,
Pitt-Paris II, a workshop on Emergence and Reduction, 11-13 December 2009, and
Mitchell's Unsimple Truths Workshop, 3 February 2010.
Call for papers for Newton and Empiricism
Interested in visiting?
See our Postdoctoral and our Visiting Fellows Programs.
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
20 November 2009
Final Call for Papers; deadline December 1
Newton and Empiricism
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
10-11 April 2010
Invited Speaker: Lisa Downing ( Ohio State)
Program Committee: Zvi Biener (Western Michigan University), J. E. McGuire (University of Pittsburgh), and Eric Schliesser (University of Leiden)
Call for papers
Isaac Newton and John Locke are sometimes portrayed as dual fathers of the British Enlightenment, with Newton providing the exemplar of human knowledge and Locke providing the philosophical infrastructure required for understanding the merit and reach of that exemplar. Yet their union was neither simple nor unchallenged. Newton’s empiricism developed while defending and revising his Principia against philosophical critique, and Locke’s hospitability to Newtonian gravity and realization of Newton’s achievement developed through successive drafts of the Essay and other texts. Moreover, similar complexity exists in the work of Newton’s and Locke’s intellectual heirs. This conference will focus on the compatibility and incompatibility, tensions, and developing relations between Newton, Locke, and their successors in Newtonianism and Empiricism.
The conference will take place on 10-11 April 2010 at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh. Possible conference participants should note that Catherine Wilson ( University of Aberdeen) will deliver an Annual Lecture Series talk for the Center for Philosophy of Science on the afternoon of 9 April 2010. Conference participants are encouraged to attend.
Partial travel stipends will be available for young scholars, who are highly encouraged to submit abstracts.
The deadline for submitting abstracts (of approximately 750 words) is 1 December 2009. Email submissions are highly encouraged and can be sent to Zvi Biener at zvi.biener@wmich.edu. If you do not receive confirmation of receipt of your abstract within a week, please resubmit or contact the organizers.
For updates, visit the Center Web site: www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr
1 December 2009
Speakers this month are Robert Rynasiewicz and Wayne Wu. See Calendar for more.
Please join us for:
Pitt-Paris II, a workshop on Emergence and Reduction, 11-13 December 2009, and
Mitchell's Unsimple Truths Workshop, 3, February 2010.
Call for papers for Newton and Empiricism
Interested in visiting?
See our Postdoctoral and our Visiting Fellows Programs.
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
2 December 2009
The application deadline of December 15 is approaching for postdoctoral fellowships at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, for the academic year 2010-2011. Each fellowship includes a $40,000 stipend with benefits. Eligible candidates must be within 5 years of the awarding of their doctorates at the time of commencement in September 2010 and must have their doctorate awarded by April 15, 2010.
The Center also maintains a Visiting Fellows Program for scholars at all stages of their careers.
For more details, see http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/joining.htm
John D. Norton
Director
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh
6 January 2010
We welcome new Visiting Fellows: Meinard Kuhlmann, Susan Sterrett, and Tadeusz Szubka.
Speakers this month are Nicholas Rescher, Tadeusz Szubka, Meinard Kuhlmann, Susan Sterrett, and Mariafranca Spallanzani. See Calendar for more.
Please join us for:
Workshop on Sandra Mitchell's Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity and Policy
(2009, University of Chicago Press)
3 February, 2010.
So what's it like?
Interested in visiting?
See our Postdoctoral and our Visiting Fellows Programs.
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
21 January 2010
Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
October 15-16, 2010
Call for Papers
This workshop will explore research in philosophy of scientific experimentation that challenges dominant views in contemporary philosophy of science. It will focus on the philosophical analysis of the design, structure, calibration, use and the readings of experimental apparatus, as well as broader experimental conditions. Some of the central philosophical issues to consider in light of such analysis are the nature of scientific theory, the role of evidence, and the structure of explanations and understanding of natural phenomena.
Keynote speakers:
Allan Franklin, University of Colorado
Marcel Weber, University of Konstanz
We invite submissions of extended abstracts (1000 words) of papers of approximately 30 minutes presentation time. Please include your name, the title of the paper, your academic affiliation and your e-mail address in the submission. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2010. Please direct your submissions to https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=philexp1. The decisions will be announced by July 15, 2010.
Accommodation will be provided for speakers.
Organizing Committee: Slobodan Perovic (Chair), Allan Franklin, John D. Norton, Wendy Parker, Marcel Weber.
Questions can be directed to Slobodan Perovic, sperovic@pitt.edu, or Karen Kovalchick, rubus@pitt.edu.
For updates, visit: www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr
1 February 2010
Speakers this month are Jeremy Avigad, Tomasz Placek, and Edda Thiels. See Calendar for more.
Please join us for:
Workshop on Sandra Mitchell's Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity and Policy
Speakers: James Bogen and Dale Jamieson. Response: Sandra Mitchell.
3 February, 2010
Newton and Empiricism
10-11 April 2010
Call for papers for Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science
So what's it like?
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
1 March 2010
Speakers this month are Allan Walstad, David Danks, Wayne Myrvold, Andrea Woody, C. Kenneth Waters, and Wolfgang Pietsch. See Calendar for more.
Please join us for:
Newton and Empiricism
10-11 April, 2010
Call for papers for Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science
So what's it like?
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
1 April 2010
Speakers this month are Catherine Wilson and Gordon Fleming. See Calendar for more.
Please join us for:
Newton and Empiricism
10-11 April, 2010
Call for papers for Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science
So what's it like?
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
John D. Norton, Director
For all inquiries or to be removed from our email list,
pittcntr@pitt.edu
412-624-1052
14 May 2010
Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
October 15-16, 2010
Second Call for Papers; deadline June 1
This workshop will explore research in philosophy of scientific experimentation that challenges dominant views in contemporary philosophy of science. It will focus on the philosophical analysis of the design, structure, calibration, use and the readings of experimental apparatus, as well as broader experimental conditions. Some of the central philosophical issues to consider in light of such analysis are the nature of scientific theory, the role of evidence, and the structure of explanations and understanding of natural phenomena.
Keynote speakers:
Allan Franklin, University of Colorado
Marcel Weber, University of Konstanz
We invite submissions of extended abstracts (1000 words) of papers of approximately 30 minutes presentation time. Please include your name, the title of the paper, your academic affiliation and your e-mail address in the submission. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2010. Please direct your submissions to https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=philexp1. The decisions will be announced by July 15, 2010.
Accommodation will be provided for speakers.
Organizing Committee: Slobodan Perovic (Chair), Allan Franklin, John D. Norton, Wendy Parker, Marcel Weber.
Questions can be directed to Slobodan Perovic, sperovic@pitt.edu, or Karen Kovalchick, rubus@pitt.edu.
For updates, visit: www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr
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