• Emergence and the Limit: A Workshop in Philosophy of Physics

Emergence and the Limit: A Workshop in Philosophy of Physics

  • 1 November 2016

On 25 November, this workshop will consider various case studies portraying either emergent behaviour or other important issues in statistical mechanics and assess the indispensable vs. dispensable nature of of the thermodynamic limit.

  • Reasons and Mental States in Decision Theory

Reasons and Mental States in Decision Theory

  • 11 May 2016

On 9–10 June this workshop will explore whether, and how, we can make progress in decision theory by modelling a decision-maker’s reasons and/or mental states.

  • Workshop: Geometry and Physics

Workshop: Geometry and Physics

  • 17 April 2016

A workshop on the philosophical foundations of geometry and physics, held on the occasion of Gordon Belot and David Malament jointly winning the Lakatos Award.

  • Decision Theory with a Human Face

Decision Theory with a Human Face

  • 27 January 2016

On 5 February 2016 this one day workshop will focus on themes from Prof Richard Bradley’s forthcoming book, Decision Theory with a Human Face.

  • Foundations 2016

Foundations 2016

  • 1 October 2015

Exploring, challenging, and reinventing the foundations of modern physics: scenes from an exciting 3-day [...]

  • Decisions, Games and Logic 2015

Decisions, Games and Logic 2015

  • 18 June 2015

The Decisions, Games and Logic (DGL) workshop series aims to bring together graduate students, post-docs and researchers from philosophy, economics and logic working on formal approaches to rational individual and interactive decision making.

  • Lakatos Award Conference on Philosophy of Physics

Lakatos Award Conference on Philosophy of Physics

  • 24 September 2014

This workshop is in honor of Laura Ruetsche and David Wallace jointly winning the 2013 Lakatos Award. Read more. Date: Tuesday, 21 Oct 2014 (all day) Location: LAK 2.06 More Details: Calendar Entry Lakatos Award Ceremony: To follow the next day on Wednesday evening.