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Explanation, Normativity, and Uncertainty in Economic Modelling
This conference will bring together philosophers and economists to explore philosophical aspects of economic modelling. Further information is available on the conference webpage.
Find out more »50 Years of Worrall: Science, Structure and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Celebrating John Worrall's 50 Years at LSE. Further details can be found on the conference webpage.
Find out more »Lakatos Award Workshop on Geometry and Physics
Gordon Belot and David Malament together with Fay Dowker and Klaas Landsman will participate in a 1-day workshop on geometry and physics, in honour of their winning of the 2014 Lakatos Award. #LSELakatos
Find out more »Workshop: New work on responsibility
Attendance at this one-day workshop is open to University of London Research Students and staff only. To register, please email Alex Voorhoeve.
Find out more »Foundations 2016
The LSE is hosting the The UK and European Conference on Foundations of Physics, to take place this year on 16-17 July 2016. Visit the conference website for more information.
Find out more »Workshop on Scientific Imagination and Epistemic Representations
Many philosophers of science dismiss imagination as ill-suited for scientific reasoning. The notion of imagination that they assume often coincides with that of irrational or unconstrained thought that enables us to escape reality. This idea disregards the fact that imagination seems also to provide knowledge of reality. For example, imagination seems to play a role in philosophical and scientific thought experiments, scientific modelling, counterfactual reasoning, problem solving, practical deliberations about contingent facts, and more. But how can the same mental ability enable us to escape reality and also learn about it?
Four experts on imagination will address this question from the perspective of philosophy of science, epistemology, cognitive science, and aesthetics.
Find out more »Emergence and the Limit: A Workshop in Philosophy of Physics
Recent literature on emergence in physics and on foundational issues in statistical mechanics has stressed the importance or lack thereof of the thermodynamic limit. In this workshop we 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 (or other similar limits such as the continuum limit). Our goal is is make some headway in identifying the role that such limits may or may not play in understanding emergence, reversibility, etc.
Find out more »History of Postwar Social Science Workshop
This one-day workshop has been organised by Roger Backhouse and Philippe Fontaine and is supported by by the CNRS European Scientific Coordination Network (GDRE #711).
Find out more »Workshop on Determinism, Probability and Agency
On 19 May, this workshop will bring together faculty and graduate students to investigate the connections between probability, determinism and agency. Further information is available on the workshop website.
Find out more »Philosophy of Language for Decision Theory
This two day workshop will explore the connections between philosophy of language and decision theory. Confirmed speakers include Richard Bradley, Chloé de Canson, Julien Dutant, Paul Egré, Terry Horgan, Rosanna Keefe, Harvey Lederman, Christian List, Ofra Magidor, Anna Mahtani, Daniel Rothschild and Robbie Williams.
Find out more »Fifth LSE Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Probability
This conference will bring together researchers and graduate students in Philosophy, Psychology/Cognitive Science, Physics, Medicine, Computer Science and related fields to discuss issues in the philosophy of probability. Keynote speakers: Maria Carla Galavotti (University of Bologna) Anna Mahtani (LSE) Julia Staffel (Washington University in St Louis) Sylvia Wenmackers (KU Leuven) Further information is available on the conference website.
Find out more »Origins of Consciousness Workshop
This one-day, interdisciplinary workshop will bring together philosophers, neuroscientists, experimental biologists and evolutionary biologists to discuss the origins of consciousness. Pre-registration is required. Further information is available on the conference website.
Find out more »Reasons, Rationality, and Intentional Agency
This two-day interdisciplinary workshop will bring together philosophers, economists, and scholars from neighbouring disciplines to discuss issues ranging from new approaches to rational choice theory at one end of the spectrum to contributions concerning the metaphysics of intentionality and agency at the other. Further information is available on the conference webpage.
Find out more »Bridging the Gap: Scientific Imagination Meets Aesthetic Imagination
Why, how, and when do scientists imagine, and what epistemological roles does the imagination play in scientific progress? This conference aims to connect work on artistic and scientific imagination, and to advance our understanding of the epistemic and heuristic roles that imagination can play. Further information is available of the conference website.
Find out more »Quantum Investigations in Algebraic Approach: Opening Lecture and Reception
An opening lecture by Miklós Rédei, in advance of a one-day conference in his honour. Followed by a wine reception, in the Senior Common Room on the 5th floor of the Old Building (OLD) at LSE. Further information about the lecture and conference are available on the Conference Webpage.
Find out more »Quantum Investigations (Rédei-Fest)
A conference on the foundations of quantum theory, in honour of Professor Miklós Rédei. For more details, visit the Conference Webpage.
Find out more »Biological Identity: An Expert Workshop
This half-day expert workshop will consider questions of biological identity with reference to Thomas Pradeu's book The Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity, winner of the 2015 Lakatos Award. It accompanies the Lakatos Award lecture on 9 November and is followed by The Ant Trap: An Expert Workshop. Further information is available on the conference webpage.
Find out more »The Ant Trap: An Expert Workshop
This half-day workshop will explore some of the issues raised by Brian Epstein’s Lakatos Award winning book, The Ant Trap. It accompanies the Lakatos Award lecture on 9 November and follows Biological Identity: An expert workshop on Thomas Pradeu’s book The Limits of the Self: Immunology and Biological Identity. Further information is available on the conference webpage.
Find out more »Foundations of Quantum Theory Book Workshop: Cats, Fleas and Symmetries
A workshop on Klaas Landsman's Open Access book, The Foundations of Quantum Theory, with talks by Klaas Landsman, Jeremy Butterfield and Bryan Roberts. For more information, visit the Workshop Website.
Find out more »Philosophy, Politics and Economics Conference in honour of Luc Bovens
On 7 December, this conference will bring together scholars from around the world to celebrate the work of Prof Bovens and his contributions to philosophy, politics and economics. Further info is available on the conference webpage.
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