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History of Postwar Social Science Workshop
22 February 2013 History of Postwar Social Science Workshop Speakers: Edward Gitre (Seattle University); B
Find out more »Matt Parker (CPNSS): “Infinitesimal Probabilities and Regularity”
Infinitesimal Probabilities and Regularity Speaker: Matt Parker; CPNSS LAK2.06; Tuesday April 30; 5.30-7pm; all welcome ABSTRACT: In standard probability theory; probability zero is not the same as impossibility.
Find out more »Nancy Cartwright’s Farewell Conference
Nancy Cartwright's Farewell Conference Monday; 3rd June 2013; 1:45pm - 5pm in LAK 2.06 Speakers: Luc Bovens; Roman Frigg; Mary Morgan; Hakan Seckinelgin; Eleonora Montuschi and Mary Kaldor. The Department of Philosophy; Logic; and Scientific Method and the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science invite you to Nancy Cartwright's farewell conference. Nancy has been at LSE as a…
Find out more »Workshop (Richard Bradley; Roman Frigg and Miklos Redei): “Recent work on the Principle Principle”
Friday 18th October; 15:30pm
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Thursday 28th & Friday 29th November; all day conference Conference organised by Bryan W Roberts Title: Relativity Meets Quantum Theory in the Foundations of Physics Speakers: Adam Caulton (Cambridge); Fay Dowker (Imperial); Doreen Fraser (Waterloo); Leah Henderson (Carnegie Mellon); Mikl
Find out more »History of Postwar Social Science Workshop
History of Postwar Social Science Workshop December 6; 2013
Find out more »Rethinking Theory Construction in Social Science
Title: Rethinking Theory Construction in Social Science Date: Tuesday 11th March 2014 Time: 9:45am - 17:20pm Location: Room B.07; 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields; LSE Speakers: Prof. Mark Addis (Birmingham City University); Prof. Fernand Gobet (University of Liverpool); Prof. Leonard Smith (LSE); Dr. Charlotte Werndl (LSE) This interdisciplinary conference with speakers from Philosophy; psychology and statistics explores a novel research agenda…
Find out more »London Foundations Conference: Foundations of Quantum Theory
Title: London Foundations Conference; Foundations of Quantum Theory Time: tbc After successful meetings in previous years at Senate House and Imperial college; the next London Foundations Conference on the Foundations of Quantum Theory will take place at the Centre for the Philosophy of Natural and Social Science; London School of Economics; on May 14; 2014. The meeting intends to increase…
Find out more »Workshop on the Politics and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence (Registration required)
LSE workshop on the Politics and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Supported by the Department of Government Organizers: Christian List and Kai Spiekermann June 5
Find out more »International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC) Annual Conference 2014
International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC) Annual Conference 2014 Monday-Wednesday; 7-9th July 2014; Lakatos Building LAK 2.06 Happily we have set up joint sponsorship of the meeting with the Centre for Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) at the LSE. The meetings will be in the Lecture Room (room LAK 2.06) in the Lakatos Building at the LSE; the…
Find out more »History of Postwar Social Science Workshop
Schedule 10.00 – 10.50: Taming Maxwell’s Demon: Economists, historians of science, and the Bush Report on American science policy. Harro Maas (Utrecht University) & Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham) Coffee break 11.20 – 12.10: The Rise and fall of central planning. David Engerman (Brandeis University) 12.20 – 13.10: The struggle over the place of political theory at Berkeley in the 1960s. Emily Hauptmann…
Find out more »Simon Hayhoe (LSE): Happy Appy, Study Skills Course for Disabled and Neuro-Diverse Students at the LSE (Revision of Skills and Apps)
Do you have a smart phone, tablet computer, netbook or laptop? Would you like to know how to use them more effectively in lectures, study in the library and possibly get better grades? Would you like to collect a Moodle badge and electronic certificate for your CV? LSE is running a study skills course for disabled students to be taught in…
Find out more »Scientific Discovery in the Social Sciences (2 day workshop)
Scientific Discovery in the Social Sciences Friday 30th – Saturday 31st January 2015, all day Lakatos Building, room 2.06, LSE Conference Website This interdisciplinary conference explores issues arising from scientific discovery in the social sciences. Keynote talks will be given by speakers from philosophy, psychology and computer science. Submissions are invited from a range of disciplines including the behavioural and…
Find out more »History of Postwar Social Science Workshop
Programme: 10.00 – 10.50: Newton Mangled on a Bissett Home-made, Electrical Computer: The Cold War, Social Science and Geography Trevor Barnes (University of British Columbia) Coffee break 11.20 – 12.10: How Realism Waltzed Off: Kenneth Waltz and the Cybernetic Turn in International Relations Theory Nicolas Guilhot (CIRHUS NYU) 12.20 – 13.10: The Great Cat Mutilation: Sex, Social Movements, and the…
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 »Lakatos Award Expert Workshop with Craig Callender
A half-day workshop addressing issues raised by Craig Callender’s Lakatos Award-winning book, What Makes Time Special? Featuring Craig Callender, Carl Hoefer, Huw Price, Heather Dyke and Alastair Wilson. Free and open to all.
Find out more »Lakatos Award Expert Workshop with Sabina Leonelli
A half-day workshop addressing issues raised by Sabina Leonelli’s Lakatos Award-winning book, Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study. Featuring Sabina Leonelli, Samir Okasha, Samuel Schindler, James Nguyen and Michela Massimi. Free and open to all.
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