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Margarida Hermida (King’s College London): TBA
Abstract and title coming soon. Margarida Hermida is the current Jacobsen fellow. Her postdoctoral research project is on ‘The Physics of Life’ and aims to study how the philosophy of biophysics can shed light on the relationship between physics and biology, and on the nature of life in the universe. Schedule 15:30-16:00 tea/coffee and pastries (LAK G.01) 16:00-17:30 seminar and…
Find out more »Klaas Landsman (Radboud University Nijmegen): TBA
Abstract: As noted by Mark Steiner, 'To an unappreciated degree, the history of Western Philosophy is the history of attempts to understand why Mathematics is applicable to Nature, despite apparently good reasons to believe that it should not be.’ I sharpen this topic to mathematical physics, including a definition and conceptualization thereof. This will take us from Aristotle to Brandom,…
Find out more »JB Manchak (UC Irvine): TBA
Title and abstract coming soon. JB Manchak is a professor of logic and philosophy of science at UC Irvine. Schedule 15:30-16:00 tea/coffee and pastries (LAK G.01) 16:00-17:30 seminar and Q&A (LAK 2.02) 17:30 onwards pub visit and dinner (depending on speaker’s availability) This event will take place in person on LSE’s campus. However, those unable to attend in person will have the…
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