Author Archives: pdw2109

Due to COVID-19, MAPS talks are cancelled for the remainder of the term. We are hopeful that we will be able to reschedule with the presenters for the Fall term.

David Papineau (King’s College London & CUNY)4:30-6:30pm Tuesday March 3; CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Ave, New York, NY), room 5307. Title: The Nature of Representation. Abstract: Teleosemantics analyses representation in terms of evolutionary history. A standard objection is that swampman’s lack … Continue reading →

Anthony Aguirre (UCSC)6:30-8:30pm Tuesday Feb 4; NYU Philosophy Department (5 Washington Place, New York, NY), 3rd floor seminar room. Title: Entropy in long-lived genuinely closed quantum systems Abstract: Physical systems are often considered “closed” or “isolated” as a convenient approximation. … Continue reading →

Anthony Aguirre (UCSC) – “Entropy in long-lived genuinely closed quantum systems”6:30-8:30pm Tuesday Feb 4; NYU Philosophy Department (5 Washington Place), 3rd floor seminar room. David Papineau (King’s College London & CUNY) – “The Nature of Representation”4:30-6:30pm Tuesday March 3; CUNY … Continue reading →

Christopher Weaver (University of Illinois)4:30-6:30pm Wednesday Nov 13; NYU Philosophy Department (5 Washington Place, New York, NY), room 202. Title: In Praise of Clausius Entropy: Reassessing the Foundations of Boltzmannian Statistical Mechanics Abstract: I will argue, pace a great many … Continue reading →

On October 24-26, 2019, the Rutgers Philosophy Department will be holding a conference on the Philosophy of Probability. All are welcome to attend! ===============================Rutgers Conference on Philosophy of ProbabilityLocation: Rutgers Philosophy Department; 106 Somerset St, 5th floor; New Brunswick, NJOct … Continue reading →

This talk has been cancelled. We are working on rescheduling for a later date. Armin Schulz (University of Kansas)4:30-6:30pm Wednesday Oct 9; NYU Philosophy Department (5 Washington Place, New York, NY), room 202. Title: Equilibrium Modeling in Economics: An Evolutionary … Continue reading →

Jeremy Butterfield (Cambridge)4:30-6:30pm Monday Sept 9; CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Ave, NYC), room 5307. Title: On Reductionism and Functionalism about Space and Time. Abstract: Various programmes and results in the philosophy/foundations of spacetime theories illustrate themes from reductionism and … Continue reading →

Michela Massimi (Edinburgh) 2:30-4:30pm Thursday April 18; CUNY Graduate Center (365 5th Ave, NYC), room 5307. Title: Exploratory models, laws and modality. Abstract: I analyse the exploratory function of two main modelling practices: targetless fictional models and hypothetical perspectival models. … Continue reading →

Nina Emery (Holyoke) 4:30-6:30pm Monday April 8; NYU, 194 Mercer, room 203. Title: The Governing Conception of Laws Abstract: In her paper, “The Non-Governing Conception of Laws,” Helen Beebee argues that it is not a conceptual truth that laws of nature govern … Continue reading →