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Our final speaker of the semester will be Prof. Alyssa Ney (UC Davis). Please join us on Tuesday at 4:10 – 6:00 pm at Columbia University. =============================================================== Place: Hamilton Hall, Room 303, Columbia University. Updated Time: 4:10 — 6:00 pm, Tuesday, May 2.  Speaker: Alyssa … Continue reading →

Our next speaker will be Jesse Prinz. The lecture will be held on Tuesday 4:15-6:15pm, April 25th, at CUNY Grad Center (Room 5307). Hope to see you there. =============================================================== Place: CUNY Graduate Center, Room 5307. Street address: 365 Fifth Ave, NYC. Time: … Continue reading →

Our next speaker will be Matthew Stanley on Feb 28th at NYU. Hope to see you there.  =============================================================== Place: NYU Philosophy Department Auditorium (Room 101), 5 Washington Place, NYC. Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM Tuesday February 28. Speaker: Matthew Stanley. (Author of Huxley’s Church … Continue reading →

Dear All, Happy New Year! This year in the Metro Area Philosophy of Science Group (MAPS), we hope to continue hosting informative talks on many cutting-edge topics in philosophy of science.  Our first speaker of the semester will be Massimo … Continue reading →

December 9, Friday 2:30–6:30pm, 5 Washington Place, Room 101 (NYU Philosophy Dept Auditorium). (The security staff may need to see your university/personal ID.) Mini-Workshop in Philosophy of Physics 2:30–4:15. Jonathan Bain (NYU): What Explains the Spin-Statistics Connection? Abstract: The spin–statistics connection … Continue reading →

The Subject as Cause and Effect of Evolution  Speaker: Peter Godfrey-Smith (CUNY) 4:00 — 6:00 pm, Friday Dec 2, CUNY Graduate Center, Room 5307 (Address: 365 Fifth Ave). Abstract: Organisms physically transform their environments in ways that affect their downstream … Continue reading →

Speaker: Daniel Sudarsky (ICN-UNAM) 5:00 — 7:00 pm, Thursday October 27th, NYU Silver Center Room 620 (address: 31 Washington Place, NYC) Abstract: I will discuss  some of  the  extra difficulties one needs to face when addressing the measurement problem  (MP)  in … Continue reading →