- Philosophy Colloquium
- New Directions in the Foundations of Physics
- Quantum Foundations Reading Group
- The Maryland Mechanisms Research Group
- DC/Maryland History and Philosophy of Biology Discussion Group
Philosophy Colloquium
Upcoming Talks
James Owen Weatherall (LPS, UC-Irvine)
The Scope and Generality of Bell's Theorem
Date: March, 2012 (TBA)
Place: SKN 1115
Florin Moldoveanu (Philosophy, UMD)
On Joy Christian's ''Disproof'' of Bell's Theorem
Date: April, 2012 (TBA)
Place: SKN 1115
Previous Talks
- 2009-2010 Schedule
- 2008-2009 Schedule
- 2007-2008 Schedule
- 2006-2007 Schedule
- 2005-2006 Schedule
- 2004-2005 Schedule
- 2003-2004 Schedule
- 2002-2003 Schedule
- 2001-2002 Schedule
- 2000-2001 Schedule
- 1999-2000 Schedule
- Spring 1999 Schedule
New Directions in the Foundations of Physics
An annual conference on conceptual foundations of physics. Sponsored by the University of Maryland, College Park (College of Arts and Humanities, Committee for Philosophy and the Sciences, Institute for Physical Science and Technology), Georgetown University (Graduate School, Georgetown College, Philosophy Department), and Johns Hopkins University Philosophy Department, with the support of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, and coordinated through the Foundations of Physics Group (University of Maryland at College Park, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University).
The 2012 conference will be held at the Mathematical Association of America Carriage House, Washington, DC, May 11 - 13.
For previous meetings, see carnap.umd.edu/philphysics/conference.html.
Quantum Foundations Reading Group
Place: SKN 1012 (Philosophy Library)
Topic: Asher Peres, Quantum Theory: Concepts and Methods
Contact: Lucas Dunlap (
)
The Maryland Mechanisms Research Group
The Maryland Mechanisms Research Group consists of faculty, research
associates, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students at UMCP
interested in biological mechanisms. The group reads preprints of
papers and book manuscripts of the group and journal articles on the
topic of the new mechanistic philosophy of science. For more
information, contact Lindley Darden (
).
DC/Maryland History and Philosophy of Biology Discussion Group
The DC/Maryland History and Philosophy of Biology Discussion Group
meets monthly in Washington, DC, for dinner and small group discussion
of preprints and published papers in hpb. Attendees include visitors
to Washington and local faculty, graduate students, and professionals
from the University of Maryland (College Park and Baltimore County),
George Washington University, the Smithsonian Institution, the
National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Sciences,
among others. For more information, contact Eric Saidel (
) or Lindley Darden ().