Kaća Bradonjić, currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at Hampshire College, describes herself as a theoretical physicist who "walk[s] the Möbius strip of science and art". She was recently featured on the Daily Nous for artwork she has created titled, Projections -- a series of drawings, sketches and paintings inspired by research talks she [...]
Dr. Mazviita Chirimuuta is an Assistant Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work examines the relationship between neuroscience and the philosophy of mind and perception. In recent years, her main project has been developing a theory of color that acknowledges the complexities of visual function revealed by [...]
Information-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, the 20th annual UWO philosophy of physics conference, was held on June 11-12, 2016 at Western University. The workshop was inspired by Jeffrey Bub’s recently published book Bananaworld: Quantum Mechanics for Primates (Oxford University Press). The workshop brought together diverse views on issues raised by and related to Professor Bub’s [...]
Information-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, the 20th annual UWO philosophy of physics conference, was held on June 11-12, 2016 at Western University. The workshop was inspired by Jeffrey Bub’s recently published book Bananaworld: Quantum Mechanics for Primates (Oxford University Press). The workshop brought together diverse views on issues raised by and related to Professor Bub’s [...]
On Friday, June 10th, immediately following the LMP conference, the Rotman Institue is pleased to announce a special colloquium talk: "Laws of Nature: Revisiting the 17th Century Debate" Stathis Psillos Friday, June 10th, 3:30-5:00pm StvH 1145 In this talk I will review the transition from powers to laws in the seventeenth century. I will argue [...]
The Rotman 2016 Annual Conference: Rethinking the Taxonomy of Psychology was held on April 15 – 17, 2016. The workshop playlist on the Rotman Institute YouTube Channel is now complete. It includes videos of each of the speakers, poster presentations, and the concluding plenary session. Newly uploaded videos are listed below. Workshop posters, a paper archive, and [...]
Conference organisers of the 2016 Philosophy of Logic Math and Physics Graduate Student Conference and Information-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics: 2016 Annual Philosophy of Physics Conference have announced they will be able to provide three bursaries of $300 (CAD) each for graduate students who'd like to attend LMP and ITIQM. Priority will be given to [...]
Carl Craver is a philosopher of neuroscience with side interests in the history and philosophy of biology, general philosophy of science, metaphysics, and moral psychology. He is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Program at Washington University in St. Louis. On March 31 and April 1, he delivered two lectures here [...]
Videos of three talks have been added to the Rethinking the Taxonomy of Psychology playlist on the Rotman Institute YouTube Channel -- Lisa Saksida, Muhammed Ali Khalidi, and Owen Whooley. Further talks will be available soon. Lisa Saksida: Cognition and the ventral visual-perirhinal-hippocampal stream [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFCO0DjFgsk[/embedyt] Muhammad Ali Khalidi: Crosscutting Psychoneural Kinds: Some Lessons from [...]
The Rotman 2016 Annual Conference: Rethinking the Taxonomy of Psychology was held on April 15 - 17, 2016, in London, Ontario. Advances in cognitive neuroscience, including neuroimaging techniques, have challenged the conceptual foundations of psychology. Participants in this interdisciplinary workshop investigated questions at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience raised by the emerging data [...]
