2011-12 monthly bulletins

1 September 2011

We welcome our 2011-12 visitors:  Yuichi Amitani, Armond Duwell, Uljana Feest, Leah Henderson, Gabor Hofer-Szabo, Soazig LeBihan, Nils-Eric Sahlin, Dana Tulodziecki, and Adrian Wuthrich.

Speakers this month are Nicholas Rescher, Gabor Hofer-Szabo, Elliott Sober, Nils-Eric Sahlin, Uljana Feest, Adrian Wuthrich, and Armond Duwell.  See the calendar for details.

Please join us for:

Salmon Lecture by Elliott Sober, 16 September 2011

Quantum Field Theory Workshop
14-15 October 2011

Reasoning with Cases in the Social Sciences Workshop
11-12 November 2011

So what's it like?

6 September 2011

The Center for Philosophy of Science will hold a workshop, Reasoning with Cases in the Social Sciences, November 11-12, 2011. More …

We have limited support for qualified graduate students in a philosophy or philosophy of science program wishing to attend. We offer lodging for one night at a nearby hotel or reimbursement of up to $140 against receipts for travel-related expenses. Qualified graduate students are advanced in their graduate programs and working on a dissertation directly related to the workshop.

13 September

The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh announces a new Senior Visiting Fellowship Program.  Applications are invited from senior scholars in philosophy of science who wish to spend an academic year in the Center.  One fellowship will be awarded in the coming year.

A stipend of $80,000 is offered.

Visit the Center Web site for more details:  http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Joining/senior_visiting_fellows_basics.html.

26 September 2011

New Science - New Risks
How do we and should we take risks under great epistemic uncertainty?

Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
30-31 March 2012

Call for papers

Organizing Committee:  Nils-Eric Sahlin (Chair), Melissa Finucane, John D. Norton, Teddy Seidenfeld, and Paul Weirich.

1 November 2011

We are offering a new Senior Visiting Fellowship Program.  Applications are invited from senior scholars in philosophy of science who wish to spend an academic year in the Center.  One fellowship will be awarded in the coming year.  A stipend of $80,000 is offered.

Speakers this month are Jan-Willem Romeijn, Sandra D. Mitchell, John D. Norton, Kurt Smith, Justin E. H. Smith, and Robert B. Griffiths.  See the calendar for details.

Call for papers for New Science - New Risks

Please join us for:

Reasoning with Cases in the Social Sciences Workshop
11-12 November 2011

So what's it like?

28 November 2011

Dear Fellows,

We are pleased to announce that our Annual Review is now available on line at Annual Review 2010-11.

30 November 2011

We are offering a new Senior Visiting Fellowship Program.  Applications are invited from senior scholars in philosophy of science who wish to spend an academic year in the Center.  One fellowship will be awarded in the coming year.  A stipend of $80,000 is offered.

Speaker this month is Jos Uffink.  See the calendar for details.

So what's it like?

8 December 2011

The application deadline of December 15 is approaching for senior, postdoctoral, and visiting fellowships at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, for the academic year 2012-2013.

For more details, see joining on the Center Web site
(http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr).

3 January 2012

We welcome new visitors:  Mary Domski, Michael Tomasello, and Paul Weirich.

Speakers this month are Nicholas Rescher, Paul Weirich, Mary Domski, Michael Tomasello, and David Snoke.  See the calendar for details.

Please join us for:

Philosophy of Risk
30-31 March 2012

So what's it like?

1 February 2012

Speakers this month are Wayne Wu, Gabor Hofer-Szabo, Derek Brown, John Dupre, and John D. Norton.  See the calendar for details.

Please join us for:

Philosophy of Risk
30-31 March 2012

Mathematics, Logic, and Method in Kant's Transcendental Philosophy
13-14 April 2012

So what's it like?

1 March 2012

Speakers this month are Katherine Dunlop, Michael Anderson, and Wendy Parker.  See the calendar for details.

Please join us for:

Philosophy of Risk
30-31 March 2012

Mathematics, Logic, and Method in Kant's Transcendental Philosophy
13-14 April 2012

So what's it like?

2 April 2012

Speakers this month are Anthony Chemero, William Harper, and Simon DeDeo.  See the calendar for details.

Please join us for:
Mathematics, Logic, and Method in Kant's Transcendental Philosophy
13-14 April 2012

Call for papers for:
Early Modern Medicine and Natural Philosophy

So what's it like?

16 April 2012

The Center for Philosophy of Science is pleased to announce that visitors in 2012-2013 will be:

Kyle Stanford (Senior Visiting Fellow)
Marta Bertolaso, Carsten Held, Maria Kronfeldner, Dennis Lehmkuhl, Alexander Reutlinger, Jack Ritchie, David J. Stump (Visiting Fellows)
Collin Rice, Serife Tekin (Postdoctoral Fellows)

For more details see "Who's Visiting Next"