CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science) is a network of academics and students working in the philosophy of science in various parts of the University of Cambridge, including the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and the Faculty of Philosophy. The Wednesday afternoon seminar series features current research by CamPoS members as well as visitors to Cambridge and scholars based in nearby institutions. If you are interested in presenting in the series, please contact Brian Pitts (jbp25). If you have any queries or suggestions for other activities that CamPoS could undertake, please contact Huw Price, Jeremy Butterfield or Anna Alexandrova.
Seminars are held on Wednesdays, 1.00–2.30pm in Seminar Room 2.
Easter Term 2017
| 3 May | Tushar Menon (University of Oxford) Affine balance: algebraic spacetime functionalism as a guide to identifying spacetime |
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| 10 May | Catherine Kendig (Michigan State University) How can we homologize holobionts, and whose lineage matters? |
| 17 May | Alison Gopnik (University of California, Berkeley) The Theory Theory 2.0: Bayesian models, causal inference and cognitive development |
| 24 May | Lydia Patton (Virginia Tech) Listening to the chirps: how do the LIGO results test general relativity? |