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Two books in two days! This is an 18-chapter volume on Levels of Explanation, co-edited with Katie Robertson. It's out in hardback on 31 Dec, but it's also open access and the PDF is already free to download:
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Here's a free download (until end of the year) of my recent short book on science and modality with Amanda Bryant - happy Christmas everyone! cambridge.org/core/elements/…
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New article in Scientific American discussing my work on strong determinism, with interviews of Emily Adlam, David Wallace, and Al Wilson @modalizing. Many thanks to @danfalk at @sciam for such a nice essay.
scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Some changes in the BJPS editorial team…
Alyssa Ney, Anya Plutynski, and Paul Weirich step down (boo!), while Lauren Ross (@ProfLaurenRoss), Jonah Schupbach, and Al Wilson (@modalizing) join the ranks (yay!).
More here:
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Truly delighted to see @niranzri pass her PhD viva today, with examiners Lina Jansson and Michael Townsen Hicks - Noelia wrote a splendid thesis and has a very exciting ongoing project
Congratulations from the whole FraMEPhys team to Dr Noelia Iranzo Ribera @niranzri who passed her viva today! Noelia's thesis was on "Possibilities for Interventionist Explanation: Conceptual, Physical & Fictional"
My 11.5 years at Birmingham have been splendid. Now with @FraMEPhys winding down, I'll be moving to the University of Leeds from 1st September. I'm looking forward to a new environment with many old friends/colleagues - and a history & philosophy of science unit!
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Final day of our final @FraMEPhys event! - first up is Michael Townsen Hicks, "Laws Unconstrained: Against Minimal Primitivism about Laws of Nature"
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Day 2 of our conference on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics - with Joaquim Giannotti @nothumean and Markel Kortabarria @m_kortabarria on "Scientific Explanation as a Guide to Ground"
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We're under way at our final @FraMEPhys Conference on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics at @mac_birmingham - first talk is from @DrEleanorKnox on Functionalism in Physics
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Our final project conference - on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics - will take place next week, 15-17 May at the MAC in Birmingham. Register here: framephys.org/metaphysical-e…
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When do two physical theories represent the same physical reality? That's the topic of our workshop @PTRBirmingham this Friday 24 Feb, with @HikeMix @weylperson Lorenzo Cocco, Niels Martens and Neil Dewar framephys.org/representation…
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Introducing the Ergo Blog! ergoblog.org/filipa-melo-lop…
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Next from our black holes workshop: two mini-talks by Alastair Wilson @modalizing , on interventionist explanation in causal loop scenarios, and on black holes as a substantive modal discovery youtu.be/zgPFaiV4JBk
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Next up from our October workshop on QM, Alastair Wilson @modalizing talks about applications of low-amplitude quantum events in metaphysical theorizing youtu.be/O0K0t_tcQUc
