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Does Time Flow? Stuart Kurtz, PhD 1:15 pm
Does Time Flow? Stuart Kurtz, PhD @ The New York Academy of Sciences, flr 40
Apr 1 @ 1:15 pm – 3:00 pm
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Physicists and philosophers question the validity of one of the most observed and seemingly obvious appearance in our world: that time flows. Many in the physics and philosophy communities contend that the flow of time is not a fundamental feature of the world, nor even a fact of the world, but is an illusion. As a case in point, we will consider Brian Greene’s view of time in his PBS exposition “The Elegant Universe” holding[...]
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Nina Emery (Holyoke): The Governing Conception of Laws 4:30 pm
Nina Emery (Holyoke): The Governing Conception of Laws @ NYU, rm 203
Apr 8 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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In her paper, “The Non-Governing Conception of Laws,” Helen Beebee argues that it is not a conceptual truth that laws of nature govern their instances, and that this fact insulates Humeans about laws of nature from some of the most pressing objections against their view. I agree with the first claim, but not the second. For although it is not a conceptual truth that laws govern, the view that laws govern follows straightforwardly from an[...]
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Michela Massimi: Exploratory models, laws and modality 2:30 pm
Michela Massimi: Exploratory models, laws and modality @ CUNY Grad Center, 5307
Apr 18 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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I analyse the exploratory function of two main modelling practices: targetless fictional models and hypothetical perspectival models. In both cases, I argue, modelers invite us to imagine or conceive something about the target system, which is either known to be non-existent (fictional models) or just hypothetical (in perspectival models). I clarify the kind of imagining or conceiving involved in each modelling practice, and I show how each—in its own right—delivers important modal knowledge. I illustrate[...]
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Elizabeth Miller (Brown) 4:30 pm
Elizabeth Miller (Brown) @ NYU, rm 110
Apr 23 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
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Presented by Metro Area Philosophers of Science
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