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Metro Area Philosophy of Science
4:30 pm
Metro Area Philosophy of Science
@ tba
Mar 21 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
For those interested, here is the schedule for the rest of the Fall 2022 semester and Spring 2023 semester. All the talks will happen between 4:30pm and 6:30pm EST unless stated otherwise. Armin Schulz (University of Kansas) Tuesday Jan 24 2023 TBA Glenn Shafer (Rutgers University) Tuesday Feb 14 2023 RESCHEDULE TBA Sean Carroll (Johns Hopkins) Tuesday Feb 28 2023 TBA Kareem Khalifa (Middlebury College) Tuesday Mar 21 2023 TBA Any updates on the schedule, as well as[...]
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The Conventionality of Real-Valued Quantities. Marissa Bennett (Toronto)
4:00 pm
The Conventionality of Real-Valued Quantities. Marissa Bennett (Toronto)
@ Columbia [ZOOM]
Mar 23 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The representational theory of measurement provides a collection of results that specify the conditions under which an attribute admits of numerical representation. The original architects of the theory interpreted the formalism operationally and explicitly acknowledged that some aspects of their representations are conventional. There have been a number of recent efforts to reinterpret the formalism to arrive at a more metaphysically robust account of physical quantities. In this paper we argue that the conventional elements[...]
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