This May in Lugano we’re organising a workshop on the foundations of information theory and statistical mechanics. In addition to invited speakers, we’re reserving two slots for early-career researchers—please consider applying! See CFP below #philsci #philsky
💥Lugano Philosophy Colloquia, Spring 2026
The schedule is available now!
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Summer School: History and Philosophy of the Wave Function
📍 Urbino International Summer School – XXIX Edition
📅 15–19 June 2026 | Urbino, Italy
Deadline CfA: March 29
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A big day for alliterative philosophers of science!
In the paper, we argue that Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) does not reduce adequately to Newtonian gravity, thereby failing a key condition for theoretical justification—that we call 'reduction-wise justification'—and use this case to develop a refined account of limiting reduction. [2/2]
Very happy to share this paper I wrote with Antonis Antoniou, which is forthcoming in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. [1/2]
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It’s been great to organise this workshop, and I really enjoyed participating and presenting my co-authored work on Newtonian spacetime and simultaneity. Thanks to all the speakers and everyone who attended! #philsci #philsky
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Confirmed speakers: James Read, Oliver Pooley, James Owen Weatherall, Karim Thebault, Silvia de Bianchi, Henrique Gomes, Cody Gilmore, Eleanor March, Antonis Antoniou, Nicola Bamonti.
The conference will take place on September 10-12. We invite submissions of abstracts for presentation, especially focused on the implications of cosmology and relativity on the nature of spacetime and the interrelationship between space, time, and spacetime.
CFP: 'The Metaphysics of Cosmology'.
I'm organising a conference this September in Lugano on metaphysical issues arising from contemporary physical theories of cosmology and spacetime. The deadline to submit an abstract is June 7. (Funding available) philevents.org/event/show/1...
For anyone who might be interested, I’m sharing this workshop that Ratio has been organising at USI. The focus will be on metaphysical and epistemological problems in quantum mechanics. Find the plan and abstracts at the link below!
www.usi.ch/en/feeds/31385
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Tomorrow (Monday) I'm giving an online talk at the @bhi-harvard.bsky.social with Antonis Antoniou. We'll explore the validity of Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) through the lens of limiting reduction, and discuss what MOND can teach us about limiting reduction #philsci
This morning I had the chance to speak on the Swiss radio (RSI) about free will and what physics has to say about it — a preview of tonight's public lecture in Lugano. I’ll have to tell them the hard truth about free will, and that even quantum physics can’t save us www.usi.ch/en/feeds/31056
My paper "Making Sense of Gravitational Thermodynamics" is now out in Philosophy of Physics — it covers the disputed applicability of thermodynamics to systems like star clusters, displaying unconventional thermodynamic & statistical behaviour philosophyofphysics.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.... #philsci
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I'm co-editing a Synthese special issue on the relationship between traditional, naturalistic, and social metaphysics, called "The Aims and Methodologies of Contemporary Metaphysics". Check out the CFP below if you work on meta-metaphysics! The deadline is September 30th
