[SydPhil] Notification: Luke Barnes @ Thu 1 Jun 2017 15:00 - 16:30 (Current Projects)

2017-05-30 Thread Google Calendar 

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Title: Luke Barnes
Title: Fine-Tuning and probability

Abstract: My work as a cosmologist has touched on an interesting  
philosophical problem, on that has been discussed in the philosophical  
literature. Fine-tuning in physics and cosmology is often used as evidence  
that a theory is incomplete. Of particular interest is the fine-tuning of  
the universe for life, which suggests that our universe’s ability to create  
physical life forms is improbable and in need of explanation by, perhaps, a  
multiverse. This claim has been challenged on the grounds that the relevant  
probability measure cannot be justified because it cannot be normalized,  
and so small probabilities cannot be inferred. I will discuss how  
fine-tuning can be formulated within the context of Bayesian theory testing  
(or model selection) in the physical sciences, and how normalizability  
problems might be avoided.

When: Thu 1 Jun 2017 15:00 – 16:30 Eastern Time - Melbourne, Sydney
Calendar: Current Projects
Who:
* Kristie Miller- creator

Event details:  
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[SydPhil] CAVE/VELiM Workshop: Sex Selection: Changes in Australian Policy

2017-05-30 Thread Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics 
Hi all,


Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics (CAVE) and 
Sydney University Centre for Values, Ethics, and Law in Medicine (VELiM) are 
hosting a workshop on the latest policy about sex selection in Australia on 9 
June. All are welcome to attend but please register for catering purposes.

Contact: Tereza: tereza.he...@sydney.edu.au

CAVE/VELiM workshop: Sex selection: Changes in Australian policy

Date: Friday 9 June 2017
Time: 10:00 - 15:30
Venue: Robert Menzies College Conference Centre, Macquarie University (U24 on 
campus map)

Speakers:

  *   Dr Tereza Hendl (University of Sydney, Centre for Values, Ethics and the 
Law in Medicine)
  *   Prof Wendy Rogers (Macquarie University, Department of Philosophy)
  *   Dr Sascha Callaghan (University of Sydney, Sydney Law School)
  *   Dr Kate Gleeson (Macquarie University, Macquarie Law School)
  *   Morgan Carpenter (Organisation Intersex International Australia)
  *   Dr Tamara Browne (Deakin University, School of Medicine)

Preliminary Program:

10:00 - 10:10: Tereza Hendl and Wendy Rogers, Opening Remarks
10:10 - 10:30: Wendy Rogers, "What's changed on sex selection since 2007 
Guidelines"
10:30 - 11:15: Sascha Callaghan, "Sex selection and the law"
11:15 - 11:45: Morning tea
11:45 - 12:30: Tereza Hendl, "2017 Guidelines, sex selection and gender equity"
12:30 - 13:15: Kate Gleeson, "Sex selection using IVF and abortion from 
feminist legal perspectives"
13:15 - 14:00: Lunch
14:00 - 14:45: Morgan Carpenter, "Prenatal genetic diagnosis and its 
implications for children with intersex variations"
14:45 - 15:00: Tamara Browne, "Is gender disappointment a mental disorder?"
15:00 - 15:30: Panel discussion

Contact: All are welcome but please register with Tereza 
Hendl
 for catering purposes.

For information about our other events, please visit 
mq.edu.au/cave/events



Macquarie University Research Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE)
Department of Philosophy
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
CAVE website: mq.edu.au/cave
www.facebook.com/MQCAVE

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[SydPhil] Luke Barnes: Fine-tuning and probability Thursday @ 3.00

2017-05-30 Thread Kristie Miller 
Dear all, this current Thursday’s current projects seminar (the Muniment room, 
3.00) will be Luke Barnes giving the following paper:



Title: Fine-Tuning and probability

Abstract: My work as a cosmologist has touched on an interesting philosophical 
problem, on that has been discussed in the philosophical literature. 
Fine-tuning in physics and cosmology is often used as evidence that a theory is 
incomplete. Of particular interest is the fine-tuning of the universe for life, 
which suggests that our universe’s ability to create physical life forms is 
improbable and in need of explanation by, perhaps, a multiverse. This claim has 
been challenged on the grounds that the relevant probability measure cannot be 
justified because it cannot be normalized, and so small probabilities cannot be 
inferred. I will discuss how fine-tuning can be formulated within the context 
of Bayesian theory testing (or model selection) in the physical sciences, and 
how normalizability problems might be avoided.

All welcome




Associate Professor Kristie Miller
Senior ARC Research Fellow
Joint Director, the Centre for Time
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and
The Centre for Time
The University of Sydney
Sydney Australia
Room S212, A 14

kmil...@usyd.edu.au
kristie_mil...@yahoo.com
Ph: +612 9036 9663
http://www.kristiemiller.net/KristieMiller2/Home_Page.html

















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