The web page for this seminar series is now available here: http://bit.ly/healey2010
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Huw Price <[email protected]> wrote: > The Centre for Time is pleased to announce a 5/6 week research seminar series > by Professor Richard Healey of the University of Arizona, who is visiting the > Centre as a University of Sydney International Visiting Research Fellow. > The series is be open to all, and MPhil and PhD students in Philosophy will > be able to count it towards their coursework requirement. A provisional list > of topics appears below. > > Physics Without Building Blocks > 1. Introduction: physics, metaphysics and pragmatism > 2. A pragmatic interpretation of quantum theory > 3. Composition in physics > 4. Representation, description and scientific explanation before quantum > theory > 5. Representation, description and explanation in quantum physics > 6. Physics without building blocks: objects, properties, laws > Timetable: 3-5pm Mondays on 1, 8 and 15 February; then 1-3pm Fridays on 26 > February, 5 and 12 March. > _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list: http://sydphil.info 885 subscribers now served. To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://sydphil.info
