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Postdoc at Geneva

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Call for Applications:
POSTDOC POSITION in PHILOSOPHY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY
University of Geneva

The philosophy of physics group at the Department of Philosophy in Geneva solicits applications for a two-year postdoctoral research position, starting 1 September 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. A start after 1 September 2016 would shorten the postdoc to less than two years; an earlier start may be possible. The position is funded by the John Templeton Foundation grant ‘Space and Time after Quantum Gravity’. Continue reading Postdoc at Geneva →

Summer School 2016

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We are pleased to announce our latest project activity – a 2016 summer school on the foundations of quantum gravity, near Chicago. Faculty include Gordon Belot, Jenann Ismael, Amanda Peet, and Carlo Rovelli. Please see more details under the project tab above.

Talk with livestream: Kerry McKenzie

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Please join us for a talk, Wednesday November 11th. Join us at UIC or video conference at Geneva (details under ‘Speakers’ above), or via YouTube livestream (also above – click on ‘all activities’ once you get to our channel): 9.15am Chicago time.

• Wednesday November 11th 2015 at UIC — Kerry McKenzie (UC San Diego): Against Brute Fundamentalism

Abstract: “The claim that the fundamental is ‘brute and inexplicable’ is recited almost reflexively in philosophy.  But this ‘brutalist’ stance toward the fundamental seems to lie in increasing tension with what physicists claim to aspire to.  In this talk, I argue that those aspirations of physicists are not only reasonable, but that there is a sense in which they are already realized. In so doing, I hope to show that the idea that everything can be explained need not be tainted with rationalist overtones, but also to underline how qualified any claim of this nature must ultimately be.” In terms of technical difficulty, this talk ranks 3/5