Livestream https://youtu.be/aHfYrETNnsI Series: OLOFOS Speaker: Sylvia Wenmackers (KU Leuven) Commentator: Pieter Thyssen (UCLouvain) Title: “Measure in cosmology: convention versus paradox.” Abstract: Standard probability theory is restricted to real-valued measures that are non-negative, normalized, and countably additive. Normality is a convention added to the requirement of being non-zero and bounded. The countably additivity axiom was introduced by… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Sylvia Wenmackers, “Measure in cosmology: convention versus paradox”
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From Science to Metaphysics? On the use of scientific knowledge and practices in order to propose an ontology of nature is the theme of the 4th workshop of the OLOFOS group. It will take place on May 11-12 2023 in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) at the Institut supérieur de philosophie (ISP) of the Université catholique de Louvain… Continue reading OLOFOS Workshop (IV): From Science to Metaphysics? |
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Series: Conservation Speaker: Raf de Bont (Maastricht University) Title: "Moving Animals: Global Trajectories, Local Dynamics" Abstract: The NWO-sponsored project ‘Moving Animals’ explores how, in the twentieth century, humans have tried to study, represent and manage animals that move (or are being moved) over large distances (see: moving-animals.nl). More in particular, the project – carried out… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Raf de Bont: “Moving Animals: Global Trajectories, Local Dynamics” |
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CEFISES Seminar: Quentin Ruyant, “A possible situation semantics for Scientific models and theories”
CEFISES Seminar: Quentin Ruyant, “A possible situation semantics for Scientific models and theories”
Livestream https://youtu.be/eOqafVK8qWY Series: Logic and Philosophy Speaker: Quentin Ruyant (Complutense University of Madrid) Title: “A possible situation semantics for Scientific models and theories.” Abstract It has become commonplace to understand scientific theories as families of structures, its models, and to use a possible worlds semantics to analyse their content: a model is a "possible world… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Quentin Ruyant, “A possible situation semantics for Scientific models and theories” |
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Livestream https://youtu.be/Ty8xc4A_7f0 Series: WIP Speaker: Stijn Conix (UCLouvain) Title: "Measuring the societal relevance of humanities research" Abstract: Research in the humanities is primarily funded by public sources, with taxpayers ultimately bearing the cost. Consequently, it should be expected that such research ultimately serves the betterment of society. Thus, estimating, evaluating and maximizing the societal relevance… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Stijn Conix, “Measuring the societal relevance of humanities research” |
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