A Framework for Metaphysical Explanation in Physics, by @ERC_Research - @modalizing @hikemix @philophyser @nothumean @niranzri @nich_emm - tinyurl.com/FraMEPhys
Joined July 2017
- Tweets 810
- Following 334
- Followers 778
- Likes 507
236 Photos and videos
9 Jun 2023
Congratulations from the whole FraMEPhys team to Dr Noelia Iranzo Ribera @niranzri who passed her viva today! Noelia's thesis was on "Possibilities for Interventionist Explanation: Conceptual, Physical & Fictional"
3
25
7,825
8 Jun 2023
Exciting new collection on scientific modal epistemology just out - and mostly open access link.springer.com/collection…
1
5
8
1,899
8 Jun 2023
Interesting funded PhD studentship in philosophy of scientific modelling at Birmingham, focusing on irrigation models - arnaldpuy.com/#phd-studentsh…
1
2
382
17 May 2023
Final day of our final @FraMEPhys event! - first up is Michael Townsen Hicks, "Laws Unconstrained: Against Minimal Primitivism about Laws of Nature"
1
3
15
1,558
17 May 2023
And rounding out our lineup, project leader @modalizing discusses Priority, Emergence, and Structural Realism
1
4
301
17 May 2023
With the final project conference over, and only the hard core left standing, time for a swansong!
7
229
16 May 2023
Day 2 of our conference on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics - with Joaquim Giannotti @nothumean and Markel Kortabarria @m_kortabarria on "Scientific Explanation as a Guide to Ground"
1
4
14
2,032
16 May 2023
Now we have @Zee_Perry on the metaphysics of quantity: Does Dynamics Explain the Quantitative? Prospects for a Nomological Theory of Quantity
1
1
10
318
16 May 2023
Last talk of a great day, from Lina Jansson on empirical access to laws of nature and Newton's methodology: Empirical Evidence for Lawhood for Everyone (Almost)
5
187
15 May 2023
We're under way at our final @FraMEPhys Conference on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics at @mac_birmingham - first talk is from @DrEleanorKnox on Functionalism in Physics
1
2
6
625
15 May 2023
Next talk is Katie Robertson @philophyser, talking about Discovering Simplicity: From Time Asymmetry to Causal Asymmetry
1
1
8
543
15 May 2023
Wrapping up today is Isaac Wilhelm introducing Wavefunction Mereology
1
6
256
FraMEPhys retweeted
9 May 2023
Catch in Birmingham the next week for the @FraMEPhys final conference on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics, on May 15-17 2023 at the Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park! Very excited to be part of this stellar line-up!
framephys.org/metaphysical-e…
4
9
730
11 May 2023
Our final project conference - on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics - will take place next week, 15-17 May at the MAC in Birmingham. Register here: framephys.org/metaphysical-e…
4
7
1,788
20 Feb 2023
When do two physical theories represent the same physical reality? That's the topic of our workshop @PTRBirmingham this Friday 24 Feb, with @HikeMix @weylperson Lorenzo Cocco, Niels Martens and Neil Dewar framephys.org/representation…
2
8
14
1,958
FraMEPhys retweeted
18 Jan 2023
On way back from an excellent visit to Southampton, giving talks to the physics and philosophy departments on 'Quantum alternative possibilities' and 'Spatiotemporal contingency'. Thanks for great feedback and hospitality! Current mood:
4
1
20
1,521
22 Dec 2022
takingupspacetime.wordpress.… This looks like an excellent opportunity - 4-year PhD studentship in Geneva on a topic in philosophy of quantum gravity
1
2
9
1,099