Colloquia
Fall 2009
The Age of Technoscience: Arguing for an Epochal Break
Friday, 4 September 2009
Talk hosted by Science and Technology Studies
Alfred Nordmann
Technical University Darmstadt and University of South Carolina
3:30 PM, 1020 Torgerson Hall
Dealing with Radical Change and Material Complexity:
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Chemistry
Friday, 16 October 2009
Co-sponsored by the Chemistry Department, Virginia Tech
Joachim Schummer
Editor, Hyle, International Journal of the
Philosophy of Chemistry
4 PM, Pamplin Hall Room 2030
Multiple Realizability and the "Mental Constraint" Thesis
Friday, 23 October 2009
Mark Bauer
Virginia Tech Department of Philosophy
4 PM, Major Williams Room 225
Ontic Terms and Ontology
Friday, 30 October 2009
Ted Parent
Virginia Tech Department of Philosophy
4 PM, Major Williams Room 225
Darwin's On the Origin of Species and Its Influence
Conference, Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Keynote speakers
- Robert Richards, The University of Chicago
- Frank Sulloway, The University of California at Berkeley
- Philip Kitcher, Columbia University
Contemporary Topics in the Philosophy of Science
Graduate conference, 6-7 November 2009
Keynote speaker- James Woodward, California Institute of Technology
Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker
Friday, 13 November 2009
Jeffrey Bub
Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland
Time and venue TBA
Spring 2010
Title to be announced
Friday, 12 Feburary 2010
Leigh Viner
Indiana University Southeast
Time and venue TBA
