Talks

 

09.07.2010

 

 

"Causality and Observational Equivalence of Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions", talk at the Concrete Causation Workshop, LMU Munich, Germany.

 

08.07.2010

 

 

"Explaining the Approach to Equilibrium in Terms of Epsilon-Ergodicity", talk at the British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland. [with R. Frigg]

 

08.06.2010

 

 

"Ueber die Aequivalenz der Vorhersagen von deterministischen und indeterministischen Beschreibungen", invited talk at the Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.

 

10.02.2010

 

 

"Determinism versus indeterminism: observational equivalence, choice and underdetermination", invited talk at the Philosophy and History of Science, Medicine, Mathematics, and Logic Seminars, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

 

17.12.2009

 

 

"Ueber die Ununterscheidbarkeit von deterministischen und indeterministischen Beschreibungen", invited talk in the research seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Austria.

 

29.10.2009

 

 

"Determinism versus indeterminism: some results on observational equivalence", invited talk at the Philosophy of Physics Research Seminar, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK

 

24.10.2009

 

 

"The Indistinguishability of Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions", Second Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

20.07.2009

 

 

"Are Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions Observationally Equivalent?", invited talk at the workshop Philosophy of Probability in Physics, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

 

02.07.2009

 

 

"Justifying Definitions in Mathematics--Going Beyond Lakatos", talk at the conference Two Streams in the Philosophy of Mathematics: Rival Conceptions of Mathematical Proof, Hatfield, UK

 

02.06.2009

 

 

"On the Observational Equivalence of Continuous-Time Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions", invited talk at the Philosophy of Physics Seminar, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, UK

 

03.03.2009

 

 

"The Indistinguishability of Deterministic and Indeterministic Descriptions", invited talk at the Moral Sciences Club, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, UK

 

26.02.2009

 

 

"Deterministic Versus Indeterministic Descriptions: Not That Different After All?", invited talk in the Philosophy of Physics Discussion Group, Department of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK

 

15.08.2008

 

 

"To What Extent Can Determinism be Simulated by Indeterminism and Conversely", invited speaker at the 31 International Wittgenstein Symposium, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria

 

11.06.2008

 

 

"What is the Unpredictability Unique to Chaos", invited talk at the Philosophy and History of Science, Medicine, Mathematics, and Logic Seminars, Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

 

18.02.2008

 

 

"What are the New Implications of Chaos for Unpredictability", invited talk at the Sigma Club, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, London, UK

 

30.01.2008

 

 

"Definitions in Mathematics--Going Beyond Lakatos", invited talk at the St John's Moral Sciences Club, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

 

07.12.2007

 

 

"On the Justification and Formation of Definitions in Mathematics: The Case of Deterministic Chaos", invited talk at the Paris-London-Tilburg Workshop in Logic and Philosophy of Science, Paris, France

 

15.11.2007

 

 

"Mathematical Definitions that Capture Real-World Phenomena or Features: On the Formation and Justification of Definitions", talk at the First Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Madrid, Spain

 

31.10.2007

 

 

"The Special Kind of Unpredictability of Chaotic Systems", talk at the Philosophy Workshop, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge, UK

 

31.03.2007

 

 

"What is The New Implication of Chaos for Unpredictability?", talk at the 15th UK and European Meeting on the Foundations of Physics, University of Leeds, UK

 

25.01.2007

 

 

"Definitions of Classical Chaos and Their Applicability to Physics", invited talk in the Philosophy of Physics Discussion Group, Department of Philosophy, University of Oxford, UK

 

14.12.2006

 

 

"Bedeutung des Chaosbegriffs und Ueberlegungen zu den Implikationen von Chaos auf Vorhersagbarkeit und Bestaetigung", invited talk in the research seminar, Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Austria

 

27.11.2006

 

 

"Definitions of Classical Dynamical Chaos", invited talk in the research seminar "Philosophy of Physics" (Dr. Jeremy Butterfield), Faculty of Mathematics, University of Cambridge, UK