Organisation of Conferences

Major Conferences

Models and Simulations 2, principal organiser (together with Stephan Hartmann and Cyrille Imbert). Held at the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of Tilburg, Holland, on 11-13 October 2007. The conference was supported by grants from the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris), the CNRS, the IHPST, the Tilburg Centre for Philosophy of Science, and the Logos Research Group (Poster, Report in The Reasoner November 2007).

Beyond Mimesis and Nominalism: Representation in Art and Science, principal organiser (together with Matthew Hunter). Held at LSE and the Courtauld Institute of Art on 22-23 June 2006. The conference was supported by grants from the Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum and the Institute of Philosophy of the University of London. (Conference booklet)

Models and Simulations, principal organiser (together with Stephan Hartmann and Cyrille Imbert). Held at the Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST), Paris, on 12-13 June 2006. The conference was supported by the Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris) and the CNRS and the IHPST. (Conference booklet)

Reasoning, Causes and Models, principal organiser (together with Colin Howson), held at LSE on 13 June 2005; the conference was supported by grants of the Mind Association and the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.

Probability in Quantum Mechanics, principal organiser (together with Stephan Hartmann), held at LSE on 16 February 2004; the conference was supported by a grant of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science.

Smaller Conferences and Workshops

Second London-Paris-Tilburg Workshop in Logic and Philosophy of Science. Principal organiser together with Jacques Dubucs and Stephan Hartmann. To be held at the the University of Tilburg, Tilburg, 24 October.

First London-Paris-Tilburg Workshop in Logic and Philosophy of Science. Principal organiser together with Jacques Dubucs and Stephan Hartmann. Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Paris, on 7 December 2007.

Scientific Models: Semantics and Ontology. Principal organiser together with José Díez. Two-day workshop held at the University of Barcelona, on 9-10 July 2007. (Programme)

New Approaches to Equilibrium in Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, principal organiser, symposium presented at the PSA 2006 Biennial Meeting, 2-5 November 2006, Vancouver.

Topics in the Foundation of Statistical Mechanics, principal organiser, mini-workshop held at LSE on 27 January 2006.

 

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