…dge) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Oxford University Press Canadian Journal of Philosophy University of Calgary Press Dialectica Wiley-Blackwell Erkenntnis Springer Verlag European Journal of Philosophy Blackwell Publishing Foundations of Physics Springer Verlag General Relativity and Gravitation Springer Verlag Journal for General Philosophy of Science Springer Verlag Journal of Consciousness Studies Imprint Academic Journal of Ap…
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…icks to ease the experience. Get Started Reading Books and Articles on the Cheap. Trying to save money this year? Stop paying so much to read! Get Started Learning General Relativity Online. Free general relativity — what more could you ask for in 2009? Get Started Improving Your Philosophical Apparel. Get a new look for the new year. Here are a few unique options for philosophers. Happy new year; we’ll see you in 2009! Soul Physics is authored by…
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…review over at Backreaction. My favorite two of her many suggestions are: Online interface for anonymous author-reviewer communication. Why keep the slow (and frankly archaic) editor-mediated communication between author and reviewer, when everyone has access to the interwebs? An anonymized online interface would be quicker, easier, and more useful. In particular, it would allow for quick clarificatory questions, and even back-and-forth discussio…
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On Friday afternoon, John Norton and I packed our bags and headed East to Washington, D.C., for the annual New Directions in Foundations of Physics conference. Here’s a little taste of my experience. My late registration for the conference actually prevented me from joining everyone on the first day, so I spent Friday wandering around D.C. with my Hawking & Ellis text. This was just fine, as I needed to straighten a few things about the uniquenes…
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April 30 – May 2. Washington, D.C. New Directions in Foundations of Physics. Speakers: Michel Janssen, Tony Duncan, Elise Crull, Fernando Brandao, Bill Unruh, Dan Browne, Scott Aaronson, Valerio Scarani, Miguel Navascues, Caslav Brukner, Roderich Tumulka. May 7-9. Toronto, Ontario. Models and Simulations 4. Keynotes: Leonard Smith and Jos Uffink. May 7-10. London, Ontario. Logic, Mathematics and Physics / UWO Philosophy of Science Conference. Spe…
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