“De-idealizing Disagreement, Rethinking Relativism” Professor Martin Kusch (University of Vienna) “When Experts Disagree” Research Project (WEXD) School of Philosophy, University College Dublin Friday October 21, 11 am Professor Kusch is the Principal Investigator of an ERC Advanced Grant (2014-2109) for the project “The Emergence of Relativism”
The Physics of Climate Change : What we know and what we are uncertain about Thursday, 24 November 2016 from 18:30 to 20:00 (GMT) Edmund Burke Theatre (Room 1008), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin DIAS School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture 2016 in association with the “When Experts Disagree” Irish Research Council funded interdisciplinary project between... Read More
Professor Susan Haack (University of Miami) ‘The Expert Witness: Lessons from the US Experience’ A WEXD Seminar, in conjunction with UCD School of Philosophy Agnes Cuming Lectures Thursday 22nd September from 12.30 to 2.00 Harty Boardroom, Sutherland Building, UCD The seminar is the opening event of an extensive programme of lectures, workshops and conferences. A... Read More
A workshop convened by the UCD Graduate Programme in Cognitive Science in conjunction with “When Experts Disagree” (WEXD) Research Project. The provisional programme is now available. See here for more details.
UCD School of Philosophy and WEXD (When Experts Disagree Research Group) are pleased to announce a lecture by Professor Timothy Williamson (Wykeham Professor of Logic, Oxford) on the topic of Scientific Philosophy Venue: Newman Lecture Theatre 1, Newman Building (basement), UCD, Belfield Date and Time: Friday May 27, 11 am All Welcome
Note that this is a provisional programme. Depending on interest we may include additional talks and shift the sessions slightly. The intention is to have a very dynamic meeting with plenty of discussion and interaction, so it should be taken as more of a guide than a rigid schedule. View details here.
Call for Participants Interdisciplinary meeting on “Disputed Astrophysics” Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies In Association with UCD School of Philosophy April 12-14, 2016 The workshop will examine areas of current disagreement in high-energy astrophysics and will be attended by scientists as well as some philosophers of science and experimental philosophers. It forms part of an interdisciplinary... Read More
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), as part of the inter-disciplinary research project “When Experts Disagree” funded by the Irish Research Council (see http://wexd.eu), wishes to appoint a Research Assistant (RA) to work with the joint Principal Investigators (PIs) Professors Maria Baghramian (American Philosophy, UCD) and Luke Drury (Astrophysics, DIAS). The RA will assist... Read More