The School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry Philosophy

Metaphysics of Science conference: 2-5 July 2009

The Metaphysics of Science conference took place at the University of Melbourne 2-5 July 2009. The conference was a joint initiative sponsored on a collective basis by the Philosophy programs of La Trobe, Melbourne and Monash Universities. The Centre for Time of the University of Sydney co-sponsored a symposium at the conference.

Overview of topics

For a general overview of the relevant issues, please see the the paper on 'The Metaphysics of Science' by Brian Ellis.

Conference programme

The programme for the conference is available here.

Abstracts

Abstracts for the papers are available here.

On-line publication by PhilSci Archive

We have arranged for papers presented at the conference to be published on-line at the PhilSci Archives at the University of Pittsburgh. To upload your paper onto the PhilSci website, click here.

Organizational committee

David Armstrong, John Bigelow, Andrew Brennan, Brian Ellis, Graham Oppy, Toby Handfield, Huw Price, Graham Priest, Howard Sankey.

For further information, please contact the conference organizer, Howard Sankey.

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