Next Philosophy of Physics Reading Group Meeting: 28 Oct.

Samuel Fletcher scfletch at gmail.com
Fri Oct 17 14:42:58 CEST 2014


Hi Michael,

Aren't you thinking of "Some Aspects of Modality in Analytical Mechanics"?
That is listed under topic #10, but it's not what we're reading for the
next meeting.

Best,
~Sam

On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Michael Stoeltzner <stoeltzn at mailbox.sc.edu
> wrote:

> Great. Actually I have the honor to be one of the editors of that extended
> manuscript. so it is NOT unpublished.
> It appeared in M. Stoeltzner, P. Weingartner (eds.), Formal Teleology and
> Causality in Physics, Paderborn: Mentis 2004.
> And I am really sorry that I have to be in Wuppertal for the final meeting
> in setting up a DFG Forschergruppe.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On 10/17/2014 10:17 AM, Fletcher, Samuel wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Our next meeting will run from 14:15-16:00 on the date indicated. Erik
>> Curiel will lead discussion on the first three sections of J. Butterfield's
>> manuscript, "Between Laws and Models: Some Philosophical Morals of
>> Lagrangian Mechanics."  You can find the most up-to-date version of it on
>> the Pitt PhilSci Archive (http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/1937/) or on
>> the arXiv (http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0409030).
>>
>> As a reminder, here is the schedule of meetings we (tentatively) agreed
>> upon for the rest of the term: 28 Oct, 11 Nov, 25 Nov, 16 Dec, 13 Jan, 27
>> Jan.
>>
>> For those who were not able to be present for the first meeting on
>> Tuesday, I've attached a document with a list of possible topics we can
>> cover.  When we finish #4 (which is just the above manuscript by
>> Butterfield), we'll vote on the next one.  Also for those folks: please
>> leave a bit of extra time to reach the seminar room, E341 in the main
>> university building.  The only entrance is from a special door accessible
>> from the southern courtyard, which leads to a large stairwell.  (The door
>> is marked for E341.)  One then reaches the room only after many flights of
>> stairs.  I'm sorry for the inconvenient location, but unfortunately it was
>> the only room nearby available at our requested time.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> ~Sam
>>
>
>
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