Dear Colleagues, This is just a reminder that we'll be meeting tomorrow at the usual time. Over the weekend I fell ill and am still recovering, so there's a chance I won't be able to attend, in which case I'll appoint someone else to administer the vote on which topic to cover in the next meeting on 16 Dec. Best, ~Sam On 2014-11-12 15:26, Fletcher, Samuel wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
Our next meeting will run from 14:15-15:45 on the date indicated in E341 of the main university building. Mario Hubert will lead discussion on the topic of "Newtonian Forces," the reading for which will be the following:
1. John Bigelow, Brian Ellis and Robert Pargetter. "Forces," Philosophy of Science, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Dec., 1988), pp. 614-630. 2. Jessica Wilson. "Newtonian Forces," British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 58, No. 2 (Jun., 2007), pp. 173-205.
These correspond to papers 3.1 and 3.3 on the "Possible Topics" handout, attached again to this email. Please contact me if you have trouble downloading copies of these articles. Also, be prepared again to vote on the topic for our following meeting (16 Dec.), keeping in mind that in January we will be discussing topic 7: "The Principle of Least Action and Dispositions".
Best wishes, ~Sam