---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mathias F Frisch <mfrisch@umd.edu> Date: 14 January 2015 at 19:07 Subject: [MCMP] Causal Reasoning in Physics To: "mcmp-local@googlegroups.com" <mcmp-local@googlegroups.com> Dear All, I will be running a Blockseminar centered on themes from my book “Causal Reasoning in Physics” from Feb. 2nd to 6th, 9-15h c.t (with an hour long lunch break from 11:30-12:30). Everyone who is interested to sit in on all or just part of the seminar is more than welcome! We will be meeting in Professor Huber Pl. 2 (V) Lehrturm V005. Also, on Feb 6 in the afternoon there will be a symposium on the book: http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/sympo... I put all the reading materials for the seminar in a dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/21yh74fd12uvrcz/AACXjaGtlvncL5ubdC5szEUla?dl=0 There you can also find the syllabus, which I am also pasting in below. Best wishes, Mathias *Blockseminar on Causal Reasoning in Physics* The plan for the seminar is to read most of my recent book * Causal Reasoning in Physics *(CUP 2014), abbreviated as CRP below, together with secondary readings. All reading materials, including the page proofs for my book manuscript are in a dropbox folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/21yh74fd12uvrcz/AACXjaGtlvncL5ubdC5szEUla?dl=0 *Monday*: Secondary reading: Russell "On the Notion of Cause" AM: CRP: Introduction (ch.1) PM: Survey of philosophical theories of causation *Tuesday*: Secondary readings: Woodward, "Physics and the Human Face of Causation"; Field, "Causation in a Physical World" AM: CRP: The human face of causation (ch.3) PM: CRP: Causation and Intervention (ch. 4) *Wednesday*: Secondary readings: Norton "Causation as Folk Science"; Norton, "Is there an independent principle of causality in physics?"; Smith, "Causation in Classical Mechanics" AM: CRP: temporal asymmetry of causation (ch. 5) PM: CRP: linear response theory (ch. 6) *Thursday*: Secondary readings: Earman "Sharpening the Electromagnetic Arrow of Time"; Loewer, "Counterfactuals and the Second Law"; Price and Weslake AM: CRP: Radiation asymmetry PM: CRP: Entropy accounts of causation *Friday*: Secondary reading: Maudlin, "On the Passing of Time" AM: CRP: Conclusion PM: Symposium on *Causal Reasoning in Physics* (13h - 16:30h) ********* Mathias Frisch Professor of Philosophy Director of Graduate Studies University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Office: 1122A Skinner Building Phone: 301-405-5710 Fax: 301-405-5690 http://www.philosophy.umd.edu/Faculty/mfrisch New Book: "Causal Reasoning in Physics" (Cambridge University Press 2014) www.cambridge.org/9781107031494 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MCMP Local" group. To post to this group, send email to mcmp-local@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mcmp-local+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mcmp-local?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MCMP Local" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mcmp-local+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.