PhilSci Forum

Rani Lill Anjum

The UMB Philosophy & Science Forum started up in the spring 2011. The forum provides an interdisciplinary meeting place for people at UMB to present, discuss and advance topics related to the theory and philosophy of science. Lectures are open for all.

This is a monthly forum where speakers are invited locally, nationally and internationally. There will be time for questions and discussion after the lecture. The PhiSci Forum is organised by CauSci and UMB School of Economics and Business (HH-UMB).

Program

The UMB PhilSci forum will start up again in June. The next talk will be announced here soon.

Previous PhilSci talks

17 March 2011

Stephen Mumford (Nottingham)

'A World Without Laws'

(Click here to download a podcast of the lecture and here to see the powerpoint presentation)

Mumford poster

13. April 2011

Svein Anders Noer Lie (Tromsø)

'Naturlig Genteknologi?'

(Click here to download a podcast of the lecture and here to see the handout)

Noer Lie poster

25. May 2011

Birger Svihus (UMB)

'Epidemiological darkness - How fallacious causality conclusions within nutrition research make us obese and ill'

(Click here to hear the podcast and here to see the powerpoint presentation. An edited video of the lecture, made by Jørn Svendsen and www.filmpraksis.no, can be found here.)

Svihus poster

9. June 2011

Peder A. Tyvand

'The Metaphysical Dogmas of Natural Science' (UMB)

(Click here to download a podcast and here to see the powerpoint presentation.)

PhilSci poster

Friday 23. September 2011

Elena Rocca (GenØk)

'Understanding Complexity in the Developing Brain: an unsolved case'

PhilSci poster

Roger Strand is Professor at SVT in Bergen

9. November 2011

Roger Strand (SVT, Bergen)

'Uncertainty and Complexity in Clinical Decisions'

(Click here to listen to the podcast and here to see the powerpoint presentation.)

PhilSci poster

Program poster for the spring 2012

25 January 2012

Rani Lill Anjum (UMB)

'Why correlation is not even part of causation'

(Click here to see the handout.)

15 February 2012

David Berry

'Thinking Software: Computer Code and the University in the Digital Age'

(Click here to listen to the podcast and here to see the powerpoint presentation.)

14. March 2012

Ragnar Fjelland

'Some reflections on the problem of reductionism'

“There is only one science, physics. All the rest is social work.” (James Watson)

(Click here to listen to the podcast and here to see the powerpoint presentation.)

11 April 2012

Olvar Bergland

'On Changing Your Beliefs From Ambiguous Evidence and Unanticipated Events'

(Click here to listen to the podcast.)

9 May 2012

Anita Leirfall

'What is it like to orient onself in space? Kant on space and orientation'

3 October 2012

Lars-Göran Johansson

'Non-local correlations and causation: conflict or peaceful coexistence?'

(Click here for PowerPoint presentation.)

PhilSci poster

6 November 2012

Mark H. Bickhard

'Free Will, Physics and the Dynamics of Acting: Escaping Determinism and Fate'

(Click here to listen to the podcast)

Podcasts and PowerPoints:

Making the PhilSci talks available is only possible due to the generosity of the PhilSci forum's invited speakers; we urge everyone to respect the holders' intellectual property rights to the content of all talks. You are free to use the files for educational purposes, but we ask you to credit the speakers if you quote or refer to their work. Any commercial redistribution is considered a violation of property rights, and we urge you to contact us if you are unsure about what limitations exists on the use of the files.

For more information about the PhilSci Forum, contact Elias Nunez: elias.nunez@umb.no

Updated: 02.05.13
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Causation in Science

UMB School of Economics and Business
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
Postbox 5003
NO- 1432 Ås
For visitors: Tårnbygningen, Christian Magnus Falsensvei 18, office T353

Contact person: Rani Lill Anjum (rani.anjum@umb.no), Phone: 64 96 57 12