Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy
Philosophy of Science (PoS)
The Philosophy of Science (PoS) reading group will focus in the first term on the relations between metaphysics, science and philosophy of science.
We meet in person every other week, Tuesdays from 15 to 17 h., starting September 26. Our usual room is the Seminari Maria Zambrano (Faculty of Philosophy, UB, 4th floor).
If you want to join us or be included in the mailing list of the PoS RG, please, write to Marc Mela (marcomelaqui “at” gmail.com).
SESSIONS (updated November 21, 2023)
September 26, 15-17 h.:
1. Godfrey-Smith, Peter (2012). Metaphysics and the philosophical imagination. Philosophical Studies 160 (1): 97-113.
October 10, 15-17 h.:
2. Paul, L. A. (2012). Metaphysics as modeling: the handmaiden’s tale. Philosophical Studies 160 (1):1-29.
October 24, 15-17 h.:
3. Ladyman, James and Don Ross (2007). Every thing must go: metaphysics naturalized, Oxford University Press, chapter 1.
November 7, 15-17 h.:
4. Ladyman, James (2017). An Apology for Naturalized Metaphysics. In Matthew Slater & Zanja Yudell (eds.), Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science, Oxford University Press.
5. Dorr, Cian (2010). Review of Every thing must go: metaphysics naturalized in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. (https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/every-thing-must-go-metaphysics-naturalized/)
November 21, 15-17 h.:
6. Ladyman, James and Don Ross (2007). Every thing must go: metaphysics naturalized, Oxford University Press, chapter 4, sections 4.4 & 4.5
Pending readings:
7. Morganti, Matteo & Tahko, Tuomas E. (2017). Moderately Naturalistic Metaphysics. Synthese 194 (7): 2557-2580.
8. Chakravarty, A. (2017). Scientific Ontology: Integrating Naturalized Metaphysics and Voluntarist Epistemology, Oxford University Press, chapter 2.
9. French, Steven (2018). Toying with the Toolbox: How Metaphysics Can Still Make a Contribution. Journal for General Philosophy of Science / Zeitschrift für Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 49 (2): 211-230.
