A new study group on the topic ‘Klassieke Duitse Filosofie & haar Actualiteit‘ has been established by Christian Krijnen. The first meeting of the study group will take place on 13 December at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. For more information on the study group and how to join, please see https://www.ozsw.nl/study-group-klassieke-duitse-filosofie-en-haar-actualiteit/.
In the afternoon of Friday 13 December the OZSW PhD council is organizing another seminar, this time on the topic of ‘peer reviewing’. More information on the program can be found here. Participation is free.
The 2014 OZSW Graduate Conference in Theoretical Philosophy will take place from May 26-28 at VU University Amsterdam. Key note speakers are Alva Noë (Berkeley), Hanne Andersen (Aarhus), Igor Douven (Groningen), and Elizabeth Barnes (Leeds). A call for papers has now been released. Abstracts of max. 500 words and prepared for blind review can be submitted … Continue reading CfP 2014 OZSW Graduate Conference Theoretical Philosophy
Sabine Roeser has won the ‘Best Supervisor Award 2013‘, an initiative of the OZSW PhD council. At the OZSW member meeting during the OZSW conference on Saturday November 15th she received the award from two representatives from the PhD council. The PhD council also acknowledged the excellent supervision qualities of the three other nominees, namely … Continue reading Sabine Roeser wins ‘Best Supervisor Award’ of PhD Council
Uitgeverij Boom, a Dutch publisher of amongst others philosophy books, has kindly offered to sponsor the closing reception of the upcoming first annual OZSW conference, to take place on November 15-16 at Erasmus University Roterdam. The conference will have almost 200 participants, philosophers from both the Netherlands and abroad.
Please note that registration for the OZSW conference will be possible up to and including Tuesday November 5th. For more information about registration for the conference, see https://www.ozsw.nl/2013-conference-registration-fees/. The full program, including abstracts, can be browsed through at https://www.conftool.com/ozsw_conference_2013/sessions.php.
At the OZSW conference 2013, the PhD council will hand out its first annual award for the best supervisor. The PhD council finds it important to point out what good supervising consists of. Some OZSW PhD students have supervisors who really stand out: “Not only do they provide inspiration and motivation whenever needed. They also … Continue reading 4 Nominations ‘Best Supervisor Award 2013’ of PhD Council
The OZSW is organizing a winter school for Research Master students in philosophy. It will take place from 5-7 December 2013 in a conference hotel in Lunteren.The full program can now be found at https://www.ozsw.nl/ozsw-research-master-school-2013/. It includes two key note lectures on personal identity. There will also be a number of workshops to foster the skills … Continue reading OZSW 2013 ReMa winter school now open for registration
On November 29-30 a workshop “Idealism, Realism, Empiricism – Philosophical debates around 1800” will take place. The workshop (organized by Paul Ziche in the context of the NWO-project “Thinking classified. Structuring the world of ideas around 1800”) invites senior researches, but in particular also PhD-students and students in Research Master programmes in philosophy, history of … Continue reading Workshop “Idealism, Realism, Empiricism – Philosophical debates around 1800” – now open for registration
The OZSW has a new study group, on the Philosophy of Statistics. The study group convenes abount once every month to discuss reading on the intersection of philosophy and statistics. Recurring topics will be model selection, probabilistic logic, statistical inference, interpretations of probability, and confirmation theory. For more information, including information on how to join, … Continue reading New OZSW study group: Philosophy of Statistics.