Colloquium: Gabriel Shapiro (University of Michigan)

Helen C. White Room 4207
@ 3:30 pm

Aristotle’s Argument for Essentialism Aristotle is about as much of an essentialist as one can be. He not only endorses essentialism—the view that things have essential features—but he also makes essentialism a central and foundational …

Colloquium: Jill North (Rutgers University)

Helen C White Room 4207
@ 3:30 pm

Mathematical Representation in Physics:  the Curious Case of the Complex Numbers We use mathematical objects and structures to formulate our physical theories and to represent physical reality.  This gives rise to a host of philosophical …