physics
Multiple worlds, multiple interpretations: quantum physics and the brain
Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 10:48amVery interesting seminar last night by Guy Blaylock on the multiple worlds interpretation of quantum physics. Nice example of the principle that a given set of empirical observations is always subject to multiple interpretations, ie that there is always a perspectival or "subjective" element in scientific stories. And an interesting dissection of reasons for preferring one or another several stories, a dissection that might in turn lead to some new stories.
My Ongoing Philosophical Thoughts
Submitted by Brie Stark on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 5:34pm- biology
- brain
- complexity
- Complexity in Education
- culture
- Dealing with Challenges
- diversity
- Diversity and Culture in Education
- education
- Educational Empowerment
- emergence
- feminism
- gender
- Incorporating Student Experiences
- Learning Environment
- mental health
- philosophy
- physics
- Progressive Education
- religion
- Roles in Education
- science
- story telling
- web and technology
- life spontaneity living philosophy brain thoughts thinking unconscious conscious social reality superiority hierarchy
Living Life
Where Does It All Come From? A Conversation
Benjamin Olshin is assistant professor of Philosophy, History, and History of Science at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Paul Grobstein is professor of Biology at Bryn Mawr College. The two met and discovered common interests, like this one, at a meeting on "Building the Scientific Mind" in Vancouver in May 2007 (for another common interest see Reality and Virtual Reality). Their ongoing exchange is provided here to encourage further conversation. Your thoughts are welcome in the forum area below.
Olshin - 30 November 2008
Reality and Virtual Reality?
Reality Check:
The Possible Detection of Simulated Environments
Through Observations of Selected Physical Phenomena
HHMI Science Education Program at Bryn Mawr College 2008-2012
Who We Are
As a liberal arts college for women, Bryn Mawr College is committed to:
- encouraging large numbers of young women to major in disciplines in which they have been traditionally underrepresented and to pursue graduate study and careers in the sciences, and
- ensuring science literacy among all students.
Our past grants from HHMI have helped us to strengthen science education by supporting interdisciplinary approaches to teaching in biology and the related sciences; undergraduate research opportunities; use of computing technologies in the sciences; and professional development for precollege science teachers.
K-16 Education: Bridging the Two Cultures Divide?
Minisymposium 2008 on K-16 Collaborations
Science and Humanities Education: Learning From Each Other?
Bryn Mawr Haverford K-16 Collaborations in Science and Mathematics Education
With support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Friday, 25 July 2008
8:30 am to 1 pm
Bryn Mawr College
Science Building Room 100
Philosophy of Science 2008 - Schedule
Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sat, 01/19/2008 - 1:26pm| 22 Jan | MK, PG | Introduction and the demarcation problem past and present |
See Evolution and Intelligent Design: Perspectives and Lakatos |
| 29 Jan | MK | Realism and the Aim of Science I |
Philosophy of Science 2008
The overriding theme of this course is an exploration of the nature of scientific knowledge in the context of the realist/constructivist controversy in the philosophy of science. It will seek an accommodation between realism and constructivism. Further topics include evolution, complexity and emergence, the brain, and science as story telling as they bear on the overriding theme.
Phil 310 = Bio 310, Spring 2008, Tuesdays, 1-3:30
