September 2016

Conference - Perspectival modelling: pluralism and integration.

Event date: 
Saturday 2 July 2016 to Sunday 3 July 2016
Location: 
Room 3.10/3.11, Dugald Stewart Building

"http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/philosophy/events/view/perspectival-modelling-pluralism-and-integration   The goal of this first international conference - part of the ERC Consolidator GrantPerspectival realism (PI: Prof Massimi) - is to explore methodological problems and prospects of perspectival modelling across the sciences. What challenges does the integration of data coming from incompatible models pose? And what are the prospects of a pluralistic approach to perspectival modelling? Keynote speakers:

Education, Social Justice and Democracy: Critical Issues in 21st Century Education (A conference in celebration of the Centenary of John Dewey's Democracy and Education)

Event date: 
Friday 17 June 2016

"Moray House School of Education, U. of Edinburgh Friday, June 17, 2016 (9:00-17:30) Register now: http://www.etouches.com/166854   John Dewey’s statement that democracy is not just a political system, but also a “mode of associated living” has inspired philosophers and educators to think seriously about critical issues surrounding living together in inclusive, pluralist, and just societies.

Launch of the International network on Gender, Rights and Development (GRAND)

Event date: 
Monday 25 April 2016
Location: 
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

GRAND is a network dedicated to building an international network of feminists, gender theorists and development practitioners, and those who are interested in advancing the conceptual understanding of gender in their respective work by moving beyond regional and disciplinary boundaries in order to contribute to a nuanced understanding of gender and its politics. Please see the attached document for more information on the network.

Christopher Shank (University of Bangor): Investigating the impact of structural factors upon that/zero complementizer alternation patterns in nine verbs of cognition: A diachronic corpus based multifactorial analysis.

Event date: 
Thursday 16 February 2017 to Friday 17 February 2017
Location: 
Room 3.10/3.11, Dugald Stewart Building
Linguistic Circle

16 Feb 2017 16:10 – 17:00

Speaker: Christopher Shank (University of Bangor): Investigating the impact of structural factors upon that/zero complementizer alternation patterns in nine verbs of cognition: A diachronic corpus based multifactorial analysis.