On way back from an excellent visit to Southampton, giving talks to the physics and philosophy departments on 'Quantum alternative possibilities' and 'Spatiotemporal contingency'. Thanks for great feedback and hospitality! Current mood:

When do two physical theories represent the same physical reality? That's the topic of our workshop School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion this Friday 24 Feb, with Discourse Elysium k Lorenzo Cocco, Niels Martens and Neil Dewar framephys.org/representation…

Catch in Birmingham the next week for the FraMEPhys final conference on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics, on May 15-17 2023 at the Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park! Very excited to be part of this stellar line-up! framephys.org/metaphysical-e…

Our final project conference - on Metaphysical Explanation in Physics - will take place next week, 15-17 May at the MAC in Birmingham. Register here: framephys.org/metaphysical-e…

Look at what came in the mail

Interesting funded PhD studentship in philosophy of scientific modelling at Birmingham, focusing on irrigation models - arnaldpuy.com/#phd-studentsh…

Exciting new collection on scientific modal epistemology just out - and mostly open access link.springer.com/collections/jh…

Congratulations from the whole FraMEPhys team to Dr Noelia Iranzo Ribera Noelia IR, PhD who passed her viva today! Noelia's thesis was on "Possibilities for Interventionist Explanation: Conceptual, Physical & Fictional"

Thrilled that my ‘Perspectival Realism’ Oxford Philosophy won 2023 Lakatos Award 🥳 As a #firstgen academic, this milestone is in memory of my father and my grandparents 💕. Their situated artisanal know-how about olive oil producing and beekeeping run deep as a theme in the book.