Conversations at the Center

In this episode of Conversations at the Center, Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with Visiting Fellow Mark Risjord to discuss Science and Values. Dr. Risjord used his time at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science to work on a book project, tentatively titled  Impartial Inquiry: A Defense of Scientific Value-Freedom . Using 20th century sociology of racial residenti...

In this episode of Conversations at the Center, Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with Associate Fellow Kevin Zollman. Kevin Zollman is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Philosophy and the director of CMU’s Institute for Complex Social Dynamics. His research and teaching focuses on modeling social behavior in humans and other animals. Kevin grew up in Kansas before attending the University...

In this episode of Conversations at the Center, Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with Visiting Fellow Chris ChoGlueck. Chris ChoGlueck is a philosophy professor and advocate of reproductive equity. He has a PhD from Indiana University Bloomington. Chris is now an Associate Professor of Ethics at New Mexico Tech, where he teaches philosophy and gender studies to STEM students and runs ethi...

In this episode of Conversations at the Center, Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with Visiting Fellow Laurenz Casser to discuss his work on the study of pain. Laurenz is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Sheffield. Starting January 2027, he will be a lecturer (assistant professor) in philosophy at University College London. His research lies at the intersection of the...

In this episode of Conversations at the Center, Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with Visiting Fellow David Thorstad. David is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University and Research Affiliate at the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab, ANU. ​​Thorstad received a PhD in philosophy from Harvard University and completed his postdoctoral training at Oxford Universit...

In this episode of Conversations at the Center, Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with senior fellow Kareem Khalifa. Kareem Khalifa  is a professor of  philosophy at UCLA  (2022-present). Prior to that, he was at  Middlebury College  in Vermont (2006-2022). Starting in 2027, he will be a professor of  history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh . His research interest...

In this episode of Conversations at the Center, Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with Akos Szegofi to discuss misinformation and conspiracy theories. Akos is a cognitive scientist interested in the study of dishonest behavior and deceptive speech acts. He published on the topics of media history and social epistemology, as well as conspiracy theories. Read the work discussed in the podcas...

Join us for our first episode of Conversations at the Center since 2024! Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with David Wallace, philosopher and physicist at the University of Pittsburgh.

Join us this week for our 8th episode at Conversations at the Center! This week, our host and Director, Edouard Machery talks with 3 of our PSP8 students, Arina Zhu, Jacinta Creel, and Maddox Larson as we wrapped up our 2024 Pittsburgh Summer Program. Our Pittsburgh Summer Program is for undergraduate Students who are highly motivated and show strong academic promise and interest in the philosophy...

Join us for the Center's 7th Episode of 'Conversations at the Center' with our host and director, Edouard Machery. This episode, Edouard talks with returning guest, John Norton, distinguished professor at the University of Pittsburgh History and Philosophy of Science department. We continue to discuss John's research, relativity, quantum theory, and statistical physics, with a spec...

Join us for our 6th Episode of 'Conversations in the Center'. This week, our director and host, Edouard Machery, talks with Wayne Wu, Associate Professor of Philosophy and the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Wayne Wu works on attention, perception, action and schizophrenia at the interface between philosophy and cognitive science. His current work focuses on introspec...

Join us for our 5th episode of Conversations at the Center. Edouard Machery, our Director and Host, talks with John Norton, Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Norton studies the history and philosophy of physics (relativity, quantum theory, and statistical physics), with a special interest in general relativity,...

Join us for our 4th episode of Conversations at the Center. Our host, Edouard Machery converses with our Fellow, Alison McConwell. Alison McConwell is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UMass Lowell. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Calgary. Prior to her position at UMass Lowell, she held postdoctoral appointments at the University of British Columbia and Standford Univers...

Join us for our 3rd episode of Conversations at the CenterEdouard Machery and Jacob Stegenga have an open discussion on Jacob's work and research while promoting the Center's conference, Revitalizing Science and Values, April 5-7 2024. Jacob Stegenga is a Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He has published widely in general philosophy o...

Join us for our second episode of Conversations at the Center with Sandra Mitchell. This week, our Director, Edouard Machery, talks with Sandra Mitchell, Distinguished Professor at the History of Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Sandra Mitchell is also Teaching Practicum Director and Career Outcomes Director in the History of Philosophy of Science. All music has been obtained...

Welcome to the first episode of The Center for Philosophy of Science Podcast! Edouard Machery, Director of the Center, and Arnon Levy, Senior Visiting Fellow, discuss the upcoming conference, Revitalizing Science and Values, coming to Pitt Friday April 5th through Sunday April 7th. Revitalizing Science and Values, 4.5.2024- 4.7.2024 The arena of science and values has grown in size and prominence...