2025 Summer School of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science
Daniel Kostic
2025 Summer School of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science
24 - 27 June 2025, held virtually
The Society for the Metaphysics of Science will host a summer school from June 24th to June 27th over Zoom. More information on the following link: https://socmetsci.org/2025-summer-school
We are pleased to announce that there will be two streams available this year:
(A) Daniel Kostic (University of Groningen) and James Woodward (University of Pittsburgh) will focus on Exploring the Roles of Topology and Dynamics in Network Based Explanations (June 24-25, 10:00-1:00 EST).
(B) Jacqueline Sullivan (Western University) and Muhammad Ali Khalidi (The Graduate Center, CUNY) will focus on Psychiatric Kinds and Natural Kinds (June 26-27, 9:00-12:00 EST).
Each stream consists of two three-hour workshops, each designed to introduce participants to the state of play in the given subdiscipline. See below for more information about each stream.
Application & Registration Information
In order to apply, please submit a c.v. to Ken Aizawa (ken.a...@gmail.com) and include which stream(s) you would like to attend. There is no official deadline for applications, but attendance will be capped at 20 participants.
A registration fee of $25 per stream ($25 for one stream; $50 for both) is required, which will be used to partially offset expenses. Accepted applicants will be asked to submit their registration fees by June 15, 2025, via our Registration Page.
Please direct inquiries to Jenn McDonald (jc2...@columbia.edu) and Ken Aizawa (ken.a...@gmail.com).
Dr Daniel Kostic | Visiting Lecturer | Faculty of Philosophy | Theoretical Philosophy | University of Groningen | The Netherlands
Web: daniel-kostic(dot)weebly(dot)com
E-mail: daniel (dot) kostic (at) gmail (dot) com
Tel.: +33 (0) 7 68 89 02 95
+31 (0) 6 25 08 70 01
Recent articles:
Kostic, D. (2024). “On the Role of Erotetic Constraints in Non-causal Explanations”. Philosophy of Science, 91(5), 1078–1088. doi:10.1017/psa.2023.114 Find it here.
Kostic, D., Halffman, W. (2023). “Mapping Explanatory Language in Neuroscience”. Synthese 202, 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04329-6. Find it here.