- 11 December 2018:
Teaching at USI: In the spring semester 2019, I will again be teaching a course in the philosophy of physics at the Universitá della Svizzera italiana's innovative new MA program in philosophy.
- 1 August 2015:
Official start at Geneva
I have started my new job in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Geneva!
(Sorry that I neglected to post news for such a long time...)
- 21 May 2014:
Black Forest Summer School
I am getting ready for the 2nd Black Forest Summer School in the Philosophy of Physics, this year on probability in physics.
- 21 May 2014:
Sabbatical Fall Quarter 2014
I will be on sabbatical leave in Fall 2014.
- 24 January 2014:
Refereeing
I cannot currently accept any more refereeing requests except for journals where I am on the editorial board. I hope to able to do it again starting in late March.
- 23 September 2013:
Summer syllabi available
The syllabi for my fall classes in philosophy of science are now available in the teaching section.
- 21 June 2013:
Summer syllabi available
The syllabi for my summer classes in logic and scientific reasoning are now available in the teaching section.
- 22 December 2012:
Winter syllabi available
The syllabi for my winter class in philosophy of physics (quantum mechanics) and for my seminar in metaphysics are now available in the teaching section.
- 25 September 2012:
Fall syllabi available
The syllabi for my fall classes in metaphysics and philosophy of science are now available in the teaching section.
- 11 July 2012:
European Tour in September
I will tour Europe in September to give talks in Hungary, Germany, and perhaps Switzerland (details below under 'Talks').
- 18 June 2012:
Lauener Prize and Symposium
I am honoured to have been selected as this year's winner of the Lauener Prize for Up-and-Coming Philosophers. The ceremony will be held on 21 June, with a symposium on Hilary Putnam's (winner of the 2012 Lauener Prize for an Outstanding Oeuvre in Analytical Philosophy) work to follow on 22 June (see talks).
- 27 March 2012:
Promotion to Associate Professor
I have just been officially notified that I will be promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective 1 July 2012. Joy reigns!
- 1 November 2011:
Syllabi for winter classes available
The syllabi for the two classes I teach this winter, Phil 25 and Phil 124, are available in the teaching section.
- 9 September 2011:
Can the world be shown to be indeterministic after all?
This paper has now appeared in print: in Claus Beisbart and Stephan Hartmann (eds.), Probabilities in Physics, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2011), pp. 365-389.
- 9 September 2011:
Syllabi for fall classes available
At last, the syllabi for the two classes I teach this fall, Phil 145 and Phil 204A, are available in the teaching section.
- 18 April 2011:
This paper I co-authored with Chris Smeenk has appeared in print now: in Craig Callender (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Time, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2011), pp. 577-630.
- 6 November 2010:
2009 PSA Essay Prize
Today, I have been awarded the 2009 PSA Recent Ph.D. Award for "Challenging the Spacetime Structuralist", which appeared in the December 2009 issue of Philosophy of Science.