RECORDED TALKS AND PANELS AVAILABLE ONLINE (click on the talk title to see the abstract, announcement or recording)
INVITED TALKS
"Epistemic Status of Facts in Modern Cosmology"
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Philosophy of Physics in Vienna Series April 25, 2024.
"Grasping facts in modern cosmology"
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, January 19, 2024.
"Theoretical and Observational Explanations in Cosmology Following the Landmark Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation"
the Nordic Network for Philosophy of Physics, University of Stockholm, November 16-17, 2023.
"Observation and experimentation: epistemic and ethical obligations"
Department of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science in Practice group, University of Twente, July 7, 2023.
“Prebiotic decluttering: the thermodynamic tail-wind, autocatalysis, and symmetry breaking ”
Organisms in Castelnaudary - University of Toulouse, September 12, 2022.
"Neutral Monism and Niels Bohr's Complementarity"
Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, 22 November, 2022.
"Life and Its Origins: Philosophical Dilemmas and Scientific Quests"
Department of Philosophy, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, May 2022.
"Epistemological Problems of Big Science"
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, November 2020 - online seminar
“Another shot at the physics of life: Dissipation, Irreversibility and the Code of Life”, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, December 2019.
"Orthodoxy and Its Alternatives in Modern Cosmology"
Ian Ramsey Center speaker series, University of Oxford, October 2018.
- click for the recording of the talk -
"Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge Production in High Energy Physics Laboratories"
New Work in Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute for Research in the Humanities. A research division of The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), June 2018.
"How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance"
Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017.
Reliability of Experimental Procedures: Empiricism vs Research Holism. (Commentary: Stavros Ioannidis)
POND II, University of Athens, 2017.
"Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background"
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2017.
"Bohr's Principle of Complementarity and Quantum Tunnelling Effect"
Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad, 2016.
"Team and Project Composition in Big Physics Experiments"
The Fourth LogiCIC Workshop
University of Amsterdam, November 2015.
"Logic of Scientific Discovery in Mega Physics Experiments"
Social Epistemology Workshop, CAS, University of Rijeka, May 2015.
“The Higgs Boson and the Logic of Scientific Discovery”
Budapest, Hugarian Academy of Science, March 2015.
"On some Epistemological Aspects of the Higgs Boson Discovery"
Department of Philosophy, York University, Toronto, 2014.
“Niels Bohr's Complementarity and the Experimental Method”
Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, 2014.
“Scientific, Political, and Epistemic Justifications for Creating the Large Hadron Collider”
Center for Science Studies, University of Aarhus, 2013.
“Experimental Manipulation, Evidence and Ontology: A Case of Biology”
Empirical evidence and philosophy, LABONT, University of Turin (Italy) / Institute for Philosophy and Social Studies, Belgrade, 2012
"Somewhere Between Reductionist Obstinacy and Instrumentalist Coyness: Biological Entities, Levels and Causes"
Self-organization in biology and its scope, Axi-En Provance, France, 2011
“Where First Principles Come to An End: A Comment on ‘An Aristotelian Account of Induction’ by L. Groarke”
Symposium, Canadian Philosophical Association, Montreal, May 2010
“Examining Limitations of Physics: Experimental Diversity vs. The Physics of Big Experiments”
Lunchtime Talks Series, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, September 2009
“The Concept Of The Morphogenetic Field And Its Revival: A Challenge To
The Modern Synthesis Of Darwinism And Genetics?”
Department of Biology, Tufts University, Boston, 2008
“The Rebirth of the Morphogenetic Field: A Challenge and an Alternative to Modern Synthesis?”
Colloquium: Enchevêtrements et action du temps dans les systèmes complexes vivants, University of Nice, Nice, France, 2008
“Fine-Tuning Nativism: The 'Nurtured Nature’ And Innate Cognitive
Structures”
Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 2008
“Does the Principle of Natural Selection as a Law Concerning Physical Systems Grant Explanatory Autonomy of Biology?”
Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2006
“Examining the Prospects of a Comprehensive Relational Account of Nature: The Case of Physical and Biological Systems”
Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada 2006
“Does the Principle of Natural Selection as a Law Concerning Physical Systems Grant Explanatory Autonomy of Biology?”
Department of Philosophy, St. Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada 2006
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Refereed)
"Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background", Workshop in philosophy of astrophysics and cosmology, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh 2017.
"How Theories of Induction Can Fruitfully Constrain the Metrics of Scientific Performance"
Formal Models of Scientific Inquiry, University of Bochum, 2017.
"Epistemic Efficiency in Big Physics Experiments," The 8th Quadrennial Fellows Conference (Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh), University of Lund, 2016.
Topological Structures, Entities and Interactions in Biological Explanations”
Mind and Life: Mechanistic and Topological Perspectives, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade / CREA, Paris I, 2013
“Niels Bohr and the Experimental Method”
Philosophy of Physics Workshop, University of Belgrade/Astronomical Observatory Institute, Belgrade, 2013.
“Why It Matters Whether and How Theory Drives Experimentation”
Annual Meeting of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, Stirling, 2012
“Experimental Manipulation and Ontology: A Case of Biology”
Evidence and Philosophy Workshop, Belgrade, 2012
“Why It Matters Whether and How Theory Drives Experimentation”
Quadrennial Meeting of the Center for Philosophy of Science (Pittsburgh), University of Mugla, Turkey
“The Diminishing Experimental Challenge to the Standard Model of Particle Physics”,
Foundations of Fundamental Physics – 11, Paris, October 2011
“The Theory-ladenness in the Experimental Context”
Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, October 2010
“The Diminishing Experimental Challenge to the Standard Model of Particle Physics”
The 11th International Congress on Frontiers of Fundamental Physics, Paris, France, July 2010
“Neither Emergence nor Reduction? On Gene’s Actions and Reciprocal Causation”
(with Paul-Antoine Miquel), Pittsburgh-Paris Workshops II, Center for Philosophy of Science, Unievrsity of Pittsburgh, 2009
“Can the Parity Thesis in Biology and Nativism in Psychology be Reconciled?”
(with L. Radenovic), Biological Explanations of Behavior: Philosophical Perspectives, University of Hanover, Hanover, Germany, June 2008
“Why Were Logically Distinct Theories Deemed Equivalent in Early Quantum Mechanics?”
The Yearly Workshop – The History and Foundations of Quantum Physics Project, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, 2007
“Does The Principle Of Natural Selection As A Basic Physical Law Grant Explanatory Autonomy Of Biology?”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, York University, Toronto, 2006.
“A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique”
Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, University of Texas, Austin, 2004.
“A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique”
International Conference on Foundations of Probability and Physics – 3, International Center for Mathematical Modeling in Physics, Engineering and Cognitive Science, Växjo University, 2004.
“Schrödinger’s and Everett’s Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, and Bohr’s Experimental Critique”(paper accepted)
12th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, University of Oviedo, Spain, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?”
Annual Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and
Social Studies of Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 2003.
“Taxonomies of Emergence, Relational Holism, and Nonlinearity”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of
Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003.
Comment on M. Frappier’s paper “Dialectic and Heisenberg’s Microscope Thought Experiment” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?”
Annual Graduate Conference in Philosophy University of Toronto, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?”
Graduate Conference in Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2003.
“A Historical Reminder to the Proponents of the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Why Did Schrödinger take ill in 1926?”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of
Science , University of Toronto, 2002.
“Emergence and Quantum States”
The 4th Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference on the
Philosophy of Mind, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002.
“Are Quantum Entanglements Emergent Properties?”
The 6th Annual Mini-Conference in the Foundations of Physics in Conjunction
with the Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Mathematics, Physics, and Logic,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2001.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
The First Annual Conference in History and Philosophy of Science, Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh University, 2007
“Some Philosophical Aspects of Quantum Theory and Nonlinear Dynamics”
Speaker series at the Astronomical Observatory/Institute of Physics, Belgrade, 2003.
Comment on the paper of Brian Baigrie (University of Toronto), “The Scientific Life of the Camera Obscura”
Philosophy Seminar in tribute to the 40th anniversary of York University, 2000.
- "Grasping facts in Modern Cosmology" - Center for Philosophy of Science, U. of Pittsburgh, January 2024.
- 'New Books Network' podcast on my book 'From Data to Quanta', 2022.
- Conversation about my book - Razgovor o mojoj knjizi - "From Data to Quanta", Radio Galaksija, October 2021.
- "Epistemological problems of Big Science", Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (online talk), November 2020.
- "Meta-archaeology", a book promotion panel at the Center for Theoretical Archaeology, University of Belgrade (in Serbian). March 2019.
- "Orthodoxy and Its Alternatives in Modern Cosmology"
Ian Ramsey Center Seminar Series, University of Oxford, October 2018. - "Ko je ubio Šredingerovu mačku?" ("Who killed Schroedinger's cat?"), Institute for Physics and Student Cultural Centar, Belgrade, 2018.
- Interviews with the participants of PSX 5 in Belgrade (Kevin Zollman, Helena Sipi, Kevin Kelly, Vitaly Pronskih, myself,...), 2017.
- A panel with Dan Zahavi: Pre-reflective Self-awareness and Experiential Selfhood: Singular and Plural?, Institute for Philosophy and Social Studies, Belgrade, 2017.
- Organizing Knowledge in Particle Physics Mega Experiments, 2015 (Notes for the same talk given at LogiCIC 2015, U. of Amsterdam)
- Mind and Life: Mechanistic and Topological Perspectives, University of Belgrade, 30-31 May 2013
- Experimental Manipulation, Evidence and Ontology: A Case of Biology - Evidence and Philosophy Workshop, Belgrade/Turin June 2012
- Quantum Mechanics: Are Matrix and Wave Mechanics Equivalent?, Max Planck Institute, 2007
INVITED TALKS
"Epistemic Status of Facts in Modern Cosmology"
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Philosophy of Physics in Vienna Series April 25, 2024.
"Grasping facts in modern cosmology"
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, January 19, 2024.
"Theoretical and Observational Explanations in Cosmology Following the Landmark Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation"
the Nordic Network for Philosophy of Physics, University of Stockholm, November 16-17, 2023.
"Observation and experimentation: epistemic and ethical obligations"
Department of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science in Practice group, University of Twente, July 7, 2023.
“Prebiotic decluttering: the thermodynamic tail-wind, autocatalysis, and symmetry breaking ”
Organisms in Castelnaudary - University of Toulouse, September 12, 2022.
"Neutral Monism and Niels Bohr's Complementarity"
Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, 22 November, 2022.
"Life and Its Origins: Philosophical Dilemmas and Scientific Quests"
Department of Philosophy, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, May 2022.
"Epistemological Problems of Big Science"
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, November 2020 - online seminar
“Another shot at the physics of life: Dissipation, Irreversibility and the Code of Life”, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, December 2019.
"Orthodoxy and Its Alternatives in Modern Cosmology"
Ian Ramsey Center speaker series, University of Oxford, October 2018.
- click for the recording of the talk -
"Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge Production in High Energy Physics Laboratories"
New Work in Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute for Research in the Humanities. A research division of The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), June 2018.
"How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance"
Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017.
Reliability of Experimental Procedures: Empiricism vs Research Holism. (Commentary: Stavros Ioannidis)
POND II, University of Athens, 2017.
"Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background"
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2017.
"Bohr's Principle of Complementarity and Quantum Tunnelling Effect"
Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad, 2016.
"Team and Project Composition in Big Physics Experiments"
The Fourth LogiCIC Workshop
University of Amsterdam, November 2015.
"Logic of Scientific Discovery in Mega Physics Experiments"
Social Epistemology Workshop, CAS, University of Rijeka, May 2015.
“The Higgs Boson and the Logic of Scientific Discovery”
Budapest, Hugarian Academy of Science, March 2015.
"On some Epistemological Aspects of the Higgs Boson Discovery"
Department of Philosophy, York University, Toronto, 2014.
“Niels Bohr's Complementarity and the Experimental Method”
Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, 2014.
“Scientific, Political, and Epistemic Justifications for Creating the Large Hadron Collider”
Center for Science Studies, University of Aarhus, 2013.
“Experimental Manipulation, Evidence and Ontology: A Case of Biology”
Empirical evidence and philosophy, LABONT, University of Turin (Italy) / Institute for Philosophy and Social Studies, Belgrade, 2012
"Somewhere Between Reductionist Obstinacy and Instrumentalist Coyness: Biological Entities, Levels and Causes"
Self-organization in biology and its scope, Axi-En Provance, France, 2011
“Where First Principles Come to An End: A Comment on ‘An Aristotelian Account of Induction’ by L. Groarke”
Symposium, Canadian Philosophical Association, Montreal, May 2010
“Examining Limitations of Physics: Experimental Diversity vs. The Physics of Big Experiments”
Lunchtime Talks Series, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, September 2009
“The Concept Of The Morphogenetic Field And Its Revival: A Challenge To
The Modern Synthesis Of Darwinism And Genetics?”
Department of Biology, Tufts University, Boston, 2008
“The Rebirth of the Morphogenetic Field: A Challenge and an Alternative to Modern Synthesis?”
Colloquium: Enchevêtrements et action du temps dans les systèmes complexes vivants, University of Nice, Nice, France, 2008
“Fine-Tuning Nativism: The 'Nurtured Nature’ And Innate Cognitive
Structures”
Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 2008
“Does the Principle of Natural Selection as a Law Concerning Physical Systems Grant Explanatory Autonomy of Biology?”
Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2006
“Examining the Prospects of a Comprehensive Relational Account of Nature: The Case of Physical and Biological Systems”
Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada 2006
“Does the Principle of Natural Selection as a Law Concerning Physical Systems Grant Explanatory Autonomy of Biology?”
Department of Philosophy, St. Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada 2006
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Refereed)
"Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background", Workshop in philosophy of astrophysics and cosmology, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh 2017.
"How Theories of Induction Can Fruitfully Constrain the Metrics of Scientific Performance"
Formal Models of Scientific Inquiry, University of Bochum, 2017.
"Epistemic Efficiency in Big Physics Experiments," The 8th Quadrennial Fellows Conference (Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh), University of Lund, 2016.
Topological Structures, Entities and Interactions in Biological Explanations”
Mind and Life: Mechanistic and Topological Perspectives, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade / CREA, Paris I, 2013
“Niels Bohr and the Experimental Method”
Philosophy of Physics Workshop, University of Belgrade/Astronomical Observatory Institute, Belgrade, 2013.
“Why It Matters Whether and How Theory Drives Experimentation”
Annual Meeting of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, Stirling, 2012
“Experimental Manipulation and Ontology: A Case of Biology”
Evidence and Philosophy Workshop, Belgrade, 2012
“Why It Matters Whether and How Theory Drives Experimentation”
Quadrennial Meeting of the Center for Philosophy of Science (Pittsburgh), University of Mugla, Turkey
“The Diminishing Experimental Challenge to the Standard Model of Particle Physics”,
Foundations of Fundamental Physics – 11, Paris, October 2011
“The Theory-ladenness in the Experimental Context”
Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, October 2010
“The Diminishing Experimental Challenge to the Standard Model of Particle Physics”
The 11th International Congress on Frontiers of Fundamental Physics, Paris, France, July 2010
“Neither Emergence nor Reduction? On Gene’s Actions and Reciprocal Causation”
(with Paul-Antoine Miquel), Pittsburgh-Paris Workshops II, Center for Philosophy of Science, Unievrsity of Pittsburgh, 2009
“Can the Parity Thesis in Biology and Nativism in Psychology be Reconciled?”
(with L. Radenovic), Biological Explanations of Behavior: Philosophical Perspectives, University of Hanover, Hanover, Germany, June 2008
“Why Were Logically Distinct Theories Deemed Equivalent in Early Quantum Mechanics?”
The Yearly Workshop – The History and Foundations of Quantum Physics Project, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, 2007
“Does The Principle Of Natural Selection As A Basic Physical Law Grant Explanatory Autonomy Of Biology?”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, York University, Toronto, 2006.
“A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique”
Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, University of Texas, Austin, 2004.
“A Recent Revival of Schrödinger’s Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique”
International Conference on Foundations of Probability and Physics – 3, International Center for Mathematical Modeling in Physics, Engineering and Cognitive Science, Växjo University, 2004.
“Schrödinger’s and Everett’s Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, and Bohr’s Experimental Critique”(paper accepted)
12th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, University of Oviedo, Spain, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?”
Annual Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and
Social Studies of Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, 2003.
“Taxonomies of Emergence, Relational Holism, and Nonlinearity”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of
Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003.
Comment on M. Frappier’s paper “Dialectic and Heisenberg’s Microscope Thought Experiment” Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?”
Annual Graduate Conference in Philosophy University of Toronto, 2003.
“Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?”
Graduate Conference in Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2003.
“A Historical Reminder to the Proponents of the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Why Did Schrödinger take ill in 1926?”
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of
Science , University of Toronto, 2002.
“Emergence and Quantum States”
The 4th Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference on the
Philosophy of Mind, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002.
“Are Quantum Entanglements Emergent Properties?”
The 6th Annual Mini-Conference in the Foundations of Physics in Conjunction
with the Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Mathematics, Physics, and Logic,
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2001.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
The First Annual Conference in History and Philosophy of Science, Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh University, 2007
“Some Philosophical Aspects of Quantum Theory and Nonlinear Dynamics”
Speaker series at the Astronomical Observatory/Institute of Physics, Belgrade, 2003.
Comment on the paper of Brian Baigrie (University of Toronto), “The Scientific Life of the Camera Obscura”
Philosophy Seminar in tribute to the 40th anniversary of York University, 2000.