Dear all, This Thursday, Katie Robertson will be talking on "Is temperature mean kinetic energy?" (abstract below) at the Serious Metaphysics Group. As usual, we will meet from 1-2.30pm in the Faculty Board Room. Feel free to bring your lunch along. All welcome!
I hope to see you lots of you there. Best wishes, Dan. Abstract: "In the debate about the reduction or autonomy of the special sciences, the relationship between thermodynamics and statistical mechanics is the stock example of successful reduction. Claims such as 'temperature is mean kinetic energy' abound. Yet within the philosophy of physics — and the philosophy of statistical mechanics in particular — this is a highly controversial claim. I will explore why this is so." -- Daniel Williams PhD Candidate in Philosophy Email: [email protected] Trinity Hall, Cambridge _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
