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Philosophy of Cosmology: Characterizing Science and Beyond

Project Leader(s)

Joseph I. Silk
Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford

Grantee(s)
University of Oxford (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Description

This grant brought together a select group of scientists and philosophers for an interdisciplinary research conference focused on the topic of the multiverse. The conference initiated a serious dialogue between active cosmologists and philosophers of science with the hope of catalyzing scholarship in the philosophy of cosmology. An additional outcome was the production of online publications and a possible edited volume.

Grant Amount:
$80,230
Start Date:
February 2009
End Date:
September 2009
Grant ID:
14740
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