Caltech Philosophy of Science Reading Group Homepage

The Caltech Philosophy of Science Reading Group provides a forum for philosophers to present their work to others or discuss recent and classic papers in the philosophy of science, as well as works-in-progress. The reading group typically meets every second week during the academic year. During the 2026-7 academic year, at least, meetings will alternate between in-person and online.

For the Fall 2026 term, the group will meet on Mondays from 10:30am to 12 PT (i.e. 1pm to 2.30pm ET). In-person meetings will be in room 115 Dabney Hall.

If you would like to sign up to receive email updates regarding the speakers and papers to be presented, you can do so here (if you are on the Caltech network) or if you are outside Caltech, by request to [email protected] or [email protected]. Also feel free to email Mahmoud Jalloh, at either address, if you are interested in presenting some of your work.

Fall 2026 Schedule

October 19th. In-Person Only. Barry Loewer, Laws of Nature and Chances, Chapters 1-6.

November 2nd. In-Person Only. Barry Loewer, Laws of Nature and Chances, Chapters 7-11.

November 16th. Online. Haixin Dang, work-in-progress on transparency in science.

November 30th. Online. Douglas Wadle, work-in-progress on mental imagery and representational formats in cognitive science.