Lecture: “Between Teleology and Mechanism: The History of the Concept of Organism from a Philosophical Perspective”

Spyridon Koutroufinis

Technical University of Berlin
Visiting Professor
Department of Anthropology
U.C. Berkeley

1:30 - 2:45, Summit Room, University Union, 3rd Floor

Workshop: “A Topological, Sheaf-Theoretic Explication of Quantum Geometric Phases By Analysis of Experimental Data on the Aharonov-Bohm Effect, the Pancharatnam Phase, and the Quantum Hall Effect, Toward a Unified Interpretation”

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich, Switzerland

Presentation: Michael Epperson: “Quantum Theory and Metaphysics” in the Fourth Metalithikum Klausur Symposium

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich, Switzerland

Lecture with Elias Zafiris: “Foundations of Relational Realism: On Relational Realism and the use of Grothendieck topology to construct a category-sheaf theoretic interpretation of quantum mechanics”

Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels)
Brussels, Belgium

Lecture: Michael Epperson: “The Mutual Implication of Objects and Relations in Quantum Mechanics: How Potentiality and Contextuality are Ontologically Significant in Modern Physics”

California State University, Chico
Department of Philosophy

Workshop Presentation: Michael Epperson and Elias Zafiris: “Relational Realism and Issues in Modern Physics”

Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California

Participants include:

John Cobb - Claremont Graduate University
Robert Valenza - Dept. of Mathematics, Claremont McKenna College
Granville Henry - Emeritus - Dept. of Mathematics, Claremont McKenna College
Ronny Desmet - Vrije Universiteit, Brussels
Tim Eastman - NASA-Goddard
Elias Zafiris - University of Athens
Michael Epperson - CPNS, California State University Sacramento

Seminar: Elias Zafiris, University of Athens, Institute of Mathematics: “A Sheaf Theoretic Framework for the Representation of Quantum Event Structures in Terms of Boolean Covering Systems”

CPNS and the Departments of Mathematics and Philosophy
California State University, Sacramento

3:00-3:50, Brighton Hall, Rm. 204

Lecture: Michael Epperson and Elias Zafiris: “Understanding Quantum Mechanics: The Rehabilitation of Aristotle in Modern Physics”

CPNS and the Department of Philosophy
Co-sponsored by the Hellenic Studies Program and
The Hellenic American Professional Society
California State University, Sacramento

7:00-8:00 pm, Petris Room, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, University Library 3023 (3rd floor)

Lecture: Karim Bschir, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology: “Potentiality in Natural Philosophy”

CPNS and the Department of Philosophy
California State University, Sacramento

1:30-2:45, University Union, Folsom Room (3rd Floor)

October 18-21, 2012

Symposium: “The Decline Effect: The Decline Effect: Evidence, Explanations, and Future Directions”

University of California Santa Barbara

Presentation, Michael Epperson: “Quantum Mechanics, Category Theory, and the Philosophy of Whitehead" - Symposium: "Conversations About Whitehead and Category Theory”

Claremont Graduate University
Center for Process Studies
Claremont, California

Presentation: "Quantum Decoherence: A View from Topology"

European Philosophy of Science Association
Athens, Greece

Karim Bschir - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Elias Zafiris - University of Athens
Michael Epperson - CPNS, California State University Sacramento

Workshop: "Quantum Relational Realism: Mereotopology, Logical Implication, and Internal Relation in Quantum Mechanics as Represented via Sheaf-theoretic Boolean Covering Systems"

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (co-sponsor)
Zurich, Switzerland
Bernex, France

Michael Epperson - CPNS, California State University Sacramento
Roland Omnès - University of Paris XI
Elias Zafiris - University of Athens
Karim Bschir - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Timothy E. Eastman - NASA Goddard & Plasmas International

February 17, 2011

Symposium: "The Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead"

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.

Experts to Discuss Famed Mathematician and Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead and a Rare Piece of Correspondence at Symposium on Feb. 17

A rare, six-page letter written by Alfred North Whitehead, one of the major philosophers and mathematicians of the 20th century, will be the subject of a half-day symposium at the Library of Congress. The letter was recently donated to the Library and will be housed in the Manuscript Division.

Roland Faber, executive co-director of the Center for Process Studies and executive director of the Whitehead Research Project at Claremont Graduate University will give the keynote address "Whitehead’s Work and Impact, Past and Future," which will provide an overview of Whitehead and his legacy in a range of fields.

George Lucas of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis will discuss "Whitehead, Wittgenstein and 20th Century Philosophy and Ethics."

Michael Epperson of California State University in Sacramento will present "Interpretations of Contemporary Physics."

David Finkelstein of the Georgia Institute of Technology will discuss "Reflections on ‘Principia Mathematica,’" which will address the impact of Whitehead in logic and mathematics.

Derek Malone-France of George Washington University will present "Kant and Whitehead."

Ron Phipps of the International Center for Process Philosophy, Science and Education will discuss "Significance of Whitehead’s 1936 Letter."

Timothy Eastman of Plasmas International in Silver Spring, Md., will present "Whitehead in the Tradition of Process Thought."

Henry S. Leonard, Jr., the letter’s donor, will talk about its provenance.

Click here for more information from the Library of Congress website.

Workshop: "Applying Sheaf/Category Theory to Quantum Mechanics: Logical Implication And The Internal Relation Of The Local To The Global In Quantum Mechanical Predication"

University of Athens - Institute of Mathematics
Athens, Greece

Workshop: "Foundations of Relational Realism: Logical Causality, Intrinsic Decoherence, and a Category-Theoretic Mereotopological Model of Quantum Spacetime"

Orcas Island, Washington

Michael Epperson: Dept. of Philosophy & College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Director, CPNS, California State University
Stuart Kauffman: Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont
Elias Zafiris: Dept. of Mathematics, University of Athens
Philip Stamp: Dept. of Physics, University of British Columbia / PITI
Karim Bschir: Dept. of Philosophy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Timothy Eastman: Plasmas International

"International Symposium on Generalizing Quantum Theory"

Europa University Viadrina
Frankfurt-Oder, Germany

STEM Lecture Series
Center for STEM Excellence (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Lecture by Michael Epperson
"From Classical Philosophy to Quantum Mechanics: An Evolving Reality"

University Union, Redwood Room: 6 pm

Workshop: "Relational Realism and Generalized Quantum Theory"

University of Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany

January 29-30, 2010

Workshop: "Quantum Logical Causality, Category Theory, and the Philosophy of Whitehead"

Elias Zafiris, Michael Epperson, Karim Bschir

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich, Switzerland

Workshop: "Logical Causality in Quantum Mechanics - II"

Michael Epperson, Paul Gochet, Ronny Desmet, Michel Weber, Tim Eastman

Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium

Lecture & Panel - Michael Epperson: "The Relational Realist Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: The Evolution of Ontology to Praxiology in the Philosophy of Nature"

Arthur Zajonc, Michel Bitbol, Michael Epperson, Eshel Ben-Jacob

University of Rome
International Conference on Science and Spirituality
Cortona, Italy

Workshop: "Logical Causality in Quantum Mechanics - I"

Michael Epperson, David Finkelstein, Henry Stapp, George Shields, Tim Eastman, William Kallfelz, Gary Herstein

California State University Sacramento
Sacramento, California

Workshop: "Quantum Physical Investigations into the Causal and Logical Orders and the Physical Basis of Possibility"

Michael Epperson, Dept. of Philosophy, Director CPNS, California State University Sacramento
Timothy E. Eastman, NASA-Goddard
David Ritz Finkelstein, Georgia Institute of Technology
Henry P. Stapp, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
William M. Kallfelz, University of Maryland
Mohsen Shiri Garakani, PACE University

University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland