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2025 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics
Submissions are invited on the writings of women in the 18th and 19th centuries pertaining to physics. The topic should be construed...
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May 301 min read


2024 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics: Call for Submissions
The topic for the 2024 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics is: Physics in the writings of 19th century women. Submissions are...
katherinebrading
Mar 25, 20241 min read


Out now: Philosophical Mechanics in the Age of Reason
Marius Stan's and my book, Philosophical Mechanics in the Age of Reason (OUP) is out! We offer a new telling of the relationships between...
katherinebrading
Mar 25, 20242 min read


Du Châtelet's Foundations: minor revisions to chapters 15 and 18
New versions of chapters 15 and 18 of Du Châtelet's Foundations of Physics were uploaded today, containing minor revisions. Later...
katherinebrading
Nov 24, 20231 min read


Out now! The very first issue of our new journal, Philosophy of Physics
Philosophy of Physics Volume 1 Issue 1 is now available, free and open to everyone. Browse the new issue here to see papers on a variety...
katherinebrading
Nov 18, 20231 min read


Du Châtelet on absolute and relative motion
Qiu Lin's and my paper "Du Châtelet on absolute and relative motion" has been published and is available here. Our paper appears as...
katherinebrading
Nov 18, 20231 min read


2023 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics: Winners
The winners of the 2023 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics are: Marta Bielinska and Caspar Jacobs for their paper “A...
katherinebrading
Nov 18, 20232 min read


Du Châtelet translated into Dutch
Congratulations and gratitude to Professor Jan-Willem van Holten on the publication of his translation of Du Châtelet's Institutions de...
katherinebrading
Jul 14, 20231 min read
Qiu Lin to Simon Fraser University
Qiu has accepted a tenure-track position at Simon Fraser University. Congratulations to her! And she was recently featured in Science...
katherinebrading
Apr 25, 20231 min read


Du Châtelet first edition, joy and surprises
For the first time in all these years of working on Du Châtelet I finally got to touch a first edition of her Institutions. There is...
katherinebrading
Apr 25, 20231 min read


Du Châtelet Prize Workshop: Descartes' Metaphysical Physics
Congratulations to Ovidiu Babeș for his lecture on his prize-winning paper, “Mixed Mathematics and Metaphysical Physics: Descartes and...
katherinebrading
Apr 3, 20231 min read


Congratulations Miguel!
Congratulations to Miguel Ohnesorge whose Du Châtelet Prize winning paper “Pluralising measurement: Physical geodesy's measurement...
katherinebrading
Feb 28, 20231 min read


Philosophy of Physics journal launched
Supported by members, open-access, broad in scope. I am excited to be one of the associate editors of this new journal, Philosophy of...
katherinebrading
Nov 21, 20221 min read


PSA 2022
Duke Philosophy was well-represented at PSA 2022. The session on Du Châtelet organized by former Duke PhD student Qiu Lin (also including...
katherinebrading
Nov 7, 20221 min read


2022 Du Châtelet Prize
This year's Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics honors Dan Garber on the 30th anniversary of his influential book, Descartes's...
katherinebrading
Sep 9, 20221 min read


Welcoming three new Duke philosophers
So happy to be welcoming Ásta, Wenjin Liu, and Reuben Stern to the Duke Philosophy Department. Exciting times ahead.
katherinebrading
Sep 9, 20221 min read


HOPOS 2022
A big thank you to everyone who made HOPOS 2022 such a success. It was great to catch up with old friends and meet new people, in amongst...
katherinebrading
Jul 8, 20221 min read


Du Châtelet, Euler, and d'Alembert
Marius's and my book manuscript is coming along, we think we're on the last leg. I recently gave a talk in Oxford about the chapter on...
katherinebrading
May 4, 20221 min read


Du Châtelet Prize Workshop and more
Hoorah for having events in person. April 7-9 we celebrated the 2020 (Josh Eisenthal) and 2021 (Jamee Elder and Miguel Ohnesorge) prize...
katherinebrading
May 4, 20221 min read


Congratulations to Joshua Eisenthal on the publication of his prize-winning paper
Josh Eisenthal's paper on Hertz, which won the 2020 Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics, is out now in Studies in History and...
katherinebrading
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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