In 2014, the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University will hold a three-week summer school in logic and formal epistemology for promising undergraduates in philosophy, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, economics, and other sciences.The goals are to introduce promising students to cross-disciplinary research early in their careers, and forge lasting links between the various disciplines.
The summer school will be held from Monday, June 2 to Friday, June 20, 2014 on the Carnegie Mellon campus. Tuition and accommodations are free.
Further information and instructions for applying can be found at:
www.hss.cmu.edu/philosophy/summerschool/home.php
Topics by week:
The Topology of Inquiry
Monday, June 2 to Friday, June 6
Instructor: Kevin T. Kelly
Causal and Statistical Inference
Monday, June 9 to Friday, June 13
Instructor: David Danks
Philosophy as Discovery
Monday, June 16 to Friday, June 20
Instructor: Clark Glymour
Materials must be submitted to the Philosophy Department by March 14, 2014. Inquiries may be directed to Professor Teddy Seidenfeld (teddy@stat.cmu.edu).