PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Fredrik Andersen (HH)will defend his PhD thesis “ Experience and Theory: A Defense of the Kantian A priori and Kepler’s Philosophy of Science in Light of Modern Space-Time Physics” on 8. December 2017
Norwegian title of thesis:
Et forsvar av Kants a priori og Keplers vitenskapsfilosofi i lys av moderne rom-tidsfysikk
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"In defense of a realistic scientific realism: The roles of prediction and explanation"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Friday December 8. 2017 at 12.15.
Festsalen, U215
Urbygningen
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU
Campus Ås
Evaluation committee:
First opponent:
Professor Anjan Chakravartty
University of Notre Dame, Department of Philosophy
Second opponent:
Dr. Thor Sandmel, University of Oslo
Committee administrator:
Professor Frode Kjosavik, NMBU School of Economics and Business
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Associate Professor Rani Lill Anjum (NMBU)
Co-supervisors:
Professor Arnt Myrstad, The Arctic University of Norway.
Professor Stephen Mumford, NMBU School of Economics and Business/Durham University, UK
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2017:70
ISSN 1894-6402
ISBN 978-82-575-1466-2