Presentations
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Recent Academic Presentations
"Simplicity in Ptolemy's Astronomy," International Congress of Mathematicians, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 23 - 30 July 2026.
"Simplicity and Equipoise: Criteria for Ancient Greek Astronomical Models," Kenneth O. May Lecture (Keynote), Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 4 - 6 June 2026.
"Proclus' Excoriation of the Eccentric and Epicyclic Models of Planetary Motion," Proof in Natural Philosophy from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 21 - 23 May 2026.
"Ptolemy's Concept of Simplicity and his Adaptation of Nature Does Nothing in Vain," Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, 20 October 2025.
"Simplicity as an Epistemic Value in Ancient Greek Astronomy," Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, George Brown College, Toronto, ON, Canada, 30 May - 1 June 2025.
"Ancient Greek Laws of Nature," Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 19-21 June 2024.
"Are We Doomed? Utopian & Dystopian Literature: Plato's Republic and E.M. Forster's 'The Machine Stops,'" University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., 8 February 2024. Discussed in Rivka Galchen, "Are We Doomed? A course at the University of Chicago thinks it through." The New Yorker, June 10, 2024. 22-27.
"Laws of Nature in Ancient Greek Philosophy and Mathematics," Delphi Symposium on Greek Mathematics, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece, 25-28 October 2023.
"Ptolemy's Principles," Gargnano Ancient Philosophy Sessions: Mathematics in Ancient Platonism, Università degli Studi di Milano, Gargnano, Italy, 28-30 June 2023.
"Ptolemy's Epistemology of Astronomy," Seven Pines Symposium: Windows on the Universe: From Galileo to LIGO and Beyond, Stillwater, MN, U.S.A., 10-14 May 2023.
"Ptolemy's Principles," Proof in Natural Philosophy: Between Antiquity and the Early Modern Period, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 19-21 May 2022.
BSHS Pickstone Book Prize Discussion Panel, BSHS Global Digital History of Science Festival, British Society for the History of Science, U.K., 6-10 July 2020.
"Ancient Greek Mathematics as Philosophy," Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 7 Feb. 2020.
"Ancient Greek Mathematics as Philosophy," Joint Mathematics Meetings: American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America, Denver, CO, U.S.A., 15-18 Jan. 2020.
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