Slobodan Perović

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Recorded talks and panels available online

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• The Cosmic Microwave Background on Radio Galaksija (in Serbian) — "Kosmička mikrotalasna pozadina", with M. Ćirković, 2025
• "Romantic versus Toolbox Science: Assessing the Value of Modern Cosmology", June 2024
• "Grasping facts in Modern Cosmology" — Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, January 2024
• New Books Network podcast on "From Data to Quanta", 2022
• Conversation on the philosophical underpinnings of the origin of life search, with Emily Parke and Milan Ćirković, 2021
• Conversation about "From Data to Quanta", Radio Galaksija, October 2021
• "Epistemological problems of Big Science", Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (online talk), November 2020
• "Meta-archaeology", book promotion panel, Center for Theoretical Archaeology, University of Belgrade (in Serbian), March 2019
• "Orthodoxy and Its Alternatives in Modern Cosmology", Ian Ramsey Center Seminar Series, University of Oxford, October 2018
• "Ko je ubio Šredingerovu mačku?" ("Who killed Schrödinger's cat?"), Institute for Physics and Student Cultural Centar, Belgrade, 2018
• Interviews with the participants of PSX 5 in Belgrade (Kevin Zollman, Helena Sipi, Kevin Kelly, Vitaly Pronskih, and others), 2017
• Panel with Dan Zahavi: Pre-reflective Self-awareness and Experiential Selfhood: Singular and Plural?, Institute for Philosophy and Social Studies, Belgrade, 2017
• Organizing Knowledge in Particle Physics Mega Experiments, 2015 (notes for the same talk given at LogiCIC 2015, University of Amsterdam)
• Mind and Life: Mechanistic and Topological Perspectives, University of Belgrade, 30–31 May 2013
• Experimental Manipulation, Evidence and Ontology: A Case of Biology — Evidence and Philosophy Workshop, Belgrade/Turin, June 2012
• Limits of Physics, Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh, 2009
• Quantum Mechanics: Are Matrix and Wave Mechanics Equivalent?, Max Planck Institute, 2007

Invited talks

• "Physical Laws and Initial Cosmological Conditions: Philosophical, Theoretical, and Evidential Perspectives", Belgrade Analytic Forum, October 10–20, 2024
• "Romantic versus Toolbox Science: Assessing the Value of Modern Cosmology" — Science Faith and Superstition Project (Ian Ramsey Center for Science and Religion), University Library, University of Belgrade, June 27–29, 2024
• "Neutral Monism as a Provisional Ontology in Bohr's Complementarity" — Bohr for the 21st c. Project, Niels Bohr Institute Copenhagen, June 17–19, 2024
• "Untangling the Interplay between Natural Selection and Thermodynamics in Abiogenesis" — Darwin and Darwinisms, University of Belgrade, June 3–5, 2024
• "Exponential Appetite for Energy: An Existential Risk Or Necessity of Life?" — Center for Study of Bioethics (Belgrade) – Hastings Center – Oxford Uehiro, Existential Threats and Other Disasters, Budva (Montenegro), May 30–31, 2024
• "Epistemic Status of Facts in Modern Cosmology" — Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Philosophy of Physics in Vienna Series, April 25, 2024
• "Grasping facts in modern cosmology" — Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, January 19, 2024
• "Theoretical and Observational Explanations in Cosmology Following the Landmark Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation" — the Nordic Network for Philosophy of Physics, University of Stockholm, November 16–17, 2023
• "Observation and experimentation: epistemic and ethical obligations" — Department of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science in Practice group, University of Twente, July 7, 2023
• "Prebiotic decluttering: the thermodynamic tail-wind, autocatalysis, and symmetry breaking" — Organisms in Castelnaudary, University of Toulouse, September 12, 2022
• "Neutral Monism and Niels Bohr's Complementarity", Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, 22 November, 2022
• "Life and Its Origins: Philosophical Dilemmas and Scientific Quests", Department of Philosophy, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, May 2022
• "Epistemological Problems of Big Science", Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow — online seminar, November 2020
• "Another shot at the physics of life: Dissipation, Irreversibility and the Code of Life", Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, December 2019
• "Orthodoxy and Its Alternatives in Modern Cosmology", Ian Ramsey Center speaker series, University of Oxford, October 2018 (recording)
• "Egalitarian Paradise or Factory Drudgery? Organizing Knowledge Production in High Energy Physics Laboratories", New Work in Logic and Philosophy of Science, ICUB, University of Bucharest, June 2018
• "How Theories of Induction Can Streamline Measurements of Scientific Performance", Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017
• Reliability of Experimental Procedures: Empiricism vs Research Holism (Commentary: Stavros Ioannidis), POND II, University of Athens, 2017
• "Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background", Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2017
• "Bohr's Principle of Complementarity and Quantum Tunnelling Effect", Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad, 2016
• "Team and Project Composition in Big Physics Experiments" — The Fourth LogiCIC Workshop, University of Amsterdam, November 2015
• "Logic of Scientific Discovery in Mega Physics Experiments" — Social Epistemology Workshop, CAS, University of Rijeka, May 2015
• "The Higgs Boson and the Logic of Scientific Discovery" — Budapest, Hungarian Academy of Science, March 2015
• "On some Epistemological Aspects of the Higgs Boson Discovery" — Department of Philosophy, York University, Toronto, 2014
• "Niels Bohr's Complementarity and the Experimental Method" — Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, 2014
• "Scientific, Political, and Epistemic Justifications for Creating the Large Hadron Collider" — Center for Science Studies, University of Aarhus, 2013
• "Experimental Manipulation, Evidence and Ontology: A Case of Biology" — Empirical evidence and philosophy, LABONT, University of Turin / Institute for Philosophy and Social Studies, Belgrade, 2012
• "Somewhere Between Reductionist Obstinacy and Instrumentalist Coyness: Biological Entities, Levels and Causes" — Self-organization in biology and its scope, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2011
• "Where First Principles Come to An End: A Comment on 'An Aristotelian Account of Induction' by L. Groarke" — Symposium, Canadian Philosophical Association, Montreal, May 2010
• "Examining Limitations of Physics: Experimental Diversity vs. The Physics of Big Experiments" — Lunchtime Talks Series, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, September 2009
• "The Concept Of The Morphogenetic Field And Its Revival: A Challenge To The Modern Synthesis Of Darwinism And Genetics?" — Department of Biology, Tufts University, Boston, 2008
• "The Rebirth of the Morphogenetic Field: A Challenge and an Alternative to Modern Synthesis?" — Colloquium: Enchevêtrements et action du temps dans les systèmes complexes vivants, University of Nice, 2008
• "Fine-Tuning Nativism: The 'Nurtured Nature' And Innate Cognitive Structures" — Department of Philosophy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 2008
• "Does the Principle of Natural Selection as a Law Concerning Physical Systems Grant Explanatory Autonomy of Biology?" — Department of Philosophy, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2006
• "Examining the Prospects of a Comprehensive Relational Account of Nature: The Case of Physical and Biological Systems" — Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 2006
• "Does the Principle of Natural Selection as a Law Concerning Physical Systems Grant Explanatory Autonomy of Biology?" — Department of Philosophy, St. Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada, 2006

Conference presentations (refereed)

• "Alternative Explanations of the Cosmic Microwave Background", Workshop in philosophy of astrophysics and cosmology, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
• "How Theories of Induction Can Fruitfully Constrain the Metrics of Scientific Performance", Formal Models of Scientific Inquiry, University of Bochum, 2017
• "Epistemic Efficiency in Big Physics Experiments", The 8th Quadrennial Fellows Conference (Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh), University of Lund, 2016
• "Topological Structures, Entities and Interactions in Biological Explanations" — Mind and Life: Mechanistic and Topological Perspectives, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade / CREA, Paris I, 2013
• "Niels Bohr and the Experimental Method" — Philosophy of Physics Workshop, University of Belgrade/Astronomical Observatory Institute, Belgrade, 2013
• "Why It Matters Whether and How Theory Drives Experimentation" — Annual Meeting of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, Stirling, 2012
• "Experimental Manipulation and Ontology: A Case of Biology" — Evidence and Philosophy Workshop, Belgrade, 2012
• "Why It Matters Whether and How Theory Drives Experimentation" — Quadrennial Meeting of the Center for Philosophy of Science (Pittsburgh), University of Mugla, Turkey
• "The Diminishing Experimental Challenge to the Standard Model of Particle Physics" — Foundations of Fundamental Physics – 11, Paris, October 2011
• "The Theory-ladenness in the Experimental Context" — Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: A Challenge to Philosophy of Science, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, October 2010
• "The Diminishing Experimental Challenge to the Standard Model of Particle Physics" — The 11th International Congress on Frontiers of Fundamental Physics, Paris, France, July 2010
• "Neither Emergence nor Reduction? On Gene's Actions and Reciprocal Causation" (with Paul-Antoine Miquel) — Pittsburgh-Paris Workshops II, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2009
• "Can the Parity Thesis in Biology and Nativism in Psychology be Reconciled?" (with L. Radenovic) — Biological Explanations of Behavior: Philosophical Perspectives, University of Hanover, Germany, June 2008
• "Why Were Logically Distinct Theories Deemed Equivalent in Early Quantum Mechanics?" — The Yearly Workshop, History and Foundations of Quantum Physics Project, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, 2007
• "Does The Principle Of Natural Selection As A Basic Physical Law Grant Explanatory Autonomy Of Biology?" — Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, York University, Toronto, 2006
• "A Recent Revival of Schrödinger's Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique" — Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, University of Texas, Austin, 2004
• "A Recent Revival of Schrödinger's Ideas on Interpreting Quantum Mechanics, and Their Early Experimental Critique" — International Conference on Foundations of Probability and Physics – 3, Växjo University, 2004
• "Schrödinger's and Everett's Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, and Bohr's Experimental Critique" (accepted) — 12th International Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, University of Oviedo, Spain, 2003
• "Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?" — Annual Meeting of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology, University of Vienna, 2003
• "Taxonomies of Emergence, Relational Holism, and Nonlinearity" — Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003
• Comment on M. Frappier's paper "Dialectic and Heisenberg's Microscope Thought Experiment" — Annual Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association, Dalhousie University, Halifax, 2003
• "Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?" — Annual Graduate Conference in Philosophy, University of Toronto, 2003
• "Emergence, Nonlinearity, and Living Systems: A Metaphysical Lecture from Biology?" — Graduate Conference in Philosophy, University of Waterloo, 2003
• "A Historical Reminder to the Proponents of the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: Why Did Schrödinger take ill in 1926?" — Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Toronto, 2002
• "Emergence and Quantum States" — The 4th Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference on the Philosophy of Mind, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2002
• "Are Quantum Entanglements Emergent Properties?" — The 6th Annual Mini-Conference in the Foundations of Physics in Conjunction with the Graduate Conference in Philosophy of Mathematics, Physics, and Logic, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2001

Other presentations

• The First Annual Conference in History and Philosophy of Science, Center for History and Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh University, 2007
• "Some Philosophical Aspects of Quantum Theory and Nonlinear Dynamics" — Speaker series at the Astronomical Observatory/Institute of Physics, Belgrade, 2003
• Comment on the paper of Brian Baigrie (University of Toronto), "The Scientific Life of the Camera Obscura" — Philosophy Seminar in tribute to the 40th anniversary of York University, 2000