Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario

The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics hosted a conference last month on a topic which is very much at the intersection of physics and philosophy: the nature of laws of nature. Carnegie Mellon Philosophy's own Kevin Kelly was there to give a talk related to one of his favorite pet subjects, Ockham's razor.

Scientific American's Observations blog has a very nice write-up of the conference as a whole. Interesting stuff, even if - like me - you don't often concern yourself with the philosophy of science.