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&HPS1 Program
revised 10/9/07
Conference in Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
Thursday, 11 October - Sunday, 14 October 2007
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh
Conference Preprints at philsci-archive

  8:00 - 9:00

  9:00-11:15

11:15-11:45

11:45- 1:15

  1:15- 2:30

Continental Breakfast
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Chair: Jed Buchwald
Aris Spanos
The Discovery of Argon: A Case for Error-Statistical Reasoning
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
Chemistry: An Ontology-Free Science? (preprint)
Anouk Barberousse
A Case of Irrationality? (preprint)

Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Chair: Richard Creath
Mary Domski
The God of Geometry, The God of Matter: The Connection Between Descarte's Math and Metaphysics (preprint)
Delphine Bellis
Cartesian Corpuscular Models and Their Potential Impact on Microscopy

Lunch Break

Afternoon
All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

2:30-4:00

4:00-4:30

4:30-6:45

Thematic Session: Historical and Philosophical Considerations of Newton's Mechanics
Moderator and Chair: Alan Shapiro
Chris Smeenk/George Smith
Measurement and Limits in the Principia, X
Andrew Janiak
Integrating H and P of S: Newton

Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Chair: Paolo Palmieri
William R. Shea
Galileo Now and Then (preprint)
Giora Hon/Bernard R. Goldstein
The Law of the Lever According to Mach: Historically and Critically Presented
Amit Hagar
Length Matters: The Einstein-Swann Correspondence and the Constructive Approach to Special Relativity (preprint)

Saturday, 13 October 2007

Morning
All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

  8:00 - 9:00

  9:00 -10:30


  10:30-11:00

  11:00-12:30

12:30- 2:00

Continental Breakfast
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Thematic Session: Scientific Experimentation I
Chair: Jutta Schickore
Moderator: Bill Newman and Jutta Schickore
Koray Karaca
A Case Study in the Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: Electron-Proton Inelastic Scattering Program in High Energy Particle Physics (preprint)
James Marcum
Newton 's Experimentum Crucis vs. Goethe's Series of Experiments: Implications for the Underdetermination Thesis (preprint)

Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Thematic Session: Scientific Experimentation II
Chair: Bill Newman
Moderator: Bill Newman and Jutta Schickore
Nico Bertoloni-Meli
A Lofty Mountain, Putrefying Flesh, Styptic Water, and Germinating Seeds: Methodological Reflections on Experimental Procedures from Pascal and Perier to Redi and Beyond
Paolo Palmieri
Experimental History of Science: Galileo's Experiments with Pendulums (preprint)

Lunch Break and Experimental HPS Lab visit

Afternoon
All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

  2:00- 4:15

  4:15- 4:45

  4:45- 6:15

6:45- 9:00

Thematic Session: Beyond Case Studies
Chair: Alan Chalmers
Moderator: Hasok Chang
Hasok Chang
Beyond Case Studies: History as Philosophy (preprint)
Theodore Arabatzis
Hidden Entities and Experimental Practice: Towards a Two-way Traffic Between History and Philosophy of Science (preprint)
Melinda Fagan
Integrative Pragmatism and Scientific Inquiry (preprint)

Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Chair: Lindley Darden
Hanne Andersen
History and Philosophy of Modern Epidemiology
Alan Love
Consequences of an intelligent discussion about design with Darwin: Asa Gray's evolving perspective on teleology and natural theology

Conference Dinner

Sunday, 14 October 2007

Morning
All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

   8:00- 9:00

   9:00-11:00

11:00-11:30

  11:30-12:30

Continental Breakfast
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Panel Discussion Questions
Chair: Jim Bogen
Why Integrate the History and Philosophy of Science?

Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Introduction: Ernan McMullin, O'Hara Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
Peter K. Machamer
Seer Lecture: The Future of Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
Chair: Sandra Mitchell

Local Program Committee

Peter Gildenhuys, Center for Philosophy of Science and History and Philosophy of Science
John D. Norton, Center for Philosophy of Science and History and Philosophy of Science
Paolo Palmieri, History and Philsophy of Science
James Tabery, Center for Philosophy of Science; History and Philosophy of Science; and Univeristy of Utah