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Scientific Achievement: Progress and Problems

Friday - Saturday, 10 -11 September 2010
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh , PA USA

On the occasion of Nicholas Rescher's sixtieth anniversary as a teacher of philosophy and on the eve of his fiftieth year of service to the University of Pittsburgh, this workshop will focus on some issues addressed in his many publications on the subject, including Scientific Explanation (1970), Scientific Progress (1973), The Limits of Science (1984), Scientific Realism (1987), and Nature and Understanding (2000).

Everyone welcome. Registration is requested but not required. To register, please contact cweber23@pitt.edu.

     Friday Afternoon      

  1:00


  1:15
   
 
  2:15

 
  3:15


  4:00 
 

Introduction, Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh

 
Robert Almeder, Georgia State University

 
Patrick Grim, SUNY, Stony Brook

 
Coffee


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     Saturday Morning      

  8:00
 

  8:30

     
  9:30

 10:30

 
 11:00


Continental Breakfast


Paul Humphreys, University of Virginia


Joseph Pitt, Virginia Tech

Coffee


Alexander Pruss, Baylor University

Sponsors

The Office of the Provost, University of Pittsburgh
Center for Philosophy of Science
, University of Pittsburgh
Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh

 
 
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