Experimentation in Neuroscience
22 - 23 November 2013
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
CLICK HERE to view a PDF of Talk and Poster abstracts
Friday
9:30 |
Continental breakfast |
10:00 |
Mazviita Chirimuuta (HPS, University of Pittsburgh)
“Cool Experiments” and “False Models”: Intervening and Representing in Neural Systems |
11:00 |
Aaron Batista (Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh)
New Neural States, New Mental States |
12:00 - 1:30 |
lunch on your own |
1:30 |
Arnon Levy (History & Philosophy of Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Against the Layered Picture of Neuroscientific Explanation |
2:30 |
Jackie Sullivan (Philosophy, University of Western Ontario)
Experimentation and Construct Stabilization in Neuroscience
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3:30 - 4:00 |
snack break |
4:00 |
David Kaplan (Philosophy, Monash University)
Noise and Signal in Neuroscience |
5:00 |
Alison Barth (Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University)
Dynamic Connectivity: Roadmaps for Information Flow in the Neocortex |
Saturday
9:00 |
continental breakfast |
9:30 |
Carl Craver (Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis)
What's New inNetwork Analysis of Resting State Connectivity? |
10:30 |
Edouard Machery (History & Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh)
A Plea for Reverse Inference |
11:30 |
Marlene Behrmann (Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University)
Face Perception: Where Neuropsychology and fMRI do not see Eye-to-eye |
12:30 - 2:00 |
lunch on your own |
2:00 |
Graduate Student Poster Session
See below |
3:00 |
adjourn |
Poster Presenters
Nina Akanasova (Philosophy, University of Cinncinati)
Frederic-Ismael Banville (Philosophy, University of Western Ontario)
Trey Boone (HPS, University of Pittsburgh)
Daniel Burnston (Philosophy, University of California, San Diego)
Bryan Chambliss (Philosophy, University of Arizona)
Phoebe Friesen (Philosophy, CUNY)
Philipp Haueis (Neuroanatomy and Connectivity Group, MPI Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig)
Tobias Huber (unaffiliated)
Maurice Lamb (Philosophy, University of Cinncinati)
Joe McCaffrey (HPS, University of Pittsburgh)
Lauren Ross (HPS, University of Pittsburgh)
Jessey Wright (Philosophy, University of Western Ontario)
Organizer
Mazviita Chirimuuta (History & Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh)
Sponsor
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
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