Workshop in Honor of James Bogen
28 March 2015
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Advance registration is appreciated, but not required.
To register, email Cheryl Greer (cmg84@pitt.edu)
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8:45 - 9:15 |
Registration, Continental Breakfast |
9:15 |
Welcome and Introduction |
9:30 - 10:45 |
Session 1 Chair: Brian Keeley
- Sandra Mitchell: “Multiple Empirical Models: How Integration Helps”
- Commentary: Lindley Darden
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10:45 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
11:00 - 12:15 |
Session 2 Chair: Uljana Feest
- Kenneth Schaffner: “The Search for Neurological 'Simplifications'”
- Commentary: William Bechtel
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12:15 - 1:15 |
Catered lunch at the Center and multimedia show |
1:30 - 2:45 |
Session 3 Chair: Megan Delehanty
- James Woodward: “Some Issues concerning explanation in neurobiology: interventionism, mechanism and beyond”
- Commentary: John Bickle
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2:45 - 3:00 |
Coffee break
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3:00 - 4:15 |
Session 4 Chair: Holly Andersen
- Laura Ruetsche: “What is it like to be a woman in philosophy of physics?”
- Commentary: Morgan Thompson (in collaboration with Liam Kofi Bright and Daniel Malinsky)
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4:15 - 5:00 |
Open Mic: Reflections and Reminiscences (Chair: Peter Machamer) |
5:00 |
Concluding remarks and musical birthday cake
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Organizers:
Holly Andersen, Simon Fraser University
Uljana Feest, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Brian Keeley, Pitzer College
Peter Machamer, University of Pittsburgh
Sponsors:
Center for Philosophy of Science
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