Reductionism and Integration, Bioethics and Behavior: A Conference Celebrating the Career of Kenneth F. Schaffner
23-24 September 2016
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
PROGRAM
DAY ONE, Friday Sept. 23: Schaffnerian Themes in Philosophy of Biology and Bioethics
8:30 |
Breakfast/Welcome: Edouard Machery |
9:00 |
Keynote 1: Lindley Darden (University of Maryland)
Chair:
Thomas Cunningham |
10:00 |
Isobel Ronai (University of Sydney)
"How Molecular Biology Techniques are 'Discovered': Repurposing the Molecular Mechanisms of Living Systems."
William Wimsatt (University of Chicago) commentator
Chair: James Bogen
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11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:15 |
Spencer Hey (Harvard University)
"Explanation in Biomedicine: Diagnosing the Problems, Prescribing a Solution”
Fred Gifford (Michigan State) commentator
Chair: Peter Machamer
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12:15 |
Lunch (on your own) |
2:00 |
Sarah Wieten (Durham)
“After EBM: Personalized Medicine, Genetics, and (yet) similar issues for Philosophy of Medicine.”
Miriam Solomon (Temple) commentator
Chair: Lauren Ross
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3:00 |
Eleanor Gilmore-Szott (Utah)
"Explanation for Informed Consent in Psychiatric Care."
Jon Tsou (Iowa State) commentator
Chair: Lisa Parker
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4:00 |
Coffee Break |
4:15 |
Keynote 2: Erik Parens (Hastings Center)
“'Binocularity' as aMetaphor for Thinking about the Nature of Persons"
Chair: Kathryn Tabb
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5:15 |
Day 1 Closing Remarks: Kathryn Tabb |
DAY TWO, Saturday Sept. 24: Behaving: What’s Genetic and What’s Not and Why Should we Care?
8:30 |
Breakfast / Introduction: Jim Tabery |
9:00 |
Keynote 3: Helen Longino (Stanford University)
"Learning from Ken Schaffner"
Chair: Jim Tabery
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10:00 |
Marta Bertolaso, (University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome)
"The Preferred (Causal) Model Systems in the Light of Cancer Biology."
Anya Plutynski (Washington University in St. Louis) commentator
Chair: David Colaco
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11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:15 |
Serife Tekin (Daemen College)
“Virtues of Creeping Reductionism in Addiction Research."
Peter Zachar (Auburn) commentator
Chair: Michael Pogue-Geile
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12:15 |
Lunch (on your own) |
2:00 |
Roundtable on Behaving
Rachel Ankeny (University of Adelaide)
Paul Griffiths (The University of Sydney)
Kenneth Kendler (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Sandra Mitchell (University of Pittsburgh)
Eric Turkheimer (University of Virginia)
Chair: James Lennox
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4:00 |
Closing Remarks: Ken Schaffner |
4:15 |
Adjourn |
SPONSOR:
The Center for Philosophy of Science
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