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Descartes Day III

15 October 2016
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA

To register, email cmg84@pitt.edu

PROGRAM

9:00	Continental Breakfast
9:20	Introduction (Machamer & Garber)
9:30 - 10:45	Session 1 : Causation (Tad Schmaltz)
10:45 - 12:00	Session 2: Cogito (Daniel Garber)
12:00	Coffee Break
12:15 - 1:30	Session 3: Dualism (Roger Ariew)
1:30	Lunch (On Your Own)
2:45 - 4:00	Session 4: Descartes a Mechanist? (Helen Hattab)
4:00 - 5:15	Session 5: Descartes a Rationalist? (Geoffrey Gorham)
5:15	General Discussion
6:00	Adjourn

Names in brackets will introduce and start the discussion on the topics listed before their name.

SPONSOR:
The Center for Philosophy of Science