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Investigating Life: A Celebration of the Career of James G. Lennox
April 20 - 21, 2018
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
PLEASE REGISTER: pittcntr@pitt.edu or phone 412-624-1052
PROGRAM
Friday, April 20
3:30 |
Keynote: Seeing the World as it is: Aristotle on the Happiness of Human Life
Aryeh Kosman, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Haverford College
Chair: James Lennox |
Saturday, April 21
9:30 |
Soups, sparks, and contrast classes: Stability and dynamism in the concept 'synapse'
Corinne Bloch-Mullins, Marquette U., Dept. of Philosophy
Commentator: Aaron Novick, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science
Chair: Rachel Ankeny
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10:45 |
Coffee Break |
11:15 |
Theoremata ex historia: Observational and Conceptual Dynamics Shaping Harvey’s Account of Epigenesis
Peter Distelzweig, U. of St. Thomas, Dept. of Philosophy
Commentator: Benjamin Goldberg, U. of South Florida, Dept. of
Humanities and Cultural Studies
Chair: Greg Salmieri |
12:30 |
Lunch On Your Own |
2:00 |
Aristotle on Science as Problem Solving
Diana Quarantotto, Sapienza U. of Rome, Dept. of Philosophy
Commentator: Mariska Leunissen, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dept. of Philosophy
Chair: Jessica Gelber |
3:15 |
Coffee Break |
3:45 |
Keynote: “It pleased the Creator to . . . .” Capricious God and Capricious Nature in the Darwinian Revolution
John Beatty, U. of British Columbia, Dept. of Philosophy
Chair: Alan Love |
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Organizing Committee:
Alan Love, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science (aclove@umn.edu)
Jessica Gelber, U. of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Philosophy (jlg178@pitt.edu)
Rachel Ankeny, U. of Adelaide, Dept. of History (rachel.ankeny@adelaide.edu.au)
Greg Salmieri, Rutgers U., Dept. of Philosophy (gsalmieri@gmail.com)
Generously funded by the University of Pittsburgh:
Center for Philosophy of Science (Harvey E. & Leslie Wagner Endowment Fund)
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Humanities Center
Departments of History & Philosophy of Science, Philosophy, and Classics
CPAS Program (Classics, Philosophy & Ancient Science)
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