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Pittsburgh Konstanz Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science, VIII
Interpretation
3-4 October 2008
University of Pittsburgh
817 R Cathedral of Learning

In Honor of Gereon Wolters

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     Friday, 3 October 2008

   

9:00-9:15

Welcome and Introduction
Peter Machamer and Gereon Wolters

     
9:15-11:15 Interpretaion in Art and Science
  Chair: Nicholas Rescher Pittsburgh
  Annemarie Gethmann-Siefert Hagen
  Ruth Lorand Haifa
     
11:30-1:30 Interpretation and Hermeneutics
  Chair: Merrilee Salmon Pittsburgh
  Paolo Parrini Florence
  Kristin Gjesdal Temple
     
2:45-4:45 Models and Interpretation
  Chair: Wolfgang Spohn Konstanz
  Stephan Hartmann Tilburg
  Margaret Morrison Toronto
     
5:00-7:00

Interpreting HPS Texts

  Chair: Martin Carrier Bielefeld
  Nicholas Rescher Pittsburgh
  Interpreting a Leibniz passage:
  Andreas Blank Paderborn
  Catherine Wilson City University of New York
     


      Saturday, 4 October 2008

   
10:00-12:00

Interpretive Practices in Medicine

 

Chair: Maria Carla Galavotti

Bologna

 

Kenneth Schaffner

Pittsburgh

 

 Cornelius Borck Lübeck

 

 

 

1:15-3:15

Interpreting Human Action

 

Chair: Edouard Machery

Pittsburgh

 

Christopher Lumer

Siena

 

John Doris

Washington University

 

 

 

3:30-5:30

Interpreting the Brain and How the Brain Interprets

 

Chair: James Lennox

Pittsburgh

 

Paul Churchland

UCSD

 

Pierre Jacob

Institut Jean Nicod

 

 

 

5:45-7:30

Wine Interpretation

 

Chair: Peter Machamer and Gereon Wolters

 

George Gale

U Missouri, Kansas City

 

Ulrich Sautter

Hamburg
     

Registration appreciated but not required. Please e-mail Karen Kovalchick at rubus@pitt.edu.

Program Committee

Peter Machamer

Gereon Wolters

Sponsors

Fritz Thyssen Foundation in Cologne (Germany)

Harvey and Leslie Wagner Endowment (University of Pittsburgh)

 

 

 
 
 
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