lunchtime colloquium 2005-06 and other talks

September 2005

::: The Berlin School and its Transatlantic Fate
Nicholas Rescher, U. of Pittsburgh, Philosophy
Friday, 9 September 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: What is Science?
Paul Hoyningen-Huene, U. of Hannover,
Ctr. for Philosophy and Ethics of Science
Part I: The Short Answer
Tuesday, 13 September 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

Part of a joint colloquium co-sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Philosophy; Part II: The Long Answer--Thursday, September 15, 4:30 pm, CMU Campus

::: On the Identity Conditions of Scientific Disciplines
Aristides Baltas, National Technical U. of Athens,
Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Tuesday, 20 September 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

Aristotle's Philosophy of Psychology
David Charles, University of Oxford
Oriel College, Dept. of Philosophy
Tuesday, 27 September 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

Co-sponsored by the Departments of Classics and Philosophy and the Program in Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science

October 2005

::: The Geometer as Conjuror: The Status of Force in Newton-Cartan Theory
Alexander Afriat, University of Urbino, Italy
Tuesday, 4 October 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: The Measurement of Time
Brad Skow, University of Massachusetts
Friday, 7 October 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Scientific Explanation and Laws of Nature
Wang Wei, Tsinghua University, China
Tuesday, 11 October 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Biology and the Justification of Ethics
Gabriele De Anna, University of Udine, Italy
Friday, 14 October 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Russell's Debt to Lotze's Philosophy of Science
Nikolay Milkov, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Tuesday, 18 October 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: No-Miracles, Pessimistic Inductions, and Structural Realism
John Worrall, London School of Economics
Tuesday, 25October 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: True, False, and Paranormal
J.C. Beall, University of Connecticut
Friday, 28 October 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

November 2005

::: A New Reconstruction of Zeno’s Flying Arrow
Milos Arsenijevic, University Belgrade, Philosophy
Tuesday, 1 November 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Probability and its Interpretations
Maria Carla Galavotti, University of Bologna, Philosophy
Friday,4 November 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Recollections of Oppenheimer and Schwinger
Edward Gerjuoy, University Pittsburgh, Physics & Astronomy
Tuesday, 8 November 20005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

December 2005

::: The Great Struggle Between Cantorians and Aristotelians: Much ado about nothing
Milos Arsenijevic, University Belgrade, Philosophy
Tuesday, 6 December 2005
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

January 2006

::: Limits and Limitations
Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy
Friday, 13 January 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Emotion, Action, and Reason
Craig Delancey, State University of New York, Oswego, Philosophy
Tuesday, 17 January 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Defending Realism on the Proper Ground
Athanassios Raftopoulos, University of Cyprus, Psychology
Friday, 27 January 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Unification and Evidence
Malcolm Forster, University Wisconsin-Madison, Philosophy
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

February 2006

::: Integration or Isolation? Explanation, Pluralism and Sex
Carla Fehr, Iowa State University
Friday, 3 February 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: What Models Do That Theories Can’t
Lilia Gurova, New Bulgarian University
Tuesday, 7 February 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Atoms Entropy Quanta: Einstein's Statistical Physics of 1905
John Norton, Universityof Pittsburgh, Center for Philosophy of Science/History & Philosophy of Science
Tuesday, 14 February 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Neanderthal as Image and “Distortion”
     in Early 20th-Century French Science and Press
Marianne Sommer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Friday, 17 February 2006, 12:00 noon
3106 W.W. Posvar Hall

A co-sponsored talk hosted by Universityof Pittsburgh Dept. of Anthropology, Co-sponsored with the Program of Cultural Studies, and History and Philosophy of Science

::: Explanation and Information
Peter Machamer & James Bogen, University of Pittsburgh, History & Philosophy of Science
Tuesday, 28 February 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

March 2006

::: Finding Ordinary Objects in the World of Quantum Mechanics
Cian Dorr, University of Pittsburgh, Philosophy
Tuesday, 14 March 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Modeling in Philosophy of Science
Stephan Hartmann, London School of Economics & UC Irvine
Tuesday, 21March 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Gauging Deutsch-Hayden: A new theory meets a familiar argument
Chris Timpson, University of Leeds
Tuesday, 28 March 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

April 2006

::: Final Causes
Boris Hennig, University of Hamburg, Philosophy
Tuesday, 4 April 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: The Absolute Arithmetic Continuum and the Unification
     of all Numbers Great and Small
Philip Ehrlich, Ohio University, Philosophy
Tuesday, 11 April 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: The Joint Philosophical Program of Russell and Wittgenstein:
     March–November 1912
Nikolay Milkov, University of Bielefeld
Friday, 14 April 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

::: Francis Crick as Neuroscientist
Robert Olby, University of Pittsburgh, HPS Dept.
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm