lunchtime colloquium 2007-08 and other talks

September 2007

::: Some Fallacies Regarding Free Will
Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh , Department of Philosophy
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Newton , Neo-Platonism, and the Substantivalist Ontology of Space
Edward Slowik, Winona State University, Department of Philosophy
Friday, 14 September 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Entanglement and Measurement in Abstract Probabilistic Theories
Alexander Wilce, Susquehanna University, Department of Mathematics
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral Learning

::: Tangled Webs: Network Structure in Cooperation, Communication, and Epistemology
Patrick Grim, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Philosophy
Friday, 21 September 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral Learning

::: The Causal Chain Problem
Michael Baumgartner, University of Bern , Department of Philosophy
Tuesday, 25 September 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

October 2007

::: Massive Modularity, Gene Concepts, and the Feasibility of Strong Evolutionary Psychology
Mehmet Elgin, Muğla University
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Newton and the Concept of Force
Koffi Maglo , University of Cincinnati
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Intensional Truth Functions
Dale Jacquette, Penn State University
Friday, 19 October 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: On Scientific Observation
Delphine Chapuis-Schmitz, College de France
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Emotional Consistency, Conflict, and the Stockholm Syndrome
Marion Ledwig, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Friday, 26 October 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Causation in Biology:  Stability, Specificity, and the Choice of Levels of Explanation
James Woodward , California Institute of Technology
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

November 2007

::: The Real Issue: On the Consequences of Real Realism
Ofer Gal, University of Sydney
Friday, 2 November 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Tuesday, 6 November 2007
We Need More Than Discussion to Understand Complexity-The Babel of Words About What To Do in Iraq
Thomas Saaty, University of Pittsburgh
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Relationalisms
Gordon Belot, University of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

December 2007

No Lunch Time Talks

January 2008

February 2008

::: Innateness and Science
Robert Northcott, U. of Missouri-St. Louis, Philosophy
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Making Models Count
Anna Alexandrova, U. of Missouri-St. Louis, Philosophy
Friday, 22 February 2008
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

March 2008

::: Propensities and Conditional Probabilities
Isabelle Drouet, University of Paris
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Deconstructing Place: Objectivity and the Theory of Lived-Space from Husserl to Casey
Edward Slowik, Winona State University
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

April 2008

::: Mathematical Representation
Emily Grosholz, Penn State University
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Beyond Simplicity: Integrative Knowledge in a Complex World
Sandra D. Mitchell, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh
Friday, 4 April 2008
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning

::: Bell-type Correlations: the Hidden Causal Picture Re-assessed
Soazig LeBihan, Illinois Institute of Technology
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learnin

:: Problems of Validity of Psychiatric Disorders
Kenneth Schaffner, University of Pittsburgh
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
12:05 pm, 817R Cathedral of Learning