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PROGRAM

Monday, July 10

8:30-9:15

Breakfast

9:15

Welcome, Edouard Machery, U. of Pitt

9:30 - 12:00

Confirmation Theory’, Dmitri Gallow, U. of Pitt

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 4:00

Why is Biology different from Physics?’, Sandra Mitchell, U. of Pitt

4:00 - 4:30

Break

4:30 - 5:30

Meeting time with faculty (optional)

 

Tuesday, July 11

8:30-9:30

Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00

Race and Medicine, Quayshawn Spencer, U. of Penn

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch w/Quayshawn Spencer

1:30 - 3:00

Experimental Philosophy of Science, Edouard Machery, U. of Pitt



3:00 - 3:30

Break

3:30 - 4:40

Visit of the Archives of Scientific Philosophy - 363 Hillman Library

 

Wednesday, July 12

8:30-9:30

Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00

Thought Experiments in Science, John Norton, U. of Pitt

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 4:00

Social Epistemology of Science, Kevin Zollman, CMU and Liam Kofi Bright, CMU

4:00 - 4:30

Break

4:30 - 5:30

Meeting time with faculty (optional)

 

Thursday, July 13

8:30-9:30

Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00

Psychiatry and natural kinds, Serife Tekin, Daemon College

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch w/Serife Tekin

1:30 - 4:00

Bayesian Explanations in Cognitive Science, David Danks, CMU

4:00 - 4:30

Break

4:30 - 5:30

Applying to graduate school in Philosophy, Edouard Machery

 

Friday, July 14

8:30-9:30

Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00

Gene Therapy and Enhancement: Ethical Issues and Opportunities, Lisa Parker, U. of Pitt

12:00

Lunch & Departure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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