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&HPS1 Program
revised 10/9/07
Conference in Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
Thursday, 11 October - Sunday, 14 October 2007
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh
Conference Preprints at philsci-archive

Thursday, 11 October 2007

     Afternoon
     Holiday Inn Select, Carnegie Room

 1:00-1:15   

 
  1:15-3:30

 
 

 
 






  3:30-4:00
 
  4:00-5:30
   



 
  5:30-6:00
   
  6:00-7:30

Don Howard and John D. Norton
Introductory Remarks
 
Thematic Session: Evidence in Theory and Practice
Chair: Robert Rynasiewicz
Moderator: Michela Massimi
Peter Achinstein
Atom's Empirical Eve: Methodological Disputes and How to Evaluate Them
Michela Massimi
From Duhem to van Fraassen: The Empiricist Tradition of 'Saving the Phenomena' against Galileo's Mathematization of Nature
John D. Norton
Einstein's Miraculous Argument (preprint)
 
Break
 
Chair: Peter Achinstein
Jutta Schickore
Genres of Justification (preprint)
Heather Douglas-cancelled
Roles for Values in Science
 
Break
 
Introduction: James Maher, Provost, University of Pittsburgh
Ernan McMullin
Sage Lecture: On Integrated History and Philosophy of Science (preprint)
Chair: Don Howard

 

Friday, 12 October 2007

     Morning
     All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

  8:00 - 9:00
 

  9:00-11:15
   





 
 11:15-11:45

 
 11:45- 1:15
   





 
  1:15- 2:30

Continental Breakfast
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science
 
Chair: Jed Buchwald
Aris Spanos
The Discovery of Argon: A Case for Error-Statistical Reasoning
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
Chemistry: An Ontology-Free Science?
(preprint)
Anouk Barberousse
A Case of Irrationality? (preprint)
 
Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science
 
Chair: Richard Creath
Mary Domski
The God of Geometry, The God of Matter: The Connection Between Descarte's Math and Metaphysics (preprint)
Delphine Bellis
Cartesian Corpuscular Models and Their Potential Impact on Microscopy
 
Lunch Break

      Afternoon
      All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

  2:30-4:00
   





 
  4:00-4:30

 
  4:30-6:45


Thematic Session: Historical and Philosophical Considerations of Newton's Mechanics
Moderator and Chair: Alan Shapiro
Chris Smeenk/George Smith
Measurement and Limits in the Principia, X
Andrew Janiak
Integrating H and P of S: Newton
 

Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science

Chair: Paolo Palmieri
William R. Shea
Galileo Now and Then (preprint)
Giora Hon/Bernard R. Goldstein
The Law of the Lever According to Mach: Historically and Critically Presented
Amit Hagar
Length Matters: The Einstein-Swann Correspondence and the Constructive Approach to Special Relativity (preprint)

 

Saturday, 13 October 2007

     Morning
     All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

  8:00 - 9:00
 

  9:00 -10:30

 





 
 
 
  
  10:30-11:00
 

  11:00-12:30
 







 
 
 12:30- 2:00

Continental Breakfast
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science
 
Thematic Session: Scientific Experimentation I
Chair: Jutta Schickore
Moderator: Bill Newman and Jutta Schickore
Koray Karaca
A Case Study in the Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation: Electron-Proton Inelastic Scattering Program in High Energy Particle Physics (preprint)
James Marcum
Newton 's Experimentum Crucis vs. Goethe's Series of Experiments: Implications for the Underdetermination Thesis (preprint)

Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science
 
Thematic Session: Scientific Experimentation II
Chair: Bill Newman
Moderator: Bill Newman and Jutta Schickore
Nico Bertoloni-Meli
A Lofty Mountain, Putrefying Flesh, Styptic Water, and Germinating Seeds: Methodological Reflections on Experimental Procedures from Pascal and Perier to Redi and Beyond
Paolo Palmieri
Experimental History of Science: Galileo's Experiments with Pendulums (preprint)
 
Lunch Break and Experimental HPS Lab visit

     Afternoon
     All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

  2:00- 4:15

 





 
 
 
  4:15- 4:45

 
  4:45- 6:15
   





 
  6:45- 9:00

Thematic Session: Beyond Case Studies
Chair: Alan Chalmers
Moderator: Hasok Chang
Hasok Chang
Beyond Case Studies: History as Philosophy (preprint)
Theodore Arabatzis
Hidden Entities and Experimental Practice: Towards a Two-way Traffic Between History and Philosophy of Science (preprint)
Melinda Fagan
Integrative Pragmatism and Scientific Inquiry (preprint)
 
Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science
 
Chair: Lindley Darden
Hanne Andersen
History and Philosophy of Modern Epidemiology
Alan Love
Consequences of an intelligent discussion about design with Darwin: Asa Gray's evolving perspective on teleology and natural theology
 
Conference Dinner

Sunday, 14 October 2007

     Morning
     All talks in G24 Cathedral of Learning

   8:00-  9:00
 

   9:00-11:00
   

 
  11:00-11:30

 
  11:30-12:30

Continental Breakfast
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science
 
Panel Discussion   Questions
Chair: Jim Bogen
Why Integrate the History and Philosophy of Science?

Coffee Break
817 Cathedral of Learning, Center for Philosophy of Science
 
Introduction: Ernan McMullin, O'Hara Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, University of Notre Dame
Peter K. Machamer
Seer Lecture: The Future of Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
Chair: Sandra Mitchell


Local Program Committee

Peter Gildenhuys, Center for Philosophy of Science and History and Philosophy of Science
John D. Norton
, Center for Philosophy of Science and History and Philosophy of Science
Paolo Palmieri, History and Philsophy of Science
James Tabery, Center for Philosophy of Science; History and Philosophy of Science; and Univeristy of Utah

Sponsors

National Science Foundation
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

 
Revised 3/31/08 - Copyright 2006