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Stringtime in Pittsburgh
Program

Friday, 11 April 2008
Center for Philosophy of Science
817 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh , PA USA

Registration is requested but not required: peg1@pitt.edu.

Morning

10:00-10:45


     
 10:45-11:15

 11:15-11:30
     
 11:30-12:15


     
 12:15-12:45

Chair: Laura Ruetsche
String Theory and the Question of Theory Assessment

Richard Dawid, University of Vienna
 
Discussion

Coffee Break
 
Chair: Gordon Belot
(Again) A Philosopher Looks at String Theory

Nicholas Huggett, University of Illinois at Chicago
 
Discussion

Local Program Committee

Richard Dawid, University of Vienna and Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
John D. Norton, History and Philosophy of Science and Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Sponsor

Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

Of related interest: Annual Lecture Series, Remarks on the Reality of Time in Physics and Cosmology, Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and University of Waterloo , Department of Physics, Friday, 11 April 2008, 3:30 p.m., 817R Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh

 
Revised 3/10/08 - Copyright 2006