lunchtime colloquium 2001-02 and other talks

18 September 2001
Methodological Maxims in Comparative Psychology:
Morgan's Canon versus Hume's Touchstone
Gerald J. Massey, University of Pittsburgh
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

2 October 2001
Does Deliberation Crowd Out Prediction?
Marion Ledwig, University of Konstanz
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

5 October 2001
Mill on Laws and Systematicity
Jessica Pfeifer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

30 October 2001
The Criteria of Objectivity for Theoretical Models: Analysis of an Example
Anouk Barberousse, Ecole Normale SuperieurelCNRS, Paris
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

16 November 2001
Descartes' Theory of Cognition
Stephen Gaukroger, University of Sydney
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

27 November 2001
Dust, Time, and Symmetry
Gordon Belot, New York University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

2 November 2001
Mnemonic Experience
Zofia Rosinska, Institute of Philosophy University of Warsaw
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

6 November 2001
Problems in Paradise: Difficulties for Causal Discovery
Richard Scheines, Carnegie Mellon University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

13 November 2001
Baldwin and His Many Effects: Does Learning Lead Natural Selection?
David Depew, University of Iowa
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

30 November 2001
Time Reversal Operations and the Direction of Time
Frank Arntzenius, Rutgers University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

4 December 2001
Information and Objectivity in Quantum Mechanics
Jeffrey Bub, University of Maryland
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

7 December 2001
The Composition of Kepler's Astronomia nova (1609)
James Voelkel, Dibner Institute, MIT
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

11 January 2002
Genes and Indirect Causation
Neven Sesardic, Lingnan University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

15 January 2002
Sellars vs. Carnap on Semantics and Explication
A. W. Carus, University of Chicago
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

18 January 2002
Mathematics, Performance, and Platonism in Galileo's Letter to Jacopo Mazzoni
Paolo Palmieri, University College London
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

25 January 2002
A Re-examination of Zeno's Paradox of Extension
Philip Ehrlich, Ohio University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

29 January 2002
Superstring Theory and Empirical Testability
Reiner Hedrich, University of Giessen
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

1 February 2002
The Counterfactual Arrow of Time
Alexander Pruss, Georgetown University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

5 February 2002
Monism and Pluralism of a Conceptual Scheme
Shunkichi Matsumoto, Tokai University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

26 February 2002
Classical Electrodynamics and the Role of Consistency in Scientific Theorizing
Mathias Frisch, Northwestern University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

12 March 2002
Methodological Individualism and the Future of Ecological Theory
Sahotra Sarkar, University of Texas, Austin
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

15 March 2002
Leibniz and the Best ofAll Possible Physics
George Gale. University of Missouri, Kansas City
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

19 March 2002
Unraveling the Molecular Genetic Logic of Development
Geoffrey Montgomery, Rockefeller University
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

26 March 2002
It's all Relative
Alan Hajek, California Institute of Technology
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

2 April 2002
Varieties of Quietism
Stelios Virvidakis, University of Athens
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

9 April 2002
A Matter of Degree: Putting Unitary Inequivalence to Work
Laura Ruetsche, University of Pittsburgh
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

16 April 2002
What Is the Problem of Coherence and Truth?
Erik Olsson, University of Konstanz
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm

23 April 2002
Meaning, Truth and Objectivity
Rick Grush, University of California, San Diego
817R Cathedral of Learning, 12:05 pm