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PROGRAM

Monday, July 15

8:30-9:15

Breakfast

9:15

Welcome, Edouard Machery, U. of Pitt

9:30 - 12:00

Why is Biology Different from Physics?
Sandra Mitchell (Pitt)

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 4:00

Confirmation Theory
Dmitri Gallow (Pitt)

4:00 - 4:30

Break

4:30 - 5:30

Meeting time with faculty (optional)

 

Tuesday, July 16

8:30-9:30

Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00

Thought Experiments in Science
John D. Norton (Pitt)

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 3:00

Experimental Philosophy of Science
Edouard Machery (Pitt)

3:00 - 3:30

Break/Walk to Library

3:30 - 4:40

Visit of the Archives of Scientific Philosophy - 363 Hillman Library

4:40 - 5:30

Meeting time with faculty (optional)

 

Wednesday, July 17

8:30-9:30

Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00

Genetic Technologies: Personal Decisions and Social Responsibilities
Lisa Parker (Pitt)

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 4:00

The Problem of Causal Selection
Janella Baxter (Pitt)

4:00 - 4:30

Break

4:30 - 5:30

What is it like to be underrepresented in Philosophy?
Nuhu Osman Attah and Morgan Thompson

 

 

Thursday, July 18

8:30-9:30

Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00

The Reward System of Science
Kevin Zollman (CMU)

 

12:00 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 4:00

Attention and Consciousness
Wayne Wu (CMU)

4:00 - 4:30

Break

4:30 - 5:30

Applying to graduate school in Philosophy
Edouard Machery (Pitt)

7:00

Reception @ Wyndham Hotel

 

Friday, July 19

8:30-9:30

Breakfast

9:30 - 12:00

The Significance of Scientific Controversy
Michael Dietrich (Pitt)

12:00

Lunch & Departure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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