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Regional Conference on the History and Philosophy of
Science
The Regional Conference on the History and Philosophy
of Science is an annual event focusing on a critical area of history
and philosophy of science. Special invitations are extended to scholars
in the Colorado area, but national and international participants are
also welcome. Recent conference topics include Values in Science,
Microbiology, and Evolutionary Theory. The October, 2007 conference
will focus on Modality in Science, and the 2008 topic is Philosophy of
Experimentation.
For more information, email rchps@colorado.edu.
The 23rd Regional Conference on the History and
Philosophy of Science
University of Colorado at Boulder
October 12-13, 2007
Begins Friday, October 12 at 4:00 pm
in Duane Physics Building room G1B20
“Modality in Science”
FRIDAY OCTOBER 12
starting at 1:00 pm in UMC 247
Brad Armendt, Arizona State University
Title TBA
1:00 – 2:00 pm
UMC 247
Jason Zinzer, Florida State University
“Modal Concepts in the Biological Sciences”
2:10 – 3:00 pm
UMC 247
Alan Baker, Swarthmore U.
“Modality and Applied Mathematics”
3:10 – 4:10 pm
UMC 247
Keynote Speaker:
Bas van Fraassen, Princeton University
“Modality in Science versus Modality in Nature”
4:30 – 6:00 pm
Duane Physics G1B20
Reception starts at 6:00 pm
Duane Physics 11th Floor Commons Room
SATURDAY OCTOBER 13
All talks will be in Duane Physics G125
Franz-Peter Griesmaier, University of Wyoming
“A Modal Account of Explanatory Relevance”
9:30 – 10:20 am
Chad Mohler, Truman State University
Title TBA
10:30 - 11:30 am
Paul Weirich, University of Missouri at Columbia
“Common Knowledge in Simultaneous-Move Games”
1:30 - 2:50 pm
Otávio Bueno, University of Miami
“The Modal and the Observable”
3:00 - 4:10 pm
Keynote Speaker:
Alan Hájek, Australian National University
“A Puzzle About Degree of Belief”
4:30 – 6:00 pm |