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