Yet Another Great Workshop on Idealization, Causation, and Explanation (27 May 2017)
Speakers
- Ben Eva (LMU Munich/MCMP)
- Casey McCoy (University of Edinburgh)
- Patricia Palacios (LMU Munich/MCMP)
- Roland Poellinger (LMU Munich/MCMP)
- Reuben Stern (LMU Munich/MCMP)
- Michael Strevens (New York University)
- Pauline van Wierst (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
Organizers
- Patricia Palacios (LMU Munich/MCMP)
- Alexander Reutlinger (LMU Munich/MCMP)
Program
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Casey McCoy: Understanding the Progress of Science |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Roland Poellinger: Analogy, Extrapolation, and Causal Similarity |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Pauline van Wierst: The Paradox of Phase Transitions in the Light of Constructive Mathematics |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Patricia Palacios: Had We But World Enough, and Time... But We Don’t! Justifying the Thermodynamic and Infinite-Time Limits in Statistical Mechanics |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 16:45 | Ben Eva and Reuben Stern: Causal Explanatory Power and Its Limits |
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Michael Strevens: Idealization: From Explanation to Prediction |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Coffee Break |
| 18:00 - 18:45 | General Discussion |
Location
Main University Building
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
D-80539 München
Room C 016
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