Workshop “New Work on Explanation and Understanding”
Location: Ludwigstr. 31, Room 021
Date: May 1, 2015
Speakers
- Seamus Bradley (MCMP/LMU)
- Dominik Hangleiter (MCMP/LMU)
- Stephan Hartmann (MCMP/LMU)
- Patricia Palacios (MCMP/LMU)
- Tim Räz (University of Konstanz)
- Alexander Reutlinger (MCMP/LMU)
- Michael Strevens (New York University)
- Karim Thébault (MCMP/LMU)
Organizer
- Alexander Reutlinger (MCMP/LMU)
Program
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 14:00 - 14:50 | Karim Thébault, Seamus Bradley and Alexander Reutlinger: Modelling Inequality |
| 14:50 - 15:40 | Patricia Palacios: Do Renormalization Group Methods Explain Continuous Phase Transitions? |
| 15:40 - 16:10 | Coffee Break |
| 16:10 - 17:00 | Alexander Reutlinger, Dominik Hangleiter, and Stephan Hartmann: Understanding (With) Toy Models |
| 17:10 - 18:00 | Tim Räz: Euler’s Königsberg: The Explanatory Power of Mathematics |
| 18:10 - 19:00 | Michael Strevens: Truth and Understanding |