| Thursday | Authors of Contributed Papers | |
| Friday | Chairs of the Contributed Paper Sessions | |
| Saturday | Chairs of the Symposium Sessions |
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| Scientific Modeling Symposium Chair: Margaret Morrison; University of Toronto |
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| Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Science Symposium Chair: P. Kyle Stanford; University of California, Irvine |
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| Experimentation in Neuroscience Symposium Chair: Richard Burian; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
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| Philosophy of Biology Contributed Papers Chair: Bruce Glymour; Kansas State University |
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| Quantum Mechanics I Contributed Papers Chair: Frank Arntzenius; Rutgers University |
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| Jeffrey and Bayesian Epistemology Symposium Chair: Carl G. Wagner; University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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| 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
| Business Meeting |
| 1:30 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. |
| 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
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| Experiment and Confirmation Contributed Papers Chair: Jason Alexander; University of California, San Diego |
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| Error Statistics and Beyond Symposium Chair: Henry E. Kyburg; University of Rochester |
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| Simplicity, Model Selection, and the Akaike
Information Criterion Symposium Chair: I. A. Kieseppä; University of Helsinki |
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| Quantum Computation and Information Symposium Chairs: Jeffrey Bub; University of Maryland, College Park David MacCallum; Carleton College |
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| Theory-Ladeness and the Neurology of Perception Contributed Papers Chair: Peter Barker; University of Oklahoma |
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| Evolutionary Theory Contributed Papers Chair: Sandra Mitchell; University of Pittsburgh |
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| Bayesian Methodology I Contributed Papers Chair: Allan Franklin; University of Colorado |
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| Foundations of Probability Contributed Papers Chair: Paul Humphreys; University of Virginia |
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| Quantum Mechanics II Contributed Papers Chair: Meir Hemmo; University of Haifa, Israel |
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| Causation and Causal Loops Contributed Papers Chair: Mauricio Suarez; University of Bristol |
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| Underdetermination of Theories Contributed Papers Chair: Richard Healey; University of Arizona |
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| Statistical Mechanics Contributed Papers Chair: Andrew Wayne; Concordia University |
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| What is the Foundational Significance of Category
Theory? Symposium Chair: Elaine Landry; Sub-Faculty of Philosophy, Wolfson College, Oxford University |
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| New Perspectives on Scientific Rationality Symposium Chair: Dominic Murphy; California Institute of Technology |
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| The Gauge Concept in Modern Physics Symposium Chair: Tim Maudlin; Rutgers University |
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| Critical Aspects of the Dutch Book Argument Symposium Chair: Teddy Seidenfeld; Carnegie Mellon University |
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| Experimentation and the Evaluation of Evolutionary
Theories Symposium Chair: Elisabeth A. Lloyd; Indiana University |
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| Science and Values Contributed Papers Chair: Phyllis Rooney; Oakland University |
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| Michael Friedman; Indiana University |
| 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. |
| Backstage at the Journal (12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.) |
| 1:30 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. |
| 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
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| Simultaneity, Space, and Spacetime Contributed Papers Chair: David Malament; University of California, Irvine |
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| Philosophy of Neuroscience: Current Issues and
Meta-Considerations Symposium Chair: Guven Guzeldere; Duke University |
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| Science and Public Policy Contributed Papers Chair: Peter Kirschenmann; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
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| Theory and Observation Contributed Papers Chair: Sherrilyn Roush; Harvard University |
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| Broad Theories and Human Behavior Symposium Chair: Jonathan Kaplan; University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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| The Future of the Linnaean Hierarchy Symposium Chair: Elliott Sober; University of Wisconsin, Madison |
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| Noretta Koertge | Designed primarily for graduate students and others new to academic publishing, this informal session will provide an opportunity to chat with members of the Editorial Staff and Editorial Board of Philosophy of Science. |
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| Bayesian Methodology II Contributed Papers Chair: Christopher Hitchcock; California Institute of Technology |
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| Science, Evidence, and Evidence-Based Medicine Symposium Chair: Clark Glymour; Carnegie Mellon University |
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| Reduction, Emergence, and Metaphysics Contributed Papers Chair: Jane Duran; University of California, Santa Barbara |
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| Individual and Group-Level Cognition Contributed Papers Chair: Mathias Frisch; Northwestern University |
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| Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, and Field Theory Contributed Papers Chair: Robert Bishop; IGPP, Freiburg, Germany |
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| Deconstructing and/or Reconstructing the Gene:
Theoretical and Practical
Implications Symposium Chair: Stephen M. Downes; University of Utah |
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| Quantum Gravity Contributed Papers Chair: John Norton; University of Pittsburgh |
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| Formal Learning Theory in the Philosophy of
Science Symposium Chair: Clark Glymour; Carnegie Mellon University |
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| Mechanism: Explanation, Discovery, and
Experimentation Symposium Chair: Noretta Koertge; Indiana University |
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| History and Philosophy of Science Contributed Papers Chair: Richard Grandy; Rice University |
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| Models and Analogy Contributed Papers Chair: Paul Teller; University of California, Davis |
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| Scientific Realism Contributed Papers Chair: Ian Hacking; University of Toronto |
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Marshall Abrams; University of Chicago
ab2r@midway.uchicago.edu
"Short-Run Mechanistic Probability"
Hanne Andersen
"Reference and Resemblance"
h.andersen@medphil.ku.dk
Rachel Ankeny
"Model Organisms as Cases: Understanding the 'Lingua Franca'
at the Heart of the Human Genome Project"
r.ankeny@scifac.usyd.edu.au
Theodore Arabatzis
"Can a Historian of Science be a Scientific Realist?"
tarabatz@cc.uoa.gr
Paul Bartha
"Probability and Symmetry"
bartha@interchange.ubc.ca
Alisa N. Bokulich; University of Notre Dame
Alisa.N.Ellingson.1@nd.edu
"Maps, Models, and Quantum Chaos"
Peter Bokulich
"Black Hole Remnants and Classical vs. Quantum Gravity"
Peter.Bokulich.1@nd.edu
William F. Brewer and Bruce L. Lambert
"The Theory-Ladeness of Observation and the Theory-Ladeness
of the Rest of the Scientific Process"
w-brewer@uiuc.edu
OtE1vio Bueno; California State University, Fresno
otavio_bueno@csufresno.edu
"Application of Mathematics and Underdetermination"
Craig Callender and Nick Huggett
"Why Quantize Gravity (Or Any Other Field For That
Matter?)"
C.Callender@lse.ac.uk, huggett@uic.edu
Xiang Chen
"Perceptual Symbols and Taxonomy Comparison"
chenxi@clunet.edu
Wayne Christensen; University of Newcastle
C. A. Hooker; University of Newcastle
plwdc@cc.newcastle.edu.au
"Self-Directed Anticipative Learning Processes in
Science"
Alberto Cordero
"Realism and Underdetermination: Some Clues From the
Practices-Up"
corde@prodigy.net
Kim Cuddington; University of Guelph/University of Connecticut
kcudding@uconnvm.uconn.edu
"The 'Balance of Nature' metaphor in population ecology:
theory or
paradigm?"
Byron Cunningham
"The Reemergence of 'Emergence'"
bcunn03@emory.edu
Erik Curiel
"Against the Excesses of Quantum Gravity: A Plea for
Modesty"
encuriel@gab.stanford.edu
James K. Derden Jr; Humboldt State University
jkd2@axe.humboldt.edu
"A Different Conception of Scientific Realism: The Case of
the Missing
Explanandum"
Michael Dickson; Indiana University
"Quantum Logic is Alive (and it is true or it is
false)"
midickso@indiana.edu
Mauro Dorato; University of Rome Three, Italy
dorato@uniroma3.it
"On Becoming, Cosmic Time, and Rotating Universes"
Phil Dowe
"Causal Loops and the Independence of Causal Facts"
Phil.Dowe@utas.edu.au
Armond Duwell
"Explaining Information Transfer in Quantum
Teleportation"
aduwell@hotmail.com
Christopher Eliot; University of Minnesota
eliot001@tc.umn.edu
"A Field Guide to Reduction in Ecology"
Adam Elga
"Statistical Mechanics and the Asymmetry of Counterfactual
Dependence"
adam@mit.edu
Kevin Elliott; University of Notre Dame
elliott.23@nd.edu
"Chemical Hormesis: Assessing the Warrant for Policy-Driven
Science"
Don Fallis; University of Arizona
fallis@u.arizona.edu
"Measures of Epistemic Utility and the Value of
Experiments"
Carla Fehr
"The Evolution of Sexual Reproduction: Pluralism that is
More than a Pragmatic Issue"
cfehr@iastate.edu
Branden Fitelson
"A Bayesian Account of Independent Evidence With
Applications"
fitelson@students.wisc.edu
Lisa Gannett
"Racism and Human Genome Diversity Research: the Ethical
Limits of 'Population Thinking'"
lagannett@ucdavis.edu
Ronald N. Giere; University of Minnesota
giere@maroon.tc.umn.edu
"The Perspectival Nature of Scientific Observation"
James Guszcza
Jguszcza@allstate.com
"On the Information Theoretic Approach to Statistical
Mechanics"
Daniel Hausman; University of Wisconsin
dhausman@facstaff.wisc.edu
"Causal Relations Among Tokens, Types, and Variables"
Robin Findlay Hendry
"Are Realism and Instrumentalism Methodologically
Indifferent?"
R.F.Hendry@durham.ac.uk
Robert G. Hudson; Algoma University College
hudsonr@vt.edu
"Evaluating Background Independence"
R. I. G. Hughes; University of South Carolina
HughesR@gwm.sc.edu
"Conceptual Change and the DDI Account of Theoretical
Representation"
Kristen Intemann
"Science and Values: Are Value Judgements Always Irrelevant
to the Justification of Scientific Claims?"
intemann@u.washington.edu
Tetsuji Iseda; Nagoya University
iseda@info.human.nagoya-u.ac.jp
"Bridging a Gap: A Proposal on Two Approaches in the
Philosophy of
Science"
Ruth E. Kastner; University of Maryland
rkastner@wam.umd.edu
"A critical look at time-symmetric quantum
counterfactuals"
Stephen Kellert
"Extrascientific Uses of Physics: the case of Nonlinear
Dynamics and Chaos Theory"
skellert@gw.hamline.edu
I. A. Kieseppa
"Statistical Model Selection Criteria and Bayesianism"
kieseppa@cc.helsinki.fi
Fredrick M. Kronz; University of Texas, Austin
kronz@mail.utexas.edu
"Interpretive Issues of Algebraic Quantum Theory"
Michael B. Kruse; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
mkruse@vt.edu
"Are There Bayesian Success Stories? The Case of the Raven's
Paradox"
Marc Lange; University of Washington, Seattle
mlange@u.washington.edu
"The Apparent Superiority of Prediction to Accomodation As A
Side
Effect: A Reply to Maher"
Christoph Lehner; California Institute of Technology
lehner@einstein.caltech.edu
"Which Way Does It Cut? Ockham's Razor in No-Collapse
Interpretations"
Michelle Little; Northwestern University
mlittle@gb.nrao.edu
"Rethinking 'Experimentation'"
Chuang Liu
"Infinite Systems in SM Explanations: Thermodynamic Limit,
Renormalization (semi-) Group, and Irreversibility"
cliu@phil.ufl.edu
Holger Lyre
"Gauge Theoretic Conventionalism and the Generalized
Equivalence Principle"
holger.lyre@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Patrick J. McDonald; University of Notre Dame
pmcdonal@darwin.helios.nd.edu
"Simulation by Demonstration: the Central Place of
Experiment in
Helmholtz's Theory of Perception"
James Mattingly
"Singularities, Scalar Fields, and Quantum Gravity"
jamattin@indiana.edu
Roberta L. Millstein; California State University, Hayward
rmillstein@csuhayward.edu
"Is the Evolutionary Process Deterministic or
Indeterministic? An
Argument for Agnosticism"
Sam Mitchell; Mt. Holyoke College
smitchel@mtholyoke.edu
"Confirming Theories One Claim at a Time"
Bradley Monton; University of Kentucky
bm06@aub.edu.lb
"On Dualistic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics"
Thomas Mormann; Universidad del PaEDs Vasco
ylxmomot@sf.ehu.es
"A Quasianalytical Constitution of Physical Space"
Wayne C. Myrvold; University of Western Ontario
wmyrvold@julian.uwo.ca
"Einstein's Untimely Burial"
Jay Odenbaugh
"Ecological Stability, Model Building, and Environmental
Policy:
A Reply to Some of the Pessimism"
jpodenba@ucalgary.ca
Glenn Parsons and Patrick McGivern
"Can the Bundle Theory save Substantivalism from the Hole
Argument?"
gparsons@ualberta.ca, mcgivern@ualberta.ca
Osvaldo Pessoa Jr.
"Counterfactual Histories: The Beginning of Quantum
Physics"
opessoa@ufba.br, cicadao@uol.com.br
Anya Plutynski
"Modeling Evolution in Theory and Practice"
plutynsk@mail.sas.upenn.edu
Stathis Psillos
"Is Structural Realism Possible?"
psillos@netplan.gr
Hans Radder; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
H.Radder@ph.vu.nl
"Primitive Rays and Aetherial Air: On the Impossibility of
Theory-Free
Experiments"
Thanos Raftopoulos
"Reentrant Neural Pathways and the Theory-Ladenness of
Perception"
araftop@ucy.ac.cy
Robert C. Richardson; University of Cincinnati
Robert.Richardson@uc.edu
"Chance and Indeterminism in Evolutionary Explanation"
John T. Roberts
"Undermining Undermined: Why Humean Supervenience
Never Needed to be Debugged (Even If It's a Necessary
Truth)"
jtrosap@email.unc.edu
Kristina Rolin; Helsinki School of Economics and Business
Administration
Kristina.Rolin@Helsinki.fi
"Rational Grounds for Trust in Science"
William A. Rottschaefer; Lewis and Clark College
rotts@lclark.edu
"The Scientific Naturalization of Ethics"
Robert Rynasiewicz
"Definition, Convention, and Simultaneity: Malament's Result
and Its Alleged Refutation by Sarkar and Stachel"
ryno@ryno.phl.jhu.edu
Eric R. Scerri
"The Recently Claimed Observation of Atomic Orbitals and
Some
Related Philosophical Issues"
scerri@purdue.edu
Kristin Shrader-Frechette; University of Notre Dame
Kristin.Shrader-Frechette.1@nd.edu
"Radiobiological Hormesis, Methodological Value Judgements,
and
Metascience"
Sergio Sismondo and Nicholas Chrisman
"Deflationary Metaphysics and the Natures of Maps"
chrisman@u.washington.edu, sismondo@post.queensu.ca
Robert A. Skipper, Jr.
" Warranting Empirical Claims in Evolutionary Biology:
Towards a Synthetic Approach"
Robert A. Skipper, Jr.; Oregon State University
Edward Slowik; Winona State University
eslowik@vax2.winona.msus.edu
"Descartes' Science, Holism, and the Mechanical
Philosophy"
Kyle Stanford
"Fool's Errand, Devil's Bargain: What Kind of
Underdetermination
Should We Take Seriously?"
stanford@uci.edu
Daniel Steel
"Bayesian Statistics in Radiocarbon Calibration"
dpsst19@pitt.edu
Alex Viskovatoff; University of Pittsburgh
viskov+@pitt.edu
"Economics and Kant's Philosophy of Science"
Carl G. Wagner
"Uncertain Old Evidence and Probabilistic New
Explanation"
cwagner@utk.edu, wagner@math.utk.edu
Marcel Weber
"Determinism, Realism, and Probability in Evolutionary
Theory:
the Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them"
weber@mbox.ww.uni-hannover.de
Steve Weinstein; Princeton University
sw@princeton.edu
"Remark on the Conventionality of Simultaneity"
Robert Wilson
"Group-Level Cognition"
rwilson@uiuc.edu
Eric Winsberg
"Simulations, Models, and Theories: Complex Physical
Systems and their Representations"
e-winsberg@nwu.edu
K. Brad Wray
"Science, Biases, and the Threat of Global Pessimism"
kbwray@interchange.ubc.ca
Chairs of the Contributed Paper Sessions
Philosophy of Biology
Chair: Bruce Glymour; Kansas State University
glymour@ksu.edu
Quantum Mechanics I
Chair: Frank Arntzenius; Rutgers University
arntzeni@rci.rutgers.edu
Theory-Ladeness and the Neurology of Perception
Chair: Peter Barker; University of Oklahoma
barkerp@ou.edu
Evolutionary Theory
Chair: Sandra Mitchell; University of Pittsburgh
smitchel+@pitt.edu
Bayesian Methodology I
Chair: Allan Franklin; University of Colorado
allan.franklin@colorado.edu
Foundations of Probability
Chair: Paul Humphreys; University of Virginia
pwh2a@virginia.edu
Quantum Mechanics II
Chair: Meir Hemmo
meir@research.haifa.ac.il
Causation and Causal Loops
Chair: Mauricio Suarez; University of Bristol
m.suarez@bristol.ac.uk
Underdetermination of Theories
Chair: Richard Healey; University of Arizona
rhealey@u.arizona.edu
Statistical Mechanics
Chair: Andrew Wayne; Concordia University
awayne@alcor.concordia.ca
Science and Values
Chair: Phyllis Rooney
rooney@oakland.edu
Simultaneity, Space, and Spacetime
Chair: David Malament; University of California, Irvine
dmalamen@uci.edu
Science and Public Policy
Chair: Peter Kirschenmann;
peterp@nat.vu.nl
Theory and Observation
Chair: Sherrilyn Roush; Harvard University
roush@ruf.rice.edu
Bayesian Methodology II
Chair: Christopher Hitchcock; California Institute of
Technology<br>
cricky@caltech.edu
Reduction, Emergence, and Metaphysics
Chair: Jane Duran; University of California, Santa Barbara
jduran@education.ucsh.edu
Individual and Group-Level Cognition
Chair: Mathias Frisch; Northwestern University
m-frisch@nwu.edu
Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, and Field Theory
Chair: Robert Bishop; IGPP, Freiburg, Germany
rcb@igpp.de
Quantum Gravity
Chair: John Norton; University of Pittsburgh
jdnorton+@pitt.edu
History and Philosophy of Science
Chair: Richard Grandy; Rice University
rgrandy@rice.edu
Models and Analogy
Chair: Paul Teller; University of California, Davis
prteller@ucdavis.edu
Scientific Realism
Chair: Ian Hacking; University of Toronto
ihack@chass.utoronto.ca
Chairs of the Symposium Sessions
Scientific Modeling
Chair: Margaret Morrison; University of Toronto
mmorris@chass.utoronto.ca
Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Science
Chair: Peter Godfrey-Smith; Stanford University
pgs@csli.stanford.edu
Experimentation in Neuroscience
Chair: Richard Burian; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
rmburian@vt.edu
Jeffrey and Bayesian Epistemology
Chair: Carl G. Wagner; University of Tennessee, Knoxville
wagner@math.utk.edu
Error Statistics and Beyond
Chair: Henry E. Kyburg; University of Rochester
kyburg@cs.rochester.edu
Simplicity, Model Selection, and the Akaike Information
Criterion
Chair: I. A. Kieseppä; University of Helsinki
kieseppa@cc.helsinki.fi
Quantum Computation and Information
Chairs: Jeffrey Bub; University of Maryland, College Park
David MacCallum;
Carleton College
jbub@carnap.umd.edu
dmaccall@carleton.edu
What is the Foundational Significance of Category Theory?
Chair: Elaine Landry; McGill University
elaine@philo.mcgill.ca
New Perspectives on Scientific Rationality
Chair: Michael Bishop; Iowa State University
mikebish@iastate.edu
The Gauge Concept in Modern Physics
Chair: Tim Maudlin; Rutgers University
maudlin@rclrutgers.edu
Critical Aspects of the Dutch Book Argument
Chair: Teddy Seidenfeld; Carnegie Mellon University
teddy@stat.cmu.edu
Experimentation and the Evaluation of Evolutionary Theories
Chair: Elisabeth A. Lloyd; Indiana University
ealloyd@indiana.edu
Philosophy of Neuroscience: Current Issues and
Meta-Considerations
Chair: Guven Guzeldere; Duke University
guven@aas.duke.edu
Broad Theories and Behavior
Chair: Jonathan Kaplan; University of Tennessee, Knoxville
jkaplan@utk.edu
The Future of the Linnaean Hierarchy
Chair: Elliott Sober; University of Wisconsin, Madison
ersober@facstaff.wisc.edu
Science, Evidence, and Evidence-Based Medicine
Chair: Clark Glymour; Carnegie Mellon University
cg09+@andrew.cmu.edu, cglymour@ucsd.edu
Deconstructing and/or Reconstructing the Gene: Theoretical and
Practical Implications
Chair: Stephen M. Downes; University of Utah
s.downes@m.cc.utah.edu
Formal Learning Theory in the Philosophy of Science
Chair: Clark Glymour; Carnegie Mellon University
cg09+@andrew.cmu.edu, cglymour@ucsd.edu
Mechanism: Explanation, Discovery, and Experimentation
Chair: Noretta Koertge; Indiana University
koertge@indiana.edu
