26th-28th April 2021, online ZOOM, Edinburgh local time
The goal of this third and final international conference is to explore the metaphysical implications of perspectivism for contemporary philosophy of science.
From scientific understanding to Kuhnian legacies, from semantic issues about natural kind terms to feminist, pluralist and pragmatist approaches to questions about reality, this final conference brings together a vast array of themes at the intersection of metaphysics of science and scientific practice.
The event is free and open to everyone but registration is required.
Speakers:
- Helen Beebee
- Mieke Boon
- Catherine Z. Elgin
- Steven French
- Sören Haggqvist
- Carl Hoefer
- Paul Hoyningen-Huene
- Helen Longino
- Genoveva Martí
- Sandra Mitchell
- Stathis Psillos
- Jan-Willem Romeijn
- Orly Shenker
- Miriam Solomon
- Paul Teller
Programme
| Monday 26th April | |
|---|---|
| 14.00-14.10 | Welcome by Michela Massimi |
| 14.10-15.00 | Helen Beebee Knowledge and Understanding in Metaphysics |
| 15.00-15.50 | Catherine Z. Elgin Models in Understanding |
| 15.50-16.10 | virtual coffee break |
| 16.10-17.00 | Orly Shenker The Human Vantage Point in Physics and in the Special Sciences |
| 17.00-17.50 | Paul Teller How to Think About the World |
| 17.50-18.10 | virtual coffee break |
| 18.10-19.00 | Steven French Phenomenology, Perspectivalism and (Quantum) Physics |
| Tuesday 27th April | |
|---|---|
| 14.00-14.50 | Mieke Boon How do Scientific Models Represent? The Role of Disciplinary Perspectives |
| 14.50-15.40 | Genoveva Marti & Carl Hoefer Realism, Reference and Perspective |
| 15.40-16.00 | virtual coffee break |
| 16.00-16.50 | Sören Haggqvist Cluster kinds, reference, and scientific realism |
| 16.50-17.40 | Paul Hoyningen-Huene The Genealogy of Kuhn-type Antirealism |
| 17.40-18.00 | virtual coffee break |
| 18.00-18.50 | Stathis Psillos The Law Wars: the Relations Between Science and Metaphysics |
| Wednesday 28th April | |
|---|---|
| 14.00-14.50 | Jan-Willem Romeijn Perspectival Realism about Mental Disorders |
| 14.50-15.10 | virtual coffee break |
| 15.10-16.00 | Miriam Solomon On Pluralism in Psychiatry |
| 16.10-17.00 | Sandra Mitchell Experimental Evidence for the Reality of Emergent Entities |
| 17.00-17.20 | virtual coffee break |
| 17.20-18.10 | Helen Longino Objects and Interactions: A Plea for a Pluralist Ontology |
| 18.10-19.00 | Final Round Table, chaired by Michela Massimi |