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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260616T113000
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SUMMARY:Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation
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LOCATION:Hochschulstrasse 4\, Bern\, Switzerland\, 3012 
DESCRIPTION:<p>We are pleased to share the program and registration details for the workshop Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation. Participation (including lunch and refreshments) is free of charge\, but we ask you to register&nbsp\;<u>by 7 June 2026</u>&nbsp\;by sending your name and affiliation to&nbsp\;mahdi.khalili@unibe.ch. The program is as follows:</p>\n<p><u><br></u></p>\n<p><u>Tuesday\, June 16</u> <br><br>11.30 &ndash\; 11.45&nbsp\;<strong>Welcome Address</strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong>11.45 &ndash\; 12.30&nbsp\;<strong>Katherine Morrow</strong>\, University of Oslo&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>Against Selective Antirealism About Ecological Entities</em></p>\n<p><em></em>12.30 &ndash\; 14.00&nbsp\; Lunch Break</p>\n<p>14.00 &ndash\; 14.45&nbsp\;<strong>Kenneth Aizawa</strong>\, Rutgers University Newark&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>Compositional Abduction and Entity Realism</em></p>\n<p><em></em>14.45 &ndash\; 15.30&nbsp\;<strong>Mahdi Khalili</strong>\, University of Bern&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>Entity Realism about Black Holes</em></p>\n<p><em></em>15.30 &ndash\; 16.00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Coffee Break</p>\n<p>16.00 &ndash\; 16.45&nbsp\;<strong>Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard</strong>\, University of Namur&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>No Manipulation\, No Entities? The Ontological Commitment of Natural&nbsp\;</em><em>Experiments in Astrophysics and Cosmology</em></p>\n<p><em></em>16.45 &ndash\; 18.00&nbsp\;<strong>Mauricio Su&aacute\;rez</strong>\, Complutense University of Madrid&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>Deflating Experimental Realism in Astrophysics</em></p>\n<p><em></em>19.00 &ndash\; 22.00&nbsp\; Workshop Dinner &nbsp\;</p>\n<p><u><br></u></p>\n<p><u>Wednesday\, June 17</u></p>\n<p>11.00 &ndash\; 11.45&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<strong>Thijs Latten</strong>\, Delft University of Technology&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>An Engineering Perspective on Quantum State Realism: A Case Study in&nbsp\;</em><em>Expanding Causal Realism</em></p>\n<p><em></em>11.45 &ndash\; 12.30&nbsp\;<strong>Ruey-Lin Chen</strong>\, National Chung Cheng University &amp\;&nbsp\;<strong>Jonathan Hricko</strong>\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>Real Entities and Real Causal Relationships: The Cases of the Transgenic and&nbsp\;</em><em>Gene Knockout/Knock-In Methods</em></p>\n<p>12.30 &ndash\; 14.00&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Lunch Break</p>\n<p>14.00 &ndash\; 14.45&nbsp\;<strong>Matthias Egg</strong>\, University of Bern&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>Effective Entity Realism</em></p>\n<p><em></em>14.45 &ndash\; 16.00&nbsp\;<strong>Nora Boyd</strong>&nbsp\;(online)\, Siena University&nbsp\;&mdash\;&nbsp\;<em>How to Get in Touch With Distant Reality: The Causal Production of Empirical Data</em></p>\n<p><em></em>16.00 &ndash\; 16.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Coffee Break</p>\n<p>16.30 &ndash\; 17.15 <strong>Panel Discussion</strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong>17.15 &ndash\; 17.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Closing Remarks</p>\n\n<p>This conference is part of the project Extending the Scope of Causal Realism\, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.&nbsp\;</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Mahdi Khalili;CN=Matthias Egg;CN=Frederick Britt:
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