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SUMMARY:Science and Metaphysics
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LOCATION:Canterbury\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>The aim is to discuss:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>General methodological issues around the relationship between science and metaphysics (e.g.\, the status of metaphysical explanations\; underdetermination and inference to the best explanation in science and in metaphysics)</li>\n<li>Specific examples. These might be cases where science impinges on debates in metaphysics (e.g.\, "Does modern physics support monism/perdurantism/anti-Humeanism/...?")\, or uses of analytic metaphysics to address questions in particular sciences (e.g.\, "What is the ontological status of species?")\, or more practical applications of ideas originating in metaphysics (e.g.\, in bio-informatics)\, or highlights from the history that has shaped the current relationship.</li>\n</ol>\n<p><strong>Programme</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Monday 2nd July</strong> </p>\n<p>09.00-11.00 James Ladyman (Bristol)\, "Science\, Metaphysics and Method"\, and&nbsp\;L. A. Paul (North Carolina)\,&nbsp\;"Metaphysics as Modeling: the Handmaiden's Tale".&nbsp\;<br><br>11.00-11.30 Break<br><br>11.30-12.45&nbsp\;Helen Beebee (Manchester)\, "Science\, Metaphysics and Humean Supervenience"<br><br>12.45-14.15 Lunch<br><br>14.15-16.15 Session on methodology\, especially explanation\, in metaphysics.&nbsp\;</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stephen Boulter (Oxford Brookes)\, "Science\, Metaphysics and the Aporetic Method"\,</li>\n<li>Brian Cutter (University of Texas at Austin)\, "Toward a Unified Theory of Explanation"\,&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Juha Saatsi (Leeds)\, "On the epistemic status of inference to the best&nbsp\;explanation in science and philosophy"</li>\n</ul>\n<p>16.15-16.45 Break<br><br>16.45-18.00 Maarten Van Dyck (Ghent)\,&nbsp\;"Science and Metaphysics in the Scientific Revolution"<br><br><strong>Tuesday 3rd July</strong><br><br>09.00-11.00 Session on causality and relativity.&nbsp\;</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alexander Reutlinger (University of Cologne)\, "Can Interventionists be Neo-Russellians?&nbsp\;A&nbsp\;Meta-Metaphysical Puzzle&nbsp\;for Naturalist Philosophers of Causation"\,&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Stephan Torre&nbsp\;(LOGOS\, University of Barcelona)\, "Restricted Diachronic Composition and Special Relativity"\,&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>Fiona Roxburgh (University of East Anglia)\, "Structuralism and the Regulative Unity of Science\; The demand for unity in the case of Special Relativity"&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p>11.00-11.30 Break<br><br>11.30-12.45&nbsp\;Maureen Donnelly (Buffalo)\, "Distinguished Relations"<br><br>12.45-14.15 Lunch<br><br>14.15-16.15 Jason Turner&nbsp\;(Leeds)\,&nbsp\;"Everettian Libertarianism"\, Alastair Wilson (Birmingham/Monash) "Everett and Underdetermination"<br><br>16.15-16.45 Break<br><br>16.45-18.00&nbsp\;Barry Loewer (Rutgers and CEU Institute for Advanced Study)\,&nbsp\;"What Gives Direction to Time?"&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br>If you would like to attend\, an early email (even if tentative) would be appreciated for administrative purposes. And please feel free to email with any other queries:&nbsp\;Dr George Darby (G.A.Darby@kent.ac.uk)</p>
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