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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181027T050000
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SUMMARY:Norton for Everyone? The Material Theory of Induction and Beyond
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LOCATION:1117 Cathedral of Learning\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15260
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>Norton for Everyone?</strong><br>October 27 -28\, 2018&nbsp\;<br>Center for Philosophy of Science<br>1008 Cathedral of Learning<br>University of Pittsburgh<br>Pittsburgh\, PA USA</p>\n<p><em>Of potential interest to participants:</em>&nbsp\;On Friday\, October 26\, 3:30PM: Hasok Chang will speak in the HPS Lecture Series.</p>\n<p>Our ability to make inductive inferences is what powers the success of science. But what makes such inductive inferences work? John Norton's new book manuscript\,&nbsp\;<em>The Material Theory of Induction</em>\, develops a detailed new answer to this question\, with broad implications for the philosophy of science. This conference brings together the latest thinking about ideas in Norton's book\, beginning with an opening lecture (Friday afternoon)\, followed by a day of talks (Saturday) and a day of book-discussion seminars (Sunday).</p>\n<p>Preview the book:&nbsp\;https://www.pitt.edu/~jdnorton/papers/material_theory/material.html</p>\n<p><strong>PROGRAM</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Saturday Talks\, Oct. 27</strong><br>1008 CL</p>\n<p>8:00</p>\n<p><em>Breakfast</em></p>\n<p>9:00</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker 1: Elay Shech (Auburn University)<br></strong>&ldquo\;Historical Induction Meets the Material Theory&rdquo\;</p>\n<p>9:50</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker 2: Molly Kao (University of Montreal)<br></strong>&ldquo\;Induction and Deduction in the Context of Pursuit&rdquo\;</p>\n<p>10:40</p>\n<p><em>Coffee Break</em></p>\n<p>11:00</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker 3: Jonathan Livengood (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)</strong>&nbsp\;&ldquo\;Debunking Induction&rdquo\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>11:50</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker 4: Leah Henderson (University of Groningen)</strong>&nbsp\;&ldquo\;Can we go local about induction?&rdquo\;</p>\n<p>12:40</p>\n<p><em>Lunch on your own</em></p>\n<p>2:00</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker 5: Richard Dawid (University of Stockholm)</strong><br>&ldquo\;The Material Inductivist\, the Bayesian\, and Complete Ignorance&rdquo\;</p>\n<p>2:50</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker 6: Michel Janssen (University of Minnesota)<br></strong>"The trouble with I in IBE&rdquo\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>3:40</p>\n<p><em>Coffee Break</em></p>\n<p>4:00</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker 7: Wendy Parker (Durham University)<br></strong>"Inferring the best explanation of 20th&nbsp\;century climate change"</p>\n<p>4:50</p>\n<p><strong>Speaker 8: David Wallace (University of Southern California)&nbsp\;</strong>&ldquo\;Quantum inductive logic and the Everett interpretation&rdquo\;</p>\n<p><strong>Sunday Seminars\, Oct. 28</strong><br>1008 CL</p>\n<p>8:00</p>\n<p><em>Breakfast</em></p>\n<p>9:00</p>\n<p><strong>Part I: The Proposal&nbsp\;</strong><br>Led by Balazs Gyenis (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) and Eric Hatleback (Carnegie Mellon University)&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>10:30</p>\n<p><em>Coffee Break</em></p>\n<p>10:45</p>\n<p><strong>Part II: The Virtue Critique</strong><br>Led by Siska De Baerdemaeker (University of Pittsburgh)\, Dasha Pruss (University of Pittsburgh)\, and Chris Smeenk (Western University)</p>\n<p>12:15</p>\n<p><em>Lunch on your own</em></p>\n<p>1:30</p>\n<p><strong>Part III: The Bayes Critique</strong><br>Led by Jonathan Bain (New York University) and Nora Boyd (Siena College)</p>\n<p>3:00</p>\n<p><em>Coffee Break</em></p>\n<p>3:15</p>\n<p><strong>Part IV: The Puzzle Cases&nbsp\;</strong><br>Led by Bryan Roberts (London School of Economics) and Jeremy Butterfield (University of Cambridge)</p>\n<p>4:45</p>\n<p><strong>Concluding Remarks</strong></p>\n<p>5:00</p>\n<p><strong>Adjourn</strong></p>\n<p><br><strong>Organizing Committee:</strong>&nbsp\;<br>John Earman\, Bryan W. Roberts\, Elay Shech&nbsp\;<br><br><strong>For more info:</strong>&nbsp\;<br>Joyce McDonald&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:pittcntr@pitt.edu">pittcntr@pitt.edu</a>\, Bryan W. Roberts&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:b.w.roberts@lse.ac.uk">b.w.roberts@lse.ac.uk</a>\, Elay Shech&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:ezs0038@auburn.edu">ezs0038@auburn.edu</a></p>\n<p>See https://philevents.org/event/show/65790 for corresponding&nbsp\;<strong>Special Issue of&nbsp\;<em>Studies in History and Philosophy of Science A</em></strong></p>
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