Reasoning with Cases in the Social Sciences

Friday Afternoon   

1:40 Coffee

2:00 pm Introduction
Mary Morgan and Sandra Mitchell

2:10 Why Context Matters

Sandra Mitchell (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh)
Denise Rousseau (Heinz College and Tepper School of Buisness, Carnegie Mellon University)

4:10 - 4:30 Coffee

4:30 - 5:30 General Discussion

    
Saturday Morning

8:30 am Continental Breakfast

9:00 Reasoning in Cases, Reasoning from Cases

Mary S. Morgan (Department of Economic History, London School of Economics)
Kathleen Blee (Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh)

11:00 General Discussion

12:00 Lunch

  
Saturday Afternoon   

1:30 pm Effects of Causes and Causes of Effects

Sharon Crasnow (Department of Philosophy, Norco College)
Andrew Bennett (Department of Government, Georgetown University)

3:30 Coffee Break

3:45 - 5:30 Commentators and General Discussion

Jim Woodward (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh)
Rachel Ankeny (School of History and Politics, Adelaide University)