Annual Bergen Philosophy of Science Workshop

Tue. 20 Sept.  

14.15 Coffee, tea. Welcome  

14.30 - 15.40 

Chris Smeenk (Univ. of Western Ontario):

Fuzzy Modularity and Crucial Simulations

Joint work with Marie Gueguen (Rennes)

15.50 - 17.00

Nic Fillion (Simon Fraser Univ.):

The argument view of computer simulations

17.10 - 18.20

Ana-Maria Cretu (Bristol Univ.):

Human Computers as Instruments 

19.30 Dinner at Naboen

Wed. 21 Sept.

9.45 Tea/coffee

10.00 -11.10

Elay Shech (Auburn Univ.):

Are Mesoscale Structures Natural Kinds? Reconsidering Batterman’s Middle Way

11.25-12.35

Vincent Ardourel (IHPST Paris):

The reduction of hydrodynamics and singular limits

Lunch at Godt Brød (Museum Cafe)

13.45-14.55

Siska de Baerdemaeker (Stockholm Univ.):

Into the Unknown: Exploring Dark Matter with Stellar Streams

15.10-16.20

Alex Franklin (King's College London):

Incoherent? No, Just Decoherent: How Quantum Many Worlds Emerge

Evening: Henrik pub