Metaphysics of Science

September 23, 2024 - September 24, 2024
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)

Palamas Building
Athens
Greece

This event is available both online and in-person

Sponsor(s):

  • Horizon-MSCA project 101061407
  • Horizon-MSCA project 101064082

Speakers:

University of Oslo
Mount Holyoke College
Trinity College, Dublin
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Durham University
University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
University of Athens
Durham University (PhD)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
University Tübingen

Organisers:

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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It is possible to join the conference online via zoom. If you are interested in attending the event online, please write to [email protected] for the link.

Program

Monday 23rd September
09.30 Welcome
10.00-11.00 Max Kistler, Natural Grounding
11.15- 12.15 Francesca Bellazzi, On functions for self assembled entities
12.15- 13.45 Lunch Break
13.45- 14.45 Alison Sutton Fernandes, Chance as a Guide to Life
15.00- 16.00 Giacomo Giannini, Governing laws & governing powers
16.00- 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30- 17.30 Robin Hendry & Thomas Rossetter, The contingency of determinism

Tuesday 24th September
10.00-11.00 Tobias Wilsch, Why choose powers over laws?
11.00- 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15- 12.15 Stathis Psillos, From Natures to Laws of Nature
12.15- 13.45 Lunch Break
13.45- 14.45 Vanessa Seifert, Chemical Reactions are productive causal relations
15.00- 16.00 Nina Emery, Two Types of Naturalism in Metaphysics of Science
16.00 Closing

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September 20, 2024, 9:00am EET

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9 people are attending:

Universität Bonn
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
and 7 more.

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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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