Perspectives on Structuralism

February 16, 2012 - February 18, 2012
Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München

Seestrasse 13
München
Germany

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Holger Andreas
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
Frank Zenker
Lund University

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Since its first exposition in Sneed's seminal work, the structuralist approach has engendered a large series of conceptual and historical investigations of scientific theories. Particularly welcome are contributions relating the structuralist program to methods, approaches, and research agendas along the entire spectrum of philosophy, particularly in the philosophy of science and logic.

PROGRAM  

Thursday, Feb 16

9:15 – 9:30    Welcome

9:30 – 10:30  Ramsey-sentence and Theoretical Description – Some Problems - Ulrich Gähde (University of Hamburg) 

10:30 – 11:30  Incommensurability, Comparability and Non-reductive Ontological Relations - José L. Falguera and Xavier de Donato (University of Santiago de Compostela) 

11.30 – 12:00  Coffee/Tea 

12:00 – 12:40  Reduction between Incommensurable Theories in a Rigid Structuralist Framework - Christian Damböck (University of Vienna) 

12:40 – 13:20 Structural Realism as an Epistemology for Structuralism - Thomas Meier (LMU Munich) 

13:20 – 14:30 Lunch 

14:30 – 15:10  Linking Structuralism with Quantitative Science Studies - Tilman Massey (LMU Munich) 

15:10 – 15:50  Models in Wind Energy Assessment - Graciana Petersen (University of Hamburg) 

15:50 – 16:15  Coffee/Tea 

16:10 – 17:15  Criteria for Empiricity and Theoreticity of Concepts - Gerhard Schurz (University of Duesseldorf) 

17:30  Reception   

Friday, Feb 17 

9:30 – 10:30  Using Conceptual Spaces to Model the Dynamics of Empirical Theories - Peter Gärdenfors & Frank Zenker (Lund) 

10:30 – 11:30  A Syntactic View of Structuralism - Holger Andreas (LMU Munich) 

11.30 – 12:00  Coffee/Tea 

12:00 – 12:40 What’s Right with a Syntactic Approach to Theories and Models? - Sebastian Lutz (Utrecht University) 

12:40 – 13:20 The Promise of Theories - Lena Hofer (LMU Munich) 

13:20 – 14:30 Lunch 

14:30 – 15:10  On a Structuralist Framework of Belief Revision - A.V. Ravishankar Sarma (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) 

15:10 – 15:50  Towards a Structuralist Theory of Causation - Mathias Frisch (University of Maryland) 

15:50 – 16:15  Coffee/Tea 

16:10 – 17:15  Theoretical Terms and the Relativized A Priori - Hannes Leitgeb (LMU Munich) 

20:00  Workshop-Dinner

Saturday, Feb 18 

9:30 – 10:30  Applying Structuralism: The Case of Natural Selection - José Diez (University of Barcelona) & Pablo Lorenzano (UNQ/CONICET, Quilmes) 

10:30 – 11:30  Should the Structuralist View be Excluded from the Semantic Conception of Theories? A Critique of Suppe’s Critique - Pablo Lorenzano (UNQ/CONICET, Quilmes) 

11.30 – 12:00  Coffee/Tea 

12:00 – 12:40 Structuralism as an Instrument to Criticize Biologism in Psychology - Martin Hoffmann (University of Hamburg) 

12:40 – 13:20 A Structuralist Approach to the Quantum Measurement Problem - Mariano Lastiri (University of Buenos Aires) 

13:20 – 14:30 Lunch 

14:30 – 15:30 A Structuralist View of Processes in Science and Scientific Processes - Wolfgang Balzer & Klaus Manhart (LMU Munich) 

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea 

16:00 – 17:00 Intertheoretical Relations and the Dynamics of Science - C. Ulises Moulines (LMU Munich) 

17:00 – 17:15  Final Remarks 

20:00  Dinner  

ORGANIZERS

Holger Andreas (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich) and Frank Zenker (Lund University, Department of Philosophy & Cognitive Science)  

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