Workshop: The Philosophy of Clark Glymour (June 12 - 15, 2013)
Symposium: The Philosophy of Clark Glymour
Description:
Clark Glymour is a key figure in philosophy of science since decades. In particular, his philosophical contributions to causation and (probabilistic) modeling of scientific inquiry shaped the discussion in the respective fields. The present symposium focuses on Clark Glymour's philosophy. First, Clark Glymour will give a taste of his present philosophical enterprise in a keynote lecture. Then, further speakers will discuss individual aspects of his philosophy.
Date: June 13 - June 15, 2013
Place:
Building 23.21, Floor 0, Room HS 3F (Keynote Lecture)
Building 16.11, Floor 1, Sitzungssaal 1 (Symposium)
Organizer/s:
Matthias Unterhuber, Alexander Gebharter, and Gerhard Schurz
Poster (pdf)
Clark Glymour Fellowship at the DCLPS
Video recordings of the workshop
The workshop is organized as part of the DFG (German Research Foundation) research group FOR 1063 Causation, Laws, Dispositions, and Explanation at the Interface of Science and Metaphysics.
Attendance is open to all. If you plan to attend, please contact us: dclps@phil.hhu.de
Presenters
Clark Glymour (CMU, Pittsburgh), Frederick Eberhardt (CMU, Pittsburgh), Alexander Gebharter (Düsseldorf), York Hagmayer (Göttingen), Stephan Hartmann (LMU, Munich), Vera Hoffmann-Kolss (Cologne), Conor Mayo-Wilson (LMU, Munich), Paul Näger (Bremen), Gerhard Schurz (Düsseldorf), Matthias Unterhuber (Düsseldorf), and Sylvia Wenmackers (Groningen).
Schedule
| Thursday, June 13th | (Keynote Lecture, Building 23.21, Floor 0, Room HS 3F) |
18.30-20.00 | Clark Glymour (CMU, Pittsburgh): Brain Troubles |
Friday, June 14th | (Invited Talks, Building 16.11,Floor 1, Sitzungssaal 1) |
09.15-10.15 | Gerhard Schurz (Düsseldorf) & Alexander Gebharter (Düsseldorf): |
10.15-11.15 | Frederick Eberhardt (CMU, Pittsburgh): The Search for Causes |
11.15-12-15 | Vera Hoffmann-Kolss (Cologne): Actual Causation and Causal Intuitions |
14.15-15.15 | Matthias Unterhuber (Düsseldorf): |
15.15-16.15 | Sylvia Wenmackers (Groningen): |
16.15-17.15 | Stephan Hartmann (LMU, Munich): |
Saturday, June15th | (Invited Talks, Building 16.11, Floor 1, Sitzungssaal 1) |
09.15-10.15 | Paul Näger (Bremen): Causal Unfaithfulness and Quantum Experiments |
10.15-11.15 | York Hagmayer (Göttingen): Causal Bayes Nets in the Psychology of Causal Learning and Reasoning: Theoretical Inspirations and Empirical Challenges |
11.15-12.15 | Conor Mayo-Wilson (LMU, Munich): When is Clark Glymour´s Brain like a Planet? Causation on "Macro" and "Micro" Scales |
