Scientific Models: Semantics and Ontology | |
July 9-10 2007 |
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Monday July, 9th
09:45 Welcome 10:00 Ronald Giere (U. Minnesota) An Agent-Based Account of Scientific Models and Representation Comment Julian Reiss (U. Complutense) 11:20 Break 11:40 Martin Thomson-Jones (Oberlin C.) Missing Systems and the Face Value Practice Comment Nancy Cartwright (LSE) 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Anjan Chakravartty (U. Toronto) Informational vs Inferential Theories of Scientific Representation Comment José Díez (U. Barcelona) 16:20 Coffee break 16:40 Roman Frigg (LSE / U. Barcelona) Fictionalism and Scientific Models Comment David Teira (UNED) 20:30 Conference Dinner
Tuesday July, 10th
10:00 Stacie Friend (Birkbeck C.) The Fiction in Fictionalism Comment Kate Thomson-Jones (Oberlin C.) 11:20 Coffee break 11:40 Mauricio Suárez (U. Complutense) Models and Fictions Comment Carl Hoefer (ICREA/UAB) 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Gabrielle Contesa (Rochester U.) Scientific Models as Fictional Objects Comment José Luis Falguera (U. Santiago) 16:20 Coffee Break 16:40 Adam Toon (Cambridge U.) Models and Make-believe Comment Manuel García-Carpintero (U. Barcelona) 18:00 Break 18:05 General discussion 19:00 Closure
All sessions will be held at the Laboratori de Filosofia (Facultat de Filosofia, UB) |