Lauener Foundation for Analytical Philosophy
Symposium
Wednesday 05 September - Thursday 06 September 2018
Bern, Switzerland
8th International Lauener Symposium on Analytical Philosophy
on Themes from Bas van Fraassen
Programme
Wed. 05 Sept. 2018: Int. Lauener Symposium on Themes from Bas van Fraassen, Part 1
Chair: Prof. Claus Beisbart (Member of the Foundation’s Council)
15.00-15.50 Dr. Matthias Egg (University of Bern)
Stances and Doctrines in Scientific Metaphysics
16.00-16.50 Dr. Milena Ivanova (University of Cambridge)
Pragmatic Values in Theory Choice
Thurs. 06 Sept. 2018: Int. Lauener Symposium on Themes from Bas van Fraassen, Part 2
Chair: Prof. Markus Stepanians (Member of the Foundation’s Council)
9.00- 9.50 Prof. Michael Friedman (Stanford University)
Realism and Instrumentalism: The Best of Both
10.00-10.50 Prof. Steven French (University of Leeds)
Representation and Realism: On Being a Structuralist All the Way Down
10.50-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10-12.00 Prof. Finnur Dellsén (Inland Norway University)
Expanding Our Grasp: Constructive Empiricism and Augmented Observation
12.00-14.00 Lunch Break
Chair: Prof. Alex Burri (Member of the Foundation’s Council)
14.00-14.50 Prof. Nancy Cartwright (University of California at San Diego/Durham University)
The Argument Theory of Evidence: A Foundation for Voluntarism
15.00-15.50 Prof. Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh)
The Perspectival Nature of Scientific Representation
15.50-16.10 Coffee Break
16.10-17.30 Prof. Bas van Fraassen (Princeton University/San Francisco State University)
The Semantic Approach to Philosophy of Science, after Fifty Years
17.30 End of the Symposium
Attendance of the symposium is free and no registration is required.
Venue: Haus der Universität, Schlösslistrasse 5, Bern, Switzerland
Here's a printable programme and poster of the 8th Int'l Lauener Symposium.
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