2000 HSS/PSA Program 1 - History of Science Society

PSA 2000 Program
Friday, 3 November
9:00 a.m.—11:45 a.m.
Friday, 3 November
Theory-Ladeness and the Neurology of Perception (Contributed
Papers)
(Grouse)
Athanasios Raftopoulos, University of Cyprus, Reentrant Neural Pathways
and the Theory-Ladeness of Perception
Patrick␣ J. McDonald, University of Notre Dame, Simulation by
Demonstration: The Central Place of Experiment in Helmholtz’s Theory of
Perception
William␣ F. Brewer, University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign and Bruce␣ L.
Lambert, University of Illinois, Chicago, The Theory-Ladeness of Observation
and the Theory-Ladeness of the Rest of the Scientific Process
Xiang Chen, California Lutheran University, Perceptual Symbols and
Taxonomy Comparison
CHAIR: Peter Barker, University of Oklahoma
Evolutionary Theory (Contributed Papers)
(Cypress)
Carla Fehr, Iowa State University, The Evolution of Sexual Reproduction:
Pluralism that is More than a Pragmatic Issue
Marcel Weber, Universitat Hannover, Determinism, Realism, and Probability
in Evolutionary Theory: the Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them
Roberta␣ L. Millstein, California State University, Hayward, Is the
Evolutionary Process Deterministic or Indeterministic? An Argument for
Agnosticism
Robert␣ C. Richardson, University of Cincinnati, Chance and Indeterminism
in Evolutionary Explanation
CHAIR: Sandra Mitchell, University of Pittsburgh
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Friday, 3 November
12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.: Business Meeting
Friday, 3 November
1:30 p.m.—3:10 p.m.
Bayesian Methodology I (Contributed Papers)
(Oxford Room)
Carl␣ G. Wagner, University of Tennessee, Old Evidence and New Explanation III
I.␣ A. Kieseppa, University of Helsinki, Statistical Model Selection Criteria
and Bayesianism
Tetsuji Iseda, Nagoya University, Bridging a Gap Between Naturalistic and
Traditional Approaches in the Philosophy of Science
CHAIR: Allan Franklin, University of Colorado