2000 HSS/PSA Program 1 - History of Science Society

PSA 2000 Program
Friday, 3 November
1:30 p.m.—3:10 p.m.
Friday, 3 November
Statistical Mechanics (Contributed Papers)
(Cypress)
Adam Elga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Statistical Mechanics and
the Asymmetry of Counterfactual Dependence
Chuang Liu, University of Florida, Infinite Systems in SM Explanations:
Thermodynamic Limit, Renormalization (semi-) Group, and Irreversibility
James Guszcza, On the Information Theoretic Approach to Statistical
Mechanics
CHAIR: Andrew Wayne, Concordia University
Friday, 3 November
3:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m.
What is the Foundational Significance of Category Theory? (Symposium)
(Brighton)
Jean-Pierre Marquis, Universite de Montreal, Category Theory: From the
Fundamentals to the Foundations
Steven Awodey, Carnegie Mellon University, Continuity and Logical
Completeness: An Application of Topos Theory
CHAIR: Elaine Landry; Sub-Faculty of Philosophy, Wolfson College, Oxford
University
New Perspectives on Scientific Rationality (Symposium)
(Seymour)
Robyn␣ M. Dawes, Carnegie Mellon University, The Ethics of Using or Not
Using Statistical Prediction Rules in Psychological Practice and Related
Consulting Activities
David Faust, University of Rhode Island, Using Meta-Scientific Studies to
Clarify or Resolve Questions in the Philosophy and History of Science
Michael Bishop, Iowa State University and J. D. Trout, Loyola University of
Chicago, 50 Years of Successful Predictive Modeling Should be Enough:
Lessons for Philosophy of Science
CHAIR: Dominic Murphy, California Institute of Technology
The Gauge Concept in Modern Physics (Symposium)
(Cypress)
John Earman, University of Pittsburgh, Gauge Matters
Christopher Martin, University of Pittsburgh, The Gauge Argument
Gordon Belot, New York University, Gauging Out
COMMENTATOR and Chair: Tim Maudlin, Rutgers University
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