2000 HSS/PSA Program 1 - History of Science Society

PSA 2000 Program
Saturday, 4 November
1:30 p.m.—3:10 p.m.
Saturday, 4 November
Bayesian Methodology II (Contributed Papers)
(Seymour)
Branden Fitelson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, A Bayesian Account of
Independent Evidence With Applications
Daniel Steel, University of Pittsburgh, Bayesian Statistics in Radiocarbon Calibration
Michael␣ B. Kruse, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Are
There Bayesian Success Stories? The Case of the Raven’s Paradox
CHAIR: Christopher Hitchcock, California Institute of Technology
Science, Evidence, and Evidence-Based Medicine (Symposium)
(Stanley)
Brian Haynes, McMaster University, What Kind of Evidence is it that
Evidence-Based Medicine Advocates Want Patients, Practitioners, Policy
Makers and the Public to Pay Attention To?
John Worrall, London School of Economics, What Evidence in Evidence-
Based Medicine? (Extended outline)
Kenneth Schaffner, George Washington University, The Implications of EBM
for Disunity of Science Philosophy of Science
CHAIR: Clark Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University
Reduction, Emergence, and Metaphysics (Contributed Papers)
(Lord Byron)
Christopher Eliot, University of Minnesota, A Field Guide to Reductionism in Ecology
Bryon Cunningham, Emory University, The Reemergence of ‘Emergence’
Sergio Sismondo, Queen’s University and Nicholas Chrisman, University of
Washington, Deflationary Metaphysics and the Natures of Maps
CHAIR: Jane Duran, University of California, Santa Barbara
Individual and Group-Level Cognition (Contributed Papers)
(Oxford Room)
Wayne Christensen, University of Newcastle and C.␣ A. Hooker, University
of Newcastle, Self-Directed Anticipative Learning Processes in Science
Robert␣ A. Wilson, University of Alberta, Group-Level Cognition
CHAIR: Mathias Frisch, Northwestern University
Quantum Mechanics, Relativity, and Field Theory (Contributed Papers)
(Cypress)
Holger Lyre, Ruhr, Universitat Bochum, The Principles of Gauging
Wayne␣ C. Myrvold, University of Western Ontario, Einstein’s Untimely Burial
Frederick␣ M. Kronz, University of Texas, Austin, Philosophical Aspects of
Algebraic Quantum Theory
CHAIR: Robert Bishop, IGPP, Freiburg, Germany
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