2000 HSS/PSA Program 1 - History of Science Society

Saturday, 4 November
Deconstructing and/or Reconstructing the Gene:
Theoretical and Practical Implications (Symposium)
(Grouse)
David Magnus, University of Pennsylvania, Conceptual Ambiguities in the
Concept of a Gene
C.␣ Kenneth Waters, University of Minnesota, The Gene-Centered Point of View
Lenny Moss, University of Notre Dame, Is it Gene-P or Gene-D? That is the Question
COMMENTATOR: Peter Godfrey-Smith, Stanford University
CHAIR: Stephen␣ M. Downes, University of Utah
Saturday, 4 November
3:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m.
PSA 2000 Program
Quantum Gravity (Contributed Papers)
(Cypress)
James Mattingly, Indiana University, Singularities and Scalar Fields. Matter
Theory and General Relativity
Craig Callender, London School of Economics and Nick Huggett, University
of Illinois, Chicago, Why Quantize Gravity (Or Any Other Field For That Matter)?
Peter Bokulich, University of Notre Dame, Black Hole Remnants and Classical
vs. Quantum Gravity
Erik Curiel, Stanford University, Against the Excesses of Quantum Gravity:
A Plea for Modesty
CHAIR: John␣ D. Norton, University of Pittsburgh
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Formal Learning Theory in the Philosophy of Science (Symposium)
(Balmoral)
Daniel Osherson, Rice University and Eric Martin, University of New South
Wales, Scientific Discovery from the Perspective of Hypothesis Acceptance
Kevin␣ T. Kelly, Carnegie Mellon University, Revolution, Revision, Regress,
and Reliability
Oliver Schulte, University of Alberta, Inferring Conservation Principles in
Particle Physics: A Case Study in Reliable and Efficient Inquiry
CHAIR: Clark Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University
Mechanism: Explanation, Discovery, and Experimentation (Symposium)
(Grouse)
Stuart Glennan, Butler University, Rethinking Mechanistic Explanation”
Lindley Darden, University of Maryland, College Park, Strategies for
Discovering Mechanisms”
Sylvia Culp, Western Michigan University, Evaluating the Use of Experiments
in Constructing and Testing Mechanism Schemata”
COMMENTATOR: Jim Woodward, California Institute of Technology,
Mechanisms and Causality
CHAIR: Noretta Koertge, Indiana University
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