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‘Theory and
Practice’
Fourth Joint Workshop on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science
Monday 1st June 2009,
12-6pm
Durham University,
Senate Chamber, Old Shire Hall, Old Elvet, Durham DH1
3HP
Sponsors
Durham University,
University College London, University of Leeds and University of Exeter and the
British Society for the Philosophy of Science.
Organisers
Dr Matthew D Eddy
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Dr Robin F Hendry
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Programme
1:00-2:00 Session I
(Exeter): Naturalism and Empirical
Philosophy
Dr Sabina Leonelli
‘Researching Contemporary Biology’
Dr Staffan Mueller-Wille
‘History and Experiment’
Mr Dan Nicholson
‘The Role of Scientific Knowledge in the Construction of Philosophical
Arguments: Interpretive vs. Critical Philosophy of
Science’
2:00-3:00 Session II
(UCL): Causation in Theory and in
Practice
Professor Donald Gillies
‘Action-Related Causality and Koch's
Postulates’
Dr Brendan Clarke
‘Agency and Manipulability Causation: What’s the Difference in
Practice?’
Dr Chiara Ambrosio
‘From Causation to Representation: A Pragmatic
Suggestion’
3:00-3:30 Tea &
coffee
3:30-4:30 Session III
(Leeds): Relationships between Theory and
Practice
Dr Jon Hodge
‘Theorising and other Bodily Practices in Darwin's 1835 Change of Mind
about the Causes of Species Extinctions’
Mr Chris Baxfield
‘Observing Chaos or Theorizing Balance? The Role of Providence in
Eighteenth-Century Natural Philosophy’
Ms Maria Kon
‘Time’s
Role in Physics: A Critique of the Relation Between Metaphysical Theory and
Scientific Practice’
Mr Pete Vickers
‘The Concept of a Theory’
4:30-5:30
Session IV (Durham): Theory &
Practice: Tensions in HPS
Mr Daniel Becker
‘Disease Causation: Tensions between Expertise and Clinical
Judgement’
Dr M D Eddy
‘Commonplace Problems: Note-taking as Classification in Systematic
Natural History’
Dr R F Hendry
‘Reflections on Theory and Practice in the History and Philosophy of
Chemistry’
Mr Ian Kidd
‘Rethinking Epistemological Dadaism: Feyerabend on Theory and Practice in
Art and Science’
6:00
Dinner for those still in town
Attendance is open, but
if you would like to attend please inform the
organisers.
Registration fee
(covering lunch, tea and coffee): £10, payable on the
day.