University of Pittsburgh      and     Carnegie Mellon University
 

Fourth Annual Pittsburgh

Philosophy Graduate Student Conference
 
 

March 16-17, 2002


Schedule of Events




Saturday, March 16, 2002


All events today take place at William Pitt Union, Dining Room B.


Time
Event
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee and continental breakfast
10:30 - 12:30
Keynote Talk:
Prof. Arthur Fine, University of Washington:
Some Philosophical Interpretations of Science
12:00 - 2:00
Lunch break
2:00 - 2:50
Chris Wüthrich, University of Pittsburgh: 
"No-go Theorems for Time Machines in Classical General Relativity"
Commentator: Chris Smeenk, University of Pittsburgh
2:50 - 3:40
Tomasz Bigaj, University of Michigan: 
"A Spatiotemporal Approach to Counterfactuals in Quantum Mechanics"
Commentator: Sam Floyd, University of Pittsburgh
3:40 - 4:30
Walter Dean, Rutgers University: 
"Models and Recursivity"
Commentator: Orlin Vakarelov, Carnegie Mellon University
4:30 - 4:50
Break: Coffee and snacks
4:50 - 5:40
Clinton Tolley, University of Chicago: 
"Austin at Work"
Commentator: Ben Laurence, University of Pittsburgh
5:40 - 6:30
Ramona Ilea, University of Minnesota: 
"Parmenides' Two Routes of Inquiry: Reassembling the Jigsaw Puzzle"
Commentator: Keith Douglas, Carnegie Mellon University
 
Break for dinner

Reception
Off-campus
(8:00-10:00pm, for more information please ask at the conference)


Sunday, March 17, 2001
St. Patrick's Day


All events today take place at William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Room


Time
Event
9:30 - 10:00
Coffee and continental breakfast
10:00 - 10:50
Eleonora Cresto, Columbia University: 
"Modeling Conceptual Changes of Belief"
Commentator: Graham Hubbs, University of Pittsburgh
10:50 - 11:40
Chris Lepock, University of Alberta: 
"Adaptability and Perspective"
Commentator: Susanna Schellenberg, University of Pittsburgh
11:40 - 12:30
Jukka Keranen, University of Pittsburgh: 
"Between Equilibria"
Commentator: Erik Angner, University of Pittsburgh


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