The British Society for the Philosophy of Science Annual Conference 2011

Programme

Thursday 7th July

900 -1200  - Registration, Fulton building foyer

900-930 - Refreshments, Fulton building social space

930-1130 - Plenary session on Climate Change: Wendy Parker (Ohio) When Climate Models Agree: The significance of robust model predictions and Roman Frigg (LSE) Climate Forecasting with Chaos, or Chaos in Climate Forecasting? (Fulton Lecture theatre A)

1130-1200 - Refreshments, Fulton building social space

1200-1300 - Contributed papers (Fulton seminar rooms)

1300-1400  - Lunch, Restaurant, Level 1, Bramber House

1400-1530  - Contributed papers  (Fulton seminar rooms)

1530-1600 - Refreshments, Fulton building social space

1600-1730 -  Contributed papers (Fulton seminar rooms)

1745-1915 - Plenary session: Peter Gärdenfors (Lund) Theory Change as Dimensional Change: Conceptual Spaces Applied to the Dynamics of Empirical Theories. Respondent: Angelo Cei (Leeds). (Fulton Lecture Theatre A)

1915- Drinks reception, sponsored by Oxford University Press. Restaurant, Level 1, Bramber House

2000 - Dinner, Restaurant, Level 1, Bramber House

2000-200 - Bar, Level 1, Bramber House

 

 Friday 8th July

 900-1030 -  Contributed papers  (Fulton seminar rooms)

1030-1045 - Refreshments, Fulton building social space

1045-1215 - Contributed papers (Fulton seminar rooms)

1215 -1300 BSPS AGM (Fulton Lecture Theatre A)

1300-1400 - Lunch, Restaurant, Level 1, Bramber House

1400-1600 -  Plenary session on Ceteris Paribus Clauses: Michael Strevens (NYU) Ceteris Paribus Hedges: Causal Voodoo That Works and Gerhard Schurz (Dusseldorf) Comparative Versus Exclusive Ceteris Paribus Laws: Content and Testability. (Fulton Lecture Theatre A)

Conference end.