International Workshop on Scientific Realism - April 27, 2012
The CEFISES (Center for Philosophy of Science and Society) organizes an international workshop on "Scientific Realism"; Wednesday, April 27th 2012. Speakers: Mario Alai (Urbino), Alexander Bird (Bristol), Mauro Dorato (Rome), Michael Esfeld (Lausanne), Bernard Feltz (Louvain-la-Neuve), Michel Ghins (Louvain-la-Neuve), Michele Marsonet (Genova), Howard Sankey (Melbourne).
Program:
Morning
8:30 Registration
9:00 Opening
9:15 Michel GHINS (Louvain-la-Neuve) Scientific Realism: Between Naturalism and Metaphysics
10:00 Howard SANKEY (Melbourne) Science, Common Sense and Reality
10:45 Coffee break
11:30 Mauro DORATO (Rome III)Why Entity Realism Implies Theory Realism
12:15 Mario ALAI (Urbino) What is Novelty, and why it Matters to Realism
1:00 Lunch break
Afternoon
2:30 Bernard FELTZ (Louvain-la-Neuve) Questioning Realism in the Theories of Evolution
3:15 Michele MARSONET (Genova) Can Metaphysical Realism be Defended?
4:00 Coffee break
4:45 Alexander BIRD (Bristol) A Metaphysics of Powers for Scientific Realism
5:30 Michael ESFELD (Lausanne) Is Structural Realism a Scientific Realism?
6:15 Closing
