[PhilPhys] Workshop Honoring James Woodward's Career

[Center for Philosophy of Science]

Subject: Workshop Honoring James Woodward's Career

The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh announces the upcoming workshop "Causation, Explanation, and Everything Else: Celebrating the Career of James F. Woodward". 

Dates: Friday November 4 - Saturday, November 5, 2022

The Center for the Philosophy of Science and Pitt HPS are organizing a workshop to celebrate the distinguished career of Professor James W. Woodward on November 4th and 5th, 2022. This is the weekend before PSA2022, also being held Pittsburgh. Jim Woodward was Professor at Cal Tech for many years and moved to Pittsburgh in 2010. He is the author of numerous papers and two books: Making Things Happen: A Theory of Causal Explanation, 2003 (OUP) which won the Lakatos Award in 2005. More recently he has published Causation with a Human Face: Normative Theory and Descriptive Psychology, 2021 (OUP). 

The workshop is open to all, and we invite you to join us in celebrating Jim's distinguished career. 

For more information and a registration link, please visit: https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/workshop-honoring-james-woodwards-career/  

Email pittcntr at pitt.edu with questions.