The Robert and Sarah Boote Conference in Reductionism and Anti-Reductionism in Physics

[brian hepburn]

The Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, will
hold a workshop on April 22-23, 2006, on the problem of reductionism and
anti-reductionism in physics and invites all interested philosophers of
physics to attend.

For updates and the present schedule see the Boote Conference link at
http://www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/ or below.

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The Robert and Sarah Boote Conference in Reductionism and
Anti-Reductionism in Physics
22-23 April 2006
Center for Philosophy of Science
817R Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh

Limited travel support available for qualified graduate students.

Saturday, 22 April 2006

9:30 Continental Breakfast

Morning Session: Reduction

10:00 Reduction and Renormalization
Robert Batterman, University of Western Ontario

11:15 Coffee Break

11:45 The Gibbs Paradox
Jos Uffink, Utrecht University

1:00 Lunchbreak

Afternoon Session: Emergence

2:30 Making Complexity: From Splashes to Intelligent Design
Leo Kadanoff, University of Chicago

3:45 Coffee Break

4:15 Varieties of Explanatory Autonomy
Lawrence Sklar, University of Michigan


Sunday, 23 April 2006

9:30 Continental Breakfast

10:00 Round Table Discussion
Chuang Liu, University of Florida
Margaret Morrison, University of Toronto
Mark Wilson, University of Pittsburgh
and the speakers.

We wish to acknowledge the generosity of
Robert and Sarah Boote
for their sponsorship of this conference.

Committee:
Gordon Belot, University of Pittsburgh, Chair
Robert Batterman, University of Western Ontario
John D. Norton, University of Pittsburgh

For more information contact:
Joyce McDonald
pittcntr at pitt.edu
412-624-1052
or
Brian Hepburn
brh15 at pitt.edu
412-624-0905


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