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ALS: E. Schechter

Online Lecture

Elizabeth Schechter Indiana University, Department of Philosophy and the Cognitive Science Program Self-Consciousness After Split-Brain Surgery ABSTRACT:  In this talk, I first argue that the two hemispheres of a split-brain subject are associated with distinct conscious thinkers and, indeed, distinct thinkers of self-conscious thoughts, R and L. I then argue that the dynamics of self-conscious […]

ALS: S. Ruphy

Online Lecture

Stéphanie Ruphy Ecole Normale Supérieure - Université PSL Science Policies and the Unpredictability of Scientific Inquiry This talk will be online via Zoom and pre-registration is required. Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HfaWE2RyQieV1M7pvqg0Gw   ABSTRACT:  What is the appropriate mode of setting the research agenda? The autonomy of science as regards the choice of its priorities is often defended […]

ALS: M. Haber

Online Lecture

Matt Haber University of Utah, Department of Philosophy The Species Problem Problem and the No Solution Solution This talk will be online via Zoom and pre-registration is required. Register here:  https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_REvgdYgITVSuQ0uSG-hPCw   ABSTRACT:  I propose that the species problem is a genuinely skeptical problem.  That is just to say that no single answer will resolve […]

ALS: L. Vesterlund

Online Lecture

CANCELLED Lise Vesterlund University of Pittsburgh, Department of Economics Gender Differences in Task Allocations: Competition and Volunteering This talk will be online via Zoom and pre-registration is required. Register here:  https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kcq3bIaqTuaTtLgQE7rQ4A ABSTRACT:  Women and men are shown to hold different work assignments, with women spending less time on work that advances their careers (promotable work) […]

ALS: J. Ioannidis

Online Lecture

John Ioannidis Stanford University Reproducible and Useful Research: Changing Research Practices ABSTRACT: Multiple lines of evidence suggest that a substantial segment of published research yields results that are not credible and that among the results that are credible a large share are not useful. The lecture will assess the scope of this evidence, it will […]

ALS: E. Landry

Online Lecture

Elaine Landry University of California, Davis, Department of Philosophy As-ifism: Mathematics and Method without Metaphysics Zoom webinar.  Pre-registration is required.  Please register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iYWEBu-gRMCVQwzUtfYIDg ABSTRACT: I aim to carve out an as-if interpretation of mathematical structuralism by disentangling methodological considerations from metaphysical ones. I begin first with Plato and draw important lessons from his account […]

ALS: M. Massimi

Online Lecture

Adolf Grünbaum 2021 Memorial Lecture Michela Massimi The University of Edinburgh, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Natural Kinds on Neurath’s Boat This talk will be held as a Zoom webinar.  Pre-registration ins required.  Please register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_28l1C2NRRkGqi8Hbxhwsjw ABSTRACT:  In this 2021 Adolf Grünbaum Memorial Lecture, I present a perspectival realist view on natural […]