Annual Lecture Series (in-person)
Lunchtime Talks (in-person)
Conferences (in-person)
Online-Only Events
Relevance and its Problems Nicholas Rescher U. Pittsburgh, Philosophy Abstract: Relevance to significant questions is one of the main evaluative factors with respect to scientific findings, along with originality and reproducibility. The talk will elucidate some aspects of how this conception actually works.
Abductive Epistemic Engineering Christian Feldbacher-Escamilla, Center Visiting Fellow U. Duesseldorf Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (DCLPS) Abstract: We investigate virtues of creative abductive concept formation (cf. Schurz 2008) and their application in epistemic engineering (cf. Brun 2017, Cappelen 2018). It will be shown that abductive virtues allow for an explication of traditional conditions […]
Cheating, Deceiving, and Corruption. Reshaping the Empirical Data Paola Hernández-Chávez, Center Visiting Fellow U. Juárez del Estado de Durango, Cognitive Sci. Research Ctr. Abstract: Characterizations of corruption convolute in conceptualizing it as a violation of a social norm in order to obtain a particular benefit, as in political corruption, defined as the use of public […]
DAY 1: Mellon Institute, Room 348, CMU, 4400 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15213 DAY 2: Cathedral of Learning, Room 1008, U. of Pitt, 4200 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15213 Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Danielle Bassett (University of Pennsylvania, Department of Bioengineering) Sarah Robins (University of Kansas, Department of Philosophy) Carl Craver (Washington University in St. […]
The American Reception of Logical Positivism Sander Verhaegh, Center Visiting Fellow Tilburg U. ABSTRACT: In the late-1930s, a small number of European logicians and philosophers of science sought refuge in the United States, escaping the quickly deteriorating political situation on the continent. Within a few years, these logical positivists significantly reshaped the American philosophical landscape. […]