GVIII-G. Society for the Metaphysics of Science, Session 1
Thursday, April 1, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Topic: Decomposing the Mind: From Functional Analysis to Mechanistic Explanation
Chair: Cory Wright (California State University–Long Beach)
Speakers: David M. Kaplan (Washington University in St. Louis)
“Decomposition, Description, and Explanation in Visual Neuroscience”
Gualtiero Piccinini (University of Missouri–St. Louis)
“Functional Analyses as Mechanism Sketches”
Mark B. Couch (Seton Hall University)
“Mechanisms and Explanatory Relevance”
Daniel Weiskopf (Georgia State University)
“Mechanisms and Models in Psychological Explanation”
Carrie Figdor (University of Iowa)
“What Is a Piece of Mind?”
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GXI-L. Society for the Metaphysics of Science, Session 2
Friday, April 2, 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Topic: The Role of Abstraction in Causal-Mechanical Explanation
Chair: Gualtiero Piccinini (University of Missouri–St. Louis)
Speakers: Stuart Glennan (Butler University)
“Building and Explaining Mechanisms: Some Lessons on the Role of Abstraction”
James Tabery (University of Utah)
“Mechanisms and Difference Mechanisms”
Cory Wright (California State University–Long Beach)
“The Role of Abstraction in Generalizations about Mechanistic Phenomena”
Michael Strevens (New York University)
“Toward a Quantitative Theory of Idealization”
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