CONFERENCE ON_

Friday, April 11, 7:30-10PM

Symposium: Philosophical Theories of Evidence
John Norton, History and Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh
Frederick Kronz, Philosophy, University of Texas, Austin
Peter Achinstein, Philosophy, Johns Hopkins

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Saturday, April 12, 9AM-12:30PM

The Tracking View of Scientific Evidence
Sherri Roush, Philosophy, Rice University

Wishful Retroduction and Inference to a Better Explanation
Steven Gimbel, Philosophy, Gettysburg College

Induction as Severe Testing
Deborah Mayo, Philosophy, VPI

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Saturday, April 12, 2-5:30PM

Evidence for Transmutation in 17th Century Alchemy
Lawrence Principe, History of Science, Chemistry, Johns Hopkins

Evidence in Renaissance Astrology
Steven vanden Broecke, History of Science, Johns Hopkins

Will Genomics do more for Metaphysics than Locke?
Alex Rosenberg, Philosophy, Duke

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Saturday evening, April 12, 6:30PM

Reception at Renaissance Horse Farm

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Sunday, April 13, 9AM-12:30PM

Is Domestic Breeding Evidence for or against Darwinian Evolution?
Richard Richards, Philosophy, University of Alabama

X and Y: Evidence for the Genetic Basis of Sex
Sharon Kingsland, History of Science, Johns Hopkins

Issues in Evidence in Contemporary Particle Physics
Adam Falk, Physics, Vice Dean, Johns Hopkins

Agency and Objectivity in the Search for the Top Quark
Kent Staley, Philosophy, St. Louis University

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