1982 PSA Program Source: PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association, Vol. 1982, Volume One: Contributed Papers (1982), pp. xi-xvii Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Philosophy of Science Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/192649 . Accessed: 19/06/2014 22:54 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. The University of Chicago Press and Philosophy of Science Association are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 129.2.19.100 on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:54:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions 1982 PSA PROGRAM FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 MORNING Symposium: High Energy Physics Speakers: James Cushing, Notre Dame Michael Redhead, Chelsea College, London Commentator: Paul Teller, Illinois-Chicago Circle Symposium: Philosophy of Social Science Speaker: Alexander Rosenberg, Syracuse Symposium: Discovery, Heuristics, and Artificial Intelligence Speakers: Bruce Buchanan, Stanford Lindley Darden, Maryland-College Park Commentator: Paul Thagard, Michigan-Dearborn Panel Discussion: Probabilistic Explanation Panelists: James Fetzer, South Florida-Sarasota Joseph Hanna, Michigan State Paul Humphreys, Virginia Program arrangements as of July 12, 1982 This content downloaded from 129.2.19.100 on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:54:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions AFTERNOON Colloquim I: Discovery, Rationality, and History of Science Speakers: Martin V. Curd, Purdue, "The Rationality of the Copernican Revolution" Noretta Koertge, Indiana, "Explaining Scientific Discovery' Stephen J. Wykstra, Tulsa, "Curried Lakatos" Symposium: Technology and Risk Assessment Speakers: David Bantz, Illinois-Urbana Douglas MacLean, Maryland Commentators: Stuart Leslie, Johns Hopkins Peter Railton, Michigan Panel Discussion: Recent Developments in Biology Panelists: Franciso Ayala, UC-Davis Alan Maxam, Harvard Stuart Kauffman, Pennsylvania Commentators: Marjorie Grene, Boston U. Elliott Sober, Wisconsin-Madison Symposium: Recent American and Continental Developments Speaker: Richard Bernstein, Haverford College Commentators: Charles Guignon, Texas-Austin Thomas MacCarthy, Boston U. Colloquium II. Causation Speakers: Daniel M. Hausman, Maryland-College Park, "Causal and Explanatory Asymmetry" Robert H. Ennis, Illinois-Urbana, "Mackie's Singular Causality and Linked Over- determination" A. David Kline, Iowa State, "The 'Estab- lished Maxim' and Causal Chains" xii This content downloaded from 129.2.19.100 on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:54:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions LATE AFTERNOON Presidential Address Ernan McMullin, Notre Dame EVENING Reception SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 MORNING Symposium: Einstein's Discovery of Special Relativity Speakers: Arthur 1. Miller, Harvard and Lowell John Earman, Minnesota Clark Glymour, Pittsburgh Robert Rynaciewicz, Pittsburgh Commentator: Kenneth Schaffner, Pittsburgh Symposium: Randomization in Statistical Inference and Experimental Design Speakers: Debabrata Basu, Florida State Dennis Lindley, Florida State Isaac Levi, Columbia Patrick Suppes, Stanford Symposium: Scientific Change and Evolutionary Biology Speaker: David Hull, Wisconsin-Milwaukee Commentator: Ernst Mayr, Harvard Aaron Snyder, Wisconsin-Parkside xiii This content downloaded from 129.2.19.100 on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:54:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Colloquium III: Scientific Realism and Observation Speakers: Patrick A. Heelap, SUNY-Stony Brook, "Hermeneutical Realism and Scientific Observation" Jarrett Leplin, N. Carolina-Greensboro, "The Historical Objection to Scientific Rea 1 ism" James Robert Brown, Toronto, "Realism, Miracles, and the CommonCause" Ronald Laymon, Ohio State, "Scientific Realism and the Hierarchical Counter- factual Path from Data to Theory Jon D. Ringen, Indiana-South Bend, "The Explanatory Import of Dispositions: A Defense of Scientific Realism" AFTERNOON Symposium: Inference in Perception Speaker: Irvin Rock, Rutgers Commentators: Patricia Smith Churchland, Manitoba Steven Stich, Maryland-College Park Invited Lecture: Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics Today Speaker: Howard Stein, Chicago Colloquium IV: Probability and Statistical Inference Speakers: Jan von Plato, Helsinki, "The Generalization of de Finetti's Representation Theorem to Stationary Probabilities" Deborah G. Mayo, Virginia Tech, "On After- Trial Criticisms of Neyman-Pearson Theory of Statistics'' Zeno G. Swijtink, Stanford, "A Bayesian Argu- ment in Favor of Randomization" Davis Baird, Arizona and Richard E. Otte, Arizona/Pittsburgh, "How to Committhe Gambler's Fallacy and Get Away With It" xlv This content downloaded from 129.2.19.100 on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:54:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Symposium: Technology and Scientific Change Co-sponsored by SHOT and 4S Speakers: Joseph Agassi, Boston and Tel Aviv Derek Price, Yale Nicholas Rescher, Pittsburgh Symposium: Language and Thought Speaker: Brian Loar, USC Commentators: Jerry Fodor, MIT Gilbert Harman, Princeton Symposium: Quantum Mechanics and Locality Speakers: Geoffrey Hellman, Indiana Itamar Pitowsky, Western Ontario Colloquium V: Measurement, Verisimilitude and Decision Speakers: Arnold Koslow, CUNY-Graduate School and Brooklyn College, "Quantity and Quality: Some Aspects of Measurement'" Ernest W. Adams, UC-Berkeley, "Approximate Generalizations and Their Idealization" Ilkka Niiniluoto, Helsinki, "Truthlikeness for Quantitative Statements" K.S. Shrader-Frechette, UC-Santa Barbara, "Economics, Risk-Cost-Benefit Analys is, and the Linearity Assumption" xv This content downloaded from 129.2.19.100 on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:54:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31 MORNING Symposium: Revolution and Reference Speaker: Thomas Kuhn, MIT Commentators: Mary Hesse, Cambridge Phil ip Ki tcher, Vermont Symposium: The Sure-Thing Principle Speakers: Richard Jeffrey, Princeton Edward McClennen, Washington Amos Tversky, Stanford Colloquium VI: Philosophy of Physics Speakers: Robert Weingard, Rutgers, "Do Virtual Particles Exist?" R.I.G. Hughes, Yale, "The Logic of Experimental Questions" Robert Alan Coleman and Herbert Korte, Regina, "The Status and Meaning of the Laws of Inertia" Colloquium VII: Tachyons, Temporal Becoming, and Thermo- dynamics Speakers: Steven F. Savitt, British Columbia, "Tachyon Signals, Causal Paradoxes, and the Relativity of Simultaneity" Paul Fitzgerald, CUNY-BaruchCollege, "Tem- porality, Secondary Qualities, and the Relativity of Simultaneity" John H. Harris, Otago, "The Apparent Incon- sistency of Moulines' Treatment of Equ i l i br i um Thermodynami cs" xvi This content downloaded from 129.2.19.100 on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:54:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions AFTERNOON Colloquium VIII: Levels of Explanation in Biology Speakers: Robert Brandon, Duke, "The Levels of Select ion" Robert C. Richardson, Cincinnati/Pittsburgh, "Grades of Organization and the Units of Selection Controversy' John Beatty, Arizona State, "The Insights and Oversights of Molecular Genetics: The Place of the Evolutionary Perspective" Carla E. Kary, Illinois-Chicago Circle, "Can Darwinian Inheritance Be Extended from Biology to Epistemology?" Colloquium IX: Philosophy of Science, Past and Future: Metaphor and Play Speakers: Steve Fuller, Pittsburgh, "Recovering Philosophy from Rorty" Richard Creath, Arizona State, "Was Carnap a Complete Verification ist in the Aufbau?" Eva Feder Kittay, SUNY-Stony Brook, "The Creation of Similarity: A Discussion of Metaphor in Light of Tversky's Theory of Similarity'' Michael Goldman, Miami, "Science and Play" xvii This content downloaded from 129.2.19.100 on Thu, 19 Jun 2014 22:54:18 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions.