| Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference |
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Explanation
and Causation |
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May
2-4, 2003 |
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= Conference Program =
Friday,
May 2, 2003
Compton Union Building, Washington State University
Registration:
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Paper
Group I: 9:00 – 11:30 am
Session
A CUB
123 Chair:
Harry Silverstein, Washington State University
9:00
– 10:10 am
Open
10:20
– 11:30 am
Alfred
Mele, Florida State University
“Decisions,
Intentions, Urges, and Free Will: Why Libet Has Not Shown What He Says He Has”
Session
B CUB
127 Chair:
Daniel Holbrook, Washington State University
9:00
– 10:10 am
Vincenzo
Crupi, London School of Economics
“The
Sink and the Murder Scene: Rise and Fall of a
Causal Model in Contemporary Medicine”
Commentator:
Franz-Peter Griesmaier, University of Wyoming
10:20
– 11:30 am
James
G. Edwards, Shippensburg University
“Ad
Hoc-ness, Conventions, Social Constructs, and Artifacts”
Commentator:
Kelly Dean Jolley, Auburn University
Session
C CUB
212 Chair: Elizabeth
Brake, University of Calgary
9:00
– 10:10 am
Janet
D. Stemwedel, San José State University
“Common
Sense Meets Science: Scientific Influences on Everyday Causal Talk”
Commentator: Glen Cosby, Spokane Community College
10:20
– 11:30 am
Michael
Watkins, Auburn University
“Cognitive
Complexity and Epistemic Simplicity: On Directly Perceiving Causal Events”
Commentator:
Rob Epperson, University of Calgary
Session
D CUB
214-16 Chair:
Joseph Pergola, Washington State University
9:00
– 10:10 am
Open
10:20
– 11:30 am
Marki
Stewart, Washington State University
"The
Judge: Classical Author or Paperback Writer? Dworkin's Judicial Interpretation
and the Affirmative Action Cases"
Commentator:
Brent Nichols, Washington State University
Lunch
Break: 11:30 am – 1:00pm
Paper
Group II: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Session
A CUB
123 Chair: Michael O'Rourke, University of Idaho
1:00
– 2:10 pm
Bruce
Glymour, Kansas State University
"In
Defense of Explanatory Deductivism"
2:20
– 3:30 pm
John
Carroll, North Carolina State University
“What
are the Pragmatics of Explanation?”
Commentator:
Sarah McGrath, Holy Cross
Session
B CUB
127 Chair: Ann Levey,
University of Calgary
1:00
– 2:10 pm
Cei
Maslen, The Florida State University
“Degrees
of Influence and the Problem of Preemption”
Commentator:
Elizabeth Harman, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
2:20
– 3:30 pm
Dorit
Ganson, Oberlin College
“Van
Fraassen’s Dutch Book Argument Against Explanationism”
Commentator:
Brad Armendt, Arizona State University
Session
C CUB
212 Chair:
Larry Gibson, Washington State University
1:00
– 2:10 pm
J.S.
McIntosh, The University of Western Ontario
“Function,
Malfunction, and Intentional Explanation”
Commentator:
David Shier, Washington State University
2:20
– 3:30 pm
Jeroen
de Ridder, Delft University of Technology
“Functional
Explanation for Technical Artifacts”
Commentator:
Janet D. Stemwedel, San José State University
Paper
Group III: 1: 3:40 – 4:50 pm
Session
A CUB
123 Chair:
Michael O’Rourke, University of Idaho
3:40
– 4:50 pm
Michael
Strevens, Stanford
University
“Mackie
Remastered”
Commentator:
Martin Jones, Oberlin College
3:40
– 4:50 pm
Giuseppina
D’Oro, University of Keele
“Collingwood’s
Solution to the Problem of Mind-Body Dualism”
Commentator:
Michael Neville, Washington State University
Session
C CUB
212 Chair: Kurt Torell, Roger
William University
3:40
– 4:50 pm
Jing
Zhu, University of Waterloo
“Mental
Action and Causalism”
Commentator:
Noa Latham, University of Calgary
Dinner
Break: 4:50 – 7:30 pm University Inn,
Moscow, Idaho
Public
Forum: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
“Explain
Yourself!”
Steve
Austad, University of Idaho, Biology
Steve
Kale, Washington State University, History
Nicole
Werner, Washington State University, Psychology
Ronald
Wilburn, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Philosophy
Silver/Gold
Rooms, University Inn, Moscow, Idaho
Saturday,
May 3, 2003
Compton Union Building, Washington State University
Registration:
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Continental Breakfast: 8:00 am – 10:00 am
CUB 123-5
Paper
Group IV: 9:00 – 11:30 am
Session
A CUB
123 Chair: Ray Dacey, University of Idaho
9:00
– 10:10 am
Clark
Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University
"Actual
Causes and Thought Experiments"
10:20
– 11:30 am
Patricia
Cheng, University of California, Los Angeles
"Assessing
Interactive Causal Influence: A Psychological Theory"
Session
B CUB
127 Chair: Michael Myers,
Washington State University
9:00
– 10:10 am
Alexander
R. Pruss, Georgetown University
“Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit: Arguments New and Old for the Principle of
Sufficient Reason”
Commentator:
Mark Tschaepe, Gonzaga University
10:20
– 11:30 am
David
Boersema, Pacific University
“Hypothesis
and Regularity: Peirce on Explanation”
Commentator:
W. Russ Payne, University of California, Davis
Session
C CUB
214-16 Chair: Kurt Torell, Roger William
University
9:00
– 10:10 am
Thomas
Gardner, Muhlenberg College
“Supervenience
Physicalism: Meeting the Demands of Determination and Explanation”
Commentator:
Todd Jones, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
10:20
– 11:30 am
Larry
W. Colter, University of Evansville
“Causation
and Explanation in a Physicalist Philosophy of Mind”
Commentator:
Rick DeWitt, Fairfield University
Lunch:
11:30 am – 1:00 pm CUB 123-5
Paper
Group V: 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Session
A CUB
123 Chair: Gregory E. Roth,
Community Colleges of Spokane
1:00
– 2:10 pm
Mark
Bedau and Tim Doyle, Reed College
“The
Explanatory and Ontological Autonomy of Weak Emergence”
2:20
– 3:30 pm
Steve
Downes, University of Utah
"Is
There any Hope for a Unified Account of the Biological Causes of Human Behavior?
Session
B CUB
127 Chair: Joseph Keim
Campbell, Washington State University
1:00
– 2:10 pm
Russell
Wahl, Idaho State University
“Occasional
Causes”
Commentator:
Jeffrey Dippmann, Central Washington University
2:20
– 3:30 pm
Rebecca
Copenhaver, Lewis and Clark College
“Reid
on Causation and Explanation in the Philosophy of Mind”
Commentator:
Marion Ledwig, University of Haifa
Session
C CUB
214-16 Chair:
Catharine P. Roth, Community Colleges of Spokane
1:00
– 2:10 pm
Till
Grüne, London School of Economics
“Why Don’t You
Want to be Rich?—Interpreting Preferences on the Basis of Causal
Structure”
Commentator:
Ken Himma, University of Washington
2:20
– 3:30 pm
W.
Russ Payne, University of California, Davis
“Supporting
Causal Counterfactuals with Properties”
Special
Session: 3:40 – 5:30 pm CUB 212 Chair:
Harry Silverstein, Washington State University
"The
Explanation of Action: Causalism or Noncausalism?"
Alfred
Mele, Florida State University
Scott
R. Sehon, Bowdoin College
Sergio
Tenenbaum, University of Toronto
Dinner:
6:00 – 7:30 pm University of Idaho
Commons, Whitewater/Clearwater Rooms
Keynote
Address: 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Nancy
Cartwright, London School of Economics
“Causation
and Uncertainty: Using Economic Models for Prediction”
UI
Law School Courtroom
Sunday,
May 4, 2003
University of Idaho Commons
Continental
Breakfast: 8:00 – 10:00 am Whitewater/Clearwater
Room, UI Commons
Group
VI: 9:00 – 11:30
Session
A Crest
Room Chair:
Joseph Keim Campbell, Washington State University
9:00
– 10:10 am
Christopher
Hitchcock, California Institute of Technology
"What's
Wrong with Neuron Diagrams?"
10:20
– 11:30 am
L.A.
Paul, University of Arizona
"Reductive
Essentialism: Rejecting a Layered World"
Session
B
Horizon Room Chair:
George Knight, Boise State University
9:00
– 10:10 am
Franz-Peter
Griesmaier, University of Wyoming
“Explanatoriness
and Causality”
Commentator:
Larry W. Colter, University of Evansville
10:20
– 11:30 am
Andrea
I. Woody, University of Washington
“Telltale
Signs: What Attention to Representation Reveals about Scientific Explanation”
Commentator:
Stephen James Crowley, Indiana University
Session
C
Aurora Room Chair: Harry
Silverstein, Washington State University
9:00
– 10:10 am
P.D.
Magnus and Jonathan Cohen, UC-San Diego
“Williamson
on Knowledge and Psychological Explanation”
Commentator: Stephen
Crowley, Indiana University
10:20
– 11:30 am
Erik
Weber and Robrecht
Vanderbeeken, Universiteit Gent
“The
Functions of Folk-Psychological Explanation of Action”
Commentator:
Larry Fike, Yakima Community College
Closing
Workshop: 11:40 am – 1:00 pm
Patrick
Suppes, Stanford University
“Compatibility
of Causes and Computations”
Whitewater
Room, UI Commons