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Center Discussion Group
Meeting time: Friday afternoons (about every other week) from 1:30 to 3:00
Meeting place: Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science Conference Room, Heller Hall 737
The Center discussion group (CtrDG) reads and discusses works of mutual interest in the philosophy of science, broadly construed. We have a tradition of reading works of important authors and then having them visit to discuss their work with the discussion group. Recent CtrDG visitors have included John Dupré, Jim Woodward, Nancy Cartwright, and Bas van Fraassen each of whose work we read during a semester preceding their separate visits.
Colleagues from area schools and fields outside philosophy regularly participate in our discussions. We continue to seek new participants. All faculty from the University of Minnesota and area colleges and universities are welcome to attend whenever they would like (and without invitation). PhD students who have completed all but their dissertations are also welcome to attend. Other graduate students are included under special circumstances.
For further information contact Ken Waters (ckwaters@umn.edu). Electronic copies of readings can be obtained from Janet McKernan, Center Administrator (746 Heller Hall, 612-625-6635, mcps@umn.edu)
Topic for Spring 2008: Structural Realism
Tentative schedule for Spring 2008 (see this site for changes):
February 1: Maxwell, Grover (1972). Scientific methodology and the causal theory of perception. In H. Feigl, H. Sellars and K. Lehrer, eds., New Readings in Philosophical Analysis, pp.148–177. New York: Appleton-Century Crofts.
February 15: Worrall, John (1989). Structural realism: The best of both worlds? Dialectica 43: 99–124. reprinted in D. Papineau, ed., The Philosophy of Science, pp. 139–165. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
February 29: Ladyman, James (1998). What is structural realism? Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 29: 409–424.
April 11: Van Fraassen, B.C. (2006). Structure: Its shadow and substance. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 57: 275–307.
April 25: Hellman, Geoffrey (2005). Structuralism. In S. Shapiro, ed., The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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