» "Is Philosophy Useful for Science, and/or Vice Versa?"

In celebration of the first year of the Doctor of Science program in Mathematics, Philosophy and Physics (MPP) at Chapman University, Schmid College of Science and Technology and the MPP program organize a conference on the utility of philosophy for the sciences on January 30 - February 2, 2024 in Beckman Hall 401 at Chapman University.

The conference is co-organized by Marco Panza, Thomas Pradeu, and Michael Ibba.

Speakers include world-renowned researchers in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Philosophy of Science, and Biology.

Conference Program

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8 - 9:00 a.m.	Coffee and Breakfast in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
9 - 9:45 a.m.	Michael Ibba, Marco Panza, Thomas Pradeu, and Daniele Struppa (Chapman University) "Why to Wonder about the Utility of Philosophy for Science, and why to do it at Chapman"
10 - 11:15 a.m.	Robert Batterman (University of Pittsburgh) "Methodology, Models, and Mathematics"
11:15 - 11:45 a.m.	Coffee Break in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Evan Patterson (Topos Institute) "Toward Formalizing Scientific Theories and Models using Categorical Logic"
1 - 2 p.m.	Lunch in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby and Patio
2 - 3:15 p.m.	James Owen Weatherall (University of California, Irvine) "Why Physics Needs Philosophers (and Philosophy Departments)"
3:15 - 4:30 p.m.	Jean-Michel Salanskis (University of Paris X Nanterre) "Usefulness and Fruitfulness"
4:30 - 4:45 p.m.	Coffee Break in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
4:45 - 6 p.m.	Kelvin McQueen (Chapman University) "Adversarial Collaborations with Scientists and Philosophers"
6 p.m.	Dinner at Citrus City Grille 122 N. Glassell Street, Orange, CA 92866

8 - 8:30 a.m.	Coffee and Breakfast in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
8:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Karine Chemla (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) "The Entanglement of Philosophical and Mathematical Reflections in Poncelet's Introduction of Ideal Elements in Mathematics (1815-1822)"
9:45 - 11 a.m.	Hugh Woodin (Harvard University) "Mathematical Truth and the Necessity of the Infinite"
11 - 11:15 a.m.	Coffee Break in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Damian Rössler (University of Oxford) "Is Philosophy Useful for Mathematics and/or Vice Versa?"
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby and Patio
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Uri Maoz (Chapman University) "Interaction between Neuroscience and Philosophy in the Scientific Study of the Problem of Free Will"
2:45 - 4 p.m.	Michael Shulman (University of San Diego) "From HoTT to H.O.T.T."
4 - 4:15 p.m.	Coffee Break in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
4:15 - 5:30 p.m.	Aaron Schurger (Chapman University) "Philosophy and Neuroscience in the Study of Conscious Perception"
6 p.m.	Conference Dinner and Special Announcement hosted by President Daniele Struppa Location: Fish Interfaith Center

8:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Coffee and Breakfast in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
9:45 - 11 a.m.	Margaret McFall-Ngai (California Institute of Technology) "The Consequences of Living in a Microbial World"
11 - 11:15 a.m.	Coffee Break in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Rob Knight (University of California, San Diego) "The Human Microbiome and its Implications for Philosophy"
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby and Patio
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Ralph Adolphs (California Institute of Technology) "The Essential Role of Philosophy in Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology"
2:45 - 4 p.m.	Douglas Fudge (Chapman University) "Critical and Persuasive Predictions in Experimental Biology"
4 - 4:15 p.m.	Coffee Break in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
4:15 - 5:30 p.m.	Alan Love (University of Minnesota) "The Biological Trait Concept and Character Identity Mechanisms"
6 p.m.	Dinner at O SEA 109 S Glassell St, Orange, CA 92866

8 - 8:30 a.m.	Coffee and Breakfast in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
8:30 - 9:45 a.m.	Thomas Ryckman (Stanford University) "Hermann Weyl and the Transcendental Phenomenological Roots of Gauge Invariance"
9:45 - 11 a.m.	John Norton (University of Pittsburgh) "Philosophy in Einstein's Discovery of Special Relatively"
11 - 11:15 a.m.	Coffee Break in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Matthew Leifer (Chapman University) "On the Utility of Philosophy in Quantum Mechanics"
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby and Patio
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Deborah Mayo (Virginia Tech) "The Importance of Philosophy of Science for Statistical Science and Vice Versa"
2:45 - 4 p.m.	Catherine Herfeld (Leibniz Universität Hannover) "Is Science Useful for Philosophy? The Case of Studying Model Transfer"
4 - 4:15 p.m.	Coffee Break in Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby
4:15 - 5:30 p.m.	Kino Zhao (Simon Fraser University) "What are Statistical Modeling Assumptions About? An Answer from Perspectival Pluralism"
5:30 - 6:45 p.m.	Eric Schliesser (University of Amsterdam) "Synthetic Philosophy: A Restatement"
7 p.m.	Apéritif dînatoire with Champagne Beckman Hall 4th Floor Lobby and Patio

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