domingo, 12 de fevereiro de 2012

LAWS & CHANCES (DFG Research Group Causation | Laws | Dispositions | Explanation)

Workshop in Cologne
March 5, 2012



SPEAKERS

Claus Beisbart (University of Dortmund)
Barry Loewer (Rutgers University)
Alexander Reutlinger (University of Cologne)
John T. Roberts (University of North Carolina)
Markus Schrenk (University of Cologne)

TALKS
Loewer: "Two Accounts of Laws and Time"
Schrenk: "Do Better Best Systems Accounts deliver the Metaphysics, Epistemology or Pragmatics of Laws?
Beisbart: "Big or Bug? A Skeptical Guide to Humean Chances"
Reutlinger: "Ceteris Paribus Law = Statistical Law?"
Roberts: "Counterfactuals, Norms, and Natural Modality"

REGISTRATION
Please register by sending an email to Arno Göbel: arno.goebel@gmx.de. We can offer only a limited number of places. The Deadline for registration is February 26, 2012.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the organizer:
Alexander.Reutlinger@uni-koeln.de

FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE RESEARCH GROUP
http://www.clde.uni-koeln.de/