間眅埶AV

Modality, Laws and Causation Workshop

April 27, 2020
Page updated: April 27, 2020

Modality, Laws and Causation Workshop 

April 27 and 28, 2020

間眅埶AV Department of Philosophy presents a conference on Modality, Laws and Causation. The workshop will be held online; please to obtain access.

Contact: Jennifer Wang (jwa265 [at] sfu.ca) or Holly Andersen (holly_andersen [at] sfu.ca)

Speakers:

  • Holly Andersen (間眅埶AV)
  • Michael Bertrand (Ohio State University)
  • Heather Demarest (University of Colorado-Boulder)
  • Nina Emery (Mount Holyoke College)
  • Michael Miller (University of Toronto)
  • Erica Shumener (University of Pittsburgh)
  • Peter Tan (Middlebury College)
  • Jennifer Wang (間眅埶AV)
  • Alistair Wilson (University of Birmingham)

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Register for online access

Instructions for participating our workshop

  1. Register on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link (password-protected).

  2. Log on with your real first and last names.

  3. Please keep audio off during talks, and only turn on during Q&A if you are called on.

  4. Click on chat to monitor chatroom during sessions.

  5. Q&A protocol: There will be a managed queue. Participants will be asked to privately message the moderator to be added to the queue.

Breakout room protocol: Because only Zoom hosts can create breakout rooms during a meeting, participants should notify the hosts by private message if they would like to suggest a breakout room for themselves and interested parties on breaks. Those in a breakout room can then return to the main workshop meeting at any time.

Schedule (Subject to change; all times PDT)

Monday  
9:15 9:30am  Introduction and Welcome
9:30 10:30am  Al Wilson, Counterpossible Dependence in Physics [pdf download below] | moderator Jenn Wang
10:45 11:45am Holly Andersen, Lebesgue Necessity | moderator Jenn Wang
11:45am 12:45pm Virtual lunch (open to everyone)
12:45  1:45pm Michael Bertrand, Two Concepts of Metaphysical Grounding | moderator David Rattray
2:00 3:00pm Jenn Wang, Are There Fundamental Individuals? | moderator David Rattray
3:15  4:15pm Heather Demarest, Relativistic Causation | moderator David Rattray
4:15  5:15pm Virtual happy hour (open to everyone)
* AWilson_Modality_counterpossiblereasoninginphysics v11.pdf
Al Wilson: Counterpossible Dependence in Physics
Tuesday  
9:15 9:30am  Logistical check-in
9:30 10:30am  Michael Miller, Laws and Precision | moderator Holly Andersen
10:45 11:45am Erica Shumener, Are Laws of Nature Intrinsic to the Universe? | moderator Holly Andersen
11:45am 12:45pm Virtual lunch (open to everyone)
12:45  1:45pm Peter Tan, Ceteris Paribus Laws and Physical Impossibility | moderator David Rattray
2:00 3:00pm Nina Emery, The Governing Conception of Laws (pre-read: ) | moderator David Rattray
3:00 4:00pm Virtual happy hour (open to everyone)

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Instructions for participating our workshop

Zoom Basic User Guide: 

  1. Register on Eventbrite to get the Zoom link (password-protected).

  2. Log on with your real first and last names.

  3. Please keep audio off during talks, and only turn on during Q&A if you are called on.

  4. Click on chat to monitor chatroom during sessions.

  5. Q&A protocol: There will be a managed queue. Participants will be asked to privately message the moderator to be added to the queue.

  6. Breakout room protocol: Because only Zoom hosts can create breakout rooms during a meeting, participants should notify the hosts by private message if they would like to suggest a breakout room for themselves and interested parties on breaks. Those in a breakout room can then return to the main workshop meeting at any time.

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