Symposium
The Project's Final Symposium at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Date: December 17th-19th 2017
Location: the Edelstein Center of the Hebrew University Jerusalem, Levy Building, Edmond Safra Campus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Participants:
William Bechtel (UCSD)
Lotem Elber (HU Jerusalem)
Nir Fresco (HU Jerusalem & Ben Gurion University Beersheva)
Jens Harbecke (Witten/Herdecke University)
Shahar Hechtlinger (HU Jerusalem)
Vera Hoffmann-Kloss (University of Cologne)
Andreas Hüttemann (University of Cologne)
David Kaplan (Macquarie University)
Beate Krickel (University of Bochum)
Jan Philipp Köster (University of Cologne)
Marcin Milkowski (IFiS PAN)
Arnon Levy (HU Jerusalem)
Holger Lyre (University of Magdeburg)
Oron Shagrir (HU Jerusalem)
Gualtiero Piccinini (University of Missouri - St. Louis)
Conference Program:
(Download all abstracts here.)
Day 1: December 17th
| 9:00-10:00 | David Kaplan | Modelling Bayesian Computation in the Brain: Explanation, Unification, and Constraints |
| 10:00-11:00 | Beate Krickel | The Causation/Constitution Distinction, Mechanisms, and the Extended Mind Thesis |
| 11:00-11:30 |
| Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | Andreas Hüttemann | Process theories of causation and the problem of pre-emption |
| 12:30-14:00 |
| Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Jan Philipp Köster & Vera Hoffmann-Kloss | Constitutive Relations in Mechanisms: New Work for a Theory of Supervenience |
| 15:00-16:00 | Arnon Levy & William Bechtel | Towards Mechanism 2.0: Expanding the |
Day 2: December 18th
| 9:00-10:00 | William Bechtel | Constraints and Heterarchical Control in “Simple” Nervous Systems |
| 10:00-11:00 | Lotem Elber | It’s all about manipulation – On why non-causal explanations in cognitive sciences also describe relations of manipulation and control |
| 11:00-11:30 |
| Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | Gualtiero Piccinini | Levels of Being: An Egalitarian Account |
| 12:30-14:00 |
| Lunch |
| 14:00 |
| Tour in Jerusalem |
Day 3: December 19th
| 9:00-10:00 | Marcin Milkowski | Troubles with the usability constraint on concrete computation |
| 10:00-11:00 | Holger Lyre | On shared structure of mechanisms, dynamics and computations |
| 11:00-11:30 |
| Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 | Shahar Hechtlinger | Rethinking computational explanation: Modeling and idealization |
| 12:30-14:00 |
| Lunch |
| 14:00-15:00 | Nir Fresco | The indeterminacy of computation |
| 15:00-16:00 | Jens Harbecke & Oron Shagrir | The Role of the Contextual Level in Computational Explanations |
The conference is supported by the German-Israel Foundation for Scientific Research and Development and The Sidney M. Edelstein Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
No registration fees required.
For further details: shahar.hechtlinger@mail.huji.ac.il