The University of Urbino, Department of Pure and Applied Sciences,
the Italian Society for Logic and the Philosophy of Science
and the International Academy for Philosophy of Science
are happy to announce the Conference
REALISM vs. ANTIREALISM
in Metaphysics, Science and Language
The Conference will focus on the main issues of realism vs. antirealism in semantics, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of science driving Mario Alai's philosophical research across the years.
VENUE
Palazzo Albani, room D2, via Timoteo Viti, n. 10, Urbino
ONLINE ATTENDANCE
https://uniurb-it.zoom.us/j/82256590566?pwd=b0IwdXZIMzFnaVR4NEgrQXF5TDIrQT09
ID riunione: 822 5659 0566
FREE ADMITTANCE
PROGRAM
April 11
14.30 - 15.30 Introduction and greetings
Giorgio Calcagnini, Chancellor, University of Urbino
Andrea Viceré, Director, Department for Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino
Vincenzo Fano, President, Italian Society for Logic and the Philosophy of Science
Evandro Agazzi, Honorary President, Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences
Jure Zovko, President, Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences
15.30 - 16.30 Vincenzo Fano (University of Urbino, AIPS)
A defense of model realism
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17,00-18,00 Dennis Dieks (Utrecht University, AIPS)
Factivity and Probability
18.00-19,00 Francesco Orilia (University of Macerata)
On non-Denoting
April 12
9.00 - 10.00 Ilkka Niiniluoto (University of Helsinki, AIPS)
Abductive Arguments for Ontological Realism
10.00 - 11.00 Alberto Cordero (CUNY, AIPS)
Mario Alai and the Quest for a Realist Scientific Realism
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11.30 - 12.30 Massimo Dell’Utri (University of Sassari)
Brains in a Vat: Proofs, Choices, Possibilities, and Impossibilities
12.30 - 13.30 Flavia Marcacci (Pontifical Lateranen University)
Scientific Change and Truth
Lunch break
14,30 - 15,30 Tiziana Migliore (University of Urbino)
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15,30 – 16,30 Fabio Minazzi (University of Insubria, AIPS)
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17,00 – 18,00 Giorgio Volpe (University of Bologna)
Scepticism, Explanationism, and Epistemic Closure
18,00-19,00 Federica Malfatti (University of Innsbruck)
Understanding and Realism
April 13
9,00 - 10,00 Michel Ghins (Catholic University of Louvain, AIPS)
Stability of reference through theory change and scientific realism
10,00 - 11,00 Stephen Stich (Rutgers University)
Can We ‘Naturalize All The Way Down’?
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11.30 - 12.30 Mario Alai (University of Urbino, AIPS)
How I Developed my Views on Realism
12.30 - 13.30 Gino Tarozzi (University of Urbino, AIPS)
Realism of Properties and Empirical Causality in Quantum Mechanics: Two Meaningful Philosophical Principles in a Complementary Relation
Lunch break
15,00-16,00 Round table, Chair: Adriano Angelucci (Urbino):
Gabriele Ferretti (Ruhr-University Bochum), Giovanni Galli (Urbino),
Giovanni Macchia (Urbino), Mirko Tagliaferri (Urbino).
Fabio Minazzi
University of Insubria
Michel Ghins
Catholic University of Louvain
Dennis Dieks
University of Utrecht
Flavia Marcacci
Pontifical Lateran University
Alberto Cordero
CUNY
Ilkka Niiniluoto
University of Helsinki
Massimo Dell'Utri
University of Sassari
Federica Malfatti
University of Innsbruck
Gino Tarozzi
University of Urbino
Stephen Stich
Rutgers University
Vincenzo Fano
University of Urbino
Francesco Orilia
University of Macerata
Giorgio Volpe
University of Bologna
Tiziana Migliore
University of Urbino
Mario Alai
University of Urbino, AIPS
Conference Organizers
Adriano Angelucci (University of Urbino), Gabriele Ferretti (Ruhr-University Bochum), Giovanni Galli (University of Urbino), Pierluigi Graziani (University of Urbino), Massimo Sangoi (Independent)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This Conference is supported by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research through the PRIN 2017 program “The Manifest Image and the Scientific Image” prot. 2017ZNWW7F_004
University of Urbino, Department of Pure and Applied Science
Via Timoteo Viti 10, Urbino (PU), 61029
The University of Urbino is one of the most ancient universities in Europe, founded in 1506, and located in the wonderful Renaissance city of Urbino.
