Conference on Theoretical Virtues in Science and Philosophy
April 25th 2017
Location
Leeds Humanities Research Institute, 29-31 Clarendon Place, Leeds, LS2 9JT
Getting to the University: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/5000/about/131/find_us
Schedule
10:30 - 11:40 Juha Saatsi (Leeds)
'Mathematics, Explanatory Generality, and Ontological Commitment'
12 - 1:10 Lina Jansson (Nottingham)
'Explanatory Indispensability and Explanatory Fictions'
2:10 - 3:20 Darren Bradley (Leeds)
'A Defence of Explanatory Reductionism'
3:40 - 4:50 Jonathan Tallant (Nottingham)
tba
5: Drinks at the Belgrave, dinner
Registration: Registration is free, but space is limited so please register with d.j.bradley@leeds.ac.uk