Program Schedule - PSA 2020/2021

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Thursday, 11 Nov 2021
08:00AM - 06:00PM Tilghman	Nursing Mothers' Room
08:00AM - 06:00PM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Registration
08:30AM - 10:00AM	AAPT-PSA Teaching Hub Format : Remote Presentation Track : Teaching philosophy of science Moderators Melissa Jacquart, University Of Cincinnati Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Introduction to the AAPT-PSA Teaching Hub 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Melissa Jacquart, University Of Cincinnati Thinking Science: Information Technology and People 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Ellen Hart, University Of Bristol Robust Classrooms: Redesigning Science Learning Environments 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Hannah Howland, Pyatok Vadim Keyser, Vadimkeyser@gmail.com
08:30AM - 10:00AM Key Ballroom 01	Committee for Integrated HPS Format : In-Person Presentation Moderators Hasok Chang, University Of Cambridge What Is a Canonical Case? 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Agnes Bolinska, University Of South Carolina Joseph Martin Constructing Centimeters: Emanuel Friedman’s Cervimeter and the Dilatation-Time Curve 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Rebecca Jackson, Indiana University Bloomington What Helium Teaches Us About the Poverty of Referential Relations 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Shahin Kaveh, University Of Pittsburgh, Philosophy Therapy Scorpion suicide and the use of case studies for diachronic analysis 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Evan Arnet, Indiana University Bloomington
08:30AM - 10:00AM Key Ballroom 09	International Network for Economic Method (INEM) Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Economics Moderators Philippe Verreault-Julien PSA Support 3 Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Support 2 PSA Support 1 PSA Office The Needle in the Haystack: Finding the Actual Amongst the Possible 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Jennifer Jhun, Duke University Economic Models and Possible Explanation 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : N. Emrah Aydinonat How-Possibly Explanations in Economics: Anything Goes? 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Till Grüne-Yanoff, KTH Royal Institute Of Technology, Stockholm
08:30AM - 10:00AM Key Ballroom 04	Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Format : Hybrid Presentation Moderators Jingyi Wu, University Of California, Irvine PSA Support 3 Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Support 2 PSA Support 1 PSA Office To race or not to race: when (if ever) is it morally permissible to use a biological racial classification in medicine? 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Ian Peebles, University Of Pennsylvania The Metaphysics of Race meets Inductive Risk: Issues for the New Deflationary Biological Race Realism 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Celso Neto, University Of Calgary Carceral Wastelands: On Waste Inequity and Mass Incarceration in the US 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Jesi Cruz
08:30AM - 10:00AM	Society for Philosophy of Technology (SPT) Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Technology Moderators Kirk Besmer, Gonzaga University Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Philosophy of Technology as a Hyperspace Transmogrifier 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech Andrew Garnar How Scientific Instruments Speak: Technological Mediations in Neuroscientific Practice 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Bas De Boer, University Of Twente On the Multistability of Images in Science: Examples from Neurobiological and Planetary Imaging 08:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Samantha Fried Robert Rosenberger
10:00AM - 10:15AM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Coffee Break
10:15AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 01	Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Philosophy of Psychology Moderators Andrew Shtulman, Occidental College Multiple Cognitive Structures: When and Why? 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Sara Aronowitz, Princeton University A Nonfictional Look at Mathematical Fictionalism 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Daniel Wilkenfeld, University Of Pittsburgh Richard Samuels James Fritz Engaging mental models in prediction and explanation to support learning in early childhood 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Elizabeth Bonawitz Rational scientific theory discovery 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : David Danks, University Of California, San Diego Navigating the Conflict Between Science and Intuition 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Andrew Shtulman, Occidental College
10:15AM - 11:45AM	ISHPSSB Format : Remote Presentation Moderators Andrew Inkpen, Brandon University And Cape Breton University Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Microbial community regeneration 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Andrew Inkpen, Brandon University And Cape Breton University Regeneration and cancer 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Lucie Laplane, CNRS, University Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne Regeneration and the germline 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Kate MacCord, Arizona State University The role of value attribution in coral regeneration 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Elis Jones, University Of Exeter What is Regeneration in Biology, How Do We Know, and Why Should We Care? 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Jane Maienschein, Arizona State University
10:15AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 11	Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Social Science Moderators Quayshawn Spencer, University Of Pennsylvania Against Predictive Invariance 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Alexander Tolbert , University Of Pennsylvania Konstantin Genin, University Of Toronto Race, Objectivity, and Identity 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Ronald Mallon, Washington University In St. Louis Placeholder Realism about Race 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Richard Lauer, St. Lawrence University Kareem Khalifa, Middlebury College
10:15AM - 11:45AM	HOPOS Format : Remote Presentation Moderators Matthew J. Brown, The University Of Texas At Dallas Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Fitter, Stronger, More General: The Multiple Aspirations of Newtonian Induction 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Zvi Biener, University Of Cincinnati Systematicity and Necessity in Kant’s Account of Particular Causal Laws 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Katherine Dunlop, University Of Texas At Austin The Impact of Uniformitarianism on Geologic Induction 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Meghan Page, Loyola University Maryland
10:15AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 02	SPSP Format : Hybrid Presentation Moderators Ingo Brigandt, University Of Alberta Integrating Methods in the Human Behavioral Sciences: Implications for Scientific Pluralism 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Kathryn Plaisance, University Of Waterloo Toward a More Fine-Grained and Diverse Methodological Landscape of Human Behavior Research 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Ingo Brigandt, University Of Alberta Tales of Brains and Behavior: A Pluralist Integration in Radical Embodied Cognitive Scienc 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Vicente Raja, University Of Western Ontario
10:15AM - 11:45AM	IHPST Format : Remote Presentation Moderators Fanny Seroglou, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Nature of Science in the Public Discussion between Politicians, Scientists and Citizens in the Era of Biopolitics 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Fanny Seroglou, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki The Notion of Evidence in Policy Discourse on Covid19 – Implications for Science Education 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Lena Hansson, Kristianstad University In Sweden Key Pedagogical Concepts for Teaching Students about Scientific Knowledge 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Lori Maramante, Delaware Technical & Community College Multi-Referential Narratives on Epidemics as a Tool for Critical Science Education 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Agustín Adúriz-Bravo, University Of Buenos Aires Creating Digital Narratives for Science Education about Diseases, Medicines and Vaccines 10:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Anna Letsi, Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
01:00PM - 03:00PM	Beyond Explanation: Exploring the Diversity of Neuroscientific Practice Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Neuroscience Moderators Jorge Morales, Johns Hopkins University Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office The Mirage of Big-Data Phrenology 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Felipe De Brigard, Duke University Exploratory Concept Formation and the Norms of Description in Neuroscientific Discovery 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Philipp Haueis, Bielefeld University Assessing the Dynamics of Novel Tool Development: The Rodent Operant Touchscreen Chamber as a Case Study 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Jackie Sullivan, University Of Western Ontario The Predictive Turn In Neuroscience 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Daniel Weiskopf, Georgia State University
01:00PM - 03:00PM	Control and Regulation of Biological Mechanisms Format : Remote Presentation Track : Mechanisms Moderators Daniel Brooks, Ruhr University Bochum Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Can Control be Accounted for on a Mechanistic Picture? 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Jason Winning, University Of Toronto Basic Forms of Control in Multicellular Systems 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Leonardo Bich, University Of The Basque Country Discovering Control Mechanisms Operative on Cytoplasmic Dyneins 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : William Bechtel, University Of California, San Diego
01:00PM - 03:00PM Key Ballroom 01	Distinctions within Causation: Irreversibility, Coherence, Invariance and Machine-Likeness Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Causality Moderators Daniel Kostic, Institute For Science In Society (ISiS) Radboud University, The Netherlands Irreversible and Reversible Causation 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Lauren Ross, UC Irvine James Woodward, U Of Pittsburgh Representations of Invariance in Human Causal Induction 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Mimi Liljeholm, University Of California, Irvine Coherent Causal Control 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Marcel Weber, University Of Geneva Biological Machines: A Sober Defense 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Arnon Levy, The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem
01:00PM - 03:00PM	Transdisciplinary Modeling in Science: Knowledge Without Borders? Format : Remote Presentation Track : Scientific Models / Modeling Moderators Patrick Klösel, Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich And Harvard University Transdisciplinary Templates, Models, and Machine Learning 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Paul Humphreys, University Of Virginia Travelling Waves: Why and How to Diversify the Role of Templates in Transdisciplinary Modelling 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Wybo Houkes, Eindhoven University Of Technology Tinkering with the Vocabulary of Games: from the Economy to Cancer 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Chia-Hua Lin, National Tsing Hua University Artem Kaznatcheev, University Of Pennsylvania
01:00PM - 03:00PM	From Bosons to Markets to Black Holes: New Prospects for Analogical Reasoning Format : Remote Presentation Track : Logic and Science Moderators Michael Hicks, University Of Birmingham Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Prospects for Analogue Confirmation 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Paul Bartha, University Of British Columbia On the Limits of Experimental Knowledge 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Dominik Hangleiter, University Of Maryland College Park Co-authors : Peter Evans, University Of Queensland Karim Thebault, University Of Bristol The Methodological Novelty of Formal Analogical Reasoning in Quantum Theories 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Doreen Fraser, University Of Waterloo Analogical Reasoning in Econophysics 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Patricia Palacios, University Of Salzburg Co-authors : Jennifer Jhun, Duke University
01:00PM - 03:00PM	Science and Justice Format : Remote Presentation Track : Values in Science Moderators Cristian Larroulet Philippi, University Of Cambridge Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Institutions, Forethought, and Scientists’ Responsibility for Social Justice 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Heather Douglas, Michigan State University Critical Theory for Science 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Dan Hicks, University Of California, Merced The Limits of Democratizing Science: When Scientists Should Ignore the Public 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Andrew Schroeder, Claremont McKenna College Epistemic severing and epistemic trademarking. Two garden varieties of epistemic injustice in science 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Michela Massimi, University Of Edinburgh
01:00PM - 03:00PM Key Ballroom 11	Biology Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Biology - general / other Moderators Richard Vagnino, University Of California San Diego Edmond Goblot’s (1858-1935) Selected Effects Theory of Function: A Reappraisal 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Justin Garson, Hunter College - CUNY The "Inchworm Episode": Reconstituting the Phenomenon of Kinesin Motility 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Andrew Bollhagen, University Of California, SanDiego Fission and Genetic Lineage Pluralism 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Gunnar Babcock, Duke University Function Acquisition in Genomics 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Predrag Šustar, University Of Rijeka, Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences Zdenka Brzović, University Of Rijeka
01:00PM - 03:00PM Key Ballroom 10	Climate Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Philosophy of Climate Science \| Computer Simulation \| Philosophy of Environmental Science Moderators Aja Watkins, Boston University Can Machines Learn How Clouds Work?: The Epistemic Implications of Machine Learning Methods in Climate Science 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Suzanne Kawamleh, Indiana University Bloomington Climate-Model Tuning and Predictivism 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Mathias Frisch, Leibniz University Hannover A Critical Analysis of the IPCC’s Methodology of Climate Change Detection and Attribution 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Mason Majszak, University Of Bern Climate Models and the Irrelevance of Chaos 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Corey Dethier, Leibniz Universität Hannover
03:00PM - 03:15PM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Coffee Break
03:15PM - 05:15PM Key Ballroom 11	Community Engagement as Scientific and Philosophical Practice Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Values in Science Moderators Serife Tekin, University Of Texas At San Antonio Abandoning ‘Trust’ to Foster Community Engagement 01:00PM - 01:30PM Presented by : Rachel Ankeny, University Of Adelaide Interaction and Pluralism in a Conflictual Context 01:30PM - 02:00PM Presented by : Helen E Longino, Professor Emerita, Stanford University Involved Philosophy: An Initial Framework for Community-Academia Interaction 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Ayelet Shavit, Tel Hai College Climate Resilience and Community Engagement 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Michael Weisberg, University Of Pennsylvania
03:15PM - 05:15PM	Transformative Experience for Choice and Belief Format : Remote Presentation Track : Decision Theory Moderators Dan Hicks, University Of California, Merced Sarah Robins, University Of Kansas Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office L. A. Paul’s Transformative Experience: Mentalism and Imagination in Decision Theory 03:15PM - 03:45PM Presented by : Saira Khan, University Of Irvine, California The Transformative Experience of Education 03:45PM - 04:15PM Presented by : Richard Pettigrew, University Of Bristol Awareness Growth and the Limits of Rational Planning 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Katie Steele, Australian National University Co-authors : H. Orri Stefansson, Stockholm University Awareness of Unawareness When Unknowns Are Not Simply Unknowns 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Marie-Louise Viero, Aarhus University
03:15PM - 05:15PM Key Ballroom 09	Possibility Claims in Science: Philosophy of Science Meets Modal Epistemology Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Scientific Models / Modeling Moderators Tim Elmo Feiten, University Of Cincinnati The (Un)Easily Possible Synthetic Biology? 03:15PM - 03:45PM Presented by : Tarja Knuuttila, University Of Vienna Co-authors : Andrea Loetggers, University Of Vienna Spaces of the Biologically Possible 03:45PM - 04:15PM Presented by : Rami Koskinen, University Of Vienna Mapping Possibilities in Climate Science 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Ylwa Sjölin Wirling, University Of Gothenburg Till Grüne-Yanoff, KTH Royal Institute Of Technology, Stockholm Representing Possible Targets? 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Philippe Verreault-Julien, Eindhoven University Of Technology
03:15PM - 05:15PM	Precision Medicine as Promissory Science: The Epistemology and Ethics of a “Health Care Revolution” Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Medicine Moderators Luciana Garbayo, University Of Central Florida Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Scoping Precision Medicine 03:15PM - 03:45PM Presented by : Kathryn Tabb, Bard College Co-authors : Lara Keuck, Humboldt University Berlin Precision Medicine and the Ideal of Patient Empowerment 03:45PM - 04:15PM Presented by : Sara Green, University Of Copenhagen Impact of Precision Medicine on Physician-Patient Relationships 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Paul Appelbaum, Columbia University Personalized Medicine Wasn't Personal; Precision Medicine Isn't Precise 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Jim Tabery, University Of Utah
03:15PM - 05:15PM Key Ballroom 04	The Emergence of Spacetime in Quantum Gravity Big Bang Models Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Physics - space and time Moderators Francesca Vidotto, University Of Western Ontario Can Time Emerge? 04:15PM - 04:37PM Presented by : Ted Jacobson, University Of Maryland College Park Cosmology as Quantum Gravity Hydrodynamics, Spacetime Emergence and the Fate of Cosmological Singularities: Overview and Conceptual Implications 04:38PM - 05:00PM Presented by : Daniele Oriti, Arnold Sommerfeld Center For Theoretical Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Singularity Resolution: The Case of the Vanishing Wavefunction 05:01PM - 05:22PM Presented by : Niranjana Warrier, University Of Illinois At Chicago Dynamical Laws at the Big Bang 05:23PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Christian Wüthrich, University Of Geneva Nick Huggett, University Of Illinois At Chicago
03:15PM - 05:15PM Key Ballroom 03	The Revival of Instrumentalism Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Realism / Anti-realism / Instrumentalism Moderators Jennifer Whyte, HPS, University Of Pittsburgh Is There a Positive Argument for Instrumentalism? 04:15PM - 04:37PM Presented by : Stathis Psillos, National And Kapodistrian University Of Athens An Instrumentalist Account of Scientific Understanding 04:38PM - 05:00PM Presented by : Julian Reiss, Johannes Kepler University Linz Semantic Instrumentalism Revived: An Invitation to Scientific Realists 05:01PM - 05:22PM Presented by : Darrell Rowbottom, Lingnan University Lessons from the Strawman Instrumentalist 05:23PM - 05:45PM Presented by : K Brad Wray, Aarhus University
03:15PM - 05:15PM Key Ballroom 02	Concepts as Epistemic Tools: A Comparative Approach Format : In-Person Presentation Track : General philosophy of science - other Moderators Janella Baxter, Washington University In Saint Louis How “Slow Infections” (Slowly) Paved the Way to “Prions" 03:15PM - 03:37PM Presented by : Corinne Bloch-Mullins, Marquette University Amesh Adalja, Johns Hopkins University Renormalization as a Phantom Concept 03:38PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Zachary Shifrel, Arizona State University ‘Species’ Without Species: A Patchwork Approach to Thinking About ‘Species’ Concepts 04:01PM - 04:22PM Presented by : Aaron Novick, University Of Washington Co-authors : W. Ford Doolittle, Dalhousie University Essentially Dynamic Concepts and the Case of Homology 04:23PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Devin Gouvêa, College Of The Holy Cross
03:15PM - 05:15PM Key Ballroom 12	Explainable AI Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Philosophy of Technology \| Explanation \| Philosophy of Computer Science Moderators Suzanne Kawamleh, Indiana University Bloomington Causal and Non-Causal Explanations of Artificial Intelligence 05:00PM - 05:22PM Presented by : Christopher Grimsley, University Of Kentucky Philosophical Perspectives on the Right to Explanation 05:22PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Elanor Taylor, Johns Hopkins University
03:15PM - 05:15PM Key Ballroom 01	General Philosophy of Science Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Logic and Science \| General philosophy of science - other \| Observation Moderators Karen Kovaka, Virginia Tech The Evidence-Observation Distinction in Observation Selection Effects 03:15PM - 03:45PM Presented by : Matthew Maxwell, University Of Wisconsin - Madison An Epistemic Account of Complex Phenomena 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Steve Elliott, Arizona State University On Falsifying Empirical Contradictions 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Luis Felipe Bartolo Alegre, Universidad Nacional Mayor De San Marcos
05:15PM - 06:45PM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Opening Reception
07:00PM - 08:30PM Key Ballroom 05-06	Fast and Furious: Climate Change in the Chesapeake Bay, What We Know and How We Know It Format : Special Event \| Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Climate Science Moderators Michael Weisberg, University Of Pennsylvania

Friday, 12 Nov 2021
08:30AM - 06:00PM Tilghman	Nursing Mothers' Room
08:30AM - 06:00PM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Registration
09:00AM - 10:30AM Key Ballroom 11	Values in Science Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Values in Science Moderators Kevin Elliott, Michigan State University Aims Approaches and the Challenge from Ibsen Predicaments 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Karoliina Pulkkinen, KTH Royal Institute Of Technology, Stockholm Per Wikman-Svahn, KTH Royal Institute Of Technology, Stockholm Feyerabend and the Paradox of Pursuit: Revisiting Values in Pursuitworthiness 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Jamie Shaw, University Of Toronto Can Morally Superior Values Produce Beneficial Outcomes in Science? 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Soohyun Ahn, University Of Calgary
09:00AM - 10:30AM Key Ballroom 02	Causation Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Causality \| General philosophy of science - other Moderators Steve Stakland Causal Pluralism in Philosophy: Empirical Challenges and Alternative Proposals 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Phuong Dinh, Presenter, Carnegie Mellon University Co-authors : David Danks, University Of California, San Diego Systemic Causes and the Epistemology of Making Systems Safer 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Brian Hanley, Merrimack College Unification and Explanation: A Causal Perspective 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Alexander Gebharter, Munich Center For Mathematical Philosophy Co-authors : Christian J. Feldbacher-Escamilla, University Of Cologne
09:00AM - 10:30AM Key Ballroom 04	Computer Science Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Natural Kinds / Classification \| Philosophy of Computer Science Moderators Boaz Miller, Zefat Academic College Implementation as Resemblance 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Andre Curtis-Trudel, The Ohio State University Dynamic Natural Kinds 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Mark Bedau, Reed College Physical Computation: A Tale of Two Notions 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Ioannis Votsis, New College Of The Humanities
09:00AM - 10:30AM Key Ballroom 03	Laws of Nature Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Laws of Nature Moderators Melissa Jacquart, University Of Cincinnati Counterpossible Dependence in Physics 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Alastair Wilson, University Of Birmingham & Monash University Adaptive Design, Contingency, and Ontological Principles for Limited Beings 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Daniel Brooks, Ruhr University Bochum
09:00AM - 10:30AM Armistead	Medicine Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Feminist Philosophy of Science \| Philosophy of Medicine Moderators Inmaculada De Melo-Martin, Weill Cornell Medicine--Cornell University The Sex-Gender Distinction in Biomedical Research – A Response to Byrne and Bogardus 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Char Brecevic, University Of Notre Dame Machine Learning, Causation, and the Problem of Epistemic Opacity in Epidemiology 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Alexander Broadbent, University Of Johannesburg Wishful Intelligibility, Black Boxes, and Epidemiological Explanation 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Marina DiMarco, University Of Pittsburgh
09:00AM - 10:30AM Key Ballroom 12	Symmetry and Unitary Equivalence Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Philosophy of Physics - quantum mechanics \| Philosophy of Physics - general / other Moderators Nick Huggett, University Of Illinois At Chicago Symmetry and Detectability as Physical Concepts 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Abigail Holmes, University Of Notre Dame Co-authors : Sebastian Murgueitio Ramirez, University Of Notre Dame Nicholas Teh, University Of Notre Dame Oliver Traldi, University Of Notre Dame Qiong Wu, University Of Notre Dame Antiunitary Equivalence 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Noel Swanson, University Of Delaware
09:00AM - 10:30AM Key Ballroom 01	Cognitive Science Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Cognitive Science \| Philosophy of Psychology Moderators Alexander Klein, McMaster University Anecdotal Experiments: evaluating evidence with few animals 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Mike Dacey, Bates College From Fly Detectors to Action Control: Representations in Reinforcement Learning 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Anna-Mari Rusanen, University Of Helsinki Co-authors : Otto Lappi Jami Pekkanen, University Of Helsinki Jesse Kuokkanen, University Of Helsinki g as Bridge Model 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Devin Curry, West Virginia University
09:00AM - 10:30AM Key Ballroom 09	Evolution of Cooperation Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Biology - evolution Moderators Derek Skillings, University Of North Carolina At Greensboro Joint Agency and the Uniquely Human Cooperation Hypothesis 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Stephen Downes, University Of Utah Patrick Forber, Tufts University Better Models of the Evolution of Cooperation through Situated Cognition 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Archie Fields III, University Of Calgary The Evolutionary Origins of Cooperation in the Hominin Lineage: A Critique of Boyd and Richerson’s Cultural Group Selection Account 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Jacob Neal, University Of Western Ontario
09:00AM - 10:30AM	Social Science Format : Remote Presentation Track : Science policy \| Sociology of Science \| Philosophy of Social Science Moderators Nadia Ruiz, University Of Kansas Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office The Making of Kinship 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Rob Wilson, University Of Western Australia The Carceral Body Multiple: An Approach to Abolitionist Science and Technology Studies 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Ariel Ludwig, Virginia Tech A Reformed Division of Labor for the Science of Well-Being 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Roberto Fumagalli, King's College London
09:00AM - 10:30AM Key Ballroom 10	Probability and Statistics I Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Probability and Statistics Moderators Hugh Desmond, IHPST (CNRS/Paris I-Sorbonne); University Of Antwerp A Dilemma for Solomonoff Prediction 09:00AM - 09:32AM Presented by : Sven Neth, University Of California, Berkeley From Laplace's Equipossibility to Accuracy-Based Arguments for the Principle of Indifference. 09:32AM - 10:05AM Presented by : Eugene Y. S. Chua, University Of California, San Diego The Borel-Kolmogorov Paradox Is Your Paradox Too: A Puzzle for Conditional Physical Probability 10:05AM - 10:37AM Presented by : Alexander Meehan, Yale University Snow Zhang, Princeton University
10:30AM - 10:45AM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Coffee Break
10:45AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 10	Values in Science 2 Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Values in Science \| Philosophy of Social Science Moderators Sarah Richardson, Harvard University Kevin Elliott, Michigan State University Laura Cupples, The University Of Tennessee, Knoxville When is Dissent Normatively Inappropriate?‎ 10:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Boaz Miller, Zefat Academic College On the Limits of Cultural Relativism as a Debiasing Method 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : David Teira, Sorbonne Université & UNED Mechanical Jurisprudence and Domain Distortion: How Predictive Algorithms Warp the Law 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Dasha Pruss, University Of Pittsburgh
10:45AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 02	Economics Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Scientific Models / Modeling \| Philosophy of Economics Moderators Nadia Ruiz, University Of Kansas Why We Need to Talk about Preferences 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Lukas Beck, University Of Cambridge Tractability Assumptions, Holism, and Model Robustness 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Ryan O'Loughlin, Indiana University Bloomington Co-authors : Dan Li, Indiana University Bloomington What Economic Mechanisms? 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Isaac Kean, University Of Cambridge
10:45AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 09	History of Physics Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Physics - space and time \| History of philosophy of science \| Philosophy of Mathematics Moderators Areins Pelayo, University Of Illinois At Chicago How Much Change is Too Much Change? Rethinking the Reasons Behind the Lack of Reception to Brouwer’s Intuitionism 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Kati Kish Bar-On, The Cohn Institute For The History And Philosophy Of Science And Ideas, Tel Aviv University Du Châtelet on the Need for Mathematics in Physics 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Aaron Wells, University Of Notre Dame Emergent Space Ontologies in the Early Modern Period 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Edward Slowik, Winona State University
10:45AM - 12:15PM Pickersgill	Idealization Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Scientific Models / Modeling \| Decision Theory \| Representation Moderators Dominik Hangleiter, University Of Maryland College Park Idealizations and Partitions: A Defense of Robustness Analysis 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Armin Schulz, University Of Kansas Gareth Fuller, University Of Kansas/Philosophy Department Rationality for Real Agents 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Daniel Herrmann, University Of California, Irvine Inconsistent Idealizations and Inferentialism about Scientific Representation 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Peter Tan, Fordham University
10:45AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 03	Medicine 2 Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Values in Science \| Philosophy of Biology - general / other \| Measurement Moderators Char Brecevic, University Of Notre Dame An Epistemic Theory for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Leah McClimans, University Of South Carolina Biomarkers 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Marco Nathan, University Of Denver
10:45AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 04	Science and Policy Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : General philosophy of science - other \| Ethics of science \| Explanation Moderators Collin Lucken, University Of Cincinnati Dan Hicks, University Of California, Merced PSA Support 3 Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Support 2 PSA Support 1 PSA Office Behaviour, Knowledge, Policy. the Novel Philosophy of Science Perspectives on the Applications of the Behavioural Sciences to Policymaking. 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Magdalena Malecka, University Of Helsinki & Aarhus University Incentivizing Replication is Insufficient to Safeguard Default Trust 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Hugh Desmond, IHPST (CNRS/Paris I-Sorbonne); University Of Antwerp The Neglect of Formal Requirements for External Validity: A Fatal Contradiction and Its Implications 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Seán Muller, University Of Johannesburg
10:45AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 01	Cultural Evolution Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Biology - evolution Moderators Thomas Reydon, Leibniz University Hannover Cumulative Cultural Evolution and the Measures of Complexity 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Alejandro Gordillo García, KU Leuven Content-Open Artifactual Mediation as a Selection Target in Human Evolution 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Phillip Honenberger, University Of Nevada - Las Vegas Reflexivity, Functional Reference, and Modularity: Alternative Targets for Language Origins 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Travis LaCroix, Dalhousie University
10:45AM - 12:15PM Armistead	Philosophy of Psychology Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Philosophy of Psychology Moderators Jonathan Y. Tsou, Iowa State University Model Organisms for Studying Decision-Making: a Phylogenetically Expanded Perspective 10:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Linus Huang, University Of Hong Kong Co-authors : Leonardo Bich, University Of The Basque Country William Bechtel, University Of California, San Diego Another Source of the Replication Crisis: A Mistaken Confidence in Data 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Edouard Machery, University Of Pittsburgh Microaggressions and Objectivity: Experimental Measures and Phenomenology 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Mikio Akagi, Texas Christian University Frederick Gooding, Texas Christian University
10:45AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 11	UPSS Session Format : Hybrid Presentation Moderators Jennifer McDonald, The Graduate Center, CUNY The New ‘Biosocial’ Race: Local and Global Challenges for Race in Postgenomics 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Azita Chellappoo, The Open University, UK Biodiversity vs. Paleodiversity Measurements: the Incommensurability Problem 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Federica Bocchi, Boston University Epistemic Advantage on the Margin: a Network Standpoint Epistemology 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Jingyi Wu, University Of California, Irvine
10:45AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 12	Probability and Statistics II Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Probability and Statistics Moderators Yuval Abrams, Albright College Imprecise Chance and Chance-Credence Coordination 10:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Luke Fenton-Glynn, University College London Openness and Reproducibility from a Model-Centric View 10:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Bert Baumgaertner, University Of Idaho Pursuit of Predictive Accuracy: Seven Worries 10:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Hanti Lin, University Of California Davis
12:30PM - 01:30PM	Welcome Reception for Graduate Students & Early Career Scholars
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Bayesian Models in Philosophy of Science Format : Remote Presentation Track : Confirmation and Evidence Moderators Matthew Parker Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Modeling Limitations versus the Limitations of a Model 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Michael Titelbaum, University Of Wisconsin-Madison Bayesian Philosophy of Science as Scientific Philosophy 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Jan Sprenger, University Of Turin Stephan Hartmann, LMU Munich Bayes, Here, There, but Not Everywhere 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : John D Norton, HPS, University Of Pittsburgh Commentary 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Christopher Hitchcock, California Institute Of Technology
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Randomness in Scientific Practice Format : Remote Presentation Track : Probability and Statistics Moderators Marshall Abrams, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Wayne Myrvold, The University Of Western Ontario Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Randomization Posits and Fundamental Physics 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Wayne Myrvold, The University Of Western Ontario On the Statistical Notion of "Population" 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Barbara Osimani, Polytechnic University Of The Marches Randomness and Confirmation 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Antony Eagle, University Of Adelaide Pseudorandomness in Simulations and Nature 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Marshall Abrams, University Of Alabama At Birmingham
02:00PM - 04:00PM	The Rationality of Social Learning Format : Remote Presentation Track : Formal Epistemology Moderators David Kelley, University Of Auckland Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office The Role of Reliability Updating in Belief Polarization on Mixed Evidence 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Leah Henderson, University Of Groningen Co-authors : Alexander Gebharter, Munich Center For Mathematical Philosophy Extremizing: Social Learning Meets Inductive Logic 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Jan-Willem Romeijn, University Of Groningen Co-authors : Simon Huttegger, University Of California, Irvine Support for Geometric Pooling 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Jean Baccelli, University Of Oxford Co-authors : Rush Stewart, LMU Munich Weighted Averaging and Testimonial Updates 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Mikaël COZIC, Université Lyon 3 Denis Bonnay, Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 04	Epistemic Status and Research-Strategic Role of Theories beyond the Standard Model after the Large Hadron Collider Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Physics - general / other Moderators Brandon Boesch, Morningside University Something from Nothing: ‘Non-discovery’ and Transformations in High Energy Experimental Physics at the Large Hadron Collider 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Sophie Ritson, The University Of Sydney Signalism vs. the Bsm Perspective: A Debate on the Role of Theory in Experimental Discovery 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : James Wells, University Of Michigan A Bayesian Perspective on the Search for Low Energy Supersymmetry 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Richard Dawid, Stockholm University Co-authors : James Wells, University Of Michigan What Is This Thing Called Theory Space? 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Radin Dardashti, University Of Wuppertal
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 02	Data Science Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Values in Science \| Realism / Anti-realism / Instrumentalism \| General philosophy of science - other Moderators TJ Perkins, University Of Utah A Perspectival Solution to the Problem of Inconsistent Results in Data Research 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Mariusz Maziarz, Jagiellonian University Data Integration without Unification 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Beckett Sterner, Arizona State University Co-authors : Steve Elliott, Arizona State University Edward Gilbert, Arizona State University Nico Franz, Arizona State University Exploitation, or Amelioration? Dueling Pictures of Data-Scientific Rationality. 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Konstantin Genin, University Of Toronto Co-authors : Alexander Tolbert , University Of Pennsylvania
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Evolution Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Biology - general / other \| Philosophy of Biology - evolution Moderators Yoshinari Yoshida, University Of Minnesota Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Fitness: Static or Dynamic? 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Peter Takacs, The University Of Sydney Co-authors : Pierrick Bourrat, Macquarie University Nash, Bargaining, and Evolution 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Justin Bruner, University Of Arizona Group Selection: Convention or Fact? 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Pierrick Bourrat, Macquarie University Perspectives on Causal Specificity 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Ameer Sarwar, University Of Oxford
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Mechanisms Format : Remote Presentation Track : Mechanisms \| Scientific Models / Modeling \| Explanation Moderators Paul Kelly, Chair For "Mechanisms" (Virtual Session), University Of Wisconsin–Madison Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Populations and Machine-Like Decomposition 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : John Matthewson, Massey University Towards Mechanism 2.1: A Dynamic Causal Approach 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Wei Fang, Shanxi Uinversity Abstraction Is (Much) More Than Omission: Alon’s Network Motifs Reconsidered 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Andrea Loetggers, University Of Vienna Co-authors : Tarja Knuuttila, University Of Vienna Category-Theoretic Account of Constitutive Relevance 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Jinyeong Gim, Seoul National University
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Physics Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Physics - quantum mechanics \| Philosophy of Physics - space and time \| Philosophy of Physics - general / other \| Philosophy of Mathematics Moderators David Wallace, University Of Pittsburgh Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Applying Unrigorous Mathematics: Path Integrals in Quantum Theory 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Colin McCullough-Benner, University Of Leeds Articulating Boltzmannian Non-Equilibrium through Scalar Fields 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Roman Frigg, LSE The Substantial Role of Weyl Symmetry in Deriving General Relativity from String Theory 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : John Dougherty, LMU Munich How Anti-Humeans Can Embrace a Thermodynamic Reduction of Time's Causal Arrow 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Eli Lichtenstein, University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 10	Structural Realism Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Doing philosophy of science - methods and tools \| Realism / Anti-realism / Instrumentalism \| General philosophy of science - other Moderators Holly Andersen, Simon Fraser University Structural Realism, Limiting Principles, and Naturalized Metaphysics 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Jared Hanson-Park, University Of Miami The Chasm Between Scientific and Analytic Metaphysics? A Case Study: Ontic Structural Realism Versus Ontological Nihilism 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Chanwoo Lee, University Of California, Davis Structural Humility 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Cruz Davis, UMass Amherst
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 03	Genetics & Causality in an Age of GWAS Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Causality Moderators Stephen Downes, University Of Utah Determining Genetic and Environmental Causes: the Case of Mendelian Randomization 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Kate Lynch, The University Of Sydney Making Sense of SNP Heritability 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Lucas Matthews, Columbia University Composition, Causation, Mechanism, and Genetic Explanation of Psychological Entities 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Eric Turkheimer, University Of Virginia Vera Causae in Behavior Genetics 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Jonathan Livengood
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Big Data and Climate Science Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Climate Science Moderators David Kinney, Santa Fe Institute Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office A Defense of the Representational Account of Data 02:00PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Greg Lusk, Durham University Why Climate Data Is Big 02:00PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Seth McGinnis, National Center For Atmospheric Research Co-authors : Linda Mearns, National Center For Atmospheric Research The Ontology of Big Data in Climate Science 02:00PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Stuart Gluck, American Association For The Advancement Of Science And US Department Of Energy
04:15PM - 06:15PM Key Ballroom 05-06	President’s Plenary: A PSA Forum on Climate Change Action Format : Special Event \| Hybrid Presentation Moderators Kerry Mckenzie, Ucsd Alison Wylie, University Of British Columbia Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC
06:30PM - 08:30PM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Poster Forum and Reception If not Confirmatory, What is Robustness Good for? The Modal View 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Soazig Le Bihan, University Of Montana Gray O'Reilly, University Of Montana Vetting Theoretical Virtues: Parsimony and the Framing Effect 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Samantha Wakil, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill James Justus, Florida State University Nick Byrd, Stevens Institute Of Technology For Topological Explanations and Against Mechanistic Fundamentality 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Nuhu Osman Attah, University Of Pittsburgh Epistemic Principles of Astrobiology 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : David Kinney, Santa Fe Institute Co-authors : Chris Kempes, Santa Fe Institute Interactionalism about Black Hole Thermodynamics: Between Functionalism and Operationalism 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Alex Mathie, LMU Munich The Missing Link in Inferences with Climate Networks 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Dan Li, Indiana University Bloomington The Replication Crisis and Philosophy 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Wesley Buckwalter, George Mason University Belief, Acceptance, and Pragmatic Equivalence in Scientific Representation 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Romy Vekony, Florida State University Good Reasons to Reject Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Eugene Vaynberg, University Of Pennsylvania Normality and Conjoined Causal Isomorphs 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Tomasz Wysocki, University Of Pittsburgh The Metaphysical and Empirical Criteria in Newton’s Hypotheses 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Areins Pelayo, University Of Illinois At Chicago Choosing Empirical Methods: Challenging the Epistemic Superiority of Manipulation-Based Inquiry 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Dana Matthiessen, University Of Pittsburgh Nora Boyd, Siena College Equivalence, Which Equivalence? The Case of Potential Outcomes and Causal Models 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Patrick Klösel, Ludwig Maximilian University Of Munich And Harvard University Taking the Social Structure of Science Seriously in Debating Value Influence 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Rebecca Korf, University Of California, Irvine A Focus on Persistence for Cultural Evolution 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : GE FANG, Washington University In St. Louis Ontological Model Pluralism 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Chelsie Greeenlee, University Of Notre Dame Reconsidering Mechanism-based Explanations: From Generic to Different Accounts 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Tuula Klaavuniemi, Souther Savonia Central Hospital Co-authors : Mikko Siponen, University Of Jyväskylä Cultivating Community Relationships for Philosophy High Impact Practices 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Andrew Evans, University Of Cincinnati Co-authors : Melissa Jacquart, University Of Cincinnati Angela Potochnik, University Of Cincinnati Amanda Corris, University Of Minnesota Can Confirmation Bias Improve Group Learning? 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Nathan Gabriel, University Of California, Irvine On computational statehood: When are physical states computational? 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Neal Anderson, University Of Massachusetts Amherst Co-authors : Gualtiero Piccinini, UMSL Ramsey\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Toy Model in \\\\\\\\ 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Bruce Rushing, University Of California, Irvine Reinventing the Wheel: Paradox, Representation, and the Rota Aristotelica 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Jennifer Whyte, HPS, University Of Pittsburgh What Would Imaginary Ancestors Do? 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Margaret Farrell, University Of California, Irvine Re-situating Scientific Knowledge: Thinking with Mary S. Morgan 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : James Griesemer, University Of California, Davis Co-authors : Carlos Andrés Barragán, University Of California, Davis Understanding the replication crisis as a crisis of inference 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Sophia Crüwell, University Of Cambridge Exploring Dark Matter with Stellar Streams 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Siska De Baerdemaeker, Stockholm University When Does Realism Matter? The Case of Ecosystem Health. 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Katie Morrow, University Of Pittsburgh Are ecological niches real, just a good idea, or a case theoretical indigestion? The case of audio-ecology 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Steven Peck, Brigham Young University More Methodology, Less Metaphysics: A Response to Hoover's Argument Against Microfoundations 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Nadia Ruiz, University Of Kansas Tree Thinking and Naturalization of Language 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Antonio Danese, University Of Padua Productive Causation: Against Causal Pluralism 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Yuval Abrams, Albright College Collective Representation: Modeling a Phenomenon with Multiple Biological Systems 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Yoshinari Yoshida, University Of Minnesota Muscles, Movements, and Mental Representation 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Zina Ward, Florida State University Selection and Creativity: Evolvability Versus Explanatory Relevance 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Adam Krashniak, Tel Aviv University Physical Magnitudes and Physical Concepts: The Corresponce Critique of the Mapping Account of Applied Mathematics 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Stephen Perry, University Of Pittsburgh Attributing causal specificity 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : María Ferreira Ruiz, University Of Geneva Challenging the Ontic Conception of Scientific Explanation: Against the Indispensability of Ontic Explanation 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Soyeong An, Ohio State University How to tell evolutionary explanations from “just good stories” 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Thomas Reydon, Leibniz University Hannover Conceptual Models in Ecology 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : TJ Perkins, University Of Utah Experiment as Theseus’s Ship: Which Experiments Preserve Diachronic Identity? 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Vitaly Pronskikh, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Cheap-Talk Declarations and the Tragedy of the AI Commons 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Aydin Mohseni, UC Irvine Co-authors : Travis LaCroix, Dalhousie University Diverse Roles, Multiples Meanings: The Concept of Stress in Biological Research 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Lauren Wilson, University Of Minnesota Co-authors : Alan Love, University Of Minnesota Understanding Mathematical Engineering Models Through Practice-based Accounts 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Sara Al-Sayed, Technische Universität Darmstadt Molecules, Microscopes, and Evidence for Scientific Realism 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Myron A Penner, Trinity Western University Amanda J Nichols, Poster Presenter, Oklahoma Christian University We can’t value the given because there is no given: a pervasive bias in bioethics and how philosophy of biology can help 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Samantha Hirshland, Virginia Tech Models as Dogwhistles 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Marina DiMarco, University Of Pittsburgh Social structure from repeated social interactions: network epistemology, iterated learning, and opinion dynamics 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Matthew A. Turner, University Of California, Merced Counterpossibles and Counterparts 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Michael Hicks, University Of Birmingham Roles for Philosophers of Science in of Public Engagement with Science 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Tim Elmo Feiten, University Of Cincinnati Collin Lucken, University Of Cincinnati Co-authors : Melissa Jacquart, University Of Cincinnati Angela Potochnik, University Of Cincinnati Bias in Science: Natural and Social 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Josh May, UAB Philosophy Decoding Fear: Philosophical Challenges for Decoded Neurofeedback 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Jorge Morales, Johns Hopkins University Barriers to increasing diversity in environmental science 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Katherine Valde, Wofford College Megan Kelly, Loyola University Of Chicago Co-authors : Jennifer Bradham, Wofford College Applying Virtue Theory to Research Ethics: Trust and Testimonial Justice in Modern Laboratory Life 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Kayoung Kim, University Of Notre Dame Models of Data in Astronomical Interferometry 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Kevin Ortiz Ceballos, University Of Puerto Rico Philosophers and scientists: a collaboration to improve climate science communication 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Dragana Bozin, University Of Oslo Co-authors : Reidun Gangstø Skaland, MET Norway Gry Oftedal, University Of Oslo Promiscuous Realism does not entail Polygamist Classification 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Jonathon Abdal, Michigan State University Why We’re Afraid of Darwinism 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Hugh Desmond, IHPST (CNRS/Paris I-Sorbonne); University Of Antwerp The Outreach Model and Its Limitations 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Evan Arnet, Indiana University Bloomington Applying Evidential Pluralism to the Social Sciences 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Yafeng Shan, University Of Kent, UK Co-authors : Jon Williamson, University Of Kent, UK Stress as a Problem-feeding Notion in Interdisciplinary Research addressing Mind-body relationships 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Jan Pieter Konsman, CNRS Univ. Bordeaux Identity experiments in neurobiology: the case of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : John Bickle, Mississippi State University/University Of Mississippi Medical Center What Relative Consistency Proofs Do Not Necessarily Mean 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Chanwoo Lee, University Of California, Davis New Directions in Multiscale Modeling: Beyond Reduction and Emergence 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Julia Bursten, University Of Kentucky Jennifer Jhun, Duke University Collin Rice, Bryn Mawr College Why believe stories about the deep past? 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Craig Fox, The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem If a tree grows no rings and no one is around: dealing with paleoclimate data/model discrepancies 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Dan Li, Indiana University Bloomington Leveling with Ruthless Reductionists About Optogenetics 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Caitlin Mace, University Of Pittsburgh Cory Wright, Cal State Long Beach Uncertainty, Data, and Weather Forecasting 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Brandon Boesch, Morningside University Teaching by Building a Wikipedia Page 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Aleta Quinn, University Of Idaho Conservation and Function in Comparative Genomics 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Alan Love, University Of Minnesota Co-authors : Stephan Guttinger, London School Of Economics And Political Science Using Temporal Scaling to Establish a Paleoclimate Analogue 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Aja Watkins, Boston University Can mechanisms have representations as components? 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Aida Roige Mas, University Of Maryland College Park States of Ignorance and Ignorance of States: Examining the Quantum Principal Principle 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Alexander Meehan, Yale University Cognition as a Facilitator of Non-Genetic Inheritance 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Amanda Corris, University Of Minnesota Can Humeans be Scientific Realists? 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Bixin Guo, University Of Pittsburgh Learning to be Social: How to use Machine Learning to Explain Cooperative Behavior 06:30PM - 08:30PM Presented by : Ashton Sperry, Ronin Institute

Saturday, 13 Nov 2021
08:30AM - 06:00PM Tilghman	Nursing Mothers' Room
08:30AM - 06:00PM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Registration
09:00AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 10	Pluralism in Psychiatric Research: Insights from Philosophy of Science Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Feminist Philosophy of Science Moderators Justin Garson, Hunter College - CUNY Biological Essentialism and the Projectability of Psychiatric Categories 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Jonathan Y. Tsou, Iowa State University Pluralism in Psychiatry Encompasses both Natural and Practical Kinds 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Peter Zachar, Auburn University At Montgomery Pluralism and Progress in Psychiatry 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Robyn Bluhm, Michigan State University Reclassifying Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Causal Model Informed by the Patient’s Perspective 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Amy MacKinnon, Western University Muhammad Ali Khalidi, City University Of New York Graduate Center Participatory Intersubjective Objectivity in Psychiatric Epistemology 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Serife Tekin, University Of Texas At San Antonio Commentary 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : MIRIAM SOLOMON, Temple University
09:00AM - 12:15PM	Animal Consciousness and Welfare Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Biology - general / other Moderators Rob Wilson, University Of Western Australia Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Two Paths to Skepticism about Animal Consciousness 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Jonathan Birch, London School Of Economics And Political Science Animal Consciousness and Animal Welfare 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Eva Jablonka, Tel-Aviv University, LSE Co-authors : Simona Ginsburg, Open University Of Israel Felt Unpleasantness and the Measurement of Animal Suffering 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Henry Shevlin, University Of Cambridge Integrating Animal Consciousness into Welfare 10:30AM - 11:00AM Presented by : Heather Browning, London School Of Economics And Political Science Co-authors : Walter Veit, The University Of Sydney Welfare and Animal Culture 11:00AM - 11:30AM Presented by : Kristin Andrews, York University Simon Fitzpatrick, John Carroll University
09:00AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 11	Austere Approaches to Information and Representation in Cognitive Science Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Cognitive Science Moderators Manolo Martínez, Universitat De Barcelona Conventional Meaning in the Brain? 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Charles Rathkopf, Juelich Research Center, Germany Information Theory is a Formal Theory of Representation 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Manolo Martínez, Universitat De Barcelona Transformation over Transmission: Shifting the Focus of the Information Metaphor in Computational Neuroscience 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Grace Lindsay, UCL Analog Information and Representation 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Corey Maley, University Of Kansas Episodic Memories as Cognitive Maps 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Sarah Robins, University Of Kansas
09:00AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 03	Women's Caucus Prize Symposium: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Algorithmic Fairness Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Technology Moderators Dan Li, Indiana University Bloomington A Non-Ideal Perspective on Algorithmic Fairness 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Sina Fazelpour, Northeastern University Co-authors : Zachary Lipton, Carnegie Mellon University Fairness in Data-Driven Decision-Making: A Causal Modeling Perspective 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Daniel Malinsky, Johns Hopkins University Co-authors : Razieh Nabi Ilya Shpitser What’s Sex Got to Do with Machine Learning? 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Lily Hu, Harvard University Co-authors : Issa Kohler-Hausmann, Yale University Risks of Compounding Injustices in Automated Recruiting 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Maria De-Arteaga, University Of Texas At Austin Co-authors : Alexey Romanov, University Of Massachusetts Lowell Hanna Wallach, Microsoft Research Jennifer Chayes, Microsoft Research Christian Borgs, Microsoft Research Alexandra Chouldechova, Carnegie Mellon University Sahin Geyik, LinkedIn Krishnaram Kenthapadi, LinkedIn Anna Rumshisky, University Of Massachusetts Lowell Adam Kalai, Microsoft Research Racial Categories in Algorithmic Fairness: Methodological Issues and Recommendations 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Emily Denton, Google Co-authors : Alex Hanna, Google Andrew Smart, Google Jamila Smith-Loud, Google
09:00AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 01	Scientific Speculation Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Confirmation and Evidence Moderators Daniel Kostic, Institute For Science In Society (ISiS) Radboud University, The Netherlands Maxwell and Speculation 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Peter Achinstein, Johns Hopkins University The Darwinian Tree of Life Project: Heuristic and Aesthetic Roles for Speculation 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Richard Richards, University Of Alabama At Tuscaloosa Newton on Speculation 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : William Harper, University Of Western Ontario Moving Beyond Speculation: Testing Hypotheses with Computer Simulation 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Wendy Parker, Durham University Speculation in Science and Metaphysics 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Bradford Skow, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology The Nature and Status of Speculation in the Life Sciences Around 1800 11:45AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Jutta Schickore, Indiana University
09:00AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 04	Current Debates on Statistical Modeling and Inference Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Probability and Statistics Moderators Deborah Mayo, Virginia Tech Self-Correction and Statistical Misspecification 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Aris Spanos, Virginia Tech Co-authors : Deborah Mayo, Virginia Tech Measuring Severity in Statistical Inference 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Ruobin Gong, Rutgers University Psychometric Models: Statistics and Interpretation 10:15AM - 10:45AM Presented by : Riet Van Bork, Universiteit Van Amsterdam Co-authors : Jan-Willem Romeijn, University Of Groningen Is Algorithmic Fairness Possible?  10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Marcello Di Bello, Lehman College, CUNY Statistical Modeling, Mis-specification Testing, and Exploration 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Elay Shech, Auburn University
09:00AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 09	Causal Modeling Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Causality Moderators Kino Zhao, UCLA Distinctness and Extensional Independence 10:05AM - 10:37AM Presented by : Holly Andersen, Simon Fraser University Underdeterministic Causation 11:42AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Tomasz Wysocki, University Of Pittsburgh Causation and the Problem of Disagreement 10:37AM - 11:10AM Presented by : Enno Fischer, Leibniz Universität Hannover Structural Decision Theory 11:10AM - 11:42AM Presented by : TUNG-YING WU, Institute Of Philosophy, Chinese Academy Of Sciences Variable Definition and Independent Components 09:32AM - 10:05AM Presented by : Lorenzo Casini, Sant'Anna School Of Advanced Studies Co-authors : Alessio Moneta Marco Capasso Boolean Causal Inference and Causal Minimality Condition 09:00AM - 09:32AM Presented by : Jiji Zhang, Hong Kong Baptist University Co-authors : Kun Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
09:00AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 02	Participation in Science Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Values in Science \| General philosophy of science - other \| Ethics of science \| Experiment \| Sociology of Science Moderators Matthew J. Brown, The University Of Texas At Dallas Engineering Roles and Identities in the Scientific Community: Toward Participatory Justice 09:00AM - 09:32AM Presented by : Vitaly Pronskikh, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Growing Knowledge: Epistemic Objects in Agricultural Extension Work 09:32AM - 10:05AM Presented by : Julia Bursten, University Of Kentucky Catherine Kendig, Michigan State University Structural Causes of Citation Blindness 10:05AM - 10:37AM Presented by : Hannah Rubin, University Of Notre Dame Participation and Objectivity 10:37AM - 11:10AM Presented by : Inkeri Koskinen, Tampere University The Diversity-Ability Trade-Off in Scientific Problem Solving 11:10AM - 11:42AM Presented by : Samuli Reijula, University Of Helsinki Jaakko Kuorikoski, University Of Tampere Creativity in the Social Epistemology of Science 11:42AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Mike Schneider, University Of Illinois At Chicago
09:00AM - 12:15PM Key Ballroom 12	Space and Time Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Philosophy of Physics - space and time Moderators Edward Slowik, Winona State University Circular Spaces and Privileged Times 09:00AM - 09:32AM Presented by : Ann Thresher, UC San Diego Is the Holographic Principle a Principle of Quantum Gravity? 09:32AM - 10:05AM Presented by : Christopher Arledge, Johns Hopkins University Energy Conditions in Theories of Modified Gravity 10:05AM - 10:37AM Presented by : Helen Meskhidze, University Of California, Irvine How to Make Presentism Consistent with Special Relativity 10:37AM - 11:10AM Presented by : Mark Balaguer, Cal State LA No Time for Time from No-Time 11:10AM - 11:42AM Presented by : Craig Callender, UC San Diego Co-authors : Eugene Y. S. Chua, University Of California, San Diego Suppressing Spacetime Emergence 11:42AM - 12:15PM Presented by : Joshua Norton, Wheaton College
10:30AM - 10:45AM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Coffee Break
12:30PM - 01:45PM Key Ballroom 07-08	Women's Caucus Lunch
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 02	The Significance of Quantization Procedures Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Physics - quantum mechanics Moderators Benjamin Feintzeig, University Of Washington On the Singularity of the Classical Limit 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Jeremy Steeger, University Of Washington Deformation Quantization and the Emergence of Particles from Quantum Field Theory 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Benjamin Feintzeig, University Of Washington Viewing Quantum Charge from the Classical Vantage Point 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Marian J. R. Gilton, University Of Pittsburgh Decoherence and Deformation Quantization: Complementary or Rival Explanations of Classical Behavior? 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Joshua Rosaler, RWTH Aachen University
02:00PM - 04:00PM	The Major Transitions in Cognitive Evolution Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Cognitive Science Moderators David Harrison, University Of Cambridge Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Cognition with Large and Small Brains 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Andrew Barron, Macquarie University Mapping out the Landscape: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Behavioural Innovation 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Rachael Brown, Australian National University Associative Learning as a Null Model 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Marta Halina, University Of Cambridge Explaining Neural Transitions through Resource Constraints 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Colin Klein, Australian National University
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 09	Philosophical Issues in Meta-analysis Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Confirmation and Evidence Moderators Karen Kovaka, Virginia Tech Conventional Choices in Outcome Measures Influence Meta-Analytic Results 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Hamed Tabatabaei Ghomi, Cambridge University Co-authors : Jacob Stegenga, University Of Cambridge Replication Is for Meta-analysis 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Samuel Fletcher, University Of Minnesota Reliability Weighting in Meta-analysis as a Response to the Replication Crisis 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : William Berger, University Of Pennsylvania Co-authors : Jiin Jung Patrick Grim, The State University Of New York At Stony Brook Bennett Holman, Yonsei University Daniel Singer, University Of Pennsylvania Just Leave It Alone? Recovery Metrics in Ecosystem Restoration 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Karen Kovaka, Virginia Tech
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Philosophy in Science: Can Philosophers of Science Contribute to Science? Format : Remote Presentation Track : Doing philosophy of science - methods and tools Moderators Ruobin Gong, Rutgers University Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Philosophy in Science: Definition and Boundaries 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Thomas Pradeu, CNRS & University Of Bordeaux Mael Lemoine, University Of Bordeaux My Philosophical Interventions in Statistics 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Deborah Mayo, Virginia Tech Philosophical Interventions in Science – a Strategy and a Case Study (Parsimony) 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Elliott Sober, University Of Wisconsin - Madison How Evolutionary Science and Philosophy Can Collaborate to Redefine Disease 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Randolph Nesse, Arizona State University Paul Griffiths, The University Of Sydney
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Philosophy of Science Meets AI Ethics Format : Remote Presentation Track : Values in Science Moderators Eric Scarffe, Florida International University Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Unbiased Algorithms in a Biased Society? Epistemic Risk and Value Judgments in the Design of Recidivism-Prediction Tools 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Justin Biddle, Georgia Institute Of Technology Value Transparency and Value-Ladenness in Machine Learning 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Rune Nyrup, University Of Cambridge Inductive Risk, Understanding, and Opaque Machine Learning Models 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Emily Sullivann, Eindhoven University Of Technology Against Model-Based Counterfactual Explanations 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Kate Vredenburgh, The London School Of Economics
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 11	Why Trust Science? Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Values in Science Moderators Ryan O'Loughlin, Indiana University Bloomington Why Trust Science? 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University Trust Issues 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Chris Haufe, Case Western Reserve University Forms of Trust in Science 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Heidi Grasswick, Middlebury College Trust of Science as a Public Collective Good 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Matthew Slater, Bucknell University Co-authors : Emily Scholfield, Bucknell University
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 10	Non-Metaphysical Resolutions of the Hole Dilemma Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Philosophy of Physics - space and time Moderators Rima Hussein, Johns Hopkins University Mathematics, Metaphysics, and the Hole Argument: Then and Now 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Clara Bradley, University Of California, Irvine Co-authors : James Weatherall, University Of California, Irvine Patching up the Representation of Spacetime in General Relativity 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : James Ladyman, University Of Bristol Metaphysical Considerations after Resolving the Hole Dilemma without Metaphysics 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Francesca Vidotto, University Of Western Ontario Permutations and Charts: Is the Hole Argument a Puzzle about Reference? 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Robert Rynasiewicz, Johns Hopkins University
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 12	What Is Socially Responsible Science? Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Values in Science Moderators Julia Bursten, University Of Kentucky Socially Responsible Science: Mapping the Terrain 03:15PM - 03:45PM Presented by : Inmaculada De Melo-Martin, Weill Cornell Medicine--Cornell University Kristen Intemannq, Montana State University Socially Responsible Science as Accountable Science 03:45PM - 04:15PM Presented by : Haixin Dang, University Of Leeds Representation Without Reification 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Joyce C. Havstad, University Of Utah
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 01	Scientific Modeling Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Scientific Models / Modeling \| Measurement Moderators Michael Miller, University Of Toronto Gaining Traction: Foothold Concepts and Exemplars in Conceptual Change 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : William Goodwin, University Of South Florida On Measurement Scales: Neither Ordinal nor Interval? 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Cristian Larroulet Philippi, University Of Cambridge Solving the Problem of Scientific Model Transfer by Transfering a Scientific Model of Problem Solving 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Justin Price, University Of South Carolina Close Encounters with Scientific Analogies of the Third Kind 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Francesco Nappo, UNC Chapel Hill
02:00PM - 04:00PM	Confirmation and Evidence Format : Remote Presentation Track : Confirmation and Evidence \| Scientific Models / Modeling Moderators Soohyun Ahn, University Of Calgary Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office The Context of Plausibility 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Christophe Malaterre, Université Du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) The Problem of Circular Theory Dependence in Measurement: Uncertainty to the Rescue 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : Kent Staley, Saint Louis University Co-authors : Sophie Ritson, University Of Sydney Tacking by Conjunction, Genuine Confirmation and Bayesian Convergence 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Gerhard Schurz, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany
02:00PM - 04:00PM Key Ballroom 04	Coherence and Inference Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Confirmation and Evidence \| Explanation Moderators Rafael Ventura, University Of Pennsylvania Explanatory Coherence and the Impossibility of Confirmation by Coherence 02:00PM - 02:30PM Presented by : Ted Poston, University Of Alabama At Tuscaloosa Believe Me, I Can Explain! Beware of Inferences to the Explanandum 02:30PM - 03:00PM Presented by : David Colaço, LMU Munich Inference to the Best Explanation: A Material Account 03:00PM - 03:30PM Presented by : Daniel Swaim, University Of Pennsylvania Inferential Reliability 03:30PM - 04:00PM Presented by : Rafael Ventura, University Of Pennsylvania
04:00PM - 04:15PM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Coffee Break
04:15PM - 05:45PM	Chemistry Format : Remote Presentation Track : Realism / Anti-realism / Instrumentalism \| Philosophy of Chemistry Moderators Farzad Mahootian, Male Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Classificatory Norms in Scientific Practice: The Unobjective but Rational Chemical Element. 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Matthew Barker, Concordia University, Montreal Co-authors : Matthew Slater, Bucknell University The Chemical Bond is a Real Pattern 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Vanessa Seifert, University Of Bristol The Nature of Ammonia (1807-1812): Analogy and Composition in the Work of Humphry Davy 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Sarah Hijmans, Université De Paris
04:15PM - 05:45PM Key Ballroom 02	Epistemic Risk Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Confirmation and Evidence \| Values in Science \| Philosophy of Psychology Moderators Zina Ward, Florida State University Epistemic Risk in the Triangulation Argument for Implicit Attitudes 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Morgan Thompson, Bielefeld University Assessing the Consequences of P-hacking using Expected Utility and the Argument from Inductive Risk 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Adrian Erasmus, University Of Alabama At Tuscaloosa
04:15PM - 05:45PM Key Ballroom 01	Mechanisms 2 Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Mechanisms Moderators Corey Maley, University Of Kansas A Novel Account of Activities for the Philosophy of Mechanisms 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Kalewold Kalewold, University Of Maryland College Park Abduction and Composition 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Kenneth Aizawa, Rutgers Co-authors : Drew Headley, Rutgers University, Newark Mechanistic Reductionism 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Tudor Baetu, Université Du Québec à Trois-Rivières
04:15PM - 05:45PM Key Ballroom 03	Deflationary Realism Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Realism / Anti-realism / Instrumentalism \| History of philosophy of science Moderators Elliott Chen, Western University A Functionalist Turn for Selective Realism 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Alberto Cordero, CUNY Graduate Center & Queens College CUNY How American Is Pragmatism? 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Alexander Klein, McMaster University Nancy Cartwright and Modeling-Based Realism 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Omar El Mawas, Durham University
04:15PM - 05:45PM Key Ballroom 04	Simulation Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Computer Simulation Moderators Colin Allen, University Of Pittsburgh The Exploratory Role of Explainable Artificial Intelligence 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Carlos Zednik, Eindhoven University Of Technology Hannes Boelsen, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Verification, Validation, etc. 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Kevin Kadowaki, University Of California, Irvine Simulation and Calibration: Mitigating Uncertainties 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Deborah Haar, University Of Illinois At Chicago And Illinois Institute Of Technology
04:15PM - 05:45PM Key Ballroom 10	Cancer Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Philosophy of Medicine Moderators Alan Love, University Of Minnesota AI Inferences and Bad Data in Oncology 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Jonathon Abdal, Michigan State University N-of-1 Cancer Trials: A Standardization & Meta-Analysis Framework 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Alison McConwell, University Of Massachusetts Lowell Sarah Wieten, Stanford University Squaring the Extrapolator's Circle 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Jonathan Fuller, University Of Pittsburgh
04:15PM - 05:45PM Key Ballroom 12	Formal Epistemology Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Formal Epistemology Moderators Samuel Fletcher, University Of Minnesota Commutativity and Accuracy 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Lisa Cassell, University Of Maryland, Baltimore County Dutch Books and Logical Form 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Joel Pust, University Of Delaware
04:15PM - 05:45PM Key Ballroom 11	Geology Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Geology / Geophysics Moderators Alisa Bokulich, Boston University Historical Sciences in the Era of Climate Change 04:15PM - 04:45PM Presented by : Jason Zinser, University Of Wisconsin - Stevens Point A Pastist Approach to Animal Behavior and the Paradox of Marine Ichnology 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Ali Mirza, In Transition Measuring Time with Fossils: A Start-Up Problem in Stratigraphic Geology 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Max Dresow, University Of Minnesota
04:15PM - 05:45PM Key Ballroom 09	Philosophy of Neuroscience: Models and Methods Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Neuroscience Moderators Harjeet Parmar, University At Buffalo Explaining the Good as Well as the Bad? Mechanistic Understanding in the Gene-Environment Research on Differential Plasticity 04:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Olesya Bondarenko, University Of Cambridge “It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right”: The Coevolution of Technological and Mathematical Tools in Neuroscience 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Luis Favela, University Of Central Florida
04:15PM - 05:45PM	Psychiatry: Modelling, Conceptualizing and Treating Mental Illness Format : Remote Presentation Track : Scientific Models / Modeling \| Philosophy of Medicine Moderators Andrew Evans, University Of Cincinnati Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office From RDoC to DSM: 04:45PM - 05:15PM Presented by : Nicholas Zautra, University Of Guam Reconsidering Harm in Mental Disorders 05:15PM - 05:45PM Presented by : Marko Jurjako, University Of Rijeka, Faculty Of Humanities And Social Sciences Co-authors : Mia Biturajac, University Of Rijeka
06:00PM - 07:00PM Key Ballroom 05-06	Awards Ceremony Format : Special Event Moderators Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office
07:00PM - 08:00PM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Closing Reception

Sunday, 14 Nov 2021
08:30AM - 09:30AM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Registration
08:30AM - 12:00 Noon Tilghman	Nursing Mothers' Room
09:00AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 03	Modeling the Social Structure of Science Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Game Theory Moderators Sophia Crüwell, University Of Cambridge Intervention and Backfire in the Replication Crisis 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Aydin Mohseni, University Of Pittsburgh, Center For The Philosophy Of Science Scientific Progress and the Courtroom 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Cailin O'Connor, UC Irvine Community Characteristics and the Spread of Better Scientific Methods 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Paul Smaldino, University Of California, Merced The Dynamics of Journal Prestige 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Kevin Zollman, Carnegie Mellon University Co-authors : Julian Garcia Gallego, Monash University Toby Hanfield, Monash University
09:00AM - 11:45AM	Opening Up Open Science Format : Remote Presentation Track : Science policy Moderators Jackie Sullivan, University Of Western Ontario Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Open Science and Epistemic Diversity: Friends or Foes? 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Sabina Leonelli, University Of Exeter Openness About Openness: Why Pre-registration Is Failing and What To Do About It 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Felipe Romero, University Of Groningen Certify Pre-Prints 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Carole Lee, University Of Washington Making Open Science Work for Non-Specialists 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Kevin Elliott, Michigan State University Commentary 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Patricia Soranno, Michigan State University
09:00AM - 11:45AM	Stability Concepts in Ecology and Their Practical Implications Format : Remote Presentation Track : Philosophy of Biology - ecology Moderators Imafedia Okhamafe, University Of Nebraska Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Spatial Stability Is an Ecological Stability Concept We Need 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Christopher Eliot, Hofstra University Different Meaning in Different Sizes: Ecology in Size Scales 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Tamar Schneider, Tel Aviv University, Israel From Risk to Resilience in Environmental Impact Assessment 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Eric Desjardins, University Of Western Ontario Ecosystem Stability, Equilibrium or Resilience Are Not Sufficient for Ecosystem Health 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Antoine C. Dussault, Centre Interuniversitaire De Recherche Sur La Science Et La Technologie/Collège Lionel-Groulx Stability and Land Health 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Roberta L Millstein, University Of California, Davis
09:00AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 11	Reconstructing Geologic Time Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Geology / Geophysics Moderators Beckett Sterner, Arizona State University Fossil and Molecular Clocks 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Katherine Valde, Wofford College Learning to Measure What Isn't There: The Problem of Missing Time 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Alisa Bokulich, Boston University Golden Spikes, Silver Bullets, and the Ma(r)king of Chronostratigraphic Boundaries 10:00AM - 10:30AM Presented by : Joeri Witteveen, University Of Copenhagen Deep Sediments; Shallow Time 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Carlos Santana, University Of Utah What is at Stake in the Formalization of a Chronostratigraphic Unit? A Case Study on the Anthropocene 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Hernan Bobadilla, Politecnico Of Milan
09:00AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 04	Neural Networks as Models of the Human Mind Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Computer Simulation Moderators David Colaço, LMU Munich Taking a Machine’s Perspective 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Chaz Firestone, Johns Hopkins University Machine Learning and Conceptual Complexity 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Jens Kipper, University Of Rochester Functional Intelligibility and Neural Network Models of the Brain 10:15AM - 10:45AM Presented by : Rosa Cao, Stanford University Interpreting Deep Learning's Susceptibility to Adversarial Examples 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Cameron Buckner, University Of Houston Learning Incommensurate Concepts 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Hayley Clatterbuck, University Of Wisconsin - Madison
09:00AM - 11:45AM	The Fundamental Physical Constants: Knowledge and Measurement Format : Remote Presentation Track : Measurement Moderators Kent Staley, Saint Louis University Jessica Pfeifer, UMBC PSA Office Disrupting Zanzibars: The Epistemic Function of High Precision Divergence 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Alistair Isaac, University Of Edinburgh The Role of Fundamental Constants in the International System of Units (SI) 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Susan Sterrett, Wichita State University Alistair Isaac, University Of Edinburgh Teru Miyake, Nanyang Technological University Chris Smeenk, Western University Adam Koberinski, University Of Western Ontario The Interlinking Role of the Fine Structure Constant 10:15AM - 10:45AM Presented by : Teru Miyake, Nanyang Technological University Trouble with Hubble: Status of Big Bang Models 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Chris Smeenk, Western University Fundamental Constants and Quantum Field Theory 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Adam Koberinski, University Of Western Ontario
09:00AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 09	The Sciences of Sexual Desire Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Values in Science Moderators Char Brecevic, University Of Notre Dame Don’t Publish, So That We Don’t Perish: the Case For and Against the Use of Neural Networks to Detect Sexual Orientation. 09:00AM - 09:30AM Presented by : Andreas De Block, KU Leuven Science in the Service of Cultural Norms - the Pathologization of Female Desire 09:30AM - 10:00AM Presented by : Katarzyna Grunt-Mejer, SWPS University Of Social Sciences And Humanities Sex Differences in Sexual Desire 10:15AM - 10:45AM Presented by : Jacob Stegenga, University Of Cambridge Sexuality and Genderality: On Personal and Conjoined Embodiment 10:45AM - 11:15AM Presented by : Erin Nash, University Of New South Wales Nicole Vincent, University Of Technology Sydney Commentator 11:15AM - 11:45AM Presented by : John Dupre, University Of Exeter
09:00AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 02	Evolution 2 Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Philosophy of Biology - evolution Moderators Saira Khan, University Of Irvine, California How to Think About Homology: History vs Kinds 09:00AM - 09:33AM Presented by : Robert Kok, University Of Utah The Ecological Dimension of Natural Selection 09:00AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Bendik Hellem Aaby, KU Leuven The Epistemic Value of the Living Fossils Concept 09:33AM - 10:06AM Presented by : Aja Watkins, Boston University What Are the ‘Levels’ in Levels of Selection? 10:39AM - 11:12AM Presented by : Markus Eronen, University Of Groningen Grant Ramsey, KU Leuven The Emptiness of Species 11:12AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Derek Skillings, University Of North Carolina At Greensboro
09:00AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 12	Explanation Format : In-Person Presentation Track : Explanation Moderators Michael Lissack, Tongji University A Normativist Account of Distinctively Mathematical Explanation 09:00AM - 09:33AM Presented by : Mark Povich, Tulane University The Veridicality Problem in Non-causal Explanations 09:33AM - 10:06AM Presented by : Daniel Kostic, Institute For Science In Society (ISiS) Radboud University, The Netherlands The Relevance of Irrelevance to Scientific Explanation 10:06AM - 10:39AM Presented by : Collin Rice, Bryn Mawr College Understanding and Equivalent Reformulations 10:39AM - 11:12AM Presented by : Josh Hunt, Presenter , University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor Abstraction, Explanation, and Effective Field Theories 11:12AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Martin King, University Of Bonn
09:00AM - 11:45AM Key Ballroom 01	Philosophy of Physics Format : Hybrid Presentation Track : Values in Science \| Philosophy of Physics - quantum mechanics \| Scientific Models / Modeling \| Philosophy of Biology - general / other \| Laws of Nature Moderators Esat Canberk Özçelik, Bahçeşehir University Nomic Vagueness 09:00AM - 09:33AM Presented by : Eddy Keming Chen, Presenter, UC San Diego The Metaphysics of Chaos Theory 09:33AM - 10:06AM Presented by : Brett Park, University Of Pittsburgh A Principle Explanation of Bell State Entanglement: Conservation per No Preferred Reference Frame 10:06AM - 10:39AM Presented by : W.M. Stuckey, Presenter, Elizabethtown College Co-authors : Michael Silberstein, Elizabethtown College Non-Empirical Physics, String Theory, and Minimal Criteria 10:39AM - 11:12AM Presented by : Pablo Ruiz De Olano, Max Planck Institute For The History Of Science Co-authors : Anke Bueter, Aarhus University Infrared Cancellation and Measurement 11:12AM - 11:45AM Presented by : Michael Miller, University Of Toronto
10:00AM - 10:15AM Key Ballroom South Foyer	Coffee Break