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International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC)
2009 Summer Symposium
13–15 August 2009
Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Conference Program
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Thursday, 13 August 2009
| Time |
Event |
Location |
12:30-1:30 p.m.
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Registration |
Entrance Lobby |
1:30-1:45 p.m.
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Welcome
Ron Brashear, Anke Timmermann, Michael Weisberg
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Franklin Combined |
| 1:45-2:30 p.m. |
What is a Molecule?
G.K. Vemulapulli, University of Arizona |
Franklin Combined |
| 2:30-3:15 p.m. |
What McIntyre Ignored: Which are the Property-Bearers?
Joseph E. Earley, Sr., Georgetown University |
Franklin Combined |
| 3:30-4:15 p.m. |
Mereology and Chemical Analysis
Rom Harré, Georgetown and Oxford Universities |
Franklin Combined |
| 4:15-5:30 p.m. |
Reception and Exhibit Tour
Overlook Lounge |
Overlook Lounge |
| 5:30-7:00 p.m. |
Keynote Address:
Are One Hand and Three Letters Enough?
Jay Siegel, Universität Zürich |
Franklin Combined |
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Friday, 14 August 2009
| Time |
Event |
Location |
9:00-9:30 a.m.
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Continental Breakfast |
Franklin 1 |
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. |
Atomism Begs the Question: A Persistent Dissenting View
Paul A. Boggard, Mount Allison University
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Franklin 1 |
M.S. Tswett and the Experimenters' Regress
Jonathan Livengood, University of Pittsburgh |
Franklin 2 |
| 10:15-11:00 a.m. |
On the Problem of Metaphysics in Theoretical Chemistry
Rein Vihalemn, University of Tartu |
Franklin 1 |
Ontological Tensions in 16th and 17th Century Chemistry: Between Mechanism and Vitalism
Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino, Florida Atlantic
University |
Franklin 2 |
| 11:00-11:30 a.m. |
Coffee |
| 11:30-12:15 p.m. |
Two Notions of Emergence Regarding the Chemical
Alexandru Manafu, University of Western Ontario |
Franklin 1 |
The Superiority of Mechanistic Explanation in Chemistry
Scott Carson, Ohio University |
Franklin 2 |
| 12:15-1:00 p.m. |
"Chemistry is (Not) Reducible to Physics" – What Does
That Mean?
W. H. Eugen Schwarz, Theoretical Chemistry University,
Siegen, Germany |
Franklin 1 |
| 1:00-2:30 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 2:30-3:15 p.m. |
Structural Realism in Chemistry – The Role of the Periodic Table
Eric Scerri, UCLA |
Franklin 1 |
| 2:30-3:15 p.m. |
Sustaining a Controversy: The Case of Non-Classical Ions
William Goodwin, Swarthmore College |
Franklin 2 |
| 3:15-4:00 p.m. |
Brewing Knowledge: The Practical Understanding of Fermentation and its Relation to Prevailing Chemical Models
John S. Ceccatti, University of Pennsylvania |
Franklin 1 |
| 3:15-4:00 p.m. |
The Instrumental Reality of Phlogiston in England
John Stewart, University of Oklahoma |
Franklin 2 |
| 4:00-4:30 p.m. |
Tea |
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| 4:30-5:30 p.m. |
Workshop: Chemistry and Speakable Quantum
Mechanics
G. K. Vemulapalli, University of Arizona |
Franklin Combined |
| 5:45-6:45 p.m. |
The Phase Rule and the Notion of Substance
Paul Needham, University of Stockholm |
Franklin Combined |
| 7:00-9:00 p.m. |
Conference Banquet |
Ristorante Panorama,
14 North Front Street |
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Saturday, 15 August 2009
| Time |
Event |
Location |
9:00-9:30 a.m.
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Continental Breakfast |
Franklin 1 |
| 9:30-10:15 a.m. |
The Art of the Periodic Table
Tami I. Spector, University of San Francisco
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Franklin 1 |
The Epistemic Value of Dalton’s Theory of Atoms
Samuel Schindler, University of Birmingham |
Franklin 2 |
| 10:15-11:00 a.m. |
Reconsidering the Epistemological Concept of Element
and the Nature of Elementary Groups: Mendeleev and
the Rare Earth Influence in 1869–1871
Pieter Thyssen, Catholic University of Leuven |
Franklin 1 |
Levels of Description in the Understanding of Complex Chemical Systems
Jeffrey Kovac, University of Tennessee |
Franklin 2 |
| 11:00-11:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:30-12:15 p.m. |
Occur by the SN1 or SN2 Mechanism—or Something Else?
Richard M. Pagni, University of Tennessee |
Franklin 1 |
Towards a mereology of structured wholes in chemistry and the sciences
N. Sukumar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Franklin 2 |
| 12:15-1:00 p.m. |
Explaining with (Possibly) Non-referring Bonds
Michael Weisberg, University of Pennsylvania |
Franklin 1 |
Emergence, Supervenience, and Chemical Education
Micah Newman, University of Connecticut |
Franklin 2 |
| 1:00-2:30 p.m. |
ISPC business meeting (lunch can be pre-ordered for participants) |
Franklin 1 |
| Lunch (on your own) |
| 2:30-3:15 p.m. |
Atoms in Molecules: Finding the Bond in Quantum Mechanics?
Robin Findlay Hendry |
Franklin 1 |
| 3:15-3:30 p.m. |
Tea |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. |
Workshop: Measurement Theory
Zoltan Domotor, University of Pennsylvania |
Franklin 1 |
| 5:00-6:00 p.m. |
All The Ways to Have a Bond
Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University |
Franklin 1 |
| 6:00-6:30 p.m. |
Final discussion |
CHF or off-site |
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Symposium details
Symposium home | Accommodations | Directions to CHF
Contact information
For further information on conference content, please contact:
Michael Weisberg
Department of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania
433 Cohen Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-898-0417
weisberg@phil.upenn.edu
For logistical information on attending the conference, please contact:
Nancy Vonada
Manager of Events and Stewardship
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Phone: 215-873-8226
Fax: 215-629-5226
nvonada@chemheritage.org
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