2017 Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable
May 19-20, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Friday, May 19
12:00 to 12:30 Registration in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IBLC) Foyer Lower Level
Session 1 (12:30 – 2:30)
A: Social Dimensions of Science (IBLC Lillooet Room)
12:30 to 1:10: Fiona Jenkins (Australian National University), “Gendered Innovations and Changing Norms in Social Sciences”
1:10 to 1:50: Deepanwita Dasgupta (University of Texas, El Paso), “The Entry of Newcomers into a Scientific Community: The Social Dimensions of Scientific Research”
1:50 to 2:30: Marina Prazetina (Wirth Institute, University of Alberta), “Trustworthiness of Science in the Nexus between Science, Society and Policy”
B: Placing the Normative in the Physical World (IBLC Dodson Room)
12:30 to 1:10: Karsten Stueber (College of the Holy Cross), “Reasons, Causes, and the Norms of Rationality”
1:10 to 1:50: Claudine Verheggen (York University), “Semantic Norms and Social Norms”
1:50 to 2:30: Robert Myers (York University), “Davidson’s Account of Normative Reasons”
2:30 – 3:00: Coffee Break (IBLC foyer)
Session 2 (3:00 – 5:00):
Symposium for Jim Bohman (IBLC 182)
3:00 to 3:25: Bert Kögler (University of North Florida)
3:25 to 3:50: Georgia Warnke (UC-Riverside)
3:50 to 4:15: Mark Warren (UBC)
4:15 to 4:45: Jim Bohman (University of St Louis)
4:45 to 5:00: Q&A
Keynote Lecture 5:15 to 6:30 (IBLC 182)
Cristina Bicchieri, S. J. Patterson Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics, University of Pennsylvania.
“Norms and Sanitation: Can Philosophy Help”
Reception 6:30 to 7:30: St. John’s College (2111 Lower Mall)
Dinner 7:30: St. John’s College
Saturday, May 20
Breakfast 8:00 – 8:30 (IBLC 157)
Session 3 (8:30 – 10:30):
A: Experiment, Explanation and Models (IBLC 155)
8:30 to 9:10: Jared Millson (Agnes Scott College), Kareem Kalifa (Middlebury College), Mark Risjord (Emory University), “Inference, Explanation, and the Improbable in Experimental Economics”
9:10 to 9:50: Jason Oakes (University of California, Davis), “Tracking Versions to Follow the Propagation of Models”
9:50 to 10:30: Paul Franco (University of Washington), “The Scientist is a Moralist: Interpreting the Side-Effect Effect”
B: Social Identity and Autonomy (IBLC 185)
8:30 to 9:10: Alex Madva (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona) and Shannon Doberneck (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), “Duties of Social Identity? Intersectional Objections to Sen’s Identity Politics”
9:10 to 9:50: Derick Hughes (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona), “Rational Autonomy and Irrational Bias: A Reply to Elizabeth Anderson’s Justification for Structural Reform”
9:50 to 10:30: Michael Katel (University of Washington), “The Normative Force of Quantified Reputation in the Information Society”
10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break (IBLC Foyer)
Session 4 (11:00 – 12:20):
A: Decision and Risk (IBLC 155)
2:00 to 2:40: Rebecca Livernois (University of British Columbia), “Regretful Decisions and Climate Change”
2:40 to 3:20: Ziming Song (University of Oklahoma), “Decision Theory and Risk Attitudes”
B: Qualitative Research Methods (IBLC 185)
11:00 to 11:40: Sharon Crasnow (Norco College), “Political Science Methodology: A Plea for Pluralism”
11:40 to 12:20: William Benton (College of William and Mary), “Chaotic Novelty: Beginnings as a Problem”
12:20 to 2:00: LUNCH (IBLC 157)
Session 5 (2:00 – 3:20):
A: Social Construction of Race (IBLC 155)
2:00 to 2:40: Harold Kincaid (University of Cape Town), “Debating the Reality of Race, Caste, and Ethnicity”
2:40 to 3:20: Kamuran Osmanoglu (University of Kansas), “A Debunking Account of Social Constructionism of Race: A Critique of Sally Haslanger’s Theory of Race”
B: Well-Being (IBLC 185)
2:00 to 2:40: Gil Hersch (George Mason University), “No Theory-Free Lunches in Well-Being Policy”
2:40 to 3:20: Tyler DesRoches (Arizona State University), “Nobody Needs a Theory of Human Well-Being”
12:20 – 4:00 Coffee Break (IBLC Foyer)
Session 6 (4:00 – 6:00):
A: Social Kinds (IBLC 155)
4:00 to 4:40: Aaron Fichtelberg (University of Delaware), “Criminological Realism”
4:40 to 5:20: Garson Leder (University of British Columbia), “The Social Impact of the Metaphysics of Mental Health”
B: Rationality and Culture (IBLC 185)
4:00 to 4:40: Martin Palecek (University of Hradec Kralove), “Culture Between Nature and Nurture”
4:40 to 5:20: Mark Theunissen (New School for Social Research), “Whatever Happened to the Azande? A Short History of Rationality between Anthropology and Philosophy”
5:20 to 6:00: Robert Feleppa (Wichita State University), “Rationality Assumptions and their Limits”
7:00 Drinks and Dinner at Mahoney’s Pub (5990 University Blvd)