Titel: New Perspectives on Causation in the Life Sciences
Termin: 27.6.2022 bis 28.6.2022
Veranstaltungsort:
Canterbury, UK
Referenten: John Dupre (University of Exeter), Samir Okasha (University of Bristol), Charles Pence (Université catholique de Louvain), Lauren Ross (University of California, Irvine), Jutta Schickore (Indiana University, Bloomington), James Woodward (University of Pittsburgh)
Weitere Informationen:
https://www.shanyafeng.com/causation-in-biology-conference-kent-2022.h ...
What is the best approach to causation in the life sciences?
Which better captures the concept of causation in the life sciences: causal pluralism or causal monism?
Is the concept of causation in the life sciences special in any sense?
Is the concept of causation in the life sciences reducible to that in the physical sciences?
Is the concept of causation in the life sciences teleological?
Is the distinction between proximate causation and ultimate causation tenable?
The conference is part of the BA/Leverhulme-funded project "The Metaphysical Foundations of Evidential Pluralism" (2020-2022).
Kontakt:
Yafeng Shan
y.shan@kent.ac.uk
Schlagworte: Wissenschaftstheorie