Continental
Approaches
to the
Philosophy of Science
PLACE Pittsburgh Marriott
DATE Thursday October 31, 2019
TIME 9am - 12am
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SPEP Satellite Conference 2019
We invite you to the inaugural meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Science to be hosted at the 58th annual Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP) conference in Pittsburgh, PA on Oct 31, 2019. We will introduce our organization and its aims with three keynote lectures by researchers who examine questions in contemporary physics, from issues in quantum mechanics to problems with Special Relativity, through the lens of phenomenology.
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SCHEDULE:
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9am: Introduction to the Organization
9:10am: "Clearing the Way for a Phenomenology of Physics;" Lee Hardy, Calvin College
10:00am: "Why Phenomenology of Science?" Robert Crease, SUNY Stony Brook
10:50am: "Applicability of Mathematics: A Phenomenological Approach;" Arezoo Islami, San Francisco State University
11:40am: Roundtable Discussion - Moderated by Robert C. Scharff