On October 24-26, 2019, the Rutgers Philosophy Department will be holding a conference on the Philosophy of Probability. All are welcome to attend!
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Rutgers Conference on Philosophy of Probability
Location: Rutgers Philosophy Department; 106 Somerset St, 5th floor; New Brunswick, NJ
Oct 24 – 26, 2019
Conference Website: https://sites.rutgers.edu/laws-and-chance-project/probability-conference/
Invited Speakers: Ned Hall (Harvard); Jenann Ismael (Columbia); Katie Elliott (UCLA); Christopher Meacham (UMass Amherst); Carl Hoefer (Barcelona); Wayne Myrvold (Western Ontario); Richard Pettigrew (Bristol); Jack Spencer (MIT); Valia Allori (NIU); David Albert (Columbia)
Organizers: Barry Loewer (Rutgers); Denise Dykstra (Rutgers)
Schedule Overview (a detailed schedule, including talk titles and abstracts, is available here)
Thursday, Oct 24
- 3:00 – 6:00 Topic: Metaphysics of Objective Probability (Ned Hall; Jenann Ismael)
- 7:00 Conference Dinner (RSVP required)
Friday, Oct 25
- 9:00 – 9:50 Coffee & Pastries
- 9:50 – 10:00 Welcome & Introductory Remarks (Barry Loewer)
- 10:00 – 1:00 Topic: Chance (Katie Elliott; Christopher Meacham)
- 1:00 – 2:30 Break for lunch
- 2:30 – 5:30 Topic: Probabilities in the Special Sciences (Carl Hoefer; Wayne Myrvold)
- 6:30 Dinner (RSVP required)
Saturday, Oct 26
- 9:00 – 10:00 Coffee & Pastries
- 10:00 – 1:00 Topic: Chance-Credence Principles (Richard Pettigrew; Jack Spencer)
- 1:00 – 2:30 Break for lunch
- 2:30 – 5:30 Topic: Typicality and the Statistical Postulate (Valia Allori; David Albert)
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If you have any questions, please email denise.dykstra@rutgers.edu.