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Pragmatism and Measurement: New Directions
Workshop Dates: March 15-16, 2025
Organizing Committee
- Sandra D. Mitchell, University of Pittsburgh, HPS
- Holly K. Andersen, Simon Fraser University, Philosophy
- Dana Matthiessen, University of Minnesota, Center for the Philosophy of Science
- Dzintra Ullis, University of Pittsburgh, HPS
Location: Center for Philosophy of Science, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh
Measurement is a central activity in the acquisition of scientific knowledge. With increasing attention to scientific practice, there is renewed interest determining what contributes to the reliability of measurement, its accuracy, and precision. The epistemology and metaphysics of measurement raise fundamental questions about the relationship between scientific theories and models, human actions, and the natural world. These include:
1. The representational and informational character of measurements (What do they measure?)
2. The evaluation of measurement outcomes (How should we assess the validity or reliability of a measurement process?)
3. The objectivity of measurements (How is the measurement process guided by theory? How is it independent? What are the implications for the status of measurement as evidence?)
This workshop will explore how a philosophically pragmatist epistemology and metaphysics addresses these questions, and how pragmatist frameworks might transform our understanding of the character and constituents of successful scientific measurement.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
- Nancy Cartwright, UCSD and Durham
- Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge
- Eran Tal, McGill University
Join us for the launch of John D. Norton’s The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference, the second volume in BSPS Open, the diamond open access collection of the BSPS and Calgary University Press. You can download the pdf here or buy your printed copy anywhere:
https://prism.ucalgary.ca/bits
The meeting will take place on Zoom on December 4, 11.00 Pittsburgh, 17h CET, with a brief discussion between John Norton and Job De Grefte (Groningen) about the book, chaired by Helen Beebee (Leeds) and David Teira (UNED)
Find the details and the Zoom link here
https://www.centerphilsci.pitt
More about BSPS Open: https://www.thebsps.org/bsps-o
April 2-4, 2025, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Organized by: Gerd Graßhoff, Arno Simons, Adrian Wüthrich, and Michael Zichert
Philosophy of High Energy Physics (PHEP-2)
Workshop Dates: February 15-16, 2025
The second Pittsburgh workshop on philosophy of particle and high energy physics will be held at the Center for Philosophy of Science on 15th-16th February 2025. The theme is construed broadly to include cosmology, astrophysics, quantum gravity and quantum field theory insofar as they overlap with issues in high-energy physics.
Organizing committee
Marian Gilton
David Wallace
Porter Williams
Confirmed Speakers
James Fraser
Marian Gilton
Adam Koberinski
Siddharth Muthukrishnan
Laura Ruetsche
Chris Smeenk
David Wallace
Porter Williams
Call for Papers – The deadline for submissions is September 30th at midnight. Please send all submissions to phep2025@gmail.com.