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SUMMARY:Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation
LOCATION:University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, Bern, Switzerland, 3012
DESCRIPTION:Entity Realism Beyond Manipulation\n\n06/16/26 11:30 AM CET\n - 06/17/26 06:00 PM CET\Description:\nThis workshop explores how entity realism could be extended to areas of science in which experimental manipulation in the traditional sense is impossible.\Details:\nParticipation (including lunch and refreshments) is free of charge, but we ask you to register by 7 June 2026 by sending your name and affiliation to mahdi.khalili@unibe.ch. The program is as follows:\n\nTuesday, June 16\n\n11.30 – 11.45 Welcome Address\n\n11.45 – 12.30 Katherine Morrow, University of Oslo — Against Selective Antirealism About Ecological Entities\n\n12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break\n\n14.00 – 14.45 Kenneth Aizawa, Rutgers University Newark — Compositional Abduction and Entity Realism\n\n14.45 – 15.30 Mahdi Khalili, University of Bern — Entity Realism about Black Holes\n\n15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break\n\n16.00 – 16.45 Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard, University of Namur — No Manipulation, No Entities? The Ontological Commitment of Natural Experiments in Astrophysics and Cosmology\n\n16.45 – 18.00 Mauricio Suárez, Complutense University of Madrid — Deflating Experimental Realism in Astrophysics\n\n19.00 – 22.00 Workshop Dinner \n\n \n\nWednesday, June 17\n\n11.00 – 11.45 Thijs Latten, Delft University of Technology — An Engineering Perspective on Quantum State Realism: A Case Study in Expanding Causal Realism\n\n11.45 – 12.30 Ruey-Lin Chen, National Chung Cheng University & Jonathan Hricko, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University — Real Entities and Real Causal Relationships: The Cases of the Transgenic and Gene Knockout/Knock-In Methods\n\n12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break\n\n14.00 – 14.45 Matthias Egg, University of Bern — Effective Entity Realism\n\n14.45 – 16.00 Nora Boyd (online), Siena University — How to Get in Touch With Distant Reality: The Causal Production of Empirical Data\n\n16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break\n\n16.30 – 17.15 General Discussion\n\n17.15 – 17.30 Closing Remarks\n\nThis conference is part of the project Extending the Scope of Causal Realism, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.\n\Location:\nUniversity of Bern\nHochschulstrasse 4\nBern, Switzerland, 3012
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06/16/26 11:30 AM CET - 06/17/26 06:00 PM CET
Description:
This workshop explores how entity realism could be extended to areas of science in which experimental manipulation in the traditional sense is impossible.
Details:
Participation (including lunch and refreshments) is free of charge, but we ask you to register by 7 June 2026 by sending your name and affiliation to mahdi.khalili@unibe.ch. The program is as follows:
Tuesday, June 16
11.30 – 11.45 Welcome Address
11.45 – 12.30 Katherine Morrow, University of Oslo — Against Selective Antirealism About Ecological Entities
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 14.45 Kenneth Aizawa, Rutgers University Newark — Compositional Abduction and Entity Realism
14.45 – 15.30 Mahdi Khalili, University of Bern — Entity Realism about Black Holes
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 16.45 Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard, University of Namur — No Manipulation, No Entities? The Ontological Commitment of Natural Experiments in Astrophysics and Cosmology
16.45 – 18.00 Mauricio Suárez, Complutense University of Madrid — Deflating Experimental Realism in Astrophysics
19.00 – 22.00 Workshop Dinner
Wednesday, June 17
11.00 – 11.45 Thijs Latten, Delft University of Technology — An Engineering Perspective on Quantum State Realism: A Case Study in Expanding Causal Realism
11.45 – 12.30 Ruey-Lin Chen, National Chung Cheng University & Jonathan Hricko, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University — Real Entities and Real Causal Relationships: The Cases of the Transgenic and Gene Knockout/Knock-In Methods
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 – 14.45 Matthias Egg, University of Bern — Effective Entity Realism
14.45 – 16.00 Nora Boyd (online), Siena University — How to Get in Touch With Distant Reality: The Causal Production of Empirical Data
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 17.15 General Discussion
17.15 – 17.30 Closing Remarks
This conference is part of the project Extending the Scope of Causal Realism, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Location:
University of Bern
Hochschulstrasse 4
Bern, Switzerland, 3012
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