Men speak about randomization and causal inference May 15, 2013

Workshop on Randomization and Related Topics in Causal Inference in Medicine 

 

Stephen Senn (Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé, Luxembourg)

“Being a Statistician Means Never Having to Say You’re Certain”

David Papineau (Department of Philosophy, King’s College, London)
“What Kind of Causes Do Randomized Trials Tell Us About?”

George Davey-Smith (MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology, Bristol)
“Origins of ‘fair tests’ of treatment in the late 19th century: how and why”

John Worrall (Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics)
“On the the Epistemic Virtues of Blinding”

Alexander Bird (Department of Philosophy, Bristol)
“From Mill’s Method of Difference to Randomization in the Logic of Comparative Trials”

Want to know about being a person? Or being a human? April 29, 2013

Just ask a man. Or six of them. (Arlene Dahl would approve.)

Men compare perspectives on philosophy April 9, 2013

Here’s the line-up for tomorrow’s Dialogues: Philosophy in Comparative Perspective colloquium. Can you spot the missing perspective?

 
“Meaning: Problems and Solutions from an Indian Perspective” by special guest speaker J.L. Shaw (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

“Scientific Dualism and Theological Materialism: Avicenna and the History of Philosophy of Mind” by Muhammad Ali Khalidi (York University)

“Schopenhaur and Indian Thought” by R. Raj Singh (Brock University)

“Indirect Unity: Merlaeu-Ponty and Nagarjuna on the Human and Non-human” by Michael Berman (Brock University)

“Non-Violent Warriors: Marcus Aurelius and The Bhagavad-gita” by Kenneth Dorter (University of Guelph)

GCC: Another all-male list of invited speakers March 19, 2013

This one, on probability.  (From PHILOS-L)

The Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic (progic 2013) continues the progic workshop series
(www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/jw/progic.htm). Progic 2013 takes placeon September 17 and 18, 2013.

Progic 2013 focuses on “Combining probability and logic to solve
philosophical problems”. Topics include but are not restricted to

-) acceptability
-) argument strength
-) belief revision
-) conditionals
-) conditionalization
-) counterfactuals
-) information
-) probability logic

Invited speakers are Igor Douven (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen), Alan Hájek (School of Philosophy, Australian National University), Kevin T. Kelly (Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie Mellon University), Hannes Leitgeb (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), and Peter Milne
(Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling).

GCC: Does Morality Need Religion? March 18, 2013

Apparently it doesn’t need women. All ten speakers are male.

To find out why we’re mentioning this, go here.

2013 MAWM: Registration Open March 14, 2013

I just got the below notice, and when I looked at the list of speakers, what do you know? An amazing line-up with lots of women!

On September 14-15, 2013 the University of Notre Dame will host the second Midwest Annual Workshop in Metaphysics (MAWM). We invite and encourage all interested parties to attend! MAWMs are targeted workshops for Midwestern faculty and graduate students working in metaphysics. Each MAWM features 5-7 invited speakers, the majority of whom come from Midwestern institutions. They provide a venue for sharing new research and building community among metaphysicians in the region. For more information and to register for the workshop, visit the website.

CEU policy: gender equity at events February 26, 2013

At FP, we are always happy to hear when someone takes steps to reflect on whether an academic event is attentive to gender equity.  So we would have marveled at the goodness of Central European University’s splendid policy statement [pdf] on gender equity at academic events and summer schools in any case.  But we get downright tickled when we get to the eighth point in the document, and see the statement, “Event organizers are encouraged to consult appropriate sources for advice on how to achieve gender balance at academic events,” followed by a link to our site, then a link to a Q&A about the Commitment signed by multiple scholars last year.  Neat!

Paper on token women February 20, 2013

Anca Gheaus has a really nice paper that’s highly relevant to the Gendered Conference Campaign, “Three Cheers for the Token Woman”. Check it out!

GCC Doubleheader December 22, 2012

From the APA’s Committee on Public Philosophy.

CPP Book Signing and Panel Organized for the Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association

Book Signing:

At the December 2012 Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in Atlanta, GA, the Committee on Public Philosophy will host a book signing event on December 29, 2012, from 2-4 PM in Imperial Ballroom B at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta, GA.

Five philosophers are participating and have written books that show the impact of philosophy on public life. They include

John Lachs, Stoic Pragmatism
Jeremy Wisnewski (with R.D. Emerick), The Ethics of Torture
John Shook, The God Debates
Carlin Romano, America the Philosophical
Robert Talisse, Democracy and Moral Conflict.

Each author will say a few words about writing for the public about pressing philosophical matters and will then meet visitors and sign books available for purchase (cash or check). Come meet the authors and enjoy some philosophical discussions. You can also read our initial press release about this event here, which includes a brief summary of each book.

Panel:

We are also sponsoring the following panel featuring Jim Sterba’s work:

“Can Moral and Political Philosophy Really Provide a Foundation for Public Policy or is it Question-Begging All Around? A Panel on Jim Sterba’s Work”

Sunday, December 30th, 9:00-11:00 a.m., Session VI-J, Room TBA @ the conference

David Cummiskey (Bates College)
John Lachs (Vanderbilt University)
James Sterba (University of Notre Dame)
Moderator: Eric Thomas Weber (University of Mississippi)

For information on the Gendered Conference Campaign, see our GCC page and our GCC FAQ page.

Men with Identity Problems December 11, 2012

Workshop “Identity and Paradox”

CNRS research unit “Savoirs, Textes, Langage”

http://stl.recherche.univ-lille3.fr/

Lille, France, April 11-12, 2013

Organizers: Giuseppina Ronzitti, Tero Tulenheimo

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Workshop Description

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The goal of the workshop is to discuss philosophical, logical and linguistic aspects of paradoxes in which the notion of identity plays a role. More specifically, we wish to examine whether the so-called paradoxes of identity really are paradoxes of identity in the sense that their paradoxicality is primarily connected to the concept of identity…

Invited speakers:

Jonathan Lowe (Durham)

and

David Nicolas (Institut Jean Nicod, Paris)

Manuel Rebuschi (Nancy)

Gerhard Schaden (Lille 3)

Submissions are invited.