Program
Thursday, June 15th 2017
9 am – 9:15 Welcome
9:15-10:15 “Inductive Metaphysics and Scientific Practice” – Andreas Hüttemann (University of Cologne)
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:45 “Lessons for Causal Selection from Biological Technology” – Janella Baxter (University of Minnesota)
11:45-11:50 Short Break
11:50-12:50 “Making Use of” – Adrian Currie (University of Cambridge)
12:50-2:50 Lunch
2:50-3:50 “Process Ontology as a Paradigm for Scientifically Grounded Metaphysics?” – John Dupré (University of Exeter)
3:50-4:20 Coffee Break
4:20-5:20 “A Case Study in the Metaphysics of Biological Practice: The Parts of the Human Genome”, Marie Kaiser (University of Bielefeld)
5:20-5:25 Short Break
5:25-6:25 “What are Holobionts? – A Case Study for Hard Questions About Biological Individuality” – Derek Skillings (University of Bordeaux)
7pm Conference Dinner
Friday, June 16th 2017
9:15-10:15 “The spiral, the circle and the microbe: heredity and biological Practice” Eva Boon (Eindhoven University)
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:45 “Underlying Concept Structure” Joyce Havstad (Oakland University)
11:45-11:50 Short Break
11:50-12:50 “Individuation and identity: towards a practice-based metaphysics for homology” Catherine Kendig (Michigan State University)
12:50-2:50 Lunch
2:50-3:50 “Metaphysics through Science: The Case of Kinds” Laura Franklin-Hall (New York University)
3:50-4:20 Coffee Break
4:20-5:20 “Taxa aren’t kinds, nor are they individuals: Lessons from phylogenetic practice for the metaphysics of biological classification” Thomas Reydon (Leibniz University)
5:20-5:25 Short Break
5:25-6 pm Concluding Discussion