Organizer:
GUNNAR SCHUMANN
(FernUniversität in Hagen)
Attendance is free,
but please register at:
[email protected]
Contact:
Dr. Gunnar Schumann
FernUniversität in Hagen
Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften
Lehrgebiet Philosophie I
58084 Hagen
GERMANY
E-Mail:
[email protected]
Telefon: +49 2331 987-2151
Fax: +49 2331 987-192151
Venue:
Großer Senatssaal
AVZ
Universitätsstraße 21
58084 Hagen
Sponsored by the FernUniversität
in Hagen,
the Gesellschaft der Freunde der
FernUniversität in Hagen and the
Gesellschaft für Analytische
Philosophie (GAP)
International
Philosophical
Conference
Causalism and
Anti-Causalism
in Historical
Explanations
March 16 -18, 2016
FernUniversität
in Hagen, Germany
Wednesday, 03/16/2016
Friday, 03/18/2016
2.00 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
Welcoming address
11.00 a.m. – 11.20 a.m.
coffee break
2.10 p.m. – 3.10 p.m.
GIUSEPPINA D’ORO (Keele University)
“What kind of debate is the causalist/anti-causalist
debate?”
11.20 a.m. – 12.20 p.m.
GEORGE F. SCHUELER (University of Delaware)
“Why and How? - Teleological and causal concepts
in action explanations”
3.10 p.m. – 4.10 p.m.
ROBERT SCHNEPF (Universität Halle-Wittenberg)
“The conditionality of human actions“
12.20 p.m. – 1.20 p.m.
lunch break
4.10 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.
coffee break
4.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.
DORIS GERBER (Universität Bayreuth)
“Counterfactual causality and historical
explanations“
5.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
AVIEZER TUCKER (University of Texas in Austin)
“Historical causation and origins“
1.20 p.m. – 2.20 p.m.
GUIDO LÖHRER (Universität Erfurt) / SCOTT R.
SEHON (Bowdoin College)
“Rationalizing principles and causal explanation“
2.20 p.m. – 3.20 p.m.
JULIA TANNEY (University of Kent)
“The explanatory role of mental predicates”
3.20 p.m. – 3.40 p.m.
coffee break
3.40 p.m. – 4.40 p.m.
SEVERIN SCHROEDER (University of Reading)
“Reasons and causes in historical explanations“
Thursday, 03/17/2016
9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.
OLIVER R. SCHOLZ (Universität Münster)
“Historical explanations: The role of causation and
non-strict generalizations”
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
ALFRED MELE (Florida State University)
“Some Attractions of Causalism“
9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.
THOMAS KEUTNER (FernUniversität in Hagen)
“Anscombe revisited”
10.00 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
GUNNAR SCHUMANN (FernUniversität in Hagen)
„An anti-causal theory of action as basis for
historical explanations”
11.00 a.m. – 11.20 a.m.
coffee break
11.20 a.m. – 12.20 a.m.
THOMAS BEDORF (FernUniversität in Hagen)
„Practice Theory and collective intentionality”
12.20 a.m.
Farewell

CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Robert Hon Kwong Mak Address