2nd Barcelona-Urbino Meeting on History and Philosophy of Science
Venue: Seminari de Filosofia, Faculty of Philosophy,
Universitat de Barcelona, c/Montalegre 4-6
Organizers: Jose Díez (UB) & Albert Solé (UAB-UB)
Thursday 21 November 2013
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
10:00-11:30 Aldo Filomeno (UAB): "Simple behavior
from complex micro-level dynamics: the cases of statistical mechanics and
population ecology"
Discussant: Claudio Calosi (Urbino)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:30 Romina Zuppone (UB): "The
Experimenter ́s Regress and the Autonomy of Experimentation Thesis"
Discussant: Massimo Sangoi (Urbino)
13:30-15:30 Lunch
15:30-17:00 Adán Sus (U. de Valladolid): “Evidence of
Dark Matter andModified Theories of Gravity”
Discussant: Giovanni Macchia (Western Ontario)
17:00-17:30 Coffee break
17:30-19:00 Marc Artiga (LOGOS-UB – U. de Girona):
“Assessing the Modal Theory of Biological Function”
Discussant: Vincenzo Fano (Urbino)
20:30 Conference Dinner
Friday 22 November 2013
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
10:00-11:30 Flavia Marcacci (Pontificia Università Lateranense): “The world-system of Giovanni
Battista Riccioli and the phases of Venus and Mercury.”
Discussant: José Diez (UB)
11:30-12:00 Coffee break
12:00-13:30 Giulia Giannini (Max Planck Institute):
“Gianantonio Tadini and Falling Bodies. A new documentary source for the
reconstruction of the history of experimental proofs on the rotation of the
Earth.”
Discussant: Massimiliano Badino (CEHIC – UAB)
13:30-15:30 Lunch
15:30-17:00 Stefano Bordoni (Bologna): “When
Historiography met Epistemology. Duhem’s early philosophy of science in
context.”
Discussant: Carl Hoefer (Western Ontario)
17:00-17:30 Coffee break
17:30-19:00 Pierluigi Graziani (Urbino): “On Euclid's
prototype deductions”
Discussant: Giuliano Torrengo (Milano)