PSX6: Uncertainty in Experimental Contexts
Saint Louis University
October 15-16, 2021
Schedule
Friday, October 15
9:00
Coffee and welcoming remarks
9:30
Stephan Guttinger (Center for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics)
“Experimental control and the idea of certainty”
10:15
Sofia Blanco Sequeiros and Luis Mireles-Flores (Center for Philosophy of Social Science, University of Helsinki)
“Evaluating Uncertainty in Experimental Results with ‘External Validity’”
11:00
Coffee Break
11:15
Michael Stöltzner (Philosophy, University of South Carolina) and Peter Mättig (Physics, University of Bonn)
“What Motivates the Search for Signatures in Particle Physics?”
12:00
Ronald Laymon (Philosophy, The Ohio State University)
“Experimental Strategies for The Minimization and Quantification of Uncertainty”
12:45 – 2:30
Lunch
2:30
Keynote: Eran Tal, (Philosophy, McGill University)
“Measurement Uncertainty and Model-Based Inference”
3:30
Ioan Muntean (Philosophy, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley & Old Dominion University)
“Autonomy and Intelligence of Artificial Agents: Between Experimentation and Simulation”
4:15
Coffee Break
4:30
Suzanne Kawamleh (Department of Philosophy, Indiana University)
“The (Climate) Data Revolution: How Machine Learning Methods Impact Climate Model Uncertainty Assessment”
5:15
Meghan Page (Philosophy, Loyola University Maryland)
“Can Two Uncertainties Make a Data-Set?: Reflections on the use of Proxy Measurements in Climate Science”
Saturday, October 16
9:30
Uljana Feest (Institute for Philosophy, Leibniz University of Hannover)
“Experimental Artifacts and the Investigative Process in Psychology”
10:15
Genco Guralp (Philosophy, San Diego State University)
“Systematic Uncertainty and Robustness in the Discovery of the Accelerating Universe”
11:00
Coffee Break
11:15
Vitaly Pronskikh (Accelerator Physics Center, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)
“Experimentation and Systematic Uncertainty: A Theoretical-Operational Model”
12:00
Alisa Bokulich (Philosophy, Boston University)
“Managing Uncertainty in Radiometric Dating”
12:45 – 2:30
Lunch
2:30
Keynote: Elizabeth Haswell (Biology, Washington University)
“Context and Controversies in the Study of Plant Intelligence”
3:30
Evan Arnet (History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, Indiana University)
“Experimental Traditions and Generative Uncertainty: The Case of Scorpion Suicide”
4:15
Coffee Break
4:30
Samuel Fletcher (Philosophy, University of Minnesota)
“Replication Is for Meta-analysis”
