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Institute of Advanced Study

Symposium 'Let me explain': Programme

10 June 2024

IAS Seminar Room (C0.02)
Zeeman Building

Time
Programme
Presentations
9:45–10:00
Coffee and snacks
10:00–11:00
Panel I: Explaining explaining:
On the meaning of asking Why

Chaired by Manuela Marai (Classics/Life Sciences/IAS)

  • Andrew Cooper (Philosophy):
    "Explanation and causation: Some ongoing problems in biology"
  • Steve Fuller (Sociology):
    "Overdetermining and underdetermining explanations"
11:00–11:15
Coffee break
 
11:15–12:30
Panel II: Explanatory paradigms in
interdisciplinary settings: Challenges and opportunities

Chaired by Joana Almeida (Applied Linguistics)

  • Adela Glyn-Davies (School for Cross-Faculty Studies):
    "Designing / Making / Meaning"
  • Carla Toro (Medical School):
    "When is mental health unhealthful?"
  • Matt Spencer (CIM):
    "Security vulnerabilities and the efficacy of explanations (in the wrong hands)"
12:30–13:00
Lunch break
13:00–14:00
Workshop: Let me explain
Convened by Simon Gansinger (IAS)