Curriculum Vitae
Conference Papers
The explanatory role of irreducible properties. University of Cincinnati Annual Colloquium, May 2006.
In praise of instance confirmation. APA Central Division Symposium, April 2006.
The explanatory role of irreducible properties. University of Calgary Explanation Workshop, March 2006.
Why think causally? Epistemology of Natural and Artificial Systems, CSULB, February 2006.
What are special science laws made of? Arizona Ontology Conference, January 2006.
The wrong problem: Relevance and irrelevance in Bayesian confirmation theory. Formal Epistemology Workshop, May 2004.
Causal Inference and Categorization
. CASBS Workshop on Causation and Categorization, February 2004.
Mackie Remastered
. Northwest Inland Philosophy Conference. May 2003.
The Myth of the Final Criterion
. University of Oregon Conference on Psychological Essentialism, 2003.
Bayesian Confirmation Theory: Inductive Logic or Mere Inductive
Framework?
. CSLI Language, Logic, and Computation Workshop, 2001.
A Neoclassical Account of Artifact Concepts
. Society for
Philosophy and Psychology, 1997 (poster)
Invited Talks
I have given talks to the philosophy departments at University of Auckland, University of Calgary, University of Pennsylvania, Irvine Logic and Philosophy of Science, Columbia Philosophy of Science Seminar, N.Y.U., Princeton University, Brown University, University of Washington (Seattle), Cornell University, U.C.S.D., Caltech, University of Arizona, University of Michigan, University of Utah, Stanford University, Iowa State University, and C.U.N.Y.
I have also given talks to the psychology department at Stanford University, and to the HPS/Science Studies departments at U.C.S.D. and Stanford University.
Grants and Awards
May be sent to me at:
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Department of Philosophy,
New York University
New York, NY 10003