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2018 Philosophy of Science in Appalachia Workshop

Friday, April 6

11:30 a.m. Arrivals and Lunch
12:15 p.m. Opening Remarks
12:30 p.m. Lauren Freeman (University of Louisville), "Epistemic Microaggressions and Epistemic Injustice in Clinical Medicine"
1:15 p.m. Christina Conroy (Morehead State University) "Deviant Dependence and Entanglement"
2 p.m. Vanessa Bentley (Centre College) "Making Feminist Philosophy of Cognitive Neuroscience User-Friendly"
2:45 p.m. Coffee Break
3 p.m. Ioan Muntean (University of North Carolina, Asheville), "Reasoning with Constraints and Enablers in Science: The Case of Principles in Physics"
3:45 p.m. Benjamin Lennertz (Western Kentucky University), "Toward a Theory of Quanticational Probability"
4:30 p.m. Julia Bursten (University of Kentucky), "Conceptual Concerns for Nanoscience"

Saturday, April 7

9 a.m. Breakfast
9:30 a.m. Planning discussion 1: Mission and goals of regional association
11 a.m. Planning discussion 2: Future events, grant, and strategies for support
12 p.m. Conclusion