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"WORKSHOP ON CAUSALITY AND CAUSAL REASONING"

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Friday, March 2 - Saturday, March 3, 2007

Speakers:

Christopher Hitcock , California Institute of Technology
L.A. Paul, University of Arizona
Jonathan Schaffer , University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mathias Frisch , University of Maryland

Schedule of Events:

Friday, March 2

4:00 - 5:00 pm -Registration  
Location: Caldwell Hall Lounge  
5:30- 7:00 pm - Paper presented by Chistopher Hitchcock, "Prevention, Preemption, and the Principle of Sufficient Reason"
Commentator/Moderator: Jennifer McKitrick, University of Nebraska
 
Location: Caldwell Hall 213  
   

Saturday, March 3

9:15 am - Contential Breakfast  
Location: Caldwell Hall Lounge  
10:00- 11:30 am - Paper presented by L.A. Paul, "Varieties of Redundant Causation"
Commentator/Moderator: David Sanford
 
Location: Caldwell Hall 213  
11:30 - 1:00 pm - Lunch  

Location: Caldwell Hall Lounge

 
1:00 - 2:30 pm - Paper presented by Jonathan Schaffer, "Causal Contextualisms"
Commentator/Moderator: John Carroll
 
2:30 - 3:15 pm - Break  
3:15 - 4:45 pm - Paper presented by Matthias Frisch, "Causal Reasoning in Physics"
Commentator/Moderator: Sarah Scott
 
5:30 - 8:00 pm - Dinner Party  
Location: Marc Lange's home  
 

Additional Information

Registration:
Registration is Closed.

Registrants will be given a password which will allow them to access papers before start of workshop.

Registrants will be provided meals during lunch and dinner breaks.


Accommodations
Rooms are available at the Best Western University Inn, a short drive from campus.  The conference rates are $76 single and $82 double per night, plus tax.

To make reservations, please call the Best Western University Inn, (919) 932-3000, and indicate that you are attending the Causality Workshop.

Availability of rooms will not be guaranteed after Februrary 16th.

Transportation:
Raleigh-Durham Airport is the commercial airport nearest to Chapel Hill. Taxi and limousine service to Chapel Hill is available.

Sites to See in Chapel Hill

Ackland Art Museum

Carnivore Preservation Trust

Ayr Mount Historic Site, Hillsborough

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Morehead Planetarium

Local Bookstores

Local Taverns/Music Venues

 

 

 

 

 

 





   
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