Martin Hollis Memorial Conference

[Jerry Goodenough]

> Rationality, Action, and Value in the Philosophy of Social Science
>
> A conference in honour of Martin Hollis will take place at the
following
> time and place
>
> November 18-20, 2004 at the
> Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science,
> The New School for Social Research
> 65 Fifth Avenue
> New York, NY 10003
>
> Organizers: Edward Nell, Department of Economics and Brendan Hogan,
> Department of Philosophy, The New School for Social Research
> The aim of the conference is to honour the memory of Martin Hollis by
> engaging his work in the several areas to which he made significant
> contributions. More information about Martin Hollis and his writings
> can be found at the following website
> www.uea.ac.uk/phi/martin_hollis/welcome.html
>
>
> Conference participants
>
> Margaret Archer, Professor of sociology, University of Warwick
> James Bohman, Danforth professor of philosophy, St. Louis University
> Adrian Favell, Associate professor of sociology, UCLA
> Karim Errouaki, Economist.
> Margaret Gilbert, Professor of philosophy, University of Connecticut
> Russell Hardin, Professor of politics, New York University
> Shaun Hargreaves Heap, Professor of economics, University of East
Anglia
> Bernard Hodgson, Professor of philosophy, Trent University
> Brendan Hogan, PhD candidate, Philosophy, The New School
> Tony Lawson Lecturer in economics, University of Cambridge
> Isaac Levi, John Dewey professor of philosophy, Columbia University
> Steven Lukes, Professor of sociology, New York University
> Richard Miller, Professor of philosophy, Cornell University
> Edward Nell, Malcolm B. Smith professor of economics, The New School
for
> Social Research
> Timothy O'Hagan, Professor of Philosophy, University of East Anglia
> Alex Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole professor of philosophy, Duke
University
>
> Conference Program
>
> All panels to take place in the Ernst Wolff Conference room, 2nd
floor,
> Graduate Faculty Building, 65 Fifth Ave
>
> Thursday November 18, 2004
>
> 4 -6 pm
> Belief, inference, and inquiry
> Brendan Hogan "Plasticity, autonomy and Hollis's Models of Man"
> Isaac Levi "tba"
>
> 6-8 pm:
> Plenary address:
> Steven Lukes
> "The Problem of Apparent Irrationality"
>
> 8-9:30: pm Reception
>
>
> Friday November 19, 2004
>
> 10:30 -11 am: Coffee, Bagels
>
> 11 am- 1 pm
> Accounting for agency in social science:
> James Bohman "Powers, Freedom and the Social World"
> Margaret Archer 'Two Stories or One about Structure and Agency?"
>
> 1-2 pm lunch break.
>
> 2- 4 pm:
> Structures of rationality- individual and collective:
> Margaret Gilbert "Rationality in Collective Action"
> Russell Hardin, "Intending to Win at Chess"
>
> 4:30- 6:30 pm
> Critical Realism and the science of economics:
> Edward Nell and Tony Lawson "Critical Realism and Econometrics in
> Dialogue"
> Karim Errouaki, "Rereading Hollis and Nell, with econometrics in mind"
>
>
> 6:30-7:30 pm. reception
>
> Saturday November 20, 2004
>
> 11 -11:30 am Coffee and Bagels
>
> 11:30 am-1:30 pm
> Problems of empire, ethics, and citizenship:
> Richard Miller "Empire, Ethics, and Agency"
> Timothy O'Hagan, "Citizen of the World"
>
> 1:30-2:30 lunch break
>
> 2:30-4:30 pm
> Reasons and values
> Shaun Hargreaves Heap "Rationality and Ethics"
> Bernard Hodgson "Economic Rationality and Autonomous Virtue"
>
> 4:45 -6:45
> Rationality, evolution, and mechanisms:
> Alexander Rosenberg "Evolutionary Game Theory and Human Evolution"
> Adrian Favell "Nuts and Bolts and Hollis for the Social Sciences"
>
> 6:45-7:00: Closing comments
>
> =============================================
> Dr Jerry Goodenough
> School of Philosophy
> University of East Anglia
> Norwich NR4 7TJ
> 01603-593407
>
>

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