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Understanding Progress and Progress in Understanding

Understanding Progress and Progress in Understanding - Available at University of Iceland
When 
Tue, 28/06/2022 - 09:00 to Thu, 30/06/2022 - 19:00
Where 

Veröld - Hús Vigdísar

Further information 
Free admission

An international conference on “Understanding Progress and Progress in Understanding” will be held at the University of Iceland over three days this summer, from June 28th to June 30th, 2022. 

The event is hosted by the project “Understanding Progress, in Science and Beyond”, which is generously funded by the Icelandic Research Fund (Rannís). Please visit the project’s web page
or read the detailed project description, to find out more.

The UPPU 2022 conference will be hosted on the main campus of the University of Iceland, which is located at Sæmundargata 2, 102 Reykjavík. The exact room location for the conference is VHV-007. The name of the building is Veröld - House of Vigdís. The conference
will be spread over three days, from Tuesday, June 28th, to Thursday, June 30th. The tentative conference schedule is as follows:

Day 1 - June 28th

  • 9:00 - 9:30 Welcome coffee.
  • 9:30 - 11:00 Michael Strevens: Progress Through Falsehood.
  • 11:00 - 11:15 Break.
  • 11:15 - 12:05 William D’Alessandro and Ellen Lehet: Mathematical Explanation and Understanding: A Noetic Acount.
  • 12:05 - 13:30 Lunch.
  • 13:30 - 15:00 Milena Ivanova: New Directions in the Aesthetics of Science.

Day 2 - June 29th

  • 9:30 - 11:00 Finnur Dellsén, Insa Lawler, James Norton: Would Disagreement Undermine Progress?
  • 11:00- 11:15 Break.
  • 11:15 - 12:05 Linda Holland: Perspectivism and Progress in Explanatory Understanding: A Case Study.
  • 12:05 - 14:30 Lunch outing
  • 14:30 - 16:00 Samuel Baron: Explainable AI and Understanding-Why: Counterfactual Approaches Considered

Day 3 - June 30th

  • 9:30 - 11:00 Catherine Elgin: Making Progress.
  • 11:00 - 11:15 Break.
  • 11:15 - 12:05 Yafeng Shan: Rethinking Progress.
  • 12:05 End of Formal Proceedings.
  • 19:30 Conference Dinner.

Veröld - House of Vigdís.

Understanding Progress and Progress in Understanding