TINT - Seminar Events

Upcoming Events

June 2012

Models and Simulations 5
Helsinki, Finland, June 14-16, 2012
For more information see the Conference website

May 2012

Launch of AID - Agora for Interdisciplinary Debate

Monday 7 May 2012 U40, Room 6, Metsätalo, University of Helsinki

13.15 - 13.45	Uskali Mäki (UH, Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences) “Interdisciplinarity, philosophy of science, and AID”
13.45 -14.15	John O’Neill (University of Manchester) “From Frankfurt to Vienna: Two models of interdisciplinary research"
14:15 - 14:45	Alan Kirman (Université Paul Cezanne, Marseille) “Economics and entomology”
14.45 - 15.30	Janne Hukkinen (UH, Dept of Social Studies) “Interdisciplinarity in environmental policy research”
15.30 - 15.45	Break
15.45 - 16.15	Markku Kivinen (UH, Aleksanteri Institute) “Russian modernisation as an interdisciplinary challenge”
16.15 - 16.45	Jussi Pakkasvirta (UH, Dept of Political and Economic Studies) “Interdisciplinarity and democratic learning culture”
16.45 - 18.00	Panel: Reflections on the past hours and on the coming months Tarja Knuuttila, Chiara Lombardini, Sami Pihlström, Kristina Rolin, Teivo Teivainen
18. 00 ->	Wine and snacks – and more talking

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September 2011

Conference of the International Network for Economic Methodology
Hosted by TINT, University of Helsinki
September 2-3, 2011

For more information see the INEM website

May 2011

Models, Mechanisms and Algorithms:
Symposium on Philosophical Perspectives on Synthetic Biology

University of Helsinki
2.-3.5.2011

Tentative programme

Monday 2.5.2011:
Fabianinkatu 33, auditorium XII
Open day

10.00 - 10.15	Welcome and Introduction: Gabriele Gramelsberger (Berlin), Erika Mansnerus (London)
10.15 - 11.00	Werner Kogge (Berlin): On the Idea of Engineering Biological Machines
11.00 - 11.45	Axel Gelfert (Singapore): Synthetic biology as thing knowledge
11.45 - 12.15	Coffee break
12.15 - 13.00	Tarja Knuuttila (Helsinki) & Andrea Loettgers (Caltech): The Combinatorial Modeling Strategy of Synthetic Biology
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 14.45	Georg Trogeman (Cologne): Programmable Material?
14.45 - 15.30	Jane Calvert (Edinburgh): New forms of collaboration: Synthetic biology, social science, art and design
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee break
16.00 - 16.45	Ursula Dam (Weimar): Are engineers inventing the culture of tomorrow?
17.15 - 18.00	Adrian Mackenzie (Lancaster): Re-thinking energy through synthetic biology (venue: lecture room K132, Alexandria)
18.00 - 18.30	Discussion

Tuesday 3.5.2011
Unioninkatu 40, lecture room 10

Closed workshop day for Helsinki and Berlin projects with their guests
More informal presentations on work in progress

10.00 - 10.45	Gabriele Gramelsberger (Berlin): The simulation approach in biology
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee break
11.15 - 12.00	Gry Oftedal: PSBio - A Nordic Project on the Philosophical Foundations
12.00 - 12.45	Veli-Pekka Parkkinen: Gene knockouts and mechanistic understanding
12.45 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 14.45	Jaakko Kuorikoski (Helsinki) & Petri Ylikoski (Helsinki): Why Would a Couple of Philosophers of Social Science Find Systems Biology Interesting?
14.45 - 15.15	Nina Samuel (Berlin): Images as tools
15.15 - 15.45	Kathrin Friedrich (Cologne): ‘Do Not Ever Leave the Pathways’- Graphical Notation in Biology
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee break
16.45 - 17.30	Peter Bexte (Cologne): The turn of the screw. Standardizations in biology
17.30 - 18.00	Discussion

April 2011

G. H. von Wrightin Explanation and Understanding 40 vuotta myöhemmin
(Explanation and Understanding after 40 years -symposium. Please note: papers&discussion in Finnish)

Tieteiden talo 29.4.2011, sali 505 (yläsali)
Helsinki, Finland

G. H. von Wrightin Explanation and Understanding -teoksen ilmestymisestä on kulunut 40 vuotta. Teoksella oli suuri merkitys suomalaisen tieteenfilosofian kehitykseen ja sen käsittelemät aiheet ovat edelleen ajankohtaisia. Paljon on kuitenkin tapahtunut neljän vuosikymmenen aikana ja monet tieteenfilosofiset näkemykset ovat muuttuneet. Nyt järjestettävässä seminaarissa tarkastellaankin von Wrightin teosta nykyisen tieteenfilosofian näkökulmasta ja arvioidaan sen ajankohtaisuutta. Seminaarin puhujina ovat suomalaiset nuoren polven tieteenfilosofit.

10.15 Kansleri Ilkka Niiniluoto: Avaussanat
10.35 FT Jaakko Kuorikoski: Manipulaatio ja kausaalinen selittäminen
11.45 VTM Tomi Kokkonen: Mielenteoria ja ymmärtäminen

12.45 lounastauko

13.45 dos. Panu Raatikainen: Teon teoria ja historiallinen selittäminen
14.55 dos. Petri Ylikoski: Sosiaaliset normit ja yhteiskuntatieteellinen selittäminen

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