Register here until 3.3.2025
ScaM workshop is organized in collaboration with the ERC Project AssemblingLife.
Confirmed speakers:
Federica Bocchi (University of Copenhagen/ Phil medicine/Phil science)
Jennifer Juhn (Duke University/ Multi scale modelling)
Rebecca Jackson (Durham University/ Phil medicine)
Robert Batterman (University Pittsburgh, scale/multiscale)
Luca Mari (Liuc University/ measurement science – foundational)
Daniel Brooks (University of Wuppertal/ Phil biology)
About the workshop:
Scales and measurement are intrinsically linked: we can identify given scales thanks to our measurement tools and measurement tools are applied at given scales. Moreover, scales and measurement are extraordinarily relevant for scientific reasoning, modelling, data collection and data analysis and for more theoretical philosophical issues such as intra-level relations, reductionism and emergence.
In this 2 days workshop, we want to bring together scholars offering different philosophical perspectives on these topics, both in terms of approaches and case-studies considered. The goal of the workshop is to explore questions regarding the nature of measurement and scales, multi-scale modelling, and their application to the physical, biological and medical sciences.
Program
THURSDAY 27.3.2025 HF-12, Niels Treschows hus
9:30-10:00 Welcome and Coffe
10:00-10:45 Group work
10:45-11:15 Discussion
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30: -12:30 Jennifer Juhn (Duke University) “Revisiting the question of reduction in economics”
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Luca Mari (Liuc University) “Interpreting the basic evaluation equation as an ontological stance”
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:15 Robert Batterman (University Pittsburgh) “Correlations, Mesoscale Structures, and Measurement ”
19:00 Workshop dinner
FRIDAY 28.3.2025 The dScience Lounge, Kristine Bonnevies hus
9:30-10:00 Coffee
10:00-11:00 Federica Bocchi (University of Copenhagen) “Quantifying the Biodiversity Crisis: measurement and scaling issues”.
11:00-11:10 Break
11:10-12:10 Rebecca Jackson (Durham University) “The Apgar Score and the Scale of Clinical Judgments”.
12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Daniel Brooks (University of Wuppertal) “Scale Ranges, the Variety of Matter’s Forms, and Levels of Organization as Local Maxima”
15:00-15:15 Break
15:15-16:15 Panel discussion