Forwarded to HES by Ross Emmett. THE PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS announces THE 1995 SPINDEL PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE: "EXPLANATION IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES" --Thursday Evening, October 5, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Mark Twain Theater, 8:00 pm Speaker: Alison Wylie, University of Western Ontario Title: Parts and Wholes: Convergent Evidence and the Explanation of Linguistic Divergence --Friday, October 6, Fogelman Executive Center (The University of Memphis) 9:30-11:30am Speaker: Daniel Little, Colgate University Title: Causation in the Social Sciences Commentator: Paul Roth, University of Missouri, St. Louis Moderator: Joe Pitt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1:30-3:30pm Speaker: David Henderson, The University of Memphis Title: Simulation Theory v. Theory Theory: A Difference Without a Difference in Explanation Commentator: Richard Grandy, Rice University Moderator: Ann Cudd, The University of Kansas 3:45-5:45pm Speaker: Paul Humphreys, The University of Virginia Title: Explanation v. Understanding Commentator: Jim Bohman, St. Louis University Moderator: Richard Miller, Cornell University 6:30-9:30pm Reception at the home of Murray Spindel --Saturday, October 7, Crowne Plaze Hotel, Mark Twain Theater 9:30-11:30am Speaker: Merrilee Salmon, The University of Pittsburg Title: Standards of Evidence for Anthropological Claims Commentator: Robert Feleppa, Wichita State University Moderator: Karsten Stueber, The College of the Holy Cross 1:30-3:30pm Speaker: Harold Kincaid, The University of Alabama, Birmingham Title: Defending Neoclassical Economics on Grounds of Explanatory Power Commentator: Lee McIntyre, Colgate University Moderator: John Bickle, East Carolina University 3:45-5:45pm Speaker: Alexander Rosenburg, University of California, Riverside Title: On Why Intentional Social Science Neither Progresses Nor Has Refinable Generalizations Commentator:David Henderson, The University of Memphis Moderator: Martin Hollis, University of East Anglia Open to the Public at no charge. Supported by the Murray Spindel Philosophy Lecture Fund and the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Enrichment Fund. Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Hotel, 250 N. Main St., Memphis, TN 38103, Phone (901)527-7300, Fax (901)526-1561. Spindel Conference rate: $85/night for single or double. Conference Organizer: David Henderson [[log in to unmask]; (901) 678-4365 FAX] Ross B. Emmett, Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta CANADA T4V 2R3 voice: (403) 679-1517 fax: (403) 679-1129 e-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]