Mississippi Academy of Sciences, History & Philosophy of Science 2022 Program

March 31-April 1, 2022

CONVENTION CENTER, BILOXI, MS

THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022

8:50
WELCOME, Gregory Johnson

9:00-9:30
John Bickle* (Mississippi State University & University of Mississippi Medical Center) and Marica Bernstein

Can we re-enliven heterodox science with case studies of its not-too-distant practices, reception and payoffs?

9:30-10:00
Gregory Johnson (Mississippi State University)

What psychology can’t explain: Mechanisms for forgetting

10:00-10:15
Break

10:15-10:45
Paula Smithka (University of Southern Mississippi)

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE NEW BIOLOGICAL ESSENTIALISM? NOT MUCH

10:45-11:15
Robert Waltzer (Belhaven University, Jackson, MS)

MULTIPLE FUNCTIONAL STATES IN ONE PROTEIN: HOW DOES THIS OCCUR? HOW IS SUCH A PROTEIN CONSTRUCTED?

LUNCH

1:00-1:30
Shawn Simpson (Mississippi State University)

CONCEPTS OF WILDERNESS

1:30-2:00
Jared Ifland (Florida State University)

INDUCTION, CONCEPTUAL SPACES, and HOMOTOPY: A RESPONSE ON CARNAP’S BEHALF

2:00-2:15
Break

2:15-2:45
Eleni Angelou (CUNY Graduate Center) (VIA ZOOM)

NO METAPHYSICAL STRINGS ATTACHED: NOMOLOGICAL ELIMINATIVISM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2022

9:00-9:30
Samuel Bruton (University of Southern Mississippi), Alicia Macchione (University of Southern Mississippi), Mohammad Hosseini (Northwestern)

CITATION ETHICS: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF NORMS AND BEHAVIORS

9:30-10:00
Lamar Hamil* (Vital Core Health Strategies, Pearl, MS) & Kenneth Butler (University of Mississippi Medical Center)

IMPLICIT BIAS AMONG HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS

10:00-10:15
Break

10:15-10:45
Nicholas Bennett (University of Southern Mississippi)

MONSTERS AS EXPRESSIONS OF CULTURAL ANXIETY IN REGARD TO HEALTH ISSUES

10:45-11:15
Emma Cox (University of Southern Mississippi)

CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES: A DISCUSSION OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AS A CRITERION FOR HEALTHCARE ALLOCATION

11:15-11:30
Break

11:30-12:00
Kenneth Butler (University of Mississippi Medical Center) & Lamar Hamil (Vital Core Health Strategies, Pearl, MS)

RACIAL DISPARATIES OR SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC SIMILARITIES IN HEALTHCARE

12:00-12:30
Kevin Hollahan (Florida State University) (VIA ZOOM)

OVERZEALOUS HEALTH: A CONCERN OF INDUCTIVE RISK IN CANCER DETECTION

12:30-1:00
Batuhan Akgündüz (Selçuk University)

AN OTTOMAN INTELLECTUAL: SEMSEDDIN SÂMI

1:00-1:15
Student awards

1:15-1:45
Business meeting