Mississippi Academy of Sciences, History & Philosophy of Science 2023 Program

February 23-24, 2023

CONVENTION CENTER, BILOXI, MS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
ROOM D12

8:50
Gregory Johnson, WELCOME

9:00 - 9:30
Renee M. Clary (Mississippi State University)

CHARLES R. KNIGHT’S PAINTINGS OF EARLY HOMININS: REFLECTIONS OF UNSCIENTIFIC PRESUPPOSITIONS

9:30 - 10:00
Paula Smithka (University of Southern Mississippi)

EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND ONTOLOGICAL CONFUSIONS REGARDING EMERGENT PROPERTIES

10:00 - 10:15
Break

10:15 - 10:45
Tori Cotton (University of Arkansas)

INFERENCE TO THE MOST “RESEARCH FOSTERING” EXPLANATION IS INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION

10:45 - 11:15
Gregory Johnson (Mississippi State University):

FUNCTIONALISM AND THE SPECIAL SCIENCES: A CASE FROM ECONOMICS

Lunch: 11:15 - 1:00

1:00 - 1:30
John Bickle (Mississippi State University & University of Mississippi Medical Center):

IT IS ENGINEERING THAT COUNTS

1:30 - 2:00
J. Adam Jones (Mississippi State University)

THE END OF ALGORITHMS

2:00 - 2:15
Break

2:15 - 2:45
Aspen Powell (Belhaven University):

CRITICAL THINKING IN THE SCIENTIFIC LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
ROOM L5

9:00 - 9:30
Gabriel Tugendstein (Florida State University)

THE IMPLICATIONS OF A TRANSDIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ON MENTAL ILLNESS AS A SOCIAL IDENTITY

9:30 - 10:00
Gary Hamil, Kenneth Butler, Lillion Hamil, Stacee Naylor (Belhaven University, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Mendenhall High School)

ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKING

10:00 - 10:15
Break

10:15 - 10:45
Robert Waltzer (Belhaven University)

A DESIGN APPROACH TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUSCLE

10:45 - 11:15
John Neiswinger (Belhaven University)

THRESHOLD FOR DISBELIEF: HOW A WORD GAME HIGHLIGHTS DISCREPANCIES IN ACCEPTED PRACTICAL PROBABILITIES

11:15 - 11:30
Break

11:30 - 12:00
J. Adam Jones (Mississippi State University)

THE PRE-HISTORY (AND FUTURE) OF VIRTUAL REALITY

12:00 - 12:30
Business meeting