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CfP special issue of JGPS on "Formal Models of Scientific Inquiry", Deadline: 1 Dec 2017

===Reminder: Call for papers===

Special issue of the Journal for General Philosophy of Science:
"Formal Models of Scientific Inquiry"

===Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2017===

We invite submissions for the special issue of the Journal for General
Philosophy of Science on the topic of Formal Models of Scientific Inquiry.
The issue will include papers presented at the conference on the same
topic, which was held in Bochum on July 18-19, 2017 (
http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/defeasible-reasoning/Con
ference-Formal-Models.html). Papers not presented at the conference are
also welcome.

Throughout the last two decades philosophical discussions on scientific
inquiry have increasingly utilized formal models. This has been especially
fruitful for the investigation of social aspects of scientific inquiry,
such as the division of cognitive labor, social factors that influence
scientific decision making, etc. To this end a variety of formal models
have been developed, starting from analytical ones to agent-based models
that provide computer simulations of scientific inquiry. One of the main
advantages of formal approaches is that they help us to gain a precise
understanding of the underlying issues and to form normative
generalizations that are difficult to obtain in view of traditional methods
(such as, for example, historical case studies). Nevertheless, models
frequently come with a high degree of idealization and simplification,
which may impede their relevance for actual scientific practice. This poses
the question, to which extent formal models can be used to provide an
understanding of scientific inquiry, and to which extent they can be
improved with respect to their relevance for science policy.

We invite papers on the above and related issues, including:

- analytical models of scientific inquiry
- agent-based models of scientific inquiry
- modeling science by means of formal argumentation
- Bayesian approaches to the modeling of scientific inquiry
- using economic models to tackle scientific decision making: pros and cons
- critical examination of the prospects and limits of formal models of
science.

===Instructions for authors===

Articles should not exceed 10.000 words. Detailed instructions for authors
can be found at: http://www.springer.com/philosophy/epistemology+and+phil
osophy+of+science/journal/10838

Submissions should be sent online, via the JGPS Editorial Manager (
https://www.editorialmanager.com/jgps/default.aspx), selecting the "SI
Formal Models" as the article type.

Guest Editors:
AnneMarie Borg, Dunja ?e?elja and Christian Straßer

For any queries please contact us at: ModelsofScience@gmail.com
Research Group on Non-monotonic Logic and Formal Argumentation
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