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"Models and Simulations 2", Tilburg (The Netherlands), 11-13 Oct 2007

Call for Papers:

MODELS AND SIMULATIONS 2

Three-day conference at the Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science
11-13 October 2007

http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/faculties/fww/tilps/MS2/

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Ronald Giere (University of Minnesota), Margaret
Morrison (University of Toronto), Stathis Psillos (University of
Athens) and Paul Teller (UC Davis)

ORGANISERS: Roman Frigg (LSE), Stephan Hartmann (LSE/Tilburg [from
May 2007]), and Cyrille Imbert (IHPST/Paris I)

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Robert Batterman (Western Ontario), Jacques
Dubucs (IHPST/CNRS), Roman Frigg (LSE), Stephan Hartmann (LSE/Tilburg
[from May 2007]), Paul Humphreys (University of Virginia), Cyrille
Imbert (IHPST/Paris I), and Eric Winsberg (University of South
Florida)

PUBLICATION:  Revised versions of selected papers will be published
in a special issue of Synthese. The deadline for submission of the
final version of the paper is 1 March 2008.

The conference is generously supported by the Tilburg Center for
Logic and Philosophy of Science and the IHPST, Paris.

The conference language is English.


Computer simulations play an important role in many scientific
contexts, and they are often based on a particular model of the
phenomenon under investigation. This raises questions both about the
nature and methodology of simulations themselves, as well as their
relations to models. These issues have recently attracted some
attention, and were also discussed at the 'Models and Simulations'
conference in Paris in June 2006. The aim of the present conference
is both to provide a forum to continue ongoing debates and to try to
slightly shift the focus of attention. So far case studies played an
important role in the debates over models and simulations and a lot
has been learned from them. We are now also interested in theoretical
approaches that attempt to rationalize these cases and help
furthering our philosophical understanding of how models and
simulations explain, how they are confirmed, how they relate to
theories and other models, and how they represent.

Please submit extended abstracts of 1000 words through our abstract
submission system (see website) by 15 April 2007; decisions will be
made by 15 May.


Stephan Hartmann
Professor of Philosophy
London School of Economics
http://www.stephanhartmann.org