1-4 September 2009
Prague, Czech Republic
Foundations of Uncertainty: Probability and Its Rivals September 1-4, 2009 Villa Lanna, Prague, Czech Republic Invited speakers include: Colin Howson, Jim Joyce, Peter Milne, Jeff Paris, and Glenn Shafer. The Department of Logic at the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Formal Epistemology Research Group at the University of Konstanz are jointly organizing a colloquium on philosophical issues concerning uncertainty calculi, in particular interpretations of the probability calclulus. We invite submissions on the following topics: Objective and subjective interpretations of probability Other theories of uncertainty and their relation to probability Logic and the foundations of probability Philosophical aspects of the dynamics of subjective probability Deadline for submissions: March 31, 2009 Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2009 Submissions of abstracts of not more than 1000 words should be made online, in PDF format, at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fupir09. Please note that you have to create an easychair account before submitting your paper. Submissions will be peer-reviewed, and should therefore be prepared for blind reviewing. For further information please see the conference website www.flu.cas.cz/colloquium. The conference mail address is colloquium@flu.cas.cz Organizing committee: Timothy Childers, Ondrej Majer (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Franz Huber (University of Konstanz).