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Confluences in Models of Rationality

30 May 2010
Leuven, Belgium

Confluences� in Models� of Rationality
KU Leuven, Belgium
30 May 2010

This one-day workshop will bring together members of the� philosophy and
 
artificial intelligence communities, to discuss� analogies and points of
 
contact between different bodies of� research that offer formal models of
 
various aspects of� rationality.
The event is timed to coincide with a local meeting of the� Rationality a
nd 
Decisions network. This network connects approximately 25 researchers, both
 
senior and junior, from a� group of institutions that includes KU Leuven,
 the 
London School� of Economics, the University of Amsterdam, the University 
of� 
Groningen, the University of Lund, the University of Kent and� the Univer
sity 
of Tilburg. Needless to say that we anticipate a� productive and insightf
ul Q&A 
session!

Schedule:

13:30 � 14:00 Welcome.
14:00 � 15:20 Hans Rott (Professor of Philosophy, University� of Regens
burg): 
�Belief formation and rational choice: projects and problems�.
15:30 � 16:50 Didier Dubois (Professor of Computer Science, IRIT,� Univ
ersity 
of Toulouse): �Possibility theory and the� representation of incomplete
 
information: ordinal and numerical approaches.�
16:50 � 17:10 Coffee break
17:10 � 18:30 Vladimir Vovk (Professor of Computer Science, Royal� Holl
oway, 
University of London): �Can game-theoretic probability� be useful in th
e 
philosophy of science?�

The workshop will take place in Room 02.40 of the second floor of� the Va
n den 
Heuvelinstituut (just to your left as you come up the� main stairs). The 
Van 
den Heuvelinstituut is located on the corner� of Dekenstraat and Andreas
 
Vesaliusstraat, southeast of the city� centre.

There are no participation fees. Registration is not required.

‘Confluences in Models of Rationality’ is kindly sponsored 
by the� Benelux 
Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI) and the� KU Leuven Formal
 
Epistemology Project.

For further information, please contact Jake Chandler 
(jacob.chandler[at]hiw.kuleuven.be).