The Physics of Society: Philosophy of Econophysics and Complex Social Systems

July 22, 2016 - July 23, 2016
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

Main Building, Room M 203 and M 209
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
München 80539
Germany

Sponsor(s):

  • Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
  • Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

Speakers:

Lorenzo Casini
Univeristy of Geneva
IMT School for Advanced Studies, Lucca
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Mauro Gallegati
University of Ancona
Tobias Huber
ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Jenn Jhun
University of Pittsburgh
Meinard Kuhlmann
Universität Mainz
Christoph Merdes
MCMP, LMU Munich
Margaret Morrison
University of Toronto
Patricia Palacios
MCMP, LMU Munich
Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München
Christophe Schinckus
University of Leicester
University of Bristol
Karim Thébault
University of Bristol
Jim Weatherall
University of California, Irvine
Karoline Wiesner
University of Bristol
Lena Zuchowski
University of Salzburg

Organisers:

Seamus Bradley
MCMP, LMU Munich
Meinard Kuhlmann
Universität Mainz
Alexander Reutlinger
MCMP, LMU Munich
Karim Thébault
University of Bristol

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The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy invites participation for the following event:

The Physics of Society: Philosophy of Econophysics and Complex Social Systems

MCMP, LMU Munich

July 22-23, 2016

http://www.physicsofsociety2016.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/index.html
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Econophysics is a new and exciting cross-disciplinary research field involving the applications of techniques from statistical physics and complex systems theory to economic systems. In particular, econophysics models have been successfully applied to recover certain 'stylised facts’ about financial markets and about inequality in income distributions. There are a number of interesting and important methodological questions relating to the foundations of econophysics, and to the treatment of social systems as complex systems in general. For example: Are the idealisations and abstractions used in econophysics models justified in the same way as the analogous idealisations in statistical physics models? What do philosophical accounts of explanation say about the putative explanation of the stylised facts by econophysics models? How are econophysics models relevant to debates about emergence and universality? How should we interpret the presence of power laws in economic data? What is the role of information and entropy in the modelling of economic systems?

This workshop will bring together complex systems scientists, econophysicists, economists, and philosophers of science to explore some of the interesting methodological questions raised by econophysics and related fields.


Attendance is free, but please signal your intention to attend by emailing [email protected]

Organizers: Seamus Bradley, Alex Reutlinger, Karim Thébault and Meinard Kuhlmann.

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