The conference will deal with the logical\, epistemological\, and cognitive aspects of modeling practices employed in science\, technology\, and cognitive science\, including logical and \; computational models of such practices. We solicit papers that examine the role of abduction\, visualization\, simulation\, and other aspects in model-based reasoning from philosophical\, logical\, epistemological\, historical\, sociological\, psychological\, or computational perspectives. The conference is also devoted to examine the impact of Model-Based Reasoning research in the enhancement of various kinds of human cognitive skills\, mental\, hybrid\, manipulative\, etc. \; \;
We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to
model-based reasoning in science and human cognition from the following list:
\; \; \;- general theoretical and cognitive issues
\; \; \; - models as fictions\, distortions\, credible worlds
\; \; \; - models and games of make-believe
\; \; \; - ontology of models
\; \; \; - affordances\, artifacts\, and model-based reasoning
\; \; \; - brain\, neuroscience\, and model-based reasoning
\; \; \; - abduction
\; \; \; - logical analyses related to model-based reasoning
\; \; \; - visual\, spatial\, imagistic modeling and reasoning
\; \; \; - simulative modeling
\; \; \; - the role of diagrammatic representations
\; \; \; - computational models of visual and simulative reasoning
\; \; \; - causal and counterfactual reasoning in model construction
\; \; \; - visual analogy
\; \; \; - thought experimenting
\; \; \; - manipulative reasoning
\; \; \; - distributed model-based reasoning
\; \; \; - distributed cognition\, embodiment\, and model-based reasoning
\; \; \; - model-based reasoning in \; scientific discovery and conceptual change
\; \; \; - model-based reasoning and ethics
\; \; \; - model-based reasoning and semiotics
\; \; \; - model-based reasoning in scientific explanation
\; \; \; - model-based medical diagnosis
\; \; \; - model-based reasoning in engineering and robotics
\; \; \; - model-based reasoning and technological artifacts
\; \; \; - model-based reasoning and knowledge management
\; \; \; - model-based reasoning and information technology
\; \; \; - the role of models in scientific and technological thinking