BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T235858Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20130410T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20130412T180000 SUMMARY:Models and Decisions UID:20260606T202455Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:München\, Germany DESCRIPTION:

Mathematical and computational models are central to decision-making in a wide-variety of contexts \;in science and policy: They are used to assess the risk of large investments\, to evaluate the merits of \;alternative medical therapies\, and are often key in decisions on international policies &ndash\; climate policy \;being one of the most prominent examples. In many of these cases\, they assist in drawing \;conclusions from complex assumptions. While the value of these models is undisputed\, their \;increasingly widespread use raises several philosophical questions: What makes scientific models so \;important? In which way do they describe\, or even explain their target systems? What makes models \;so reliable? And: What are the imports\, and the limits\, of using models in policy making? This \;conference will bring together philosophers of science\, economists\, statisticians and policy makers \;to discuss these and related questions. Experts from a variety of field will exchange first-hand \;experience and insights in order to identify the assets and the pitfalls of model-based decision-making. The conference will also address and evaluate the increasing role of model-based research \;in scientific practice\, both from a practical and from a philosophical point of view.

ORGANIZERS: Mark Colyvan\, Paul Griffiths\, Stephan Hartmann\, Kaerin Nickelsen\, Roland Poellinger\, \;Olivier Roy\, and Jan Sprenger

PUBLICATION: We plan to publish selected papers presented at the conference in a special issue of a \;journal or with a major a book publisher (subject to the usual refereeing process). The submission \;deadline is 1 July 2013. The maximal paper length is 7000 words.

GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS: A few travel bursaries for graduate students are available (up to 500 Euro).

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