BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T114647Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220505T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220507T170000 SUMMARY:The Role of Theory Confirmation in Science UID:20240329T114647Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Stockholm\, Sweden DESCRIPTION:
There are two ways of viewing theory confirmation. At a formal level\, a theory is taken to be confirmed when collected data agrees with the theory&rsquo\;s predictions. At a pragmatic level\, confirmation provides the basis for scientists&rsquo\; confidence that the confirmed theory provides a viable representation of a set of phenomena and its so far untested predictions in the given context are true. Though the two roles of confirmation are of course related\, the precise connection between them is non-trivial. The workshop focuses on the trust-generating role of confirmation with the aim of shedding light on the stated connection. Specific questions to be addressed will include: what are the criteria that turn evidence into empirical confirmation? In which way and to what extent do non-empirical considerations play a role in assessing a theory? What is the role of non-epistemic considerations in theory assessment? To what extent and in which ways does the notion of theory confirmation depend on the research field? The workshop aims to compare perspectives from various scientific disciplines. \;
\nConfirmed speakers \;
\nAdrian Currie (Exeter) \;
\nSiska De Baerdemaeker (Stockholm University) \;
\nKaren Kovaka (Virginia Tech) \;
\nCasey McCoy (Yonsei University) \;
\nHiranya Peiris (University College London / Oskar Klein Center) \;
\nChris Smeenk (Western University) \;
\nJames D. Wells (University of Michigan) \;
\nSubmission Guidelines \;
\nWe invite the submission of abstracts of up to 1\,000 words and prepared for anonymous review. The submission deadline is 30 november 2021. Submissions will be handled through EasyChair:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tcis22 \;
\nSome travel funds will be available for contributing speakers. In case of the demand exceeding the available funds\, preference will be given to early career scholars. \; \;
\nProgram Committee \;
\nRichard Dawid (Stockholm University) \;
\nSiska De Baerdemaeker (Stockholm University) \;
\nSö\;ren Hä\;ggqvist (Stockholm University) \;
\nCasey McCoy (Yonsei University) \;
\nQuestions? Please contact Richard Dawid (richard.dawid@philosophy.su.se) or Siska De Baerdemaeker (siska.debaerdemaeker@philosophy.su.se) \; \;
\nThis event is made possible thanks to a grant on "Non-empirical Theory Confirmation in Fundamental Physics" provided by the Swedish Research Council (project number 1598801).
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