CFP: Decisions, Groups and Networks

Submission deadline: May 25, 2014

Conference date(s):
September 8, 2014 - September 9, 2014

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Conference Venue:

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy & Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich
München, Germany

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In recent years, formal and empirical approaches have become central to study group decision-making. Social network analysis, agent-based modeling and simulation techniques are meanwhile widely used not only in sociology, political science, social psychology, and economics. Also philosophers increasingly point to the potentials of these approaches for addressing questions in political and moral philosophy, formal epistemology, and philosophy of science more generally. Whereas the importance of social dynamics and network structures for investigating into decision-making has been largely acknowledged, the application and results of these novel approaches raise a number of philosophical issues that have not yet been discussed in the literature. This workshop will bring together social scientists, philosophers, decision theorists, and psychologists to explore and discuss the potentials and limitations of these approaches for scientific practice and philosophy alike. Submission of contributed papers are welcomed from researchers with interests in decisions, groups and networks. We invite submissions of an abstract of 1000 words by 25th May 2014. For details, see the above-mentioned webpage. We anticipate there will be space for about four contributed talks. To submit please send everything to [email protected].

INVITED SPEAKERS: Skyler Cranmer (Political Science/Chapel Hill), Ulrike Hahn (Psychology/Birkbeck and MCMP), Bernhard Kittel (Economic Sociology/Vienna), Martin Kocher (Economics/LMU), Aidan Lyon (Philosophy/Maryland and MCMP), Friederike Mengel (Economics/Essex), Andreas Mojzisch (Psychology/Hildesheim), and Anja Tuschke (Management/LMU).

ORGANIZERS: Stephan Hartmann (MCMP/LMU), Catherine Herfeld (MCMP/LMU), and Paul Thurner (GSI/LMU)

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