International Conference: Modeling epistemic and scientific groups: interdisciplinary perspectives
- place: Nancy, France, MSH Lorraine
- date: November 25-26th 2013
- organizers: Thomas Boyer-Kassem (University Lille 3, STL & AHP), Henri Galinon (University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand), Cyrille Imbert (CNRS, Archives Henri Poincaré, Nancy)
Presentation of the conference
In the next couple of years, investigations about epistemic and scientific groups have been pursued using a variety of formal methods and tools, such as epistemic logic, Bayesian approaches, multi-agent models, complex system studies or scientometrics, to quote just a few. In the same time, the analysis of groups, coalitions or networks is a field that is also being studied formally by disciplines like economics or computer science.The purpose of this workshop is to carry on these investigations in a friendly interdisciplinary spirit and to analyze how results may cross-fertilize researches in close fields.
There is no registration fee. People who would like to attend the workshop should send an email to thomas.boyer AROBASE univ-lille3.fr. Also, any other question should be sent to this address.
Speakers
- Francis Bloch (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
- Thomas Boyer-Kassem (University Lille 3, STL and AHP, France)
- David Chavalarias (CAMS/ISC-PIF, CNRS – EHESS, France)
- Hans van Ditmarsch (CNRS, LORIA, France)
- Igor Douven (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
- Rainer Hegselmann (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
- Cyrille Imbert (CNRS, Archives Henri Poincaré, France)
- Jason McKenzie Alexander (LSE, UK)
- Cédric Patternotte (LMU, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Germany)
- Carlo Proietti (Lund University, Sweden)
- Andrea Scharnhorst (DANS, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), The Hague, The Netherlands)
- Krist Vaesen (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Program.
Abstracts can be found here. (Link available soon)
Monday 25 November
9h15-9h30: welcome
9h30-10h25: Jason McKenzie Alexander (LSE, UK): “Epistemic Landscapes and Optimal Search”
10h25-11h20 Rainer Hegselmann (University of Bayreuth, Germany): “Understanding epistemic grouping, networking and division of labour. What can simple macroscopic models do?”
11h20-11h40: coffee break
11h40-12h35 Igor Douven (University of Groningen, The Netherlands): “Inference to the Best Explanation versus Bayes' rule in a social setting”
12h35-14h00: lunch
14h00-14h55: Francis Bloch (Ecole Polytechnique, France): “Coalitions and networks in economics”
14h55-15h50: Thomas Boyer-Kassem (University Lille 3, STL and AHP, France) & Cyrille Imbert (CNRS, Archives Henri Poincaré, France): “Modeling scientific collaboration from the micro”
15h50-16h10: coffee break
16H10: 17h05. Krist Vaesen (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands): “Cultural evolutionary theory and the collective dimensions of science”
Tuesday 26 November
9h00-9h55: David Chavalarias (CAMS/ISC-PIF, CNRS – EHESS, France): “Science Phylomemies: automatic sketches of science evolution”
9h55-10h40: Andrea Scharnhorst (DANS, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), The Hague, The Netherlands): "Maps and instruments for the navigation on the ocean of scientific knowledge"
10h40-11h10: coffee break
11h10-12h05 Cédric Patternotte (LMU, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Germany): “Scientific virtues as catalysts”
12h05-14h00: lunch
14h00-14h55 Carlo Proietti (Lund University, Sweden): “Herd behavior and reasoning about other minds”
14H55-15H15: coffe break
15h15-16h10: Hans van Ditmarsch (CNRS, LORIA, France): Lying in dynamic epistemic logic
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International Conference: Epistemic groups and collaborative research in science
More details about the conference can be found here.
- place: Nancy, France, MSH Lorraine
- date: December 15-17th 2012
- deadline for submission: 20 June 2012
Presentation of the conference
A large part of scientific research is now done in a collaborative way or within groups, from small local collaborations to international teams (like the CERN or the genome project). More generally, many epistemic activities need to be analyzed in the context of the group or community in which they take place. The conference is devoted to a philosophical analysis of this type of collaborative research and group epistemic life in general. It is open to various approaches, in particular philosophical and epistemological ones. Case-studies as well as formal studies are welcomed, insofar as they serve a philosophical thesis. You can also see below the suggested list of research questions.
Invited speakers
- Denis Bonnay (University Paris Ouest Nanterre, France)
- Rebecca Kukla (Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA)
- Christian List (London School of Economics, UK)
- Erik J. Olsson (Lund University, Sweden)
- Jan Sprenger (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)
- K. Brad Wray (State University of New York, Oswego, NY, USA)
International Conference: The Collective Dimension of Science
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Place: ATTENTION, CHANGEMENT !
- in the morning: Ecole Normale Supérieure, 45 rue d'Ulm. 75005 Paris, salle Info 1, immeuble NIR (underground in the building of the new entrance of the humanities library). RER Luxembourg ou metro Monge.
- in the afternoon: IHPST, Paris, 13 rue du Four, 2nd floor. Metro Mabillon, Odéon ou Saint Germain des Prés
Program: ATTENTION, CHANGEMENT !
- 9h50-10h: introduction and welcome
- 10h-10h50: Henri Galinon (IHPST, Paris 1) "Rational consensus in truth-seeking groups of agents"
- 10h50-11h50: John Woods (University of British Columbia): "The advantage of not knowing: Remarks on Peircean abduction"
- 11h50-12h10: lunch break
- 14h00-14h50 : Rogier De Langhe (Tilburg University)): "An agent-based model of the distribution of cognitive labor"
- 14h50-15h40 : Anouk Barberousse (Lille 1, CHSE) & Cyrille Imbert (Archives Poincaré, CNRS, University Nancy 2) : "Complexity, efficient strategies and conservatism in the physical sciences"
- break
- 16h00-16h40 : Denis Bonnay (Nanterre University, IHPST, DEC) & Mikael Cozic (University Paris 12, IHPST, DEC): "Consensus and High-order beliefs in groups of agents
This workshop is organized by the research project Compuphys (ANR, IHPST) and the research project COLEXIA (MSH-Lorraine, Nancy) in collaboration with the DEC department at ENS.