2nd Munich Graduate Workshop in Mathematical Philosophy: Formal Epistemology (7-9 April 2016)
Idea and Motivation
The Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) is organizing the second Munich Graduate Workshop in Mathematical Philosophy, 7th - 9th April 2016. The theme of this year’s workshop is formal epistemology and we invite submissions from masters and doctoral students interested in presenting a paper on this topic.
In addition to student presentations and keynote lectures, the workshop will feature three 'workshops’ focused three areas in formal epistemology at the forefront of contemporary research. The themes of the working groups will be the foundations of imprecise probability theory, social epistemology and dynamic logic, and the role of probabilistic methods in contemporary cognitive psychology.
Program
Day 1 (7 April, 2016)
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Keynote: Christian List (London School of Economics): From Degrees of Belief to Beliefs: Lessons from Judgment-Aggregation Theory |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Chloé de Canson (University of Cambridge): Formulating New Theories in Bayesian Epistemology |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Christoph Merdes (LMU Munich/MCMP): Simulated Interventions for Collective Irrationality |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Working Group: Lavinia Picollo (LMU Munich/MCMP): Social Epistemology and Dynamic Logic |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner (Georgenhof) |
Day 2 (8 April, 2016)
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Keynote: Jeanne Peijnenberg (University of Groningen): Knowing in Part |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Alexandru Marcoci (London School of Economics): Against Elga’s Principle of Indifference for Centred Worlds |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Pavel Janda (University of Bristol): Lifetime Epistemic Utility and the Sleeping Beauty Problem |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Pia Schneider (LMU Munich/MCMP): Quantifying Epistemic Value |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Working Group: Gregory Wheeler (LMU Munich/MCMP): An Introduction to the Theory of Lower Previsions |
Day 3 (9 April, 2016)
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Keynote: Hans Rott (University of Regensburg): Conceptions of Stability in Knowledge and Belief |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Mario Günther (LMU Munich/GSN): A Ramsey Test Analysis of "Because" |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Nina Poth (Ruhr University of Bochum): A Solution to the Complex-First Paradox |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Working group: Ulrike Hahn (Birkbeck/MCMP): Normative Theories, Descriptive Theories, and Psychological Experiments |
Acknowledgement
The workshop is organized by the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU Munich). We are very grateful to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for financial support.