Final Call for Registration Graduate Conference 2009 Philosophy of Probability II 8th - 9th June 2009 Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS) London School of Economics (LSE) Supported by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science <http://www.thebsps.org/> and the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method at the LSE <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/philosophyLogicAndScientificMethod/>
The Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science invites registration for its second graduate conference in Philosophy of Probability to be held at the London School of Economics. To register, please email [email protected] with your name and affiliation. Download conference poster (*.pdf) <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CPNSS/pdf/GradConf/poster_09.pdf> Draft Programme Monday, 8th June 10.15 Welcome and Introduction 10.30 Keynote Speaker: Alan Hájek (ANU) All Values Great and Small Chair: Conrad Heilmann (LSE) 12.00 Lunch 13.30 Daniel Greco (MIT) Significance Testing in Theory and Practice Comment: Brendan Clarke (UCL) Chair: David Makinson (LSE) 14.20 Tea/Coffee Break 14.40 Moritz Schulz (Humboldt Universität Berlin) What Should I Believe? Comment: Ittay Nissan (LSE) Chair: Arhat Virdi (LSE) 15.30 Tea/Coffee Break 15.50 Bengt Autzen (LSE) Bayesianism and the Principal Principle Comment: Wolfgang Pietsch (Technische Universität München) Chair: Miklos Redei (LSE) 16.40 Tea/Coffee--end of day 1. British Society for Philosophy of Science (BSPS) event <http://www.thebsps.org/society/bsps/events.html> 17.15 Harvey Brown (Oxford) BSPS Presidential Address Tuesday, 9th June 10.30 Alastair Wilson (Oxford) Contextual Admissibility, Deterministic Chance, and Counterfactuals Comment: Luke Glynn (Oxford) Chair: Roman Frigg (LSE) 11.20 Tea/Coffee Break 11.40 Owen Rees (Bristol) An Investigation into the Validity of the Dutch Book Argument Comment: Jonny Blamey (KCL) Chair: Matt Parker (LSE) 12.30 Lunch 14.00 Seamus Bradley (LSE) Against Probabilism Comment: Iñaki San Pedro (Universidad Complutense Madrid) Chair: Richard Bradley (LSE) 14.50 Tea/Coffee Break 15.30 Panel: "Risk and Probability in Philosophy of Public Policy", chaired by Luc Bovens (LSE). Keynote speakers: Katie Steele (LSE), Jonathan Wolff (UCL) 17.00 Drinks at George IV--conference ends. Directions * Venue: London School of Economics, New Academic Building (building NAB on the LSE campus map). All talks will be in Wolfson Theatre, NABLG01. * Directions to LSE can be found here <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/Home.aspx> , the LSE Campus Map is here <http://www2.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/findingYourWayAroundLSE.aspx> . Contact For further information, do not hesitate to contact Foad: [email protected] Organizers: Foad Dizadji-Bahmani and Conrad Heilmann
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