European Science Foundation

Università degli Studi di Bologna

Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca in Epistemologia e Storia delle Scienze "Federigo Enriques"

Dipartimento di Filosofia

OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT IN THE NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

International Workshop organized by the European Science Foundation Scientific Network

Historical and contemporary perspectives of philosophy of science in Europe

Bertinoro, University Centre

September 30 - October 2, 2001
September 30
9:00-9.15: Raffaella Simili (European Science Foundation), Maria Carla Galavotti (Coordinator of theNetwork): Opening addresses.
9.15-10.30: Patrick Suppes (Stanford): "From experiments to theory and back again". Comments by Laszlo Szabo (Budapest) and Paolo Legrenzi (Milan)
10.30-11.00: Discussion
11.00-11.30: Break
11.30-12.30: Giora Hon (Haifa): "Idols of experiment: an attempt at a philosophy of experiment". Comments by Gereon Wolters (Konstanz)
12.30-13.00: Discussion
13.00-15.00: Lunch break
15.00-16.15: David Gooding (Bath): "The changing status of observation and experiment in (the philosophy of) science". Comments by Theo Kuipers (Groningen) and Miklos Redei (Budapest)
16.15-16-45: Discussion
16.45-17.15: Break
17.15-18.30: Ursula Klein (Berlin): "Styles of experiment". Comments by Donald Gillies (London) and Aristides Baltas (Athens)
18.30-19:00 Discussion
October 1
9.00-10.15: Reinhard Selten (Bonn): "Origin and future of experimental economics". Comments by Wenceslao Gonzales (La Coruna) and Alessandro Vercelli (Siena)
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10.45-11.15: Break
11.15-12.30: David Atkinson (Groningen): "Thought experiments in natural sciences: recentreassessments". Comments by Michael Stöltzner (Salzburg and Vienna); Daniel Andler (Paris)
12.30-13.00: Discussion
13.00-15.00: Lunch break
15.00-16.15: Gerd Gigerenzer (Berlin): "Where do new ideas come from? Heuristics of discoveryin cognitive sciences". Comments by Jeanne Peijnenburg (Groningen) and David Papineau(London)
16.15-16-45: Discussion
16.45-17.15: Break
17.15-18.15: Paul W. Schoenle (Konstanz): "Observation and experiment in the clinicalneurosciences". Comments by Roberto Festa (Trieste).
18.15-18.45 Discussion
October 2
9.00-10.15: Colin Howson (London): "Bayesian evidence". Comments by Ilkka Niiniluoto(Helsinki) and Paolo Garbolino (Pisa).(Siena)
10.15-10.45 Discussion
Lunch Break
15.00: Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the ESF Network


 

Organizing committee:

Maria Carla Galavotti, Chairperson (Bologna), Aristides Baltas (Athens), Donald Gillies (London),
Theo Kuipers (Groningen), Ilkka Niiniluoto (Helsinki), Michel Paty (Paris), Miklos Redei (Budapest),
Friedrich Stadler (Vienna), Gereon Wolters (Konstanz)

 

 

For information regarding accommodation and travelling please contact:
Roberta Poggi
University Centre, via Frangipane 6
47032 Bertinoro (Forlì)
tel 0039-0543-446500
fax 0039-0543-446599

 

For information on the programme please contact:

Maria Carla Galavotti

e-mail: galavott@philo.unibo.it