“Scientific Models and Scientific Inference”, 7-11 July 2021
The final workshop of the ERC project “Making Scientific Inferences More Objective” brings together the researchers who have worked on the project over the past five years, and joins forces with the PRIN project “From Models to Decisions”.
Location: Casa della Gioia, Via Zampori, 23, 21010 Castelveccana (VA)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Lunch and Welcome |
| 15:00 – 16:15 | Keynote I: Gustavo Cevolani (IMT Lucca) Confirmation and Truthlikeness |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Session 1: Philosophy of Medicine Federico Boem (Florence). Pandemic: Proximate and Ultimate Causes Saúl Pérez González (Valencia/Turin). From Population to Individual: Evidence of Mechanisms and Decision-Making in the Clinical Setting |
| 18:00 — | Aperitivi and Dinner |
Thursday, 8 July 2021
| 09:15 – 10:45 | Session 2: Reverse Inference in Neuroscience Davide Coraci (IMT Lucca). Reverse Inference, Bayesian Confirmation and Prediction in Cognitive Neuroscience Fabrizio Calzavarini (Bergamo). Abductive Reasoning in Cognitive Science: Weak and Strong Reverse Inference |
| 10:45 — 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 12:45 | Discussion Panel (Bayesian Brain): Gustavo Cevolani, Vincenzo Crupi and Stephan Hartmann. Introduction and Chair: Fabrizio Calzavarini |
| 12:15 – 14:30 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 — 16:00 | Session 3: Logic and Mathematics Caterina Sisti (Vienna). Ramsey’s Test: a Unified Account of Conditionals Michele Lubrano (Turin). Mathematical Proofs: Two Kinds of Unification |
| 16:00 — 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 –18:00 | Session 4: Philosophy of Psychology Noah Van Dongen (Amsterdam). A Perspective on Explanation Construction in the Social Sciences Vincenzo Crupi (Turin). Wason and the Ravens: a Comprehensive Accuracy-Based Analysis |
| Evening | Aperitivi and Dinner |
Friday, 9 July 2020
| 09:15 – 10:45 | Keynote II: Stephan Hartmann (LMU Munich) Measuring Coherence | |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15 – 12:45 | Session 5: Miscellanous Mattia Andreoletti (Milan San Raffaele). Genuine vs Bogus Scientific Controversies Giuliano Rosella (Turin). Expanding Causal Modelling Semantics | |
| 12:45 – 14:30 | Lunch Break | |
| Afternoon | Excursion (Lake) | |
| Evening | Dinner |
Saturday, 10 July 2021
| 09:15 – 10:45 | Session 6: Scientific Crisis Michal Sikorski (Gdansk). Is Forensic Science in Crisis? Folco Panizza (Milan San Raffaele). How Conformity Can Lead to Polarised Social Behaviour |
| 10:45 — 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 – 12:45 | Session 7: Metaphysics of Science Francesco Nappo (Polytechnic University Milan). Materialism about Analogue Simulations Samuele Iaquinto (Turin). Credible Futures |
| 12:15 – 14:30 | Lunch Break |
| Afternoon | Excursion (Mountains) |
| Evening | Dinner |
Sunday, 11 July 2021
| 09:30 — 10:45 | Special Session on Statistical Inference in Psychology: Noah Van Dongen (Amsterdam) and Jan Sprenger (Turin): Severity in Bayesian Inference (and anything else you always wanted to know about statistics) |
| 10:45 — 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 — 12:45 | Closing Discussion: Objectivity in Scientific Inference Mini-talks by Mattia Andreoletti, Federico Boem, Michal Sikorski, Noah van Dongen and Jan Sprenger |
| 12:45 | Lunch and Farewell |
Comments by Camilla Colombo, Alessandro Demichelis, Lina Lissia (all IMT Lucca), Malvina Ongaro (Eastern Piedmont) and Cristina Sagrafena (Turin).
Venue
The workshop will take place in the following venue overlooking Lago Maggiore:
Casa della Gioia
Via Zampori Fratelli, 23
21010 Castelveccana (VA)
There is very limited space for staying in the villa itself, but there are several places in the vicinity where participants can stay.
The venue is close to the local train station of Caldè (15′ walk) and easily reachable even if accommodation is booked elsewhere.
Travel time by train from Milano (Porta Garibaldi) to Caldè is about 1:30 hours and from the Malpensa airport ca. 1:30-2 hours. Coming from Turin it is necessary to change in Rho Fiera or Milan. Dependent on your travel schedule it can also be convienent to take a local bus for the last kilometers. Check https://www.trenitalia.com/ or your preferred integrated train/bus travel planner.
Organizers
For further inquiries, please contact:
Jan Sprenger (jan.sprenger@unito.it)
Michele Lubrano (michele.lubrano@unito.it)
Acknowledgements
The workshop is organized by the Center for Logic, Language and Cognition (LLC) and the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences at the University of Turin. It is funded by ERC Starting Investigator Grant No. 640638, “Making Scientific Inferences More Objective”, directed by Jan Sprenger (Turin), and it’s the final scientific event of that research project.
