International Workshop “Idealization, Abstraction, and Scientific Models” in Mexico City July 1-2 2008
2008年06月25日 23:43
Please find details of the International Workshop “Idealization,
Abstraction, and Scientific Models” here below.
The Workshop is going to be held in Mexico City, at the Metropolitan
Autonomous University (UAM-Iztapalapa) in July 1-2, 2008.
Registration is free, but there are only a few places available.
Talks and discussion will be in english.
Please register by sending an email to: xavier_donato@yahoo.com
(Xavier de Donato, UAM-Iztapalapa)
We look forward to meeting you at the conference.
IDEALIZATION, ABSTRACTION, AND SCIENTIFIC MODELS
Mexico City, July 1-2 2008
UAM - Iztapalapa
Sala del Consejo Divisional Edificio H
Tuesday July 1th
9:30- 9:40 Welcome
9:40-10:40 Ronald Giere (Minnesota CPS): 的dealization: It is all in the
models・
10:40-11:00 Discussion
11:00-12:00 Michael Weisberg (U. of Pennsylvania): 泥eploying Highly
Idealized Models・
12:00-12:20 Discussion
12:20-12:40 Coffee Break
12:40-13:40 Chuang Liu (U. of Florida): 的dealization and Scientific
Realism・
13:40-14:00 Discussion
14:00-16:00 Lunch
16:00-17:00 Anjan Chakravartty (U. of Toronto): 溺odel Truths: Perspective
and Aspect・
17:00-17:20 Discussion
17:20-17:40 Coffee Break
17:40-18:40 Xavier de Donato (UAM-I): 鼎redibility, Explanation, and
Degrees of Idealization・
18:40-19:00 Discussion
Wednesday July 2th
10:00-11:00 Roy Sorensen (Washington Univ. in St. Louis): 泥eliberate
Distortion and the Aim of Science・
11:00-11:20 Discussion
11:20-11:40 Coffee Break
11:40-12:40 Xiang Huang (CINVESTAV) and Sergio Mart匤ez (IIF, UNAM): 鄭n
Old Controversy in a New Form: Two Views on Abstraction・
12:40-13:00 Discussion
13:00-15:30 Lunch
15:30-16:30 Eric Winsberg (U. of South Florida): 的dealization,
Parameterization, and Probabilities in Models of Climate・
16:30-16:50 Discussion
16:50-17:10 Coffee Break
17:10-18:10 Axel Barcel・(IIF, UNAM): 的dealization as Abstraction in
Formal Representations・
18:10:18:30 Discussion
18:30-19:00 Open Debate
19:00 Closure
