Second Meeting on Philosophy, Probability and Scientific Method

Valencia, 30-31th October 2008

Venue: Facultad de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación (Universitat de València) Blasco Ibáñez, 30. Valencia - 46010. Accommodation: Hotel NH-Center,C/ Ricardo Micó 1,Valencia-46009.  (web: nh-hoteles.es)

Invited speakers:

Deborah Mayo (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA)

Ilkka Niiniluoto (University of Helsinki, Finland)

José M. Bernardo (Universitat de València, España)

Contributed papers:

Aris Spanos (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Kent Staley (Saint Louis University, USA)
Isabel Guerra (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España)
Francisco Saurí (Universitat de València, España)
Jan Sprenger (Universität Bonn, Germany)

Schedule:

Thursday 30th

16:00 - 16:30 Reception
16:30 - 17:30 "Extending Concepts: Quantum Conditionality?" (Isabel Guerra)
Break
17:45 - 18:45 "Statistical Adequacy and Its Role in Frequentist Inductive Inference" (Aris Spanos)
Break
19:00 - 20:00 "On Abductive Confirmation" (Ilkka Niiniluoto)

Friday 31th

10:00 - 11:00 "The Error Statistical Philosophy"  (Deborah Mayo)
Break
11:15 - 12:15 "Two Ways to Rule Out Errors: Severity and Security" (Kent Staley)
Break
12:30 - 13:30 "Theoretical Underdetermination" (Francisco Saurí)
Lunch
16:00 - 17:00 "Objective Statistics within the Bayesian Paradigm" (José M. Bernardo)
Break
17:15 - 18:15 "Evidence and Experimental Design in Sequential Trials" (Jan Sprenger)