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CAUSALITY STUDY FORTNIGHT
http://www.kent.ac.uk/reasoning/Csf/
8-19 September 2008
CENTRE FOR REASONING
University of Kent, UK
8-9 September: 2 days of tutorials on causality, probability and their use
in science.
10-12 September: CAPITS 2008 a 3-day conference on causality and probability
in the sciences.
15-19 September: a week of advanced research seminars on causality and
probability.
Causal inference is the most important form of reasoning in the sciences.
Different disciplines, from epidemiology to biology, from econometrics to
physics, make use of probability and statistics in order to infer causal
relations. We aim to bring philosophers and scientists together to discuss
the relation between causality and probability, and the applications of
these concepts within the sciences.
In conjunction with the Conference, we plan to have an edited volume on
Causality and Probability in the Sciences (publisher to be confirmed).
Confirmed speakers:
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Introductory lectures:
causal decision theory (James Joyce)
causal modelling in the sciences (Kevin Korb)
philosophy of causality (Julian Reiss)
causal cognition (David Lagnado)
Conference:
Nancy Cartwright, Damien Fennell, James Joyce, Kevin Korb, David Lagnado,
Michel Mouchart, Stathis Psillos, Miklos Redei, Julian Reiss, Paolo Vineis
Advanced research seminars:
levels of causality and the interpretation of probability (Federica Russo)
mechanisms and causality (Phyllis McKay)
machine learning and causality (David Corfield & Alex Freitas)
causality and the mind (Julia Tanney)
causality in the history of philosophy (Ken Westphal)
Timetable:
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1 May: deadline for submission of abstracts (500 words) - email Federica
Russo <[log in to unmask]>
1 June: notification of acceptance
15 June: deadline for speaker confirmation - email Federica Russo
<[log in to unmask]>
1 July: submission of full papers (strict deadline, preferably less than,
and certainly no more than, 10000 words) - email Federica Russo
<[log in to unmask]>
15 July deadline for registration - email Miriam Waters
<[log in to unmask]> for details
1 Sept deadline for late registration - email Miriam Waters
<[log in to unmask]> for details
10-12 Sept: conference
30 Oct: notification of acceptance of full papers
30 Nov: final versions due
Registration fee:
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early birds: 30 pounds for 1 component, 45 pounds for 2 components, 50
pounds for 3 components
late: 60 pounds for 1 component, 90 pounds for 2 components, 100 pounds for
3 components
Further information:
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http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/jw/reasoning/Csf/
or email: Federica Russo <[log in to unmask]>
all the best,
Jon
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Jon Williamson
http://www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/jw/
Philosophy, SECL, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NF, UK
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