Models, Mechanisms and Interdisciplinarity
October 15, 2008
TINT and POS (Philosophy of Science Group) of University Helsinki are organizing a Workshop on Models, Mechanisms and Interdisciplinarity (31 October – 1 November 2008).
Here is the program (some changes may still occur):
Friday, the 31st of October
10.15-11.15 Matti Sintonen – Genes and the New Mechanical Philosophy
11.15-12.15 Jaakko Kuorikoski – Explanatory (ir)relevance of mechanistic detail: The case of neuroeconomics (w. Petri)
12.15-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.30 Robert C. Richardson – On modelling in systems biology
14.30-15.30 Tomi Kokkonen – Innateness in biology and psychology: Explanatory black boxes and conceptual confusions in interdiciplinary approach to developmental mechanisms
15.30-16.00 Coffee
16.00-17.00 Caterina Marchionni – The virtues of generality in economic modeling
17.00-18.00 Tarja Knuuttila – Indirect representation, multidisciplinary templates and underlying mechanisms
Saturday, the 1st of November
10.15-11.15 Emrah Aydinonat – Evolution of Money: Perspectives from Neurobiology and Economics
11.15-12-15 Petri Ylikoski: Explanotary presuppositions and disciplinary boundaries
12.15-13.30 Lunch
13.30-14.30 Uskali Mäki – How to illuminate the black box? Challenges of unification and interdisciplinarity
14.30-15.30 Till Grüne-Yanoff – Are economic models tools for theoretical isolation?
15.30-16.00 Coffee
16.00-17.00 Aki Lehtinen – Robustness analysis and the Duhem-Quine thesis
17.00-18.00 Erika Mansnerus – Explanatory and predictive functions of simulation models in infectious disease epidemiology
Workshop webpage: http://www.helsinki.fi/filosofia/tint/events/index.htm
REGISTRATION REGUIRED! Please, send an e-mail to Päivi Seppälä (paivi.a.seppala@helsinki.fi) if you are willing to attend the workshop
