CfP: Learning Conditionals Workshop (LMU Munich, 2-3 February 2017)
Center for Advanced Studies, LMU Munich, invites participation for
the following event:
Learning Conditionals Workshop
CAS, LMU Munich
February 2-3, 2017
Indicative conditionals, that is sentences of the form "If A, B"
play an important role in our everyday and scientific reasoning as
well as in argumentation, decision-making, and planning. It
therefore should not come as a surprise that a lot of what we learn
is conditional in form. What might come as a surprise, however, is
that it is not entirely clear what learning a piece of conditional
information amounts to. How do people adjust their beliefs upon
learning a conditional? And how should a rational agent accommodate
a new piece of conditional information? Finally, what are the
desiderata that a descriptively correct theory of learning from
conditionals should satisfy? Some attempts at answering these and
related questions have been made, both within the tradition of
qualitative belief revision and in Bayesian epistemology. It remains
to be seen, however, whether any of the available models of learning
fits all our intuitions and if they make correct, empirical
predictions. This interdisciplinary workshop brings together
philosophers, logicians, and psychologists interested in reasoning
and argumentation, allowing them to share their unique perspectives
and to discuss both descriptive and normative answers to these
questions.
Dates and Deadlines: If you would like to participate in this
event please send an email to info@cas.lmu.de before January
25, 2017.