BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2015/newsitem/6763/7-8 -May-2015-1st-Workshop-on-Logic-Reasoning-and-Rati onality-Explanation-and-Abduction-Gent-Belgium DTSTAMP:20150222T000000 SUMMARY:1st Workshop on Logic, Reasoning, and Rati onality: "Explanation and Abduction", Gent, Belgi um DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150507 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150508 LOCATION:Gent, Belgium DESCRIPTION:Explanation is one of the central goal s of scientific research and abduction is a type o f inference in which explanation plays a key role. Thus far, most philosophers will agree. When we c onsider more specific claims, however, many questi ons are still open to debate. What are the differe nt forms of explanation and of abduction? How do t hese interrelate? To what extent are they open for formal explication? What about the relation to ot her notions, such as confirmation, induction, IBE, causality, belief revision, ...? The aim of this interdisciplinary workshop is to further our under standing of these notions and of their interrelati ons. For more information, see http://www.lrr.ug ent.be/ We welcome contributions addressing the c onference topics. Authors are invited to submit an original, previously unpublished abstract before March 29. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Expla nation is one of the central goals of scientific\n research and abduction is a type of inferenc e in which\n explanation plays a key role. Th us far, most philosophers will\n agree. When we consider more specific claims, however, many\n questions are still open to debate. What are the different forms\n of explanation and of a bduction? How do these interrelate? To\n what extent are they open for formal explication? What about the\n relation to other notions, such as confirmation, induction, IBE,\n causality, belief revision, ...? The aim of this\n inte rdisciplinary workshop is to further our understan ding of\n these notions and of their interrel ations.\n
\n \n \nFor mo re information, see\n http://www.lrr.ugent .be/\n
We welco me contributions addressing the conference topics. \n Authors are invited to submit an origina l, previously unpublished abstract before March 29 .\n
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