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/2012/newsitem/4513/22- 24-June-2012-Workshop-on-Foundations-for-Ockhams-R azor DTSTAMP:20120603T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Foundations for Ockham's Razor DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120622 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120624 LOCATION:Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Fo rmal Epistemology DESCRIPTION:Scientific theory choice is guided by judgments of simplicity, a bias frequently referre d to as "Ockham's Razor". But what is simplicity a nd how, if at all, does it help science find the t ruth? Should we view simple theories as means for obtaining accurate predictions, as classical stati sticians recommend? Or should we believe the theor ies themselves, as Bayesian methods seem to justif y? The aim of this workshop is to re-examine the f oundations of Ockham's razor, with a firm focus on the connections, if any, between simplicity and t ruth. For more information, see: http://www.andre w.cmu.edu/org/cfe/ockam-foundations.html X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
Scientif ic theory choice is guided by judgments of\n simplicity, a bias frequently referred to as &qu ot;Ockham's\n Razor". But what is simp licity and how, if at all, does\n it help s cience find the truth? Should we view simple theor ies\n as means for obtaining accurate predi ctions, as classical\n statisticians recomm end? Or should we believe the theories\n th emselves, as Bayesian methods seem to justify? The aim of\n this workshop is to re-examine th e foundations of Ockham's\n razor, with a f irm focus on the connections, if any, between\n simplicity and truth.
\n \nF or more information, see: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/cfe/ockam-f oundations.html
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