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/6118/8-9 -May-2015-Workshop-Just-playing-Toy-models-in-the- Sciences-Munich-Germany DTSTAMP:20141211T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop "Just playing? Toy models in the Sciences", Munich, Germany DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150508 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150509 LOCATION:Munich, Germany DESCRIPTION:Toy models are ubiquitous in the natur al and social sciences - prominent examples includ e the Ising model in physics, the Lotka-Volterra m odel in the life sciences, and the Schelling model in the social sciences. It is characteristic of t oy models that they simplify radically and often s ucceed in identifying the crucial features that pr oduce a phenomenon. Toy models play an important a nd, though, insufficiently appreciated role in phi losophy of science. This workshop addresses severa l questions regarding the epistemic functions of t oy models in the natural and social sciences. DA TES AND REGISTRATION: Workshop Date: May 8-9, 20 15 Everyone is welcome to attend! Please e-mail the organizers in advance. For more information, s ee http://www.lmu.de/justplaying2015 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
Toy models are ubiquitous in the natural and social sciences \n - prominent examples include the Ising mod el in physics, the\n Lotka-Volterra model in the life sciences, and the Schelling\n model in the social sciences. It is characteristic of to y models\n that they simplify radically and o ften succeed in identifying\n the crucial fea tures that produce a phenomenon. Toy models play\n an important and, though, insufficiently app reciated role in\n philosophy of science. Thi s workshop addresses several questions\n rega rding the epistemic functions of toy models in the natural\n and social sciences.\n
\nDATES AND REGISTRATION:\n
\nWorkshop Date: May 8-9, 2015\n
\n \nEveryone is welcome to attend! Please e-mail the organizers in advance. \n For more information, see\n http://www.lm u.de/justplaying2015\n
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