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 -May-2015-Workshop-Just-playing-Toy-models-in-the-
 Sciences-Munich-Germany
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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      <p>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      </p>\n
       <p>DATES AND REGISTRATION:\n      </p>\n    
   <p>Workshop Date: May 8-9, 2015\n      </p>\n   
  \n      <p>Everyone is welcome to attend! Please 
 e-mail the organizers in advance. \n      For more
  information, see\n        <a target="_blank" href
 ="http://www.lmu.de/justplaying2015">http://www.lm
 u.de/justplaying2015</a>\n      </p>\n    
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