Scientific Modelling: Pushing the boundaries workshop

Leading philosophers of science present the latest research on scientific modelling.

09:00 - 09:15 - Intro & Welcome
09:15 - 10:30 - Joshua Luczak "Statistical Mechanical Toy Models: Not Just Toying Around"
10:30 - 11:00 - Morning Tea
11:00 - 12:15 - John Matthewson "Representing populations and their parts”
12:15 - 13:15 - Lunch
13:15 - 14:30 - Rosa Cao "When can neural network models explain the brain?"
14:30 - 15:45 - Lena Kästner "Modelling Mental Disorders: Cognitive, Causal, Both or Neither?"
15:45 - 16:15 - Afternoon Tea
16:15 - 17:30 - Alkistis Elliott-Graves “Agreeing to Disagree: Pluralism about Optimal Model Complexity”