Second Formal Epistemology Festival:
Causal Decision Theory and Scoring Rules
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
May 29-31, 2009
This is the second of three small, thematically focused events in formal epistemology, organized by
Franz Huber (
Konstanz),
Eric Swanson (
Michigan), and
Jonathan Weisberg (
Toronto). This year’s festivities coincide with the 10th anniversary of the publication of James
Joyce’s
The
Foundations of Causal Decision Theory. The participants will include
Lara Buchak,
John
Collins,
Kenny Easwaran,
Branden Fitelson,
Allan Gibbard,
Chris Hitchcock,
James
Joyce,
Chris Meacham,
Sarah Moss,
Wolfgang Spohn,
Ralph Wedgwood, and the organizers.
Click
here for a map, and click
here for a printable schedule.
Registration is free, but
participants are asked to email Eric Swanson (at
ericsw@umich.edu)
in advance for planning purposes.
The major airport nearest Ann Arbor is
Detroit Metro (DTW). Hotels
within walking distance of the conference site include the
Bell Tower, the
Campus Inn, and the
Ann Arbor Bed and
Breakfast.
Several
other hotels are easily accessible by
bus.
All talks will take place in the Pond Rooms at the
Michigan Union.
Conference schedule:
Friday, May 29 | 9:30-11:00 | John Collins, “Decision Theory for Simple Belief” |
| 11:15-12:45 | Jim Joyce, “Some Recent Thoughts on
Causal Reasoning and on Epistemic Scoring Rules” |
| 2:15-3:45 | Ralph Wedgwood, “Gandalf’s Solution to the
Newcomb Problem” |
| 4:00-5:30 | Kenny Easwaran, “Dominance-Based Decision Theory” |
| 6:30 | Dinner and drinks at Eric and Sarah’s |
Saturday, May 30 | 9:30-11:00 | Sarah Moss, “Scoring Rules
and Epistemic Compromise” |
| 11:15-12:45 | Lara Buchak and Branden Fitelson “Separability Assumptions in Scoring-Rule Based
Arguments for Probabilism” and “Advice-Giving and Scoring-Rule
Based
Arguments for Probabilism” |
| 2:15-3:45 | Branden Fitelson and Chris Hitchcock,
“Probabilistic Measures of Causal Strength” |
| 4:00-5:30 | Chris Meacham, “Binding and Its
Consequences” |
| 6:30 | Dinner and drinks at Eric and Sarah’s |
Sunday, May 31 | 10:15-11:45 | Eric Swanson, “Conditional Excluded Middle (and Causal Decision Theory)
without the Limit Assumption” |
| 1:00-2:30 | Wolfgang Spohn, “How Causal Decision Theorists Can One-Box and Why
They Should” |
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