MBR18_SPAIN: Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Inferential Models for Logic, Language, Cognition and Computation. 20 Anniversary Central University of Seville Building. Calle San Fernando, 4, 41004 Sevilla Sevilla, Spain, October 24-26, 2018

Conference website	http://gestioneventos.us.es/go/MBR18_SPAIN
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mbr18-spain
Abstract registration deadline	April 25, 2018
Extended deadline	April 25, 2018
Submission deadline	April 25, 2018

The conference derives from an international research cooperation and is promoted by the Logic, Language and Information Group of the University of Sevilla and the Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section and Computational Philosophy Lab of the University of Pavia, (Italy). It continues the topics and traditions of past recent conferences: "Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery" MBR'98; "Model-Based Reasoning: Scientific Discovery, Technological Innovation, and Values" MBR'01; "Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Engineering: Abduction, Visualization, and Simulation" MBR'04; "Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Medicine" MBR06_CHINA; "Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Abduction, Logic, and Computational Discovery” MBR09_BRAZIL; “Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Theoretical and Cognitive Issues” MBR12_ITALY; “Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology. Theoretical and Cognitive Issues” MBR15_ITALY; and “Models and Inferences: Logical, Epistemological, and Cognitive Issues”.

MBR COMMUNITY WEB SITE: http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/cpl2/

CONGRESS WEB SITE: http://gestioneventos.us.es/go/MBR18_SPAIN

Submission Guidelines

All submitted extended abstracts will be carefully refereed. The precise format of the conference will be fixed once the revision process is over. We expect approximately 60/80 contributed presentations. Proposals will be reviewed and may obtain three scores:

1) Accepted for presentation of half an hour;

2) Accepted for poster session;

3) Rejected

In cases 1) and 2) the complete paper may be submitted for publication.

There will be several invited presentations of 1 hour. A selected subset of accepted papers will be invited for inclusion (subject to additional refereeing) in a book, which will constitute an advanced handbook for researchers in this area. The book will be published by Springer (Series "SAPERE" http://www.springer.com/series/10087). Moreover, another selected subset of papers will be invited for inclusion (subject to additional refereeing) in one or two special issues of the Logic Journal of IGPL or of other renowned international journals.

 

PAPERS PROPOSAL

Presentation Proposal

To participate in the conference authors must submit an electronic version (by April 10^th, 2018) - formatted in Microsoft Word or .RTF, or (.PDF if sent together with the source file, .DOC. TEX or similar) - of an extended abstract (total word count approximately 1000-1500). The file must also contain a 300-word abstract that will be used for the conference web site/booklet.

Deadline April 10^th, 2018. Please send the extended abstract electronically by EasyChair.

Symposia Proposal (intended for aprox. 4-5 participants):

No later than April 10^th, 2018. Please send a 2-page symposium proposal.

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mbr18-spain

 

Relevant Research Areas

We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to model-based reasoning in science and human cognition as presented in the following list:

• General theoretical and cognitive issues
• Models as fictions, distortions, credible worlds
• Models and games of make-believe
• Ontology of models
• Affordances, artifacts, and model-based reasoning
• Brain, neuroscience, and model-based reasoning
• Abduction
• Logical analyses related to model-based reasoning
• Inferences, interaction and duality in logic and language   
• Visual, spatial, imagistic modeling and reasoning
• Simulative modeling
• The role of diagrammatic representations
• Computational models of visual and simulative reasoning
• Causal and counterfactual reasoning in model construction
• Visual analogy
• Thought experiments
• Manipulative reasoning
• Distributed model-based reasoning
• Distributed cognition, embodiment, and model-based reasoning
• Models of rationality and inference patterns in decision making   
• Model-based reasoning in scientific discovery and conceptual change
• Model-based reasoning and ethics
• Model-based reasoning and history of philosophy
• Model-based reasoning and semiotics
• Model-based reasoning in scientific explanation
• Model-based medical diagnosis
• Model-based reasoning in engineering and robotics
• Model-based reasoning and technological artifacts
• Model-based reasoning and knowledge management
• Model-based reasoning and information technology
• The role of models in scientific and technological thinking
• Model- based reasoning and learning
• Model- based reasoning and language

Committees

Program Committee

To be confirmed

Francesco Amigoni, Department of Electronics, Information, and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, ITALY

Selene Arfini, Department of Philosophy, Education and Economical-Quantitive Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara and Computational Philosophy lab. University of Pavia, ITALY

Tommaso Bertolotti, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section, University of Pavia, ITALY

Otávio Bueno, Department of Philosophy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

Walter Carnielli, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL

Claudia Casadio, Department of Philosophy, Education and Economical-Quantitative Sciences, Università di Chieti-Pescara, ITALY

Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, INDIA

Sara Dellantonio, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Università degli Studi di Trento, Trento, ITALY

Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic, Division of Computer Science and Software Engineering, School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Västerås, SWEDEN

Maria Guilia Dondero, Département des Langues ey Littératures Françaises et Romanes/Université de Liège,  Liège, BELGIUM

Steven French, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

Roman Frigg, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Dov Gabbay, Department of Computer Science, King's College, London, UK

Marcello Guarini, Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor, CANADA

Ricardo Gudwin, Department of Computer Engineering and Industrial Automation, the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,   State University of Campinas, BRAZIL

Albrecht Heeffer, Centre for History of Science, Ghent University, BELGIUM

Remo Job, Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Trento, ITALY

Mark Johnson, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Decio Krause, Departamento de Filosofia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, BRAZIL

Ping Li, Department of Philosophy, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. CHINA

Giuseppe Longo, CREA, CNRS and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, FRANCE and Department of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology,  Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

Angelo Loula, Department of Exact Sciences, State University of Feira de Santana, BRAZIL

Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section & Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY

Joke Meheus, Vakgroep Wijsbegeerte, Universiteit Gent, Gent, BELGIUM

Luís Moniz Pereira, Departamento de Informática, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PORTUGAL

Michael MOORTGAT, Utrecht University, Institute of Linguistics (OTS), Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS

Woosuk Park, Humanities & Social Sciences, KAIST, Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu Daejeon, SOUTH KOREA

Claudio Pizzi, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, ITALY

Demetris Portides, Department of Classics and Philosophy, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS

Joao Queiroz, Institute of Arts and Design. Federal University of Juiz de Fora, BRAZIL

Shahid Rahman, U.F.R. de Philosophie, Université Lille 3, Villeneuve d'Ascq, FRANCE

Oliver Ray, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM  

Colin Schmidt, Le Mans University & ENSAM-ParisTech, FRANCE

Gerhard Schurz, Institute for Philosophy, Heinrich-Heine University, Frankfurt, GERMANY

Cameron Shelley, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CANADA

Sonja Smets, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

Nik Swoboda, Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrd, SPAIN

Adam Toon, Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Paul Thagard, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CANADA

Barbara Tversky, Department of Psychology, Stanford University and Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA

Ryan D. Tweney, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA

Fernando Velázquez, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

Riccardo Viale,  Scuola Nazionale dell’Amministrazione, Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, Roma, ITALY and Fondazione Rosselli, Torino, ITALY

John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, CANADA

 

Local Program Committee

Cristina Barés. Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science Department, Sevilla University.

Alfredo Burrieza. UILLI-AT, Department of Philosophy, University of Malaga.

Matthieu Fontaine. CFCUL, Lisbon University, Portugal.

Teresa López-Soto. English Language Department, Sevilla University.

Angel Nepomuceno. Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science Department, Sevilla University.

José F. Quesada. Department of Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, Sevilla University.

Francisco J. Salguero. Spanish Languages, Linguistics and Literature Theory Department, Sevilla University.

Fernando Soler. Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science Department, Sevilla University.

Organizing committee

PROGRAM CHAIRS:

Angel Nepomuceno. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, University of Seville, SPAIN (nepomuce@us.es)

Lorenzo MAGNANI,  Director, Computational Philosophy Laboratory http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section, University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, ITALY (lmagnani@unipv.it)

Francisco J. Salguero. Department of Spanish Language, Linguistics and Literature Theory, University of Seville, SPAIN (salguero@us.es)

 

LOCAL ORGANIZATION COORDINATOR

Cristina Barés Gómez

mbr18@us.es

LOCAL AND ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

Selene Arfini, Department of Philosophy, Education and Economical-Quantitive Sciences, University of Chieti-Pescara and Computational Philosophy lab. University of Pavia, ITALY

Cristina Barés. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, University of Seville, SPAIN

Tommaso Bertolotti, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section, University of Pavia, ITALY

Alfredo Burrieza. UILLI-AT, Department of Philosophy, University of Malaga, SPAIN

Andrés Cordón. Department of Computation and Artificial Intelligence. University of Sevilla, SPAIN

Matthieu Fontaine. CFCUL, University of Lisbon, PORTUGAL

Emilio Gómez-Caminero. IES. C. University of Sevilla, SPAIN

Nino Guallart. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, University of Seville, SPAIN

Diego Jiménez. Spanish Language, Linguistics and Theory of Literature Department, University of Seville, SPAIN

Teresa Lopez-Soto. English Language Department, University of Seville, SPAIN

Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section & Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY

Angel Nepomuceno. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, University of Seville, SPAIN

José Luis Pro. Department of Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, University of Seville, SPAIN

Jose F Quesada. Department of Computer Sciences and Artificial Intelligence, University of Seville, SPAIN

Francisco J. Salguero. Spanish Language, Linguistics and Theory of Literature Department, University of Seville, SPAIN

Pablo Sierra. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, University of Seville, SPAIN

Fernando Soler. Department of Logic, Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, University of Seville, SPAIN

Invited Speakers

 

• Atocha Aliseda, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM),  MEXICO
• Walter Carnielli, Department of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy and Human Sciences, State University of Campinas, BRAZIL
• Hans van Ditmarsch, LORIA, Nancy. FRANCE
• Nancy J Nersessian, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA (to be confirmed)
• Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Humanities, Philosophy Section & Computational Philosophy Laboratory, University of Pavia, ITALY
• Mario J. Pérez, Department of Computer Sciences, European Academy of Sciences, Sevilla University, SPAIN
• Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance, Tallin University of Technology, ESTONIA / School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nazarbayev University. KAZAKHSTAN (to be confirmed)
• Olga Pombo, Centro de Filosofia das Ciências Universidade de Lisboa CFCUL, PORTUGAL
• Shahid Rahman, U.F.R. de Philosophie, Université Lille 3, Villeneuve d'Ascq, FRANCE
• Paul Thagard, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CANADA
• John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, CANADA

 

Venue

Central University of Seville Building

http://www.andalucia.org/en/cultural-tourism/visits/sevilla/monuments/antigua-real-fabrica-de-tabacos-universidad-de-sevilla/

University of Seville

Calle San Fernando 4

41004, Sevilla, Spain

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to MBR18@us.es

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