First Symposium on

Philosophy, History, and Methodology of

E.R.R.O.R*

*Experimental Reasoning, Reliability, Objectivity & Rationality:
Induction, Statistics, Modelling

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

June 1-5, 2006

 

We learn from our mistakes. Contributions to this conference, whether philosophical, historical, statistical, and/or methodological will all in some way reflect an aspect of "learning from error," conceiving "error" very broadly.


Special Invited Speakers
Peter Achinstein (Johns Hopkins) Alan Chalmers (Adelaide )
Sir David Cox (Oxford) Clark Glymour (Carnegie Mellon)
Henry Kyburg (Rochester) Larry Laudan (UNAM)
Alan Musgrave (Otago) John Worrall (LSE))

Executive Committee:
Alan Chalmers, David.R. Cox, Clark Glymour, Deborah Mayo, A. Spanos


Program Committee:
Clark Glymour, Deborah Mayo, Cassandra Pinnick, David W. Rudge, Kent Staley