ANALOGICAL REASONING IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS MCMP, LMU Munich 26-28 October 2018 https://www.analogicalreasoning2018.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/index.html ********************************************* Analogy is a powerful, yet controversial, tool of scientific reasoning. Indeed, many achievements in the history of science and mathematics have been driven by analogical inferences. Moreover, one can formulate conjectures about domains into which one does not have empirical access just based on analogy with other known domains. Nonetheless, from a logical point of view analogical inferences do not yield conclusions with certainty. So, what is it that justifies the use of analogy in science and mathematics? And how reliable is analogical reasoning? This conference will address such open philosophical problems. ********************************************* REGISTRATION: Please send registration requests by 23. Jan 2018 to the co-organizer Giovanni Valente (giovanni.valente@polimi.it). The email should have the subject: "register analogical reasoning" . Also please indicate whether you plan to attend the conference dinner (27 Oct, 2018). There is no fee for the conference. The conference dinner will cost EUR 35 (alcohol not included). -- Erik Curiel Assistant Professor Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy Lehrstuhl für Wissenschaftstheorie Fakultät für Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie und Religionswissenschaft Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Senior Research Fellow Black Hole Initiative Harvard University Research Fellow Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Radio and Geoastronomy Division http://strangebeautiful.com