*Call for Papers: Bayes By the Sea: “Formal Epistemology, Statistics, and Game Theory”, Ancona, The Marche –Italy, 30-31 August 2019. *

Recent proposals for scientific reform highlight the need to develop an integrated approach towards scientific methodology, which accounts for the interaction of foundational, pragmatic, and strategic dimensions of evidence evaluation.

The second edition of the Bayes By the Sea conference: “Formal Epistemology, Statistics, and Game Theory” aims to bring together philosophers of statistics and of the scientific method, methodologists and metascientists, as well as economists and game-theorists, in order to refresh the debate on the foundations of the sciences from new perspectives, with a special focus on scientific rationality, scientific misconduct, science economics, foundations of statistics and the scientific method, in diverse scientific ecosystems characterized by distinctive practices, structures, and institutions. A special attention will be devoted this year also to formal/conceptual tools of game theory/rational choice theory in representing and studying the interactions of agents operating in scientific ecosystems as strategic behavior of rational players, whose repeated interactions shape the current scientific practices.

*Keynote Speakers:*

*Peter Brössel (Bochum)*

*Clelia Di Serio (Milan)*

*Andrés Pereas (Maastricht)*

*Jan Sprenger (Turin)*

We welcome contributions from:* (Formal/Social) Epistemology, Philosophy and Foundations of Statistics, Metascience and Scientific Methodology, (Epistemic) Game Theory, Decision Theory, Science Economics, Law, and Ethics.*

*Deadline for Paper/Poster Submission: 2nd July 2019.*

Please submit a short abstract (max 500 words) via Easychair <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bbs2>.

Organisers:

Stefano Bonzio (Univpm Ancona)

William Peden (Univpm Ancona; Durham)

Barbara Osimani (Univpm Ancona; LMU)

Mantas Radzvilas (MCMP/LMU Munich)

Todd Stambaugh (MCMP/LMU Munich; CUNY)

Contact: *s.oreficini(a)staff.univpm.it <s.oreficini(a)staff.univpm.it>*

The conference will be embedded in the *BBS Summer School (25 August – 1st September)* and school participants will also actively attend to the conference. We greatly enjoyed our conference last year (*2018 Edition*) and we look forward to a similar success this year!

*Summer School: Bayes By the Sea: “Formal Epistemology, Statistics, and Game Theory: The Summer School!”, Ancona, The Marche –Italy, 25 August -1 September 2019. *

The School aims to bring together international experts in such fields as philosophy of statistics, philosophy of science, game theory and social epistemology in order to address foundational questions in the sciences from new perspectives, with a special focus on formal models of social interactions and scientific inference. In particular, students will attend to both theoretical lectures held by distinguished scholars in the fields and classes offering tutorials on formal methods and tools, as well as extensive overviews on the school related topics. Each of the school threads will be covered by interactive group work, excercises and one-to-one sessions, which will provide attendees with the opportunity to deepen their proficiency in a particular topic of interest.

In-depth *lectures* will be given on: *Bayesian Philosophy of Science, Foundations of Statistics, Bayesian Statistics, Social Epistemology, Epistemic Game Theory, and Game-Theoretic Probability.*

*Lecturers:*

*Peter Brössel (Bochum)*

*Philip Dawid (Cambridge)*

*Anna-Maria Asunta Eder (Cologne)*

*Stephan Hartmann (Munich)*

*Andrés Perea (Maastricht)*

*Jan Sprenger (Turin)*

Three distinct tutorials will be given by expert scholars, in order to offer students introductory overviews and hands-on classes on the topics, which they feel less familiar.

• *Introduction to Imprecise Probability* (Serena Doria)

• *Introduction to Bayesian Epistemology* (William Peden)

• *Introduction to Game Theory* (Mantas Radzvilas)

• *R for Bayesian Statistics* (Momme von Sydow).

Tuition Fees (100 Euros) will include breakfast and lunch breaks, social activities, as well as participation to the *Bayes By the Sea Conference* (30-31 August), to which Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract for a contributing paper/poster.

*Deadline for application: 2nd of July 2019*, APPLY HERE <https://www.bayesbytheseaschool.com/application>

A rich calendar of *social activities* will complement the fun!

Organisers:

Stefano Bonzio (Univpm Ancona)

William Peden (Univpm Ancona; Durham)

Barbara Osimani (Univpm Ancona; LMU)

Mantas Radzvilas (MCMP/LMU Munich)

Todd Stambaugh (MCMP/LMU Munich; CUNY)

Contact: *s.oreficini(a)staff.univpm.it <s.oreficini(a)staff.univpm.it>*

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