===================== HES POSTING =================== ** Forwarded by Esther-Mirjam Sent for Albert Jolink <[log in to unmask]> ** The Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics will organize a two day conference on the topic 'Realism and Economics,' on the occassion of Uskali Maki's inauguration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, 14-15 November 1997. The final program of the conference is attached below. Information and registration forms are available through Ms Loes van Dijk ([log in to unmask] or +31-10-4088967) or visit our Website at http://www.eur.nl/fw/philecon. Fact or Fiction? Perspectives on Realism and Economics 1997 Friday, 14 November 9:30 - 10:00 Registration and coffee 10:00 - 10:10 H.J. van der Molen (Chairman of the Executive Board of Erasmus University) Opening of the conference 10:10 - 12:00 Mark Blaug (University of Exeter) "Ugly currents in modern economics" Uskali Maki (Erasmus University Rotterdam) "Some non-reasons for non-realism in/about economics" Chair Albert Jolink 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 15:10 Nancy Cartwright (London School of Economics) "The limits of causal order, from economics to physics" Kevin Hoover (University of California at Davis) "Econometrics and reality" Chair Maarten Janssen 15:10 - 15:30 Break 15:30 - 18:00 Deirdre McCloskey (University of Iowa) "Why we don't need realism if we have rhetoric" Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham) "In the world and of the world: realism and the history of economic thought" Wade Hands (University of Puget Sound) "Social realism in contemporary metascience" Chair Arjo Klamer Dinner 7pm Saturday, 15 November 9:00 - 10:40 Robert Sugden (University of East Anglia) "Self-contained worlds: The status of models in economics" Mary Morgan (London School of Economics and the University of Amsterdam) "Models, stories and the economic world" Chair Eric van Damme 10:40 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 12:40 Philip Pettit (Australian National University and Columbia University) "Rational choice, functional selection and empty black boxes" Ilkka Niiniluoto (University of Helsinki) "Truthlikeness and economic theories" Chair Theo Kuipers 12:40 - 14:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:40 Shaun Hargreaves Heap (University of East Anglia) "Reality of common cultures" Raimo Tuomela (Academy of Finland) "Collective acceptance and collective attitudes: On the social construction of social reality" Chair John Groenewegen 15:40 - 16:00 Break 16:00 - 17:40 Neil DeMarchi (Duke University) "The historically experimental Mill" Bruce Caldwell (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) "Hayek and cultural evolution" Chair Jack Vromen 17:40 - 18:00 Conclusion Dinner 7:30 pm ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ dr. Albert Jolink Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]