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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please distribute among
your colleagues:<br>
<br>
-------------------<br>
<br>
<br>
CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
 <br>
    THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON<br>
    COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF SCIENTIFIC<br>
    REASONING AND APPLICATIONS (</span></font><st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>III</st1:GivenName>
 <st1:Sn>CMSRA</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName>)<br>
<br>
    Argentine National Library, <st2:City><st2:place>Buenos
  Aires</st2:place></st2:City><br>
    <st2:date Month="9" Day="14" Year="2003">September 14-15,
 2003</st2:date><br>
    Draft Papers due by <st2:date Month="5" Day="30" Year="2003">May
 30, 2003</st2:date>.<br>
<br>
    A special issue of the <br>
    Journal of Applied Logic (edited by <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Dov</st1:GivenName>
 <st1:Sn>Gabbay</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName>) <br>
    will be devoted to the best original<br>
    <span class=GramE>papers</span> presented in the workshop.<br>
<br>
    (<span class=GramE>please</span> see also <a
href="http://www.lip.uns.edu.ar/cmsra" eudora=autourl>www.lip.uns.edu.ar/cmsra</a>)<br>
<br>
Purpose<br>
-------<br>
  The purpose of this workshop is to bring together<br>
  <span class=GramE>practitioners</span> in the several fields involved in<br>
  <span class=GramE>the</span> computational models of scientific
reasoning (Logic,<br>
  KR&R, Cognitive Sciences, Epistemology and Theory of Science,<br>
  <span class=GramE>among</span> others) in order to exchange the results
of their<br>
  <span class=GramE>ongoing</span> research, share their experiences and
speculate<br>
  <span class=GramE>about</span> their impact on the new information
technologies.<br>
<br>
<br>
Scope<br>
-----<br>
  The scope of the workshop includes (but is not limited to)<br>
  <span class=GramE>the</span> following areas:<br>
<br>
1. Inference Procedures<br>
<br>
    Ampliative Inference<br>
    Argumentative and Defeasible Reasoning<br>
    Analogy, Induction and Abduction<br>
    Paraconsistent Logics<br>
    Plausible and Hypothetical Reasoning<br>
    Causal and Explanatory Reasoning<br>
    Hypothesis Formation, Learning and Discovery<br>
    Coherence, Explanation and Acceptance<br>
    Procedural Rationality<br>
    Distributed Scientific Inference <br>
<br>
2. Philosophical Aspects of the Computational<br>
    Models of Scientific Reasoning<br>
<br>
    Computational Epistemology and Theory of Science<br>
    Cognitive Theory Formation<br>
    Acceptance and Decision Making<br>
    Reasoning as opposed to Logic<br>
    Concept Formation and Conceptual Change<br>
    Design in Scientific Method<br>
    The Growth of Knowledge<br>
<br>
3. Social Metaphors<br>
<br>
    Science as Distributed Computing<br>
    Models of Science Distributed over Large<br>
       Networks (grids, semantic webs)<br>
    Internet Epistemology<br>
    Self-Organizing Agents<br>
    Team Theory<br>
    Rules of Negotiation<br>
    Social Choice<br>
    Sociology of Knowledge<br>
    Evolutionary Epistemology<br>
<br>
4. Applications<br>
<br>
    New Information Technologies<br>
    Computational Theories in the Sciences<br>
    Intelligent Data Mining<br>
    Agent-Based Scientific Discovery<br>
    Modelling Agreement<br>
    Intelligent Protocols for E-Commerce<br>
<br>
<br>
Program Committee<br>
-----------------<br>
<br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Diderik</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Batens</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    Wijsbegeerte <br>
    Universiteit Gent - <st2:country-region><st2:place>Belgium</st2:place></st2:country-region>
<br>
    Diderik.Batens@rug.ac.be <br>
<br>
    <st1:GivenName>Jean</st1:GivenName>-<st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Yves</st1:GivenName>
 <st1:Sn>Béziau</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Institut</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>de
  Logique</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Université</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>de
  Neuchâtel</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName> - <st2:country-region><st2:place>Switzerland</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
    Jean-Yves.Beziau@unine.ch <br>
<br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Otávio</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Bueno</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    Department of Philosophy<br>
    <st2:place><st2:PlaceType>University</st2:PlaceType> of <st2:PlaceName>South
  Carolina</st2:PlaceName></st2:place> - <st2:country-region><st2:place>USA</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
    obueno@sc.edu<br>
<br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Walter</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Carnielli</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    Centre for Logic and Epistemology<br>
    <st2:place><st2:PlaceType>State</st2:PlaceType> <st2:PlaceType>University</st2:PlaceType></st2:place>
of <st2:City><st2:place>Campinas</st2:place></st2:City> - Brasil<br>
    carniell@cle.unicamp.br<br>
        <br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Marcelo</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Coniglio</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    Centre for Logic and Epistemology<br>
    <st2:place><st2:PlaceType>State</st2:PlaceType> <st2:PlaceType>University</st2:PlaceType></st2:place>
of <st2:City><st2:place>Campinas</st2:place></st2:City> - Brasil<br>
    coniglio@cle.unicamp.br<br>
        <br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Claudio</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Delrieux</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Universidad</st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename>Nacional</st1:middlename>
 <st1:Sn><span class=GramE>del</span> Sur</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName> - <st2:country-region><st2:place>Argentina</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
    claudio@acm.org<br>
<br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Steven</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>French</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    <st2:place><st2:PlaceType>School</st2:PlaceType> of <st2:PlaceName>Philosophy</st2:PlaceName></st2:place><br>
    <st2:place><st2:PlaceType>University</st2:PlaceType> of <st2:PlaceName>Leeds</st2:PlaceName></st2:place>
- <st2:country-region><st2:place>UK</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
    s.r.d.french@leeds.ac.uk<br>
<br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Lorenzo</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Magnani</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    Department of Philosophy & Computational Philosophy
Laboratory<br>
    <st2:place><st2:PlaceType>University</st2:PlaceType> of <st2:PlaceName>Pavia</st2:PlaceName></st2:place>
- <st2:country-region><st2:place>ITALY</st2:place></st2:country-region>, and<br>
    Program in Philosophy, Science, and Technology<br>
    Georgia Institute of Technology - <st2:country-region><st2:place>USA</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
    lmagnani@cc.gatech.edu<br>
<br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>David</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>Pearce</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Universidad</st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename>Rey</st1:middlename>
 <st1:middlename>Juan</st1:middlename> <st1:Sn>Carlos</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName>,
<st2:State><st2:place>Madrid</st2:place></st2:State> - <st2:country-region><st2:place>Spain</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
    d.pearce@escet.urjc.es<br>
<br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Luis</st1:GivenName> <st1:middlename>Moniz</st1:middlename>
 <st1:Sn>Pereira</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
    <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Centro</st1:GivenName> <st1:Sn>de
  Inteligęncia</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName> Artificial - CENTRIA<br>
    Universidade Nova <st1:Sn>de Lisboa</st1:Sn> - <st2:country-region><st2:place>Portugal</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
    lmp@di.fct.unl.pt<br>
<br>
<br>
Submission Information<br>
----------------------<br>
<br>
  Submissions should arrive by May 30. Electronic<br>
  <span class=GramE>submissions</span> (LaTeX, Acrobat pdf or poscript)<br>
  <span class=GramE>are</span> preferred. Send a <span class=GramE>5 page</span>
draft paper to:<br>
<br>
       <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Claudio</st1:GivenName>
 <st1:Sn>Delrieux</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName><br>
       <st2:PersonName><st1:GivenName>Universidad</st1:GivenName>
 <st1:middlename>Nacional</st1:middlename> <st1:Sn><span class=GramE>del</span>
  Sur</st1:Sn></st2:PersonName> - <st2:country-region><st2:place>ARGENTINA</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
       <st2:address><st2:Street><span
  class=GramE>p</span>. o. box 127</st2:Street> -</st2:address> (8000) <st2:City><st2:place>Bahia
  Blanca</st2:place></st2:City> - <st2:country-region><st2:place>Argentina</st2:place></st2:country-region><br>
       claudio@acm.org<br>
       Tel: 54 - 291 - 4595101 ext. 3381<br>
       Fax: 54 - 291 - 4595154<br>
<br>
<br>
Important Dates<br>
---------------<br>
     May 30:    Draft papers (about 5 pages)
due<br>
     June 30:   Notification of acceptance<br>
     July 30:   Camera-Ready papers & Prereg.
<span class=GramE>due</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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