Talk Title: Abduction, Models, Creativity: The Centrality of Eco-Cognitive Openness in Human Scientific Inferences
In this talk, Professor Magnani will describe the role of scientific models, often referred to as abstract entities, surrogates, credible worlds, or even fictions, as important tools of human scientific inferences. Their role will be better-grasped thanks to the concept of abduction and the centrality of what he calls eco-cognitive openness of human scientific cognition.
Lorenzo Magnani
Lorenzo Magnani is a philosopher, epistemologist, and cognitive scientist at the University of Pavia, Italy. He is a professor of Philosophy of science and Artificial Intelligence and knowledge, and has been a visiting researcher and professor at various universities in the US and China. Member of the International Academy for the Philosophy of the Sciences (AIPS), his recent books, Eco-Cognitive Computationalism and Discoverability, offer new perspectives on computation and human creativity. He has recently edited the Handbook of Abductive Cognition and the Springer Handbook of Model-Based Science, and is the editor-in-chief of the Book Series SAPERE (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology, and Rational Ethics).