Seminars

“The Probabilism Sessions” are a transdisciplinary research seminar focused on the role of probability in the sciences. In the seminar, specialists from any science compare their methods and definitions. Augustin Cournot’s writings on probability theory serve as the source of inspiration.

“Que disent les usages des probabilités sur leurs significations ?”

18 March 2010 – 6 pm
Speaker: Thierry Martin (IHPST)
Commentator : Thomas Heams (Agroparistech)

Probabilities of probabilities

21 January 2010 – 6 pm
Speaker: Bernard Walliser (E.H.E.S.S.)
Commentator : Mikaël Cozic (E.N.S.)

Part 1/2: Bernard Walliser

Part 2/2: discussion by Mikaël Cozic

The Keynesian Concept of Uncertainty

25 November 2009
Speaker: André Orléan (CNRS)
Commentator: Michèle Leclerc (EHESS)

Three Sources of Probability Calculations in the XVIIIth Century

28 October 2009
Speaker: Michel Armatte (Centre Alexandre Koyré)
Commentator: Pierre-Charles Pradier (Université Paris-I)

Part 1/2: Michel Armatte

Part 2/2: discussion by Pierre-Charles Pradier

The Probabilization of Risk

30 September 2009
Speaker: Pierre-Charles Pradier (University of Paris I)
Commentators: Yuri Biondi (C.N.R.S.) and Nicole El Karoui (École Polytechnique)

Part 1/2: Pierre-Charles Pradier

Part 2/2: discussion by Yuri Biondi (C.N.R.S.) and Nicole El Karoui (École Polytechnique)

An Economic Analysis of Panics

25 May 2009
Speakers: Desiree Desierto (University of the Philippines) and John Nye (George Mason University, Virginia)
Commentator: Xavier Ragot (C.N.R.S.)

Bayesian Confirmation Theory

26 March 2009
Speaker: Mikaël Cozic (École Normale Supérieure)
Commentator: Brian Hill (G.R.E.G.H.E.C.)

Stochastic Models of Decision Making

5 February 2009
Speaker: Jérôme Sackur (École Normale Supérieure)
Commentator: Catherine Tallon-Baudry (C.N.R.S.)

Part 1/2: Jérôme Sackur

Part 2/2: discussion

Probabilism Theories: From Bayes to Reichenbach

20 November 2008
Speaker: Alexis Bienvenu (I.H.P.S.T.)
Commentator: Bernard Walliser (E.H.E.S.S.)

Determinism & Freedom

16 October 2008
Speaker: Ted Honderich (University College London)
Commentator: Edouard Guinet (Philosopher)

The Autonomization of Probability as a Science: The Experience of a Probabilist

18 September 2008
Speaker: Nicole El Karoui (École Polytechnique)
Commentator: Michel Armatte (Centre Alexandre Koyré)

Part 1/2: Nicole El Karoui

Part 2/2: discussion

Probabilism in Natural History

19 June 2008
Speakers: Guillaume Lecointre (French Natural History Museum) and Pierre Darlu (I.N.S.E.R.M.)
Commentator: Thierry Martin (University of Franche-Comté)

Probability Theories of Causality

5 June 2008
Speaker: Isabelle Drouet (University of Pittsburgh)
Commentator: Max Kistler (University of Grenoble)

The Random Expression of Genes: Probability or Biological Parameter?

20 March 2008
Speaker: Thomas Heams (I.N.R.A.)
Commentator: Franck Varenne (C.N.R.S.)

Part 1/2

Part 2/2